Cheung Pond Decommissioning and Stream Restoration Project (Notification of Lake or Streambed Alteration, No. EPIMS-MEN-58973-R1C)
Summary
SCH Number
2025120409
Public Agency
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1
(CDFW)
Document Title
Cheung Pond Decommissioning and Stream Restoration Project (Notification of Lake or Streambed Alteration, No. EPIMS-MEN-58973-R1C)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
12/10/2025
Document Description
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has executed Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement EPIMS Notification No. EPIMS-MEN-58973-R1C, pursuant to Section 1602 of the Fish and Game Code to Tony Cheung.
The Project is limited to one encroachment with three elements along one stream reach within the same remediation area. The proposed encroachment is to 1) decommission and fill in a pit pond adjacent to a stream, 2) perform stream crossing decommissioning, restoration, and revegetation (to reestablish the stream channel) at three stream crossing locations on a road that accesses the pond, and 3) decommission and regrade the eroded portion of the road where the stream was previously diverted. Stream restoration work will include returning the channel to a natural condition. Two of the stream crossing locations (Sites labeled 10 and 11 on the Grading and Drainage Plan) will include rolling dips that reestablish the stream course through the road as detailed in the Notification materials. One of the stream crossing locations (Site labeled 9 on the Grading and Drainage Plan) will include recontouring and reestablishing approximately sixty feet of stream channel. Work for these encroachments will include excavation, grading and recontouring, backfilling and compaction of fill, rock armoring and the installation of BMPs as necessary to minimize erosion.
Contact Information
Name
John Herrera
Agency Name
CA Fish and Wildlife
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Name
Tony Cheung
Agency Name
Permittee
Job Title
Please contact John Herrera of CDFW
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Address
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Potter Valley
Counties
Mendocino
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
approximately 5 miles north of the town of Potter Valley
Parcel #
171-160-18
Waterways
Eel River watershed
Township
18N
Range
11W
Section
30
Base
MtDiablo
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 4; California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15304
Reasons for Exemption
Cheung Pond Decommissioning and Stream Restoration Project meets the criteria for categorical exemption type Class 4, California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15304 because the project consists of minor alterations in the condition of land and water which does not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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