Murrieta Creek Channel Phase 2A Maintenance (Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreement No. (EPIMS-RIV-61424-R6)
10 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2000071051
Lead Agency
Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation
Document Title
Murrieta Creek Channel Phase 2A Maintenance (Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreement No. (EPIMS-RIV-61424-R6)
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
8/27/2026
Document Description
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has executed and issued Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement (EPIMS-RIV-61424-R6), pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 1602, to the Project Applicant, Jerry Aguirre (Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District).
The Project is limited to the routine maintenance of Murrieta Creek. The notification only covers the maintenance of the Phase 2A Project.
Maintenance Description: Channel operation and maintenance will consist of inspections, maintenance, and repairs to channel side slopes (Soil Cement Slopes and Vegetated Slopes), Side Drains and Side Drain Access areas, Grade Control Structures, and Maintenance Roads. Maintenance will also include vegetation management and sediment removal within the Regularly Maintained Area along the channel bottom.
Equipment needed for maintenance of the creek channel may include, but is not limited to, the following equipment types: dozers, scrapers, graders, loaders, pickup trucks, water trucks, flatbed trucks, excavators, dump trucks, rubber-tracked mowers, bobcats, agricultural tractors, and skid steer loaders.
Contact Information
Name
Mike Wong
Agency Name
Riverside County - Flood Control District
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Michael Tovar
Agency Name
Fish and Wildlife, Region 6
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Temecula
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
Located within the approximately 4,300-foot-long existing Murrieta Creek Phase 2A
flood control channel located upstream of the existing Phase 1 channel. The Phase 2A channel begins approximately 980 linear feet downstream of the 1st Street bridge and extends upstream to approximately 500 feet downstream of Rancho California Road. Murrieta Creek is a tributary to Santa Margarita River; U.S. Geological Survey, 7.5' Temecula and Murrieta Quadrangle in extrapolated Sections 2, 11 and 12, Township 8 South, Range 3 West, Sections 34 and 35, Township 7 South, Range 3 West, San Bernardino Base and Meridian.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Fish and Wildlife, Regin
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Riverside
Final Environmental Document Available at
Riverside County - Flood Control District
1995 Market St.
Riverside CA 92501
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
No
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes