Permit No. 9876-1 – Fresno County Bridge Scour Maintenance Project (Bridges 42C0104 and 42C0367)
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2020070302
Public Agency
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Document Title
Permit No. 9876-1 – Fresno County Bridge Scour Maintenance Project (Bridges 42C0104 and 42C0367)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/1/2026
Document Description
To place erosion and scour protection at two existing bridges (Bridge Nos. 42C0104 and 42C0367) over Fresno Slough. Concrete slope protection and cutoff wall to be installed along the channel banks as an extension to the existing bridge structure. Rock Slope Protection (RSP) to be placed approximately 105 feet along the channel banks, abutments, and in channel piers. The project also includes treatments for both bridge decks and the installation of a new concrete approach slab at the east end of Bridge No. 42C0104. This permit supplements Permit No. 9876 that was issued to Fresno County Department of Public Works on 10/18/1974 to replace highway bridge across Fresno Slough on Excelsior Avenue, southwest of Riverdale.
Contact Information
Name
Jordan Robbins
Agency Name
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Alexis Rutherford
Agency Name
County of Fresno
Job Title
Staff Analyst
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Unincorporated
Counties
Fresno
Regions
Southern California
Waterways
Fresno Slough
Other Location Info
The bridges are located where W. Excelsior Avenue crosses Fresno Slough along the borderline between Fresno County and Kings County, approximately 2 miles south of W. Mt. Whitney Avenue and 2.1 miles west of S. Cornelia Avenue, in Fresno County (36.4014°N, 119.924778°W), Fresno Slough, Fresno County.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt from CEQA under the Class 1, Existing Facilities categorical exemption (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15301), because the activity consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use. No expansion of existing or former use will occur.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15302
Reasons for Exemption
In addition, the project is exempt from CEQA under the Class 2, Replacement or Reconstruction categorical exemption (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, 15302), because the activity consists of replacement and reconstruction of an existing structure in the same site and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the replaced structure.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15304
Reasons for Exemption
Also, the project is exempt from CEQA under the Class 4, Minor Alterations to Land categorical exemption (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15304), because the activity consists of minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry or agricultural purposes. Further, none of the exceptions to the exemption in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15300.2 apply.
County Clerk
Fresno
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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