El Dorado Forebay Dam Modification Project
6 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2013032036
Lead Agency
El Dorado Irrigation District
Document Title
El Dorado Forebay Dam Modification Project
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
4/23/2015
Present Land Use
Timberland and Reservoir/Recreation Facilities Zone/Natural Resource General Plan Land Use Designation
Document Description
The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) is responsible for issuance of a water quality certification (certification) for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) license amendment for the Project, which is owned and operated by EID. EID, as lead agency, prepared an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and filed a Notice of Determination on March 13, 2013. The State Water Board considered the EIR during development of its certification for the Project.
Implementation of the Project will: (1) increase dam stability through seismic improvements; (2) meet Department of Water Resources Division of Dam Safety (DSOD) and FERC dam safety requirements; (3) provide freeboard sufficient to relieve regulatory reservoir level operating restriction; and (4) improve and maintain the drinking water and hydroelectric facilities. Other Project elements include: drawdown of the El Dorado Forebay (Forebay) to allow for construction of an earthen stability buttress on the dry side (i.e., non-reservoir side) of the Forebay dam; raising the dam 10 vertical feet to meet DSOD and FERC dam safety stability/freeboard requirements; remediation of the emergency spillway structure and outfall; stabilization of the slope along the spillway channel; repair of the reservoir inlet; relocation of the drinking water valve house and dam seepage pump back station; abandonment of two unused penstocks within the dam; installation of a control valve on the active penstock within the reservoir; reinforcement of the reservoir side of the dam; and replacement of the drinking water intake structure.
Conditions of the certification for the Project include monitoring of the benthic macroinvertebrate populations and the protection of water quality through use of best management practices.
Contact Information
Name
Brionna Drescher
Agency Name
Department of Water Resources
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
El Dorado
Cross Streets
Forebay Road, Blair Road, Polaris Road, and Drop-off Road
Zip
95726
Total Acres
158
Parcel #
10133077, 10133011, 10133061, etc.
State Highways
Hwy 50
Schools
Pinewood ES
Waterways
American River
Township
11N
Range
12E
Section
25
Base
MDB&M
Other Location Info
Pollock Pines
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
State Water Board
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
Yes
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
N/A
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Disclaimer: The document was originally posted before CEQAnet had the capability to host attachments for the public. To obtain the original attachments for this document, please contact the lead agency at the contact information listed above. You may also contact the OPR via email at state.clearinghouse@opr.ca.gov or via phone at (916) 445-0613.