Bear River Setback Levee Project
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2021020437
- Lead Agency
- Reclamation District 817 (RD817)
- Document Title
- Bear River Setback Levee Project
- Document Type
- MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
- Received
- Document Description
- Reclamation District No. 817 plans to address continued erosion and associated flood risk by constructing approximately 2,800 linear feet of setback levee, degrading the same stretch of existing levee, and using the degrade material to buttress a section of the existing levee on the north bank of the Bear River beginning at the downstream tie-in location of the setback levee and extending up to 8,500 linear feet downstream.
- Contact Information
-
Tom Engler
Reclamation District 817 District Engineer
Consulting Firm
455 University Avenue, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95825
Phone : (916) 437-7507
engler@mbkengineers.com
Location
- Coordinates
- 38°59'16.9"N 121°28'29.4"W
- Cities
- Wheatland
- Counties
- Sutter Yuba
- Regions
- Northern California
- Cross Streets
- agricultural roads off of Wheatland Road and State Route 65
- Zip
- 95692
- Total Acres
- 48
- Parcel #
- 015-150-092, 28-210-027, 28-210-026, 28-210-004, 28-010-007
- State Highways
- 65
- Railways
- Union Pacific
- Airports
- none
- Schools
- Wheatland Union High, Bear River Middle, Wheatland Elementary
- Waterways
- Bear River, Grasshopper Slough, Dry Creek
- Township
- T1314N
- Range
- R4-5E
- Section
- many
- Base
- MtDiablo
Notice of Completion
- Review Period Start
- Review Period End
- Development Type
- Other (Levee setback and buttress)
- Local Action
- Other: setback levee and buttress
- Project Issues
- Aesthetics Agriculture and Forestry Resources Air Quality Biological Resources Cultural Resources Drainage/Absorption Energy Flood Plain/Flooding Geology/Soils Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hazards & Hazardous Materials Hydrology/Water Quality Land Use/Planning Mandatory Findings of Significance Mineral Resources Noise Population/Housing Public Services Recreation Schools/Universities Septic System Transportation Tribal Cultural Resources Utilities/Service Systems Vegetation Wetland/Riparian Wildfire
- Reviewing Agencies
- California Air Resources Board (ARB) California Department of Conservation (DOC) 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 Department of Water Resources (DWR) 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 State Lands Commission (SLC) Central Valley Flood Protection Board Department of Toxic Substances Control Office of Historic Preservation State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB)
Attachments
- Environmental Document
- Bear River Setback Levee Summary Form PDF 579 K Bear River_IS-MND Public Draft PDF 24387 K RD 817 - NOTICE OF INTENT - 02242021 PDF 139 K
- NOC
- Bear River Setback Levee NOC - signed PDF 1370 K
- State Comment Letters [Comments from state reviewing agencies]
- 2021020437_RWQCB Comment PDF 410 K
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