Geotechnical Excavations for Battle Creek Confluence Side Channel Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025090938
Public Agency
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Redding Region 5
(RWQCB)
Document Title
Geotechnical Excavations for Battle Creek Confluence Side Channel Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/19/2025
Document Description
The Project is part of a larger restoration project the Resource Conservation District of Tehama County is proposing to reconnect historic side channels to the Sacramento River to provide juvenile salmonids access to side channel rearing habitat over the full range of expected flows.
This Project is limited to geotechnical excavations to gather information on the soil properties of the proposed arch culvert location and the proposed side channel. A total of three geotechnical exploration sites have been identified within and adjacent to an existing flood channel proposed for restoration as part of the project. The information collected from the three exploration sites will be used to evaluate the composition of soils within the proposed side channel excavation area and the soil properties where the footings of the proposed bottomless arch culvert would be installed.
Contact Information
Name
Lynn Coster
Agency Name
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Jon Barrett
Agency Name
Resources Conservation District of Tehama County
Job Title
District Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Cottonwood
Counties
Tehama
Regions
Northern California
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Title 14, Article 19, Section 15304, Minor Alterations to Land
Reasons for Exemption
This project is categorically exempt under CEQA section 15304 because the project consists of mirror alterations to the land to conduct the proposed geotechnical investigations (explorations) and does not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees.
County Clerk
Tehama
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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