Placer County Water Agency Middle Fork American River Weather Modification Project
Summary
SCH Number
2018042070
Lead Agency
Placer County Water Agency
Document Title
Placer County Water Agency Middle Fork American River Weather Modification Project
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
target area is located on western slope of central Sierra Nevada and predominantly National Forest Land
Document Description
Placer County Water Agency Middle Fork American River Weather Modification Project would include the seasonal implementation of an aerial cloud seeding program for the upper middle fork American River watershed using aircraft equipped with focused silver iodide dispersal technology. The project would not result in any ground disturbing activities and is strictly designed to augment the natural rate of snowfall that occurs in orographic clouds as they develop and progress over the headwaters that drain into PCWA's primary storage reservoirs, Hell Hole and French Meadows. Cloud seeding suspension criteria would be implemented in wet years to ensure the incremental runoff generated by the project would be within the historical range of hydrologic variability for the target watersheds.
Contact Information
Name
Benjamin Barker
Agency Name
Placer County Water Agency
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Counties
El Dorado, Placer
Cross Streets
Middle Fork American River and Rubicon River
State Highways
89, 80, 50
Airports
Placerville, Truckee-Tahoe
Schools
El Dorado, Pollock Pines
Waterways
American River and Rubicon River
Other Location Info
Tahoe and El Dorado National Forests
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
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), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB)
Development Types
Other (aerial cloud seeding)
Local Actions
cloud seeding
Project Issues
Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Wildfire
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