Ash and Brenda Slough Sediment Removal (Streambed Alteration Agreement No. 1600-2016-0094-R4)

SCH Number: 2011111059
Lead Agency: Madera County
Document Title: Ash and Brenda Slough Sediment Removal (Streambed Alteration Agreement No. 1600-2016-0094-R4)
Document Type: NOD - Notice of Determination
Received: 11/1/2016

Document Description: CDFW has executed Streambed Alteration Agreement No. 1600-2016-0094-R4, pursuant to section 1602 fo the Fish and Game Code to the project Applicant, Madera County Flood Control and Water Conservation Agency. Project includes activities related to the mechanical removal of accumulated silt, sand, and other sediment, estimated through previous study to be two to three feet in depth, from a 8.6 mile section of Ash Slough and an 8.2 mile section of Berenda Slough, to increase flow capacity of the channels to approx. 5,000 cubic feet per second and return the streams to a design condition initially engineered by the US Army Corps of Engineers at or around 1976.

Contact Information: Carrie Swanberg
CDFW
1234 East Shaw Avenue
Fresno, CA 93710
559-243-4014

(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment: No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: No
(2b) A Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: Yes
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project: Yes
(4) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project: No
(5) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: No