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Local Guidelines for Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (2019) ACTIVITIES EXEMPT FROM CEQA 2019 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 3-24 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP (b) Is substantially the same as that originally proposed at the time the building permit was issued; (c) Does not result in a traffic increase of greater than 10% of front access road capacity; and (d) Includes the provision of adequate employee and visitor parking facilities. (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15327.) Class 28: Small Hydroelectric Projects as Existing Facilities. Installation of certain small hydroelectric-generating facilities in connection with existing dams, canals and pipelines, subject to the conditions in State CEQA Guidelines Section 15328. (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15328.) Class 29: Cogeneration Projects at Existing Facilities. Installation of cogeneration equipment with a capacity of 50 megawatts or less at existing facilities meeting certain conditions listed in State CEQA Guidelines Section 15329. (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15329.) Class 30: Minor Actions to Prevent, Minimize, Stabilize, Mitigate or Eliminate the Release or Threat of Release of Hazardous Waste or Hazardous Substances. Any minor cleanup actions taken to prevent, minimize, stabilize, mitigate, or eliminate the release or threat of release of a hazardous waste or substance which are small or medium removal actions costing $1 million or less. (State CEQA Guidelines Section 15330.) (a) No cleanup action shall be subject to this Class 30 exemption if the action requires the onsite use of a hazardous waste incinerator or thermal treatment unit or the relocation of residences or businesses, or the action involves the potential release into the air of volatile organic compounds as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 25123.6, except for small scale in situ soil vapor extraction and treatment systems which have been permitted by the local Air Pollution Control District or Air Quality Management District. All actions must be consistent with applicable state and local environmental permitting requirements including, but not limited to, off-site disposal, air quality rules such as those governing volatile organic compounds and water quality standards, and approved by the regulatory body with jurisdiction over the site; (b) Examples of such minor cleanup actions include but are not limited to: 1. Removal of sealed, non-leaking drums of hazardous waste or substances that have been stabilized, containerized and are designated for a lawfully permitted destination; 2. Maintenance or stabilization of berms, dikes, or surface impoundments; 3. Construction or maintenance or interim of temporary surface caps; 4. Onsite treatment of contaminated soils or sludge provided treatment system meets Title 22 requirements and local air district requirements; 5. Excavation and/or offsite disposal of contaminated soils or sludge in regulated units; 6. Application of dust suppressants or dust binders to surface soils; 7. Controls for surface water run-on and run-off that meets seismic safety standards;