Buhlev Diversion, Crossing and Ponds Project (Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreement No. 1600-2017-0807-R1)

SCH Number: 2015102005
Lead Agency: Humboldt County
Document Title: Buhlev Diversion, Crossing and Ponds Project (Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreement No. 1600-2017-0807-R1)
Document Type: NOD - Notice of Determination
Received: 6/13/2018

Document Description: Project is limited to 5 encroachments. One encroachment is for water diversion from a drilled well. Water is diverted to storage for domestic household and cannabis cultivation use. A second diversion is from a spring at the head of an unnamed class III watercourse that is tributary to Salmon Creek. Water is diverted through gravity fed 1.5 inch PVC pipe to storage for domestic household use. A third encroachment is to perform maintenance on a functioning and appropriately sized 18-inch culvert positioned in a class III watercourse. A fourth encroachment is for maintenance and diversion from a 250K gallon lined pond with a 12-inch outlet. A fifth encroachment is for the maintenance and diversion from a 500K gallon unlined pond located just south of the 250K pond and connected via the spillway. The pond outlet will be armored and redirected to a grassy swale to hydrologically disconnect the pond from the adjacent class II watercourse. Work for the water diversion will include use and maintenance of the water diversion infrastructure. Work for these encroachments will include backfilling and compaction of fill, and rock armoring as necessary to minimize erosion.

Contact Information: Timothy Smith
CDFW
619 Second St.
Eureka, CA 95501
707-441-2091

(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