TD1653116 Hancock Pkwy Deteriorated Pole Replacement Project (Notification of Streambed Alteration, No. EPIMS-LAN-33755-R5)
Summary
SCH Number
2025060911
Public Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5
(CDFW)
Document Title
TD1653116 Hancock Pkwy Deteriorated Pole Replacement Project (Notification of Streambed Alteration, No. EPIMS-LAN-33755-R5)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/19/2025
Document Description
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has executed Streambed Alteration Agreement EPIMS Notification No. EPIMS-LAN-33755-R5, pursuant to Section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code to Southern California Edison (Permittee), as represented by Victoria Parsons.
The project consists of vegetation trimming and crushing, tree removal, grading, the replacement of one wooden Hframe structure consisting of Poles 894241E and 894242E and their associated steel caissons, and the remediation of project areas. Access for the replacement of this H-frame structure requires 1,200 feet of overland vehicle travel requiring the crushing and trimming of channel vegetation, in addition to tree removal. Vegetation impacts include 0.48-acre of impacts to rubber rabbitbrush scrub alliance, and tree removal includes the removal of six Fremont cottonwood trees. The project also includes the remediation of all project areas, including the regrading of channel areas back to their pre-project contours, removal of project generated wastes, and the restoration of channel ecology and morphology upon completion of the project.
Contact Information
Name
Andrew Chambers
Agency Name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist)
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Victoria Parsons
Agency Name
Southern California Edison
Job Title
Senior Manager
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Castaic Creek in unincorporated Los Angeles County
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Parcel #
2866-002-061
Other Location Info
The project is located on Castaic Creek in unincorporated Los Angeles County. The project is located northwest of Valencia, California, and west of State Route 5 on Castaic Creek at approximate center coordinate of latitude 34.445662, and longitude -118.615413, within Assessor’s Parcel Number 2866-002-061.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Type – Class 1 California Code of Regulations, title 14, section (15301)
Reasons for Exemption
The project consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, and minor alteration of existing private owned utility structures or facilities, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Final Document(s) [Approved_Certified draft environmental documents]
Notice of Exemption
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