Sacramento River Bank Protection Project 2006 Critical Levee Emergency Repair Project - 14 Sites
Summary
SCH Number
2006118230
Public Agency
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Document Title
Sacramento River Bank Protection Project 2006 Critical Levee Emergency Repair Project - 14 Sites
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
11/28/2006
Document Description
The Governor declared a State of Emergency for the California levee system on February 24, 2006 and on March 7, 2006 issued Executive Order S-01-06. The Governor's proclamation and executive order focused on the imminent threat of catastrophic levee failure at 24 critical levee erosion sites (CLES). Nine additional sites were subsequently added to this repair effort for a total of 33 initial CLES.
The Corps through the SRBPP partnership with the Board agreed to repair 14 of the 24 new sites chosen. The first phase will secure the site against imminent levee failure by providing a quarry stone rock buttress extending below the water surface from the levee toe up to the mean summer water elevation (MSE). During the second phase, to commence following the recession of high water in late spring or early summer 2007, rock benches will be constructed at all sites and covered with soil to support the placement of in-stream woody material (IWM), tree plantings and shrub vegetation to promote bank stabilization and increased in-stream habitat value, riparian habitat and shaded riverine aquatic habitat.
Contact Information
Name
Deborah Condon
Agency Name
Reclamation Board
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Sacramento, Solano, Sutter, Yolo
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Emergency Project
Type, Section or Code
Sectuib 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. 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. On November 2, 2006, the Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, issued a Declaration of Emergency for 24 newly identified critical levee sites along the Sacramento and Bear rivers, Cache Creek, Steamboat Slough, and Sutter Slough. 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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