Vernal Pool Creation and Preservation Project as Mitigation for the Butte 70/149/191 Highway Improvement Project
Summary
SCH Number
2006062015
Lead Agency
Butte County Association of Governments
(BCAG)
Document Title
Vernal Pool Creation and Preservation Project as Mitigation for the Butte 70/149/191 Highway Improvement Project
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Existing land uses include grazing and open land. The Butte County General Plan designates the proposed project area as Grazing and Open Land (GOL) and the zoning designations include Scenic Highway (S-H) and Unclassified (U).
Document Description
The purpose of the Vernal Pool Creation and Preservation Project is to meet the mitigation requirements associated with the upgrading of State Route 149 to a four-lane expressway and construction of interchanges at the existing State Route 70/149 and State Route 99/149 intersections in Butte County. To offset the highway improvement project impacts to existing vernal pool habitat, the proposed mitigation project will preserve, enhance, create, restore, and protect for perpetuity a sufficient number of acres as set forth in the issuance of Permit #199700165 through the United States Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
Contact Information
Name
Jon Clark
Agency Name
Butte County Association of Governments
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Oroville
Counties
Butte
Cross Streets
SR-70 and SR-149 and Openshaw Road
Zip
95965
Total Acres
425
Parcel #
041-200-018-000, 041-190-013-000, 041-160-050-000; and portions of 041-150-042-000, 041-150-026-
State Highways
SR-70 and SR-149
Airports
Oroville Municipal Airport
Waterways
Gold Run Creek and Cottonwod Creek
Other Information
APN: 041-150-026-000, and 041-160-034-000
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Redding Region 5 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, Department of Water Resources
State Reviewing Agency Comments
Department of Water Resources
Development Types
Other (Mitigated Development)
Local Actions
Mitigated Project
Project Issues
Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife
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