DWR 2006 Critical Levee Emergency Repair Project - Site 20051230-039-010
Summary
SCH Number
2006118150
Public Agency
California Department of Water Resources
(DWR)
Document Title
DWR 2006 Critical Levee Emergency Repair Project - Site 20051230-039-010
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/17/2006
Document Description
A series of storms struck Northern California and Nevada in late December and early January 2005/2006. The Sacramento River and associated tributaries reached flood stage. High flows, high tides, and high winds were experienced in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. A Federal Disaster Declaration was issued for 31 California counties due to floods, mudslides, and landslides caused by the storms.
The project site is located in the Brannan Andrus Levee Maintenance District in southern Sacramento County. The site is located along the eastern bank of the Sacramento River approximately 3/4 miles northeast of the City of Rio Vista. The site is approximately 200 feet long and 75 feet wide for a total project footprint of approximately 0.34 acre. The repairs for this levee site would consist of restoring the original protection by reconstructing the levee embankment to the pre-flood slope and height by restoring the rock protection on the waterside. Debris deposited by the flood fight on the eroded slopes and material placed by Caltrans during the flood fight will be removed in order to complete the repairs. The levee slope will be constructed over a rockfill platform constructed 2 feet above the summer high water mark.
Contact Information
Name
Michael Inamine
Agency Name
Department of Water Resources
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Rio Vista
Counties
Sacramento
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Emergency Project
Type, Section or Code
Section 15269(b)(c)
Reasons for Exemption
As a result of the imminent threat of catastrophic levee failure, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed a state of emergency for California's levee system in February 2006. In that emergency proclamation, and in the Governor's Executive Order S-01-06 issued in March 2006, the Governor directed DWR to continue to identify additional levee sites that may require expedited repairs in order to prevent a catastrophic failure. Recent investigations by DWR and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have identified numerous additional levee sites throughout the State which are in a substantially degraded condition and in need of immediate emergency repairs. On October 3, 2006, the Governor issued Executive Order S-18-06, which found that conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property continue to exist along California's levees and other flood control systems. The emergency repairs for this project are necessary to maintain the levee system, which is essential to protecting the public health, safety, and welfare, and to avoid a catastrophic levee failure.
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