El Dorado County – State Route 49 Post Mile 17.70 to 19.57 Rehabilitate Culvert Project 1 (Streambed Alteration Agreement EPIMS Notification No. ELD-59463-R2)
Summary
SCH Number
2025091006
Public Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2
(CDFW)
Document Title
El Dorado County – State Route 49 Post Mile 17.70 to 19.57 Rehabilitate Culvert Project 1 (Streambed Alteration Agreement EPIMS Notification No. ELD-59463-R2)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/22/2025
Document Description
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has executed Streambed Alteration Agreement EPIMS Notification Number ELD-59463-R2, pursuant to Section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code to the project Applicant, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).
The project is limited to the replacement of existing corrugated steel pipe (CSP) culverts using the cut-and-cover method. Clearing and grubbing of riparian vegetation will be required at Location 1 (PM 17.70).
Contact Information
Name
Sammi Morford
Agency Name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Gary Dekens
Agency Name
California Department of Transportation
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
El Dorado
Regions
Northern California
Waterways
Tributaries to Cold Springs Creek
Township
11N
Range
10E
Section
34, 35
Other Location Info
The project is located at the unnamed intermittent tributaries to Cold Springs Creek along State Route (SR) 49 at post mile (PM) 17.70, 17.79, and 19.57, in the County of El Dorado, State of California; Section 34 and 35, Township 11N, Range 10E, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) map Garden Valley.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class (2, 4); California Code of Regulations, title 14, sections (15302, 15304)
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt under section 15302 because it involves the replacement of existing structures where the new structures will be located in the same footprint as the structure replaced and will have the same purpose and capacity. The project is exempt under 15304 because it involves minor alterations to land which does not include the removal of healthy, mature, or scenic trees.
County Clerk
El Dorado
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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