Domestic Use Diversion (Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreement No. 1600-2018-0005-R1)

SCH Number: 2019058053
Lead Agency: Fish & Wildlife 1 (Redding) (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 1)
Document Title: Domestic Use Diversion (Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreement No. 1600-2018-0005-R1)
Document Type: NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received: 5/3/2019

Document Description: The project is limited to year-round direct diversion of surface water from Reading Creek for domestic purposes only. Water will be diverted via gravity feed through a one-inch PVC pipe to a 500-gallon hard plastic tank, which will pump water using a solar-pump on an as-needed basis to the residential area. The intake of the 1-inch pipe will be screened with material containing no openings larger than 3/32- inch in diameter. No surface water will be used for commercial cannabis irrigation.

Contact Information: Kate Blanchard
Department of Fish and Wildlife
601 Locust Street
Redding , CA 96001
530 225-2239

Cities: community of Douglas
Counties: Trinity
Other Location Info: The project is located at Reading Creek, tributary to the Trinity River, near the community of Douglas City in Trinity County, State of California; Latitude 40.565507, Longitude, -122.867301.

Exempt Status: Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code: 15303, Class 3
Reasons for Exemption: The project permits the installation of a new small diversion facility that will limit the diversion rate to 1 gallon per minute when the stream is at baseflow. The project consists of the construction of one new, small facility for non-commercial purposes. There will be no significant adverse impacts on endangered, rare, or threatened species or their habitat pursuant to California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15065.