Freeman Diversion Routine Maintenance Project (Streambed Alteration Agreement, No. EPIMSVEN-41964-R5).
Summary
SCH Number
2024120977
Public Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5
(CDFW)
Document Title
Freeman Diversion Routine Maintenance Project (Streambed Alteration Agreement, No. EPIMSVEN-41964-R5).
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/20/2024
Document Description
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has executed Streambed Alteration Agreement No. EPIMS-VEN-41964-R5, pursuant to Section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code to United Water Conservation District, represented by Marissa Caringella.
The Project is limited to maintenance activities at the Vern-Freeman Diversion, located on the Santa Clara River. The activities proposed include regularly scheduled maintenance and intermittent maintenance that may be required on as-needed basis. Activities include vegetation control at the roller compacted concrete diversion dam and along rip-rap and access roads; in-kind repair of rip-rap and roads; and partial draining of the desilting basin. Activities will be conducted in areas where the channel is dry. Certain activities which would require heavy machinery will be performed outside of the nesting bird season, the steelhead migration/rearing season, and/or any storm event that could trigger steelhead migration. The Agreement does not cover any water diversions or dewatering
Contact Information
Name
Angela Castanon
Agency Name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Oxnard
Counties
Ventura
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
See below "Other Location Info."
Zip
90740
State Highways
CA
Other Location Info
The Freeman Diversion Routine Maintenance Project is located at the Permittee’s Vern Freeman Diversion, located at 2641 West Los Angeles Avenue, Oxnard, Ventura County, California; Latitude 34.298333N, Longitude -119.108333W.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Type – Class 1; California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15301
Reasons for Exemption
The Project is limited to the maintenance and minor repair of an existing facility. The Project is exempt under 15301 because it involves the maintenance, repair, and minor alteration of existing public or private structures. Likewise, no expansion is proposed.
County Clerk
Ventura
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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