Lower Yolo Bypass Restoration Project
12 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2011032001
Lead Agency
State and Federal Contractors Water Agency
Document Title
Lower Yolo Bypass Restoration Project
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Agriculture and Flood Control Management / A-P (Agricultural Preserve); A-1; Delta Protection Overlay (DPO)
Document Description
The Project is being undertaken in cooperation with the CA DWR and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as partial fulfillment of the 8,000-acre tidal restoration targets contained within the Reasonable and Prudent Alternative of the 2008 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Delta Smelt Biological Opinion, and referenced in the 2009 National Marine Fisheries Service Salmonid Biological Opinion, and referenced in the 2009 National Marine Fisheries Service Salmonid Biological Opinion, issued for continuing operations of DWR's State Water Project (SWP) and the Reclamation's Central Valley Project (CVP). The Project may also serve as partial fulfillment of tidal restoration objectives anticipated under the forthcoming Bay Delta Conservation Plan. SFCWA proposes to convert existing agricultural lands to wetlands, thereby creating about 1,226 acres of perennial emergent marsh (tidal).
Contact Information
Name
Tara Beltran
Agency Name
State and Federal Contractors Water Agency
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Yolo
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Near junction of Levee & Delhi roads; and County Road 155, east of County Road 104
Parcel #
numerous
Waterways
Shag Slough/Tule Canal Yolo Bypass
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 Parks and Recreation, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, California Department of Conservation (DOC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Conservation (DOC)
Development Types
Other (Wetlands Restoration)
Local Actions
Wetlands Restoration
Project Issues
Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Public Services, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, GHG
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