HomeMy WebLinkAboutOCSD 16-30RESOLUTION NO. OCSD 16-30
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
ORANGE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT ADOPTING
FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT IN CONSIDERATION OF
THE GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT SYSTEM FINAL
PROGRAM EIR/EIS (FEIR) AS AUGMENTED BY ADDENDUM
NO. 6 TO THE FEIR AND RELATED ACTIONS
WHEREAS, the Orange County Sanitation District (the "Sanitation District") and
the Orange County Water District ("OCWD") certified the Groundwater Replenishment
System (the "GWRS" or "Project") Final Program EIR/EIS on March 24, 1999; and
WHEREAS, the Sanitation District and OCWD approved minor modifications to the
Project, which were approved based upon the Final Program EIR/EIS as augmented by
Addendum No. 1 in March 2001, Addendum No. 2 in January 2002, Addendum No. 3 in
November 2003, Addendum No. 4 in February 2005, and Addendum No. 5 in May 2011
(the Final Program EIR/EIS, as augmented by Addenda Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, is referred
to herein as "FEIR"); and
WHEREAS, the Sanitation District and OCWD have planned, designed, and
constructed the Project. The Project commenced operation on January 10, 2008, and
has operated continuously since that date; and
WHEREAS, OCWD is planning to expand the Project, at its own expense, by
expanding the production capacity of the Advanced Water Treatment Facilities ("AWTF")
and related post-treatment facilities to increase the Project's production capacity by 30
mgd from 100 mgd to 130 mgd (the "Final Expansion"). To support the Final Expansion,
secondary effluent from the Sanitation District's wastewater treatment facility designated
as "Plant No. 2" will need to be made available to the AWTF. Major construction projects
on Sanitation District property will be necessary to make this possible, including: (i) the
Plant 2 Headworks Modifications project; (ii) the Plant 2 Effluent Pump Station project;
(iii) the 66" lnterplant Pipe Rehabilitation project; and (iv) the Plant Water Pump Station
Replacement, which is part of the Ocean Outfall System Rehabilitation Project J-117; and
WHEREAS, on September 21, 2016, as lead agency for the Final Expansion,
OCWD approved the Final Expansion. In connection with that approval, and in order to
comply with the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code Sections
21000, et seq. ("CEQA"), OCWD considered an initial study prepared by OCWD staff and
Addendum No. 6 to the FEIR ("Addendum No. 6") and made CEQA findings. On
September 22, 2016, OCWD filed a Notice of Determination under CEQA with respect to
its approval of the Final Expansion ("NOD"); and
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WHEREAS, the Sanitation District and OCWD desire to perform portions of the
Final Expansion in a manner that minimizes the impacts to the environment, the public,
and the surrounding community.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration thereof, the Board of Directors of the
Orange County Sanitation District DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE, AND
ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The Sanitation District has independently reviewed and considered
Addendum No. 6 along with the FEIR;
Section 2: Based on evidence presented to the Sanitation District, including the
FEIR, documents provided by OCWD, and Addendum No. 6, the Sanitation District, as a
responsible agency for the Final Expansion, does hereby consider the FEIR and
Addendum No. 6 and finds that pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21166 and
California CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164:
(1) No substantial changes are proposed in the Project covered by the FEIR
which will require major revisions in the FEIR due to the involvement of new
significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of
previously identified significant effects.
(2) No substantial changes would occur with respect to the circumstances
under which the Project covered by the FEIR is undertaken which will
require major revisions of the FEIR due to the involvement of new significant
environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously
identified significant effects.
(3) No new information of substantial importance, which was not known and
could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence, at the
time the FEIR was certified as complete, shows either that the Final
Expansion will have any significant effects not discussed in the FEIR, that
the significant effects of the Final Expansion will be substantially more
severe than shown in the FEIR, that mitigation measures or alternatives
found in the FEIR to be infeasible would in fact be feasible, or that any
mitigation measures or alternatives are considerably different than those
analyzed in the FEIR.
Section 3: Addendum No. 6 is hereby received and filed.
Section 4: Sanitation District staff is hereby authorized and directed to file a
Notice of Determination.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Boardllf Directors held
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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COUNTY OF ORANGE
I, Kelly A. Lore, Clerk of the Board of Directors of the Orange County Sanitation
District, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. OCSD 15-30 was passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of said Board on the 15th day of November 2015, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
Beamish; Curry; Ferryman; Katapodis; Kiley; Kim; Kring; Mills;
M. Murphy (Alternate); R. Murphy; Nagel; Neugebauer;
Nielsen; Parker; Sebourn; Shawver; F. Smith; Steel; Wanke;
Withers and Yarc
None
None
Choi; Deaton; Jones and Tinajero
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal
of Orange County Sanitation District this 15th day of November 2015.
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Kell y A.~re
Cle /k oft e Board of D!rectors
Orange aunty Sanitation · District
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