Bucks Creek 1102 Phases 1.1 AND 1.2 (Streambed Alteration Agreement EPIMS Notification No. PLU-61993-R2)
Summary
SCH Number
2025091372
Public Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2
(CDFW)
Document Title
Bucks Creek 1102 Phases 1.1 AND 1.2 (Streambed Alteration Agreement EPIMS Notification No. PLU-61993-R2)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/30/2025
Document Description
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has executed
Streambed Alteration Agreement EPIMS Notification Number PLU-61993 -R2, pursuant to
Section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code to the project Applicant, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company.
The project consists of conducting horizontal directional drilling (HDD) under seven (7) culvert
crossings associated with seasonal or year-round natural streams or springs within the road
prism of Caribou Road to facilitate placement of a conduit for purposes of undergrounding an
electrical power transmission cable that was destroyed during the Dixie Fire.
Contact Information
Name
Jeff Warshauer
Agency Name
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Name
Robert Hosea
Agency Name
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Job Title
Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Plumas
Regions
Northern California
Other Location Info
40.02257, Longitude -121.21714, and extending through Latitude 40.06714, Longitude -121.18113
Other Information
multiple year-round and seasonal, named, and
unnamed streams crossing under Caribou Road adjacent to the East Branch North Fork
Feather River
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Type – Class (2 and 4); California Code of Regulations, title 14, sections (15302, 15304)
Reasons for Exemption
Class 2c because this project is for a replacement of an
existing communication cable destroyed during the Dixie Fire. Class 2d because replacement
of destroyed telecommunications cables is through undergrounding rather than replacement
above ground. Class 4f because Horizontal Directional Drilling is a form of trenching under
waterways backfilled by conduit with minimal to no significant disturbance to the soil surface.
County Clerk
Plumas
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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