Permit No. 19943-1 – Johnson Cosumnes Mitigation Bank Floodplain Restoration Project
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025051267
Public Agency
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Document Title
Permit No. 19943-1 – Johnson Cosumnes Mitigation Bank Floodplain Restoration Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/15/2026
Document Description
To construct a 204-acre mitigation bank, with 4 acres not associated with bank credits, by selectively notching the existing agricultural berms along the Cosumnes River ‘mainstem’ and the Cosumnes River ‘west branch’ and constructing a series of shallow swales and secondary pilot channels to promote flow onto and across the floodplain for the development, restoration, and protection of wetland, riparian, and riverine habitat within the Cosumnes River floodway. The project also includes revegetation, re-distributing 30,200 cubic yards of native material to form an undulating floodplain surface, and placement of erosion control. This permit supplements and where in conflict supersedes Permit No. 19943 that was issued to Westervelt Ecological Services, LLC on September 11, 2025.
Contact Information
Name
Jordan Robbins
Agency Name
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Allegra Bukojemsky
Agency Name
Westervelt Ecological Services, LLC
Job Title
Landscape Architect
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Unincorporated
Counties
Sacramento
Regions
Northern California
Waterways
Laguna Creek, Cosumnes River
Other Location Info
The project is located at 8700 Twin Cities Road at the confluence of Laguna Creek and the Cosumnes River approximately 3 miles northwest of the City of Galt in south Sacramento County (38.2874, -121.38143).
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Ministerial
Type, Section or Code
PRC Sec. 21080(b)(1); CCR Sections 15300.1 & 15369
Reasons for Exemption
The Board previously issued Permit 19943 and a CEQA Notice of Exemption for the project on September 11, 2025, and subsequently filed with the State Clearinghouse on September 12, 2025 (SCH No. 2025051267). Permit 19943-1 supplements and where in conflict supersedes Permit 19943, which includes changes to the Board permit conditions. The scope of the project has not changed. The Board has determined that the issuing of 19943-1 is ministerial (Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(1) and California Code of Regulations Sections 15300.1 and 15369) and the CEQA Findings for Permit 19943 remain applicable.
County Clerk
Sacramento
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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