Clear Creek Gravel Injection Project, WDID# 5A45CR0053, Redding, Shasta County
Summary
SCH Number
2017088113
Public Agency
Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 5 (Central Valley), Redding
Document Title
Clear Creek Gravel Injection Project, WDID# 5A45CR0053, Redding, Shasta County
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/7/2017
Document Description
The project will inject gravel (6,120 cubic yards) at four sites on lower Clear Creek for the purpose of supplementing natural gravel bed load captured in Whiskeytown Reservoir. Lower Clear Creek below the reservoir is depleted in gravel bed load, which has caused degraded channel habitat, channel incision, and loss of flood plain connectivity and function. Gravel injections address these conditions and partly restore spawning habitat for the benefit of endangered salmon and steelhead. The project will have temporary impacts of 1.2 acres to un-vegetated streambed.
Contact Information
Name
Guy F. Chetelat
Agency Name
Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 5 (Central Valley),
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Redding
Counties
Shasta
Waterways
Lower Creek, Whiskeytown Reservoir
Other Information
Paige Bar: Latitude: 40°35'05.29" Longitude: -122°33'01.62"
Guardian Rock: Latitude: 40°34'39.42" Longitude: -122°32'10.95"
Placer Road Bridge: Latitude: 40°30'39.07" Longitude: -122°31'19.45"
3B Rootwads: Latitude: 40°30'03.03" Longitude: -122°25'05.50"
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
S: 15333; Class 33
Reasons for Exemption
This project is Categorically Exempt under CEQA section 15333 because it is a restoration project less than 5 acres size for the benefit of fish and wildlife. The project will enhance spawning habitat for the benefit or endangered salmon and steelhead. No compensatory mitigation is required for this project.
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