Rivian Adventure Network – Gilroy, CA

2026040470

California Energy Commission

NOE - Notice of Exemption

4/10/2026

4/10/2026

Benjamin Tuggy

California Energy Commission

Energy Commission Specialist II (Technology Evaluation & Development)

Lead/Public Agency

715 P Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 897-3801

benjamin.tuggy@energy.ca.gov

95020

681 Leavesley Road

Categorical Exemption

Cal. Code Regs. sections 15301, 15303, and 15304

Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec 15301 provides that projects which consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, and which involve negligible or no expansion of existing or former use are categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This project consists of deploying 10 DCFC charging ports at a new charging location in Gilroy, California. This project involves negligible or no expansion of existing or former use of the sites. In addition, the electric vehicle charging stations will be installed on existing pavement in existing parking structures or parking lots and will connect to existing electrical infrastructure. Therefore, the project falls within section 15301 and will not have a significant effect on the environment. Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 15303 provides that projects which consist of construction and location of limited numbers of new, small facilities or structures; installation of small new equipment and facilities in small structures; and the conversion of existing small structures from one use to another where only minor modifications are made in the exterior of the structure, are categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA. This project consists of deploying 10 DCFC charging ports at a new charging location in Gilroy, California. The charging equipment’s dispensers to be installed are relatively small, each with a footprint of approximately 2,270mm H x 600mm D x 400mm W and will be installed at existing paved parking lots and structures. Therefore, the project falls within section 15303 and will not have a significant effect on the environment. Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 15304 provides that projects which consist of minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation which do not involve the removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry and agricultural purposes, are categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA. This project involves installing EV charging ports in existing, paved parking lots and structures, and the work will not involve the removal of any trees. Therefore, the project falls within section 15304 and will not have a significant effect on the environment. The project will not impact an environmental resource of hazardous or critical concern where designated, precisely mapped, and officially adopted pursuant to law by federal, state, or local agencies; does not involve any cumulative impacts of successive projects of the same type in the same place that might be considered significant; does not involve unusual circumstances that might have a significant effect on the environment; will not result in damage to scenic resources within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway; the project site is not included on any list compiled pursuant to Government Code section 65962.5; and the project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. Therefore, none of the exceptions to categorical exemptions listed in CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply to this project, and this project will not have a significant effect on the environment. Therefore, the project falls within sections 15301, 15303, and 15304 and will not have a significant effect on the environment.