Poplar Basin Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025060167
Lead Agency
Lower Tule River Irrigation District
Document Title
Poplar Basin Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Zoning District – Agriculture Rural: AE-20
General Plan Designation - Valley Agriculture - Rural Valley Lands
Document Description
The new approximately 41.7-acre recharge basin facility is comprised of two (2) 20-acre basins and would include two new turnout connections from the LTRID’s Casa Blanca Ditch on the southern end of the property. Each turnout would have approximately 100 feet of pipeline. The basin would generally be rectangular in shape and consist of two interconnected cells surrounded by lands in agricultural production. There are two existing turnouts that are in the canal but would not be used as part of this project as well as a check structure along the Casa Blanca Ditch running along the southern border of the Area of Potential Effect (APE). The check structure is not part of the project and would remain as is. Overhead electricity lines run along the northern border of the APE with an existing power pole near the northeast corner of the APE. The APE is identified as approximately 41.7 acres for the purposes of biological and cultural surveys.
Contact Information
Name
John Michael Domondon
Agency Name
Lower Tule River Irrigation District
Job Title
District Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Address
Phone
Email
Name
Briza Sholars
Agency Name
Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group
Job Title
Principal Planner
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Porterville, Tipton
Counties
Tulare
Regions
Southern California
Parcel #
302-020-003, 302-020-040, 302-020-004, and 302-020-044
Schools
Pleasant View West Elementary School
Waterways
Casa Blanca Canal
Township
22S
Range
26E
Section
11
Base
MDMB
Other Location Info
The proposed Project is located southwest of the city of Porterville in Tulare County, California, approximately 70 miles southeast of Fresno and 60 miles north of Bakersfield near the unincorporated community of Poplar.
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 12, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 24, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Conservation (DOC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Conservation (DOC)
Development Types
Other (Recharge Basin)
Local Actions
Recharge Basin
Project Issues
Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Tribal Cultural Resources
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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