NPDES Permit for the Maintenance and Operations of the Madera-Chowchilla Water & Power Authority

SCH Number: 2016111001
Lead Agency: Madera-Chowchilla Water & Power Authority
Document Title: NPDES Permit for the Maintenance and Operations of the Madera-Chowchilla Water & Power Authority
Document Type: MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received: 11/1/2016

Document Description: The NPDES Permit for which this report is made provides for the categorical exception from numeric water quality criteria and objectives for priority pollutants for the application of aquatic pesticides by public entities in the exercise of resource or pest management activities (Water quality order no. 2013-0002-DWQ). As a special district of California, Madera-Chowchilla Water & Power Authority is eligible for coverage under, and has applied for a general NPDES Permit relating to the application of aquatic pesticides directly to MCWPA agricultural water.

Contact Information: Douglas Welch
Madera-Chowchilla Water & Power Authority
P.O. Box 905 327 S. Chowchilla Boulevard
Chowchilla, CA 93610
559-665-3747

Review Period Start: 11/1/2016
Review Period End: 11/30/2016
Development Type: Water Facilities (Irrigation Type) Other (aquatic weed management with herbicides)
Local Action: Other Action Other Action: N/A
Project Issues: Aesthetic/Visual Agricultural Land Air Quality Archaeologic-Historic Biological Resources Flood Plain/Flooding Forest Land/Fire Hazard Geologic/Seismic Minerals Noise Population/Housing Balance Public Services Sewer Capacity Soil Erosion/Compaction/Grading Solid Waste Toxic/Hazardous Traffic/Circulation Water Quality Water Supply Growth Inducing Land Use Cumulative Effects
Reviewing Agencies: California Department of Parks and Recreation California Highway Patrol Caltrans, District 6 Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 4 Department of Water Resources Regional Water Quality Control Bd., Region 5 (Fresno) Resources Agency State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 11 State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality Native American Heritage Commission