Mack, Nicoll, Boone Routine Irrigation Ditch Maintenance (Notification of Streambed Alteration, No. EPIMS-KER-40539-R4)
Summary
SCH Number
2024051182
Public Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4
(CDFW)
Document Title
Mack, Nicoll, Boone Routine Irrigation Ditch Maintenance (Notification of Streambed Alteration, No. EPIMS-KER-40539-R4)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/28/2024
Document Description
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has executed Streambed Alteration Agreement No. EPIMS-KER-40539-R4, pursuant to Section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code to the Applicant, Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District. The Project includes routine, reoccurring maintenance activities to facilitate water conveyance through the Nicoll, Mack, and Boone Ditches where they traverse the Canebrake Ecological Reserve. Vegetation and debris will be removed from each ditch by pushing material along the ditch bed using a small dozer operated from within the ditch channel. Material that is removed will be temporarily stockpiled in the ditch and scooped out of the ditch using a backhoe operated from outside the ditch and placed where it cannot reenter the ditch channels, or the piles will be hauled from the property in dump trucks. Alternatively, live vegetation will be trimmed, dead vegetation removed, and trash removed by crews on foot using hand tools.
Contact Information
Name
Jim Kitch
Agency Name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Region 4
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Onyx
Counties
Kern
Regions
Countywide
State Highways
178
Waterways
South Fork Kern river
Township
26N
Range
35E
Section
8
Base
MDBM
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1; California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15301)
Reasons for Exemption
The Project includes the continued maintenance of existing water conveyance structures and will not result in an expansion of existing use. The Project will not have significant environmental impacts if it is completed under the protective features of Streambed Alteration Agreement No. EPIMS-KER-40539- R4.
County Clerk
Kern
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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