Rural and Indigenous Solutions for an Inclusive Natural Gas Transition (RISING)
Summary
SCH Number
2026070359
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Rural and Indigenous Solutions for an Inclusive Natural Gas Transition (RISING)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/9/2026
Document Description
This project will develop community-led techno-economic analyses, planning tools, and outreach activities that enable rural and tribal partners to retire or decarbonize gas-dependent infrastructure through cost-effective, reliable, and equitable clean-energy alternatives.
Contact Information
Name
Emily Field
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Mechanical Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Dr. Kimberley Mayfield
Agency Name
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Livermore
Counties
Alameda
Regions
Citywide, Countywide, Northern California
Cross Streets
D ave , W 5th St
Zip
94550
Other Location Info
7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA 94550
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15306
Reasons for Exemption
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15306 provides that projects that consist of basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource are exempt from CEQA. This project is a computer-based and field-based research project to identify high-leverage strategies to support fossil gas end-use conversion in California’s residential and commercial sectors and will only be comprised of basic data collection, research, and experimental management. This project will result in no disturbances to any environmental resources and therefore it is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15306.
The project does not involve impacts on any particularly sensitive environment; 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 § 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 § 15300.2 apply to this project, and this project will not have a significant effect on the environment.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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