Hamilton Bend Mitigation Bank Project (PD-25-7)

Hamilton Bend Mitigation Bank Project (PD-25-7)

Westervelt Habitat Restoration, also known as Hamilton Bend (PD-25-7), has prepared an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) for a General Plan Amendment and Rezone to change the land use designation of approximately 226 acre property from River Frontage (R-F) and Exclusive Agriculture (E-A) to Resource Management (R-M). The project involves the creation of 205.08 acres of compensatory mitigation habitat credits that will restore and preserve riverine and floodplain riparian habitats, including habitat for salmonids, green sturgeon, and Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle (VELB). Specifically, the proposed project includes a 60-acre VELB habitat planting area (which includes 39 acres that would be planted and preserved and 21 acres that would be preserved), a 107-acre riverine riparian planting area, and a 36-acre floodplain riparian planting area within the project site. Restored habitat on the project site would be protected and maintained in perpetuity. The project is located at 4075 River Road in Colusa County, approximately 3.5 miles north of the City of Colusa (APNs 012-270-043 & -058, and 015-030-001). It is located west of River Road and is bound by the Sacramento River to the west and south. The site is in Section 6 of Township 16 North, Range 1 West and Section 31 of Township 17 North, Range 1 West, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, within the Moulton Weir U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 7.5-minute quadrangle.

Unincorporated Colusa

Colusa

Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 3 (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 Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, Central Valley Flood Protection Board

Central Valley Flood Protection Board

Other (Mitigation Bank)

General Plan Amendment, Rezone, Use Permit

Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Land Use/Planning, Transportation