Post-Fire Pool Restoration
Summary
SCH Number
2019048508
Public Agency
Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains
Document Title
Post-Fire Pool Restoration
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/25/2019
Document Description
This project will manually remove sediment from accessible critical refugia pools having some groundwater or seep input identified by local experts in creeks throughout the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (including potentially Arroyo Sequit, Las Virgenes, Malibu, Solstice, Topanga, Trancas, and Zuma). Sediments will be carefully spread on the adjacent banks without impacting any vegetation. Appropriate Best Management Practices will be implemented to prevent downstream impacts to water quality.
Note: See NOE for full descriptions
Contact Information
Name
Rosi Dagit
Agency Name
RCD of the Santa Monica Mountains
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Los Angeles
Other Location Info
Restoration will take place within the following reaches (Table 1), depending on conditions in summer 2019 and potential for supporting surface flow and pooling. See attached map (Figure 1) for overview of all locations within the Woolsey Fire (2018) and small Topanga Fire (2017) footprints being considered for restoration.
Note: See NOE for attachments
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
S: 15304, 15307
Reasons for Exemption
The specified activities will not result in damage to aquatic resources and will provide
temporary relief for aquatic species suffering from loss of habitat due to sedimentation of the creek which destroyed pool habitats.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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