Old Mill Ranch Water Supply Project - Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has executed Streambed Alteration Agreement EPIMS Notification Number PLU-57764-R2, pursuant to section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code to the project Applicant, Feather River Canyon Community Services District. The project consists of placing temporary enhancements including steel plates and cinderblocks on top of a culvert crossing on Mill Creek to facilitate construction vehicles crossing the creek as well as carrying out a Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) activity under the bed of the creek and excavation of two temporary pits, no larger than ten (10) feet by ten (10) feet in size each, on opposite sides of the creek to allow for entry and exit of the drilling rod for the HDD operation.