San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Seismic Safety Project, California Endangered Species Act (CESA) Incidental Take Permit No. 2081-2001-021-03 (ITP)

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Seismic Safety Project, California Endangered Species Act (CESA) Incidental Take Permit No. 2081-2001-021-03 (ITP)

The Project involves removing and replacing the east span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge to provide earthquake relief access between San Francisco and the East Bay. The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) for purposes of this notice, has approved a major amendment to an incidental take permit (ITP) issued to the California Department of Transportation for the project pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 2081, subdivision (b). The ITP, issued on November 26, 2001 and amended on October 14, 2009, authorizes Caltrans to take Sacramento River winter and spring run Chinook (Oncorhynchus Ishawytscha), Central Coast Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), and longfin smelt (Sprinchus thaleichthys), incidental to otherwise lawful project activities subject to various conditions of approval prescribed by the Fish and Game Code. All the species noted above are designated as either threatened or endangered under CESA. Im issuing the major amendment, DFG found, among other things, that all authorized impacts of the taking would be fully mitigated and that the project would not jeopardize the continued existence of any of the species.

Oakland, San Francisco

Alameda, San Francisco