Paradise Sewer System Geotechnical and Other Investigations
Summary
SCH Number
2026040851
Public Agency
Town of Paradise
Document Title
Paradise Sewer System Geotechnical and Other Investigations
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/17/2026
Document Description
The project would conduct geotechnical investigations of sites for the potential siting of a wastewater treatment plant. The investigations would include test borings at the potential sites, along with review of all available documents pertaining to site geology and groundwater. The information obtained would be used to inform the feasibility, design and construction of a wastewater treatment plant that, with construction of a pipeline collection system, would provide sewer service for the Town of Paradise, which currently has no such service. See attachment for project details.
Contact Information
Name
Marc Mattox
Agency Name
Town of Paradise
Job Title
Public Works Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Cities
Paradise
Counties
Butte
Regions
Countywide
Parcel #
054-110-029-000, 054-110-028-000, 055-180-001-000, 055-180-043-000, and 05
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 6, Sec. 15306
Reasons for Exemption
The CEQA Guidelines provide a series of categorical exemptions for projects that have been deemed to have minimal impacts on the environment, including Categorical Exemption Class 6, which exempts "basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource. These may be strictly for information gathering purposes, or as part of a study leading to an action which a public agency has not yet approved, adopted, or funded." The project is geotechnical investigations, including test borings, along with soil samplings and utility potholings of proposed sites for a sewer system in Paradise that would include a wastewater treatment plant and collection pipelines. The borings, samplings, and potholings are part of data gathering for the design and ultimate construction of the sewer system. These activities would disturb only a limited area of land, both at the site of the activity and overall. See attachment for description of proposed activities. No exceptions to the issuance of categorical exemptions apply. The proposed investigative activities have been determined to have no potential to cause significant adverse effects on the environment.
County Clerk
Butte
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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