Phoenix Lake Preservation and Restoration (SNC 080101)
Summary
SCH Number
2008128059
Public Agency
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Document Title
Phoenix Lake Preservation and Restoration (SNC 080101)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/8/2008
Document Description
The Tuolumne Utilities District is requesting $100,000 in Sierra Nevada Conservancy Prop 84 Strategic Opportunity Grant funds to develop a Preliminary Design Plan to restore and enhance Phoenix Lake. The plan will identify methods for providing sediment control upstream of the lake, determine how to manage existing wetland areas, reduce wildfire risk and improve fisheries and aquatic and wetland habitat quality. The plan will also identify sediment removal needs to restore the lake storage capacity by surveying transects and computing the estimated volumne of sediment entering the lake. The plan will identify a preferred approach for providing public access to the lake and will develop a property owner education and outreach program to set forth desirable property management practices around the lake. The Preliminary Design Plan will be prepared by engineering and environmental planning consultants with management and engineering assistance from Tuolumne Utilities District. This project and resulting plan will be ultimately incorporated into the Integrated Regional Waste Management Plan currently being developed.
Contact Information
Name
Marji Feliz
Agency Name
Sierra Nevada Conservancy
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Tuolumne
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Sec 15262
Reasons for Exemption
This project qualifies as exempt under Section 15262 and will involve only feasibility and planning studies for possible future actions that may be subject to further CEQA evaluation, but still require consideration for environmental factors. The studies and planning associated with the Phoenix Lake Preservation and Restoration Plan will not result in any significant effect on any of the CEQA defined environmental resources because the work is solely a project planning effort which will have no physical effect on the environment.
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