Permit No. 19964 – Chowchilla Bypass Turnout Project

The Central Valley Flood Protection Board is advancing an emergency drought response project under Executive Order N-7-22 to construct a groundwater recharge turnout structure within the Chowchilla Bypass floodway in Madera County, California, approximately 30 miles northwest of Fresno and 0.75 mile west of Avenue 6 and Road 16. The project involves building a concrete low water channel, two 168-inch cone-shaped fish screens protected by riprap to safeguard aquatic species, a concrete control box equipped with a sluice gate along the east levee slope, and a 72-inch diameter steel pipe that penetrates the levee to connect with a landside pump station, enabling managed aquifer recharge. The work is classified as ministerial and exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review under Public Resources Code Sections 21080(b)(4) and Title 14, Section 15269(c), allowing for streamlined execution without traditional environmental impact assessments. The place of performance is strictly defined at the project site, and acceptance will occur upon completion there, with oversight responsibilities vested in the Central Valley Flood Protection Board as the approving government agency. While contact information is provided for Jennifer Calles as the primary point of contact and Antonio Bejarano as the project manager, formal designations as COR, COTR, or PCO are not specified, nor are contract type, pricing, period of performance, or delivery schedules disclosed. No federal acquisition regulation clauses, evaluation factors, payment details, invoicing methods, accounting codes, or offeror certifications such as small business status or Unique Entity IDs were included in the documentation. The absence of these standard procurement elements reflects the emergency-driven, expedited nature of the procurement, which prioritizes rapid implementation over conventional contractual formalities.