MONTGOMERY CREEK HYDROELECTRIC ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PROJECT (Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreement No. 1600-2018-0213-R1)
Summary
SCH Number
2019070722
Public Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 1
(CDFW)
Document Title
MONTGOMERY CREEK HYDROELECTRIC ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PROJECT (Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreement No. 1600-2018-0213-R1)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/18/2019
Present Land Use
Hydroelectric Generation
Document Description
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has executed Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement number 1600-2018-0213-R1, pursuant to Section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code to EL DORADO HYDRO, LLC. The project is limited to routine maintenance activities at the Montgomery Creek Hydroelectric Facility. Routine
maintenance activities are defined as those activities periodically scheduled and implemented as necessary to maintain the structural and functional integrity of the facility for which a notification of streambed alteration (Form FG 2023) would otherwise be required. Such routine maintenance activities are further described in Exhibit A – Covered Activities but in general include activities associated with maintaining, in an as-built condition, the free flowing passage of water through existing structures and maintaining the structural and functional integrity of facility,
existing roads, paths, stream crossings, and bank revetment sites, as well as maintaining access to those features.
Contact Information
Name
Adam McKannay
Agency Name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Agency Name
EL DORADO HYDRO, LLC
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Shasta
Regions
Northern California
Waterways
Montgomery Creek
Other Location Info
The project is located at Montgomery Creek, in the County of Shasta, State of
California; Latitude 40.837N, Longitude 121.939W; Montgomery Falls Road, 3 mi North of Hwy 299E Montgomery Creek, CA 96065
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
title 14, section 15301
Reasons for Exemption
Operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, and minor alteration of existing
private hydroelectric structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, and topographical features involving no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of CDFW’s determination.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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