Lower Battle Creek Side Channel and Backwater Restoration Project
68 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019100230
Lead Agency
State Water Resources Control Board
Document Title
Lower Battle Creek Side Channel and Backwater Restoration Project
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
1/29/2026
Document Description
The Project objectives are to increase the availability and quality of instream and floodplain habitat along lower Battle Creek. The Project elements include creation of a side channel along Battle Creek to increase juvenile salmonid rearing habitat; grading of a backwater area to reduce fish stranding and increase salmonid habitat; removal of two levees to increase the extent and quality of floodplain habitat along Battle Creek; and stabilization of a headcut to prevent high flows on Battle Creek from depositing salmonids in Grover’s Ditch. Construction will include the establishment of four spoils areas, temporary construction roads, and two staging areas and transplanting of several elderberry shrubs.
Contact Information
Name
Lynn Coster
Agency Name
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Responsible Agency
Phone
Name
Russ Wittmeier
Agency Name
California State University, Chico
Job Title
Interim Executive Director
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Cottonwood
Counties
Shasta, Tehama
Regions
Northern California
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On
County Clerks
Shasta, Tehama
Final Environmental Document Available at
The final PEIR with comments and responses is available to the general public at:
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/cwa401/generalorders/2022/srgo-final-peir-combined.pdf.
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
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
Yes
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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