NCFPD Station 4 replacement approved, found exempt from CEQA

The North County Fire Protection District has plans to replace Station 4 in Pala Mesa, and the replacement will not need to undergo California Environmental Quality Act review.

The NCFPD board voted 5-0 Aug. 27 to find the replacement of an existing facility to be categorically exempt from CEQA. The action also approved the fire station project, although a construction contract will be approved at a future board meeting.

“They did declare the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act,” said NCFPD fire chief Keith McReynolds.

“We’ve had a building there for 40 years,” McReyno...