Permit No. 19513: California State Parks - Great Valley Grasslands Floodplain Restoration Project

SCH Number: 2017121006
Lead Agency: California Department of Parks and Recreation
Document Title: Permit No. 19513: California State Parks - Great Valley Grasslands Floodplain Restoration Project
Document Type: NOD - Notice of Determination
Received: 11/20/2020
Posted: 11/20/2020

Document Description: Approval of Permit No. 19513, under California Code of Regulations, Title 23, Article 3, Section 6, for work within an adopted plan of flood control: To breach the existing left (southwest) bank levee of the San Joaquin River at three locations and to remove three segments of levee, approximately 644, 2667, 622 feet in length, to re-establish a hydraulic connection with the San Joaquin River as part of the Great Valley Grasslands Floodplain Restoration Project (Project). Removed levee material will be placed within the Project site and native vegetation will be planted where the levee segments were removed.

Contact Information: Itzia Rivera
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Lead/Public Agency
3310 El Camino Avenue, Suite 170
Sacramento, CA 95826
Phone : (916) 480-5388
itzia.rivera@cvflood.ca.gov; California State Parks
Project Applicant

Counties: Merced
Other Location Info: The project is located approximately 1.4 miles west from where State Route 165 (Lander Avenue) crosses the San Joaquin River, within the Great Valley Grasslands State Parks, in Merced County.

Final Environmental Document Available at: The environmental document is available to the general public at the lead agency's office. The Board's administrative record of proceedings related to the encroachment permit is available for public review at the Board's office. Please note, the NOD is not attached. If you would like to request a signed copy of the NOD, please contact Board staff at: questions@cvflood.ca.gov.

(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 Mitigated or 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: No
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project: No
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project: No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: Yes