Operational Changes at the Santa Felicia Project (Project)
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2014038036
- Lead Agency
- State Water Resources Control Board
- Document Title
- Operational Changes at the Santa Felicia Project (Project)
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 3/6/2014
- Document Description
- The Project is amend the September 12, 2008, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) license for the Santa Felicia Dam Project (FERC Project No. 2153). The Project will modify the minimum instream flows released from Santa Felicia Dam into lower Piru Creek. Current minimum instream flows are described in Section 403 of the current FERC license. current minimum instream flows are equal to natural inflow at Lake Piru plus on cubic foot per second (cfs), ranging from 1.4 cfs to 5 cfs. The Project will replace the current minimum instream flows with flows listed in the June 2012 Water Release Plan (Plan).
- Contact Information
-
Parker Thaler
State Water Resources Control Board
P.O. Box 2000
Sacramento, CA 95812-2000
Phone : (916) 341-5321
Location
- Counties
- Ventura
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- S:15301, 15306, Class 1, 6
- Reasons for Exemption
- The Class 1 exemption applies because the Project involves minor operational alterations to an existing facility with no construction or expansion of use. The Project involves increasing minimum flows release from Santa Felicia Dam into lower Piru Creek for the benefit of steelhead. The Class 6 exemption applies to the DO monitoring, which will not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource.
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