2023 Storm Damage, Department of Water Resources Levee Rehabilitation Repair Site 23-078

The California Department of Water Resources is executing the 2023 Storm Damage Levee Rehabilitation Repair Site 23-078 project in Colusa County, specifically on a levee of an unnamed tributary to the Colusa Basin Drainage Canal. This project is governed by Streambed Alteration Agreement EPIMS Notification Number COL-61705-R2, executed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife pursuant to section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code. The scope of work involves repairing levee erosion through the excavation of loose bank materials, backfilling, recontouring, and re-compaction of soil and the levee prism, as well as reseeding disturbed areas and re-graveling the levee crown road. The project is subject to a Mitigated Negative Declaration under CEQA, which determined that the work will not have a significant environmental effect. To ensure compliance, the project must adhere to specific mitigation measures and be scheduled within permitted timeframes to avoid wet weather conditions and impacts on special-status species. Administrative details include a filing fee of 2,968.75 dollars paid to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and a formal Notice of Determination signed on September 24, 2025. Primary points of contact for the project include Kip Young of the Department of Water Resources and Annalise Metzger of the Department of Fish and Wildlife.