APPLICATION TO APPROPRIATE WATER
Summary
SCH Number
1996105422
Public Agency
State Water Resources Control Board
Document Title
APPLICATION TO APPROPRIATE WATER
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/6/1996
Document Description
TH APPLICANT SEEKS THE RIGHT TO APPROPRIATE AND STORE 7.2 ACRE FEET OF WATER PER ANNUM FROM AN UNARMED STREAM TRIBUTARY TO CHINA CREEK. THE PROJECT IS LOCATED ABOUT ONE MILE EAST OF OAKHUST IN MADERA COUNTY (US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.1951.BASS LAKE.7.5 MINUTE TOPOGRAHIC SHEET).THE 7.2 AF IS TO COVER EXCESS STORAGE FOR AN EXISITING 29.2AF ONSTREAM RESERVOIR 9ECHO LAKE) WHICH IS PERMITTED UNDER APPLICANT AO28547 TO STORE 22 AF.THE POND HAS BEEN IN EXISTANCE SINCE 1948.THERFORE, NO NEW DISTURBANCES OF NATIVE VEGETATION WILL OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THIS APPLICAT- ION.THE APPLICATION WAS PUBLICLY NOTICED ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1994 AND ALL PROTESTS ON PRIOR RIGHTS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED. NO PROTESTS WERE RECEIVED CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS BUT THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS TO THE FOOTHILL YELLO-LEGGED FROG (RANA BOYLEI).HOWEVER SINCE THE POND HAS BEEN IN EXISTANCE AND UNDISTURBED SINCE 1948, A CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME BIOLOGIST SPECULATED THAT THE RESERVOIR WAS PROBABLY PROVIDING HABITAT FOR THE FROG. NO ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS PROJECT.
Contact Information
Name
MIKE MEINZ
Agency Name
STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD DIVISION OF WATER
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
OAKHURST
Counties
Madera
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
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