Rector Reservoir Bypass Valve Project
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2020070017
Lead Agency
Department of General Services
(DGS)
Document Title
Rector Reservoir Bypass Valve Project
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Water Supply / Agricultural Watershed (Napa County Zoning Code) / Agriculture, Watershed, and Open (Napa County General Plan)
Document Description
CalVet operates Rector Dam and Reservoir to supply drinking water to the
Veterans Home of California in Yountville, the Napa State Hospital, the California Department of Fish
and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Bay-Delta Region office, the Town of Yountville, and several local wineries.
CalVet also supplies untreated water to the CDFW Silverado Fisheries Base located along Rector Creek
downstream of the dam, and to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
training facility, located at the base of Rector Dam.
The State Water Resources Control Board license to operate Rector Dam does not include specific
instream flow release requirements to Rector Creek; however, California Fish and Game Code 5937
requires the owner or operator of any dam to allow sufficient flow to pass through or over the dam to
keep fish downstream of the dam in good condition. The proposed Project addressed in the DEIR
would implement an interim schedule for minimum environmental releases to Rector Creek below
Rector Dam to meet Code 5937 requirements. To facilitate these releases, CalVet proposes to construct
new facilities below Rector Dam to convey, monitor and release stored water from the reservoir to
Rector Creek.
Project facilities to be constructed include a bypass valve, 12-inch-diameter water pipeline, Rector
Creek outfall structure, underground electrical/communications conduit, and Rector Creek erosion
control measures. Specifically, the key components of the proposed Project include the following:
-Diversion pipeline to convey water from the existing 30-inch water line at the base of Rector Dam to the proposed bypass valve and from the bypass valve to Rector Creek;
-Bypass valve and flow meter;
-Underground electrical and communications line and conduit between the bypass valve and CalVet Water Treatment Plant;
-Twelve-inch-diameter underground water pipeline between the bypass valve and proposed Rector Creek outfall; and
-Rector Creek outfall structure at the terminal end of that pipeline in Rector Creek and
streambank erosion controls.
Contact Information
Name
Terry Ash
Agency Name
Department of General Services
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Yountville
Counties
Napa
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Silverado Trail
Waterways
Rector Reservoir, Rector Creek, LeRette Creek, Napa River
Other Location Info
Rector Dam and Reservoir are located at approximately 38°26'28.91"N,
122°20'50.85"W at the base of the Howell Mountain in Napa County. The dam and reservoir are approximately 2.5 miles northeast of the Town of Yountville and east of Silverado Trail. Rector Creek crosses Silverado Trail approximately 700 feet downstream of the dam’s spillway. Vehicle access to the reservoir and the CalVet water treatment plant is through the gate at 7300 Silverado Trail.
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 3, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)
Development Types
Other (Infrastructure )
Local Actions
Board Approval
Project Issues
Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Noise, Public Services, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Water Quality, Water Supply/Ground Water
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from state reviewing agencies]
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