Lower Elkhorn Basin Levee Setback
13 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2016092015
Lead Agency
California Department of Water Resources
(DWR)
Document Title
Lower Elkhorn Basin Levee Setback
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
General Plan Agriculture (AG). Zoning: Agricultural-Intensive (A-N)
Document Description
The Lower Elkhorn Basin Levee Setback Project ("proposed project") would entail the following flood-risk reduction elements (1) widening the Yolo Bypass by constructing a setback levee approx. 1,500 feet east of the Tule Canal in the Lower Elkhorn Basin (between I-5 and the Sacramento Bypass), (2) widening the Sacramento Bypass by constructing a setback levee approx. 1,500 feet north of the existing levee (3) potential degrading of all or portions of existing levees; and (4) implementing ecosystem improvements in the lower Elkhorn Basin to mitigate project impacts.
Contact Information
Name
Erin Brehmer
Agency Name
California Department of Water Resources
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
West Sacramento
Counties
Yolo
Cross Streets
I-5, Old River Road, Yolo County Roads 124 and 126
Zip
95691
Parcel #
Multiple
State Highways
I-5, 84
Railways
Sierra Northern
Airports
SMF, CHP Academy
Schools
Two Rivers, L. Greene
Waterways
Sac. River, Yolo Byp., Sac Byp., Tule Canal
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Transportation Projects, Cal Fire, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Resources Agency
Development Types
Other (setback levee)
Local Actions
Levee Construct
Project Issues
Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
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