Kingfisher Flat Hatchery, Fire Recovery
Summary
SCH Number
2021080563
Public Agency
California Wildlife Conservation Board
(WCB)
Document Title
Kingfisher Flat Hatchery, Fire Recovery
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/30/2021
Document Description
Emergency repairs and replacement of fish hatchery equipment, utilities, and infrastructure that were damaged in the CZU lightning complex wildfire. Project will restore the Kingfisher Flat Hatchery to its pre-wildfire status and capacity by replacing
water intake infrastructure components on Big Creek and Berry Creek, filling the unused upper raceway with gravel for placement of rearing, spawning, and handling tanks, constructing an 8-foot by 16-foot bathroom and changing room with water and flush toilet connected to an engineered septic system, reconstructing upper bridge on Big Creek Road, and grading and filling an unprotected vertical cut bank to 3:1 slope and revegetating with native riparian plants. WCB Project Tracker ID: 2021014.
Contact Information
Name
John P. Donnelly
Agency Name
Department of Fish and Wildlife, Wildlife Conservation Board
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Davenport
Counties
Santa Cruz
Parcel #
057-25-106 and 057-251-02
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Declared Emergency
Type, Section or Code
Sec. 21080(b)(3); 15269(a)
Reasons for Exemption
Project consists of the maintenance, repair, restoration, demolition, or replacement of property or facilities damaged or destroyed by a disaster in a disaster-stricken area in which a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the Governor pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act, commencing with Section 8550 of the Government Code; the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical
equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of an existing use; the replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced; and, minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation
which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry or agricultural purposes.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301, Class 1 Existing Facilities; 15302, Class 2 Replacement and Reconstruction; and 15304, Class 4 Minor Alterations
Reasons for Exemption
Project consists of the maintenance, repair, restoration, demolition, or replacement of property or facilities damaged or destroyed by a disaster in a disaster-stricken area in which a state of emergency has been proclaimed by the Governor pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act, commencing with Section 8550 of the Government Code; the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical
equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of an existing use; the replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced; and, minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation
which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry or agricultural purposes.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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