Butte Groundwater Monitoring Network-Monitoring Well Installation
Summary
SCH Number
2001118109
Public Agency
California Department of Water Resources
(DWR)
Document Title
Butte Groundwater Monitoring Network-Monitoring Well Installation
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/8/2001
Document Description
The proposed project will involve the drilling of one ten-inch diameter, 200 foot deep monitoring well. The well will be drilled using a large truck-mounted rotary drilling rig equipped with a mud pump. Drilling will begin in either late November or December during daylight hours only. Drilling and reaming of the well will increase noise levels for approximately four hours. All drilling and well development will be accomplished during a two to three day period. Additional support vehicles, including a water tender, front end loader, pipe truck and pickup trucks will be parked on-site. The drilling rig and associated equipment will occupy an area of approximately 100 feet by 50 feet. Access for these vehicles will be directly off the adjacent gravel roads. No improvements for site access will be required. With landowner's permission, all drill wastes (rock cuttings and inert bentonite clay) produced during drilling will be covered over and left on-site upon well completion. The surface completion will consist of a 24-inch diameter standpipe structure placed on a three foot square concrete pad and protected with four steel crash posts.
Contact Information
Name
Dave Bogener
Agency Name
Department of Water Resources
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Butte
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15306 & 15304
Reasons for Exemption
Section 15306: Basic data collection, research, exoerimental management, and resource evaluation activities, which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource.
Section 15304: Minor trenching and backfilling where the surface of the land is restored and the project does not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees.
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