Moccasin Creek Hatchery Pilot Recirculation Project
Summary
SCH Number
2016108347
Public Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 4
(CDFW)
Document Title
Moccasin Creek Hatchery Pilot Recirculation Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/27/2016
Document Description
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), a department of the City and County of San Francisco (City), operates the Hetch Hetechy Water and Power System, which provides water to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Moccasin Creek Fish Hatchery (Hatchery) from Moccasin Reservoir. Starting January 2017, the City will be shutting down the eighteen miles of mountain tunnels that lead to Moccasin
Reservoir for 60 days for maintenance (Shutdown). During the Shutdown, no water will be flowing into Moccasin Reservoir, and only 3 cubic feet per second (cfs) will be available to the Hatchery, as opposed to the 30 cfs that is otherwise required to operate the Hatchery. The Hatchery must remain in operation to maintain the lives of those fish in the Hatchery, including rainbow trout and endangered Lahontan cutthroat trout (Pilot Peak Strain), necessary for the Tahoe Basin Recovery Effort. These fish should not be moved.
Contact Information
Name
Julie Vance
Agency Name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 4
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Tuolumne
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15269(b)
Reasons for Exemption
Maintenance project necessary to maintain potable water devivery from the Hetch Hetchy Water Sustem to the City and County of San Francisco.
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