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Local Guidelines for Implementing the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (2023) ACTIVITIES EXEMPT FROM CEQA <br /> <br /> <br />2023 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 3-5 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP <br />3.09 RATES, TOLLS, FARES, AND CHARGES. <br />The establishment, modification, structuring, restructuring or approval of rates, tolls, fares, <br />or other charges by the City that the City finds are for one or more of the purposes listed below are <br />exempt from CEQA. <br />(a) Meeting operating expenses, including employee wage rates and fringe benefits; <br />(b) Purchasing or leasing supplies, equipment or materials; <br />(c) Meeting financial reserve needs and requirements; or <br />(d) Obtaining funds for capital projects necessary to maintain service within existing service <br />areas. <br />When the City determines that one of the aforementioned activities pertaining to rates, <br />tolls, fares, or charges is exempt from the requirements of CEQA, it shall incorporate written <br />findings setting forth the specific basis for the claim of exemption in the record of any proceeding <br />in which such an exemption is claimed. <br />(Reference: State CEQA Guidelines, § 15273.) <br />3.10 PIPELINES WITHIN A PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND LESS THAN ONE MILE IN LENGTH. <br />Projects that are for the installation of a new pipeline or the maintenance, repair, <br />restoration, reconditioning, relocation, replacement, removal, or demolition of an existing pipeline <br />and that are: <br />(a) in a public street or highway or any other public right-of-way; and <br />(b) less than one mile in length <br /> <br />shall be exempt from CEQA requirements. <br />“Pipeline” includes subsurface facilities but does not include any surface facility related to the <br />operation of the underground facility. <br /> <br />(Reference: Public Resources Code, § 21080.21.) <br />3.11 PIPELINES OF LESS THAN EIGHT MILES IN LENGTH. <br />Projects that are for the inspection, maintenance, repair, restoration, reconditioning, <br />relocation, replacement, or removal of an existing pipeline, or any valve, flange, meter, or other <br />piece of equipment that is directly attached to the pipeline shall be exempt from CEQA <br />requirements if all of the following conditions are met: <br />(a) The project is less than eight miles in length. <br />(b) Notwithstanding the project length, actual construction and excavation activities <br />undertaken to achieve the maintenance, repair, restoration, reconditioning, relocation, <br />replacement, or removal of an existing pipeline are not undertaken over a length of more <br />than one-half mile at any one time.