Low Gap Road at Milepost 19.24 Culvert Replacement
Summary
SCH Number
2026080874
Public Agency
Mendocino County
Document Title
Low Gap Road at Milepost 19.24 Culvert Replacement
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/25/2026
Document Description
The existing culvert and road prism at Low Gap Road, milepost 19.24, has been damaged by heavy rains, surface saturation, and mudslides. The project will replace the failed pipe with a larger culvert designed to convey peak flows for the 100-year storm event and realign the new pipe to match the natural channel alignment. Compacted fill will be installed at the outlet embankment to restore the shoulder, rock slope protection will be keyed into the gully that has formed at the outlet to stabilize it, and an energy dissipator will be installed at the outlet to protect the streambed from erosive flows.
Construction will occur during the dry season when the project stream is dry. Heavy equipment will operate primarily from the roadway and shoulders. Appropriate water quality, biological resource, and erosion control measures will be implemented.
Beneficiaries of the project are the traveling public.
Contact Information
Name
Josephine Slovut
Agency Name
County of Mendocino Department of Transportation
Job Title
Environmental Compliance Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Name
James Linderman
Agency Name
County of Mendocino Department of Transportation
Job Title
Senior Environmental Compliance Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Name
Howard Dashiell
Agency Name
Mendocino County Department of Transportation
Job Title
Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Ukiah
Counties
Mendocino
Regions
Northern California, Unincorporated
Zip
95482
Parcel #
156-160-02
Schools
Mariposa Institute
Waterways
Orrs Creek, Ackerman Creek, Gibson Creek, Robinson Creek
Township
15N
Range
13W
Section
14
Base
MDBM
Other Location Info
Low Gap Road, CR 2 12, Milepost 19.24
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1; California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15301
Reasons for Exemption
The California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, Article 19, Section 15301, provides a categorical exemption for the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public structures and facilities involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. The project consists of repair and stabilization of an existing culvert outlet and roadway embankment within an existing transportation corridor and will not expand the capacity or use of the existing roadway or culvert crossing.
County Clerk
Mendocino
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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