Silver Lake Dam Replacement Project

Silver Lake Dam Replacement Project

The El Dorado Irrigation District (District) proposes to replace the Silver Lake Dam (Dam), located near Kirkwood, CA, to comply with applicable dam safety requirements of the California Division of Safety of Dams and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The primary benefit of the proposed project is to provide safe and reliable operation of the dam and Silver Lake Reservoir (Reservoir) that were originally constructed in 1876. The Dam is owned and operated by the District as part of the El Dorado Hydroelectric Project - FERC License No. 184. The proposed project involves the removal of the existing Dam and appurtenances and the construction of a replacement Dam and appurtenances at the location of the existing Dam and surrounding areas. The District anticipates the duration of the project's construction activities will be approximately 18 months.

Kirkwood

Alpine, Amador, El Dorado

Countywide, Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), 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, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan South Lake Tahoe Region 6 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 10, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 9, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW)

Recreational (Public Facility Replacement)

Dam Replacement

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Fiscal Impacts, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire