Water Quality Certification Public Notices
Water Quality Certification Actions - Applicants for federal permits that involve dredge or fill activities in surface waters (including wetlands) are required to obtain certification from the state verifying that the activity will comply with state water quality standards. Most of these federal permits are referred to as 404 permits (in reference to Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act). Applicants for some other types of federal license or permits (ex. FERC licenses) that authorize activities that may result in discharges to waters of the United States are also required to obtain state certification. This state certification is called 401 Certification (in reference to Section 401 of the Clean Water Act). In California, 401 certification actions are the responsibility of the State and Regional Water Quality Control Boards. It is the policy of this Regional Board to provide public notice of pending 401 Certification actions in order to gather comments from concerned agencies and the public. The following list contains notification of pending 401 Certification actions.
| Project Name | WDID | County | Location | Description | Comment period | Contact Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Fork Beaver Creek Coho Salmon Habitat Restoration Project | TBD | Siskiyou | 41.950620, -122.849082 | The Klamath National Forest has planned a restoration design on 0.76 mile on two stream reaches of West Fork Beaver Creek, a tributary to Beaver Creek and the Klamath River. The goal of the project is to improve habitat for coho salmon along the project reach. The objectives of the project are to retain and sort gravel for spawning coho salmon and other salmonids, increase slow-water habitats, and provide cover for juvenile and adult life stages. The project will place a minimum of 40 large logs with root wads in the project reach using a helicopter. The logs will be delivered by truck and staged along existing Forest Service roads for helicopter pickup and placement. Logs will be placed into the stream as directed by ground crew and as guided by large swaths of flagging. Before helicopter placement, a ground crew will selectively remove some riparian vegetation with chainsaws at log placement sites so that the helicopter pilot can see each log placement site. Hazard trees will be felled before helicopter wood loading for the safety of ground crew. As much as feasible of the cut vegetation will be placed under or upstream of the large logs to further improve effectiveness of the structures. | November 21 through December 11, 2024 | Jake Shannon Jacob.Shannon@Waterboards.ca.gov |
| Boles Creek Stormwater Improvement Project | 1A24105WNSI | Siskiyou | 41.422770°, -122.384573° | The proposed project would replace an existing undersized covered concrete-lined channel with a new 8-foot by 5-foot concrete box culvert. The existing concrete-lined channel is undersized and upsizing is necessary to carry 100-year flood flows and reduce existing and future flood hazards. The new box culvert would be approximately 170 feet long; it would be installed parallel to and on the northern side of the existing concrete-lined channel in order to keep water flowing during construction. The box culvert would tie into an existing concrete arch culvert that flows under Main Street via a concrete transition structure. A new concrete headwall, approach, and riprap side walls would be provided at the inlet to transition the natural stream channel into the box culvert. Riprap would also be installed at the Main Street culvert outlet to prevent erosion. Permanent impacts to Boles Creek would include approximately 0.01 acres, 50 cubic yards, and 59 linear feet. Temporary impacts would be approximately 0.04 acres and 122 linear feet. The proposed work would occur between May 1 and October 15. All trees removed to facilitate project construction would be replaced upon completion of construction. Riparian tree species would be planted in all the riprap. Planting would occur at a minimum 3:1 ratio. The planted trees would be monitored on an annual basis for a minimum of five years or until the required minimum number of replacement trees is fully established, with no further need for human intervention. If the replacement trees die prior to becoming established, they would be replanted, and monitoring would continue until success is achieved. |
November 15, 2024 to December 6, 2024 | Amanda Piscitelli, amanda.piscitelli@waterboards.ca.gov (707) 445-6126 |
