The Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration and Recreation (LARERR) Reach 8A Project (Reach 8A Project)
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024020386
Public Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Administration Division
(CDFW)
Document Title
The Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration and Recreation (LARERR) Reach 8A Project (Reach 8A Project)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/15/2024
Document Description
On March 13, 2024, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) awarded a $2,093,840 grant from the Drought Resilience – Protecting Salmon funding to the City of Los Angeles for the Reach 8A Project. The Reach 8A Project is designed to benefit southern California steelhead to the upper tributaries of the Los Angeles River. The Reach 8A Project will benefit southern California steelhead by improving fish passage within a quarter mile section of the LA River. Currently, this section of the LA River is concrete-lined and no vegetation is present. This Reach 8A Project includes restoration elements of reintroduction of ecological and natural physical processes for a more natural hydrologic and hydraulic regime that reconnects historic floodplains and tributaries and reduces flow velocities. Restoration elements of the Reach 8A Project will include installation of an inset channel adjacent to the existing low flow channel; installation of anchored boulder clusters; placement of resting pockets for steelhead; and installation of vegetated habitat features (including planter boxes and weepholes/penetrations through the channel lining) to allow for vegetation establishment within the channel.
Contact Information
Name
Olivia Johnson
Agency Name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Job Title
Steelhead Recovery and Restoration
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Los Angeles
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Waterways
Los Angeles River
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Public Resources Code section 21080.56
Reasons for Exemption
CDFW has determined that the Reach 8A Project meets the qualifying criteria set forth in Section 21080.56, subdivisions (a) through (d), inclusive. CDFW’s determination is supported by (1) the City of Los Angeles February 6, 2023, initial determination as lead agency that the Project meets the qualifying criteria set forth in Section 21080.56, subdivisions (a) through (d), inclusive; and (2) pursuant to Section 21080.56, subdivision (e), the CDFW Director’s March 14, 2023 concurrence with that the City of Los Angeles determination, which is available at wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Cutting-Green-Tape/SERP/Concurrences.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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