Minor Alteration No. WA2026085 – California Stream Gage Improvement Program: North Fork Feather River at Collins Diversion Project
6 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026031128
Public Agency
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Document Title
Minor Alteration No. WA2026085 – California Stream Gage Improvement Program: North Fork Feather River at Collins Diversion Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/15/2026
Document Description
To install a stream gage and a conduit. The stream gage will be a steel remote terminal unit that consists of a data logger, a bubbler unit, a battery, a solar panel, and satellite radio telemetry equipment. It will be mounted to steel mast posts with concrete footings. A two-inch rigid metal conduit will be secured to the streambank with metal stakes, and a bubbler line will be run through the conduit that terminates at the toe of the channel. A fiberglass staff gage will be bolted to a piece of steel angle iron that will be pounded approximately three feet deep into the streambed. All excavated soil will be reused to backfill the concrete footings and conduit trench.
Contact Information
Name
Jennifer Calles
Agency Name
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
Job Title
Senior Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Radley Ott
Agency Name
Department of Water Resources
Job Title
Northern Region Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Name
Brian Humphrey
Agency Name
Department of Water Resources
Job Title
Sr. Environmental Scientist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Plumas
Regions
Northern California
Waterways
North Fork Feather River
Other Location Info
The proposed project is located on the right bank of the North Fork Feather River just upstream of the Collins Diversion and approximately 800 feet downstream of the North Fork Feather River Diversion Structure, located northwest of the city of Chester, in Plumas County (40°18'15.5"N, 121°15'34.5"W).
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Sections 15304 and 15306
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt from CEQA under the Class 4, Minor Alterations to Land categorical exemption (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15304), because the activity consists of minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry or agricultural purposes. In addition, the project is exempt from CEQA under the Class 6, Information Collection categorical exemption (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15306), because the activity consists of basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource. These may be strictly for information gathering purposes, or as part of a study leading to an action which a public agency has not yet approved, adopted, or funded. Further, none of the exceptions to the exemption in California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15300.2 apply.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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