Minor Alteration No. WA2026036 – Irrigation Pipe Replacement Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026050316
Public Agency
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Document Title
Minor Alteration No. WA2026036 – Irrigation Pipe Replacement Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/8/2026
Document Description
To replace the existing steel pipe, which has a 156-foot by 14-inch section and a 24-foot by 12-inch section up and over the levee, with a 14-inch pipe. The existing siphon breaker on the landside hinge will also be replaced in kind. A positive closure device on the waterside hinge will be installed to meet current standard, and the required soil compaction and pipe leakage testing will be performed. The intake and external intake sleeve, which are on the waterside levee slope, may be replaced in kind under this authorization. This pipe structure is shown on the Operation and Maintenance Manual As Builts “Bank Protection, Right Bank Sacramento River from Monument Bend to Sacramento Weir, in 18 sheets, 1965”, file 50-04-3756, on sheets 6.3, 15.6, and 17.2 for Station 104+12. All work including excavation and backfill will be performed in accordance with California Code of Regulations, Title 23, Division 1 (Title 23) standards.
Contact Information
Name
Jordan Robbins
Agency Name
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Marston
Counties
Yolo
Regions
Northern California
Waterways
Sacramento River
Other Location Info
The project is located at levee mile 2.72 on Unit No. 01 Sacramento River right bank levee, Yolo County (38.62145, -121.56337).
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301
Reasons for Exemption
The Board has determined that the project is exempt from CEQA under the Class 1, Existing Facilities categorical exemption (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15301), because the activity consists of the repair, maintenance, permitting, or minor alteration of existing private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use. No expansion of existing or former use will occur.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15302
Reasons for Exemption
And, the project is exempt from CEQA under the Class 2, Replacement or Reconstruction categorical exemption (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, 15302), because the activity consists of replacement and reconstruction of an existing structure in the same site and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the replaced structure. Further, none of the exceptions to the exemption in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15300.2 apply.
County Clerk
Yolo
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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