Parris Stream Crossings and Onstream Pond Water Diversion and Spillway Improvements Project (Notification of Lake or Streambed Alteration, No. EPIMS-MEN-22218-R
Summary
SCH Number
2025080073
Public Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1
(CDFW)
Document Title
Parris Stream Crossings and Onstream Pond Water Diversion and Spillway Improvements Project (Notification of Lake or Streambed Alteration, No. EPIMS-MEN-22218-R
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/4/2025
Document Description
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has executed Lake or Streambed Alteration
Agreement EPIMS Notification No. EPIMS-MEN-22218-R1C, pursuant to Section 1602 of the Fish and Game
Code to Cole Parris. The project is limited to four (4) encroachments. The first three (3) encroachments are to
upgrade existing stream crossings. Work for these encroachments will include excavation, removal of the existing
culverts, replacement with new properly sized culverts, backfilling and compaction of fill, and rock armoring as
necessary to minimize erosion. The fourth encroachment is for water diversion for cannabis irrigation from an
onstream pond that includes improvements to the overflow spillway in accordance with the Pond Overflow plan
sheet prepared by Pope Engineering. Work for the water diversion will include use, maintenance and modification
of the water diversion infrastructure consistent with this Agreement. Work for the spillway improvements will
include removal of the existing 18-inch diameter corrugated metal pipe (CMP) and roughly 120 cubic yards (CY) of
pond embankment fill material, construction of a broad weir approximately 110 feet in length that will be armored
with approximately 16 CY of rock with a median size of 6-inches to convey pond overflows to the downstream
stream course, and placement of approximately 9 CY of rock with a median size of 6-inches below the rockarmored weir, along the channel and banks of the stream course for a distance of roughly 85 feet, to address the
erosion below the pond.
Contact Information
Name
Jessica Ryan
Agency Name
CDFW
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Cole Parris
Agency Name
Person Carrying Out Project
Job Title
Contact Jessica Ryan - CDFW
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Laytonville
Counties
Mendocino
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
approximately 12 miles north of the town of Laytonville
Waterways
Lower Eel watershed
Township
23N
Range
15W
Section
12
Base
MtDiablo
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1; California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15301, and Class 4; California Code of Regulations, title 14,
Reasons for Exemption
The Parris Stream Crossings and Onstream Pond Water Diversion and
Spillway Improvements Project (Project) meets the criteria for the above categorical exemptions because the
Project consists of the construction of new stream crossings to improve water quality and road drainage. It will
involve minor alteration to water, land, and vegetation on private property that does not involve the removal of
mature trees. The Project will also involve the operation, maintenance, permitting, and repair of an onstream pond.
County Clerk
Mendocino
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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