Silver Lake Outlet Tower and Gate Repairs
Summary
SCH Number
2008128092
Public Agency
El Dorado Irrigation District
Document Title
Silver Lake Outlet Tower and Gate Repairs
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/8/2008
Document Description
The project involves replacing the steel tower, gate and appurtenances, trashrack, mechanical operators, and miscellaneous concrete repairs. An overflow parking area at the dam will be used as the staging area for construction equipment and materials. Access to the dam base will be via the existing parking lot and adjacent road. No tree removal or vegetation removal will be necessary with the access routes. Snow removed from the laydown area will be stockpiled at the far end of the parking area. The existing outlet gate, trash rack and tower will be removed. A new stainless steel gate, new stem, and new brackets will be mounted to a new steel tower with walkway. A new mechanical operator and floor stand will be installed on the new tower. The gate will be aligned and tested. The new trash rack will be replaced with a like steel bar structure on the tower. The outlet system capacity will remain unchanged. No emergency, untimely, or extraordinary drawdown of the reservoir is anticipated because the plan is to have the work coincide with the normal annual draw down cycle. Specifically, the target construction window is early February through early April, before reservoir refill commences for the yr. Full scale operation of the renewed gate operating system will commence upon completion of the construction work before the reservoir refill conditions commence in 2009.
Contact Information
Name
Dan Corcoran
Agency Name
El Dorado Irrigation District
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Amador
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1, Sec 15301 (m)
Reasons for Exemption
The project involves the minor repair of an existing dam under the supervision of the Department of Water Resources. The project is the subject of a July 1, 2008 emergency declaration of the EID Board of Directors and therefore also qualifies for a statutory exemption under Public Resources Code Section 21080, subdivisions (b)(2) and (b)(4). Without waiving that statutory exemption, EID invokes the stated categorical exemption.
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