Permit No.20017 – Authorize Existing Power Poles and Transmission Lines Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026050609
Public Agency
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Document Title
Permit No.20017 – Authorize Existing Power Poles and Transmission Lines Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/14/2026
Document Description
To authorize a section of an existing electrical transmission line that includes fourteen
power poles and their respective overhead lines that runs along the Reclamation District No. 1001 (RD 1001) Natomas Cross Canal right bank levee, with the northernmost pole on the waterside levee crown and the other thirteen poles along the landside levee toe. The encroachments were installed prior to the Central Valley Flood Protection Board (Board) adopting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento River Flood Control Project, Unit No. 142 in June 1959. Pacific Gas & Electric has provided a Grant of Right-of-Way that references the existing electrical transmission line alignment, dated August 2, 1906.
Contact Information
Name
Angela Nguyen-Tan
Agency Name
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Kyle Schneider
Agency Name
Pacific Gas and Electric
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Sutter
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
The project starts at levee mile 0.14 (38.78327°N, 121.60485°W) and runs northeast to levee mile 0.75 (38.79016°N, 121.59787°W), Natomas Cross Canal, Sutter County, RD 1001.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1, CEQA CCR, Title 14, Section 15301
Reasons for Exemption
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 operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical
equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use. No expansion of existing or former use will occur. Further, none of the exceptions to the exemption in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15300.2 apply.
County Clerk
Sutter
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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