Forehand Diversion, Stream Crossing and Ponds Project. (Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreement No. 1600-2017-0596-R1)

SCH Number: 2015102005
Lead Agency: Humboldt County
Document Title: Forehand Diversion, Stream Crossing and Ponds Project. (Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreement No. 1600-2017-0596-R1)
Document Type: NOD - Notice of Determination
Received: 3/5/2018
Posted: 3/5/2018
Present Land Use: The project applies across all land use designations

Document Description: Project consists of 5 encroachments: One encroachment is to improve the rock armoring for the spillway of a lined pond fed by ditch relief through an appropriately sized and functioning 24 inch culvert and used for cannabis cultivation. A second encroachment is to permit an existing unlined catchment pond fed by ditch relief but not currently used for cannabis cultivation. A third encroachment is to permit maintenance for a functioning and appropriately sized 24-inch driveway culvert that carries ditch relief water. A fourth encroachment is for a water diversion from a screened catchment box that delivers water from an unnamed class 3 tributary to Basin Creek to a household micro-hydroelectric generation system that operates during the wet months using a 3 inch poly pipe to carry the diverted water. A fifth encroachment is to replace a failing and undersized 48 inch diameter culvert on an unnamed class 3 tributary to Basin Creek, with a minimum 60 inch culvert. Work for the pond(s), culverts and water diversion will include use and maintenance of the infrastructure during the term of the Agreement. The property also has a non-jurisdictional well that did not require notification.

Contact Information: Angela Liebenberg
CDFW
619 Second St.
Eureka, CA 95501
Phone : (707) 964-4830

(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
(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: No