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Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 219 / Monday, November 15, 1999 / Notices 61859 • Entire length of project would be public concerns on the Draft EIS/EIR. Street, 717H, CESPN±ET±PF, San 14,300 feet, extending 4,000 feet Summary of the Public Hearing and Francisco, CA 94105±2197. Phone upstream of San Timoteo Canyon Road. written comment letters and responses number (415) 977±8676, Fax: 415±977± • Construction of 18 Sediment basins. will be incorporated in the Final EIS/ 8695, Email: [email protected]. • Depth of sediment basins would EIR as appropriate. Written comments and questions range from 4.8 feet to 12 feet below the regarding the scoping process or 5. Time and Location channel invert. preparation of the EIS/EIR may be The Public Hearing is scheduled for directed to Roger Fernwood, U.S. Army Alternative C November 23, 1999, at 7:00 PM, San Corps of Engineers, San Francisco • Alternative C is similar to Bernardino County Museum, Fisk District, 333 Market Street, 717V, Alternatives A and B. Room, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, CESPN±ET±PP, San Francisco, CA • 22 sediment basins and drop Redlands, California, 92374. 94105±2197, (415) 977±8544, Fax: 415± structures. 977±8695, Email: • Dated: November 5, 1999. Total length 16,700 feet, extending Charles V. Landry, [email protected]. Mr. 6,500 feet upstream of San Timoteo Lieutenant Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Roger Golden is the Project Manager, Canyon Road. Deputy District Engineer. and can be contacted at U.S. Army • Basin depths would be 8.0 feet. [FR Doc. 99±29732 Filed 11±12±99; 8:45 am] Corps of Engineers, San Francisco Alternative D BILLING CODE 3710±KF±U District, 333 Market Street, 822D, • CESPN±PM, San Francisco, CA 9405± 52 sediment basins and drop 2197, (415) 977±8703, Fax: 415±977± structures. • DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 8431, Email: Sediment basin depth about 4.8 [email protected]. feet. Department of the Army, Corps of • SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Total lengthÐ18,900 feet extending Engineers 11,000 feet upstream of San Timoteo 1. Authority Canyon Road. Intent To Prepare a Draft Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the Environmental Impact Statement/ Alternative E National Environmental Policy Act Report for the Santa Rosa Ecosystem • (NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by the Involves acquiring the land within Restoration Project, City of Santa Council on Environmental Quality the 100-year floodplain (within the Rosa, Sonoma County, CA study area) to allow San Timoto Creek regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500±1508), to overflow onto its natural floodplain AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the California Environmental Quality during storm events. DOD. Act (CEQA). The Corps, City of Santa • Acquiring the floodplain right-of- ACTION: Notice of intent. Rosa, County of Sonoma, and the way for approximately four miles would Sonoma County Water Agency hereby SUMMARY: require approximately 300 acres, Santa Rosa Creek watershed give notice of intent to prepare a joint including approximately 20 homes, a encompasses approximately 78.6 square (EIS/EIR) for the Santa Rosa Creek historic structure, and commercial uses. miles in Sonoma County, California, Ecosystem Restoration Project, Santa • Eight sediment basins with drop and includes most of the City of Santa Rosa California. Rosa. The area of interest includes the structures. 2. Comments/Scoping Meeting • Total length of alternativeÐ13,400 approximately 6.5 miles of the Creek feet. from Railroad Street to Laguna de Santa Interested parties are requested to • Levees would begin at San Timoteo Rosa, which is proposed for restoration. express their views concerning the Canyon Raod and gradually increase in The project also includes construction proposed activity. The public is height from 0±35 feet, ending at a of a fish passageway along a 1,400-foot encouraged to provide written spillway near California Street. portion of Matanzas Creek in downtown comments in addition to, or in lieu of, Santa Rosa. The Corps has determined oral comments at the scoping meeting. Authorize Plan that the proposed action may have To be most helpful, scoping comments • Maintenance access of road/trail significant effect on the quality of the should clearly describe specific easement; environmental corridor, human environment. To comply with environmental topics or issues that the Beaumont Avenue Bridge replacement, the requirements of Section 102(2)(c) of commentator believes the document utility relocations, side drain the National Environmental Policy Act should address. Oral and written connections of the sediment basins. (NEPA) of 1969, and Environmental comments receive equal consideration. • Eight sediment basin with drop Quality regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500± Please address all correspondence, structures. 1508), the California Environmental including requests for additional • Total lengthÐ19,100 feet. Quality Act (CEQA). The Corps of information, to the District Engineer, • Existing San Timoteo Canyon Road Engineers (Corps) is required to prepare USAED San Francisco, 333 Market remain in place. a joint Environmental Impact Street, San Francisco, California 94105± • No replacement of Beaumont Statement/Environmental Impact Report 2197. A scoping meeting will be held Avenue bridge. (EIS/EIR) with the City of Santa Rosa, Wednesday, December 8, 1999 at 7:00 • Basins would be excavated 6 feet County of Sonoma, and with Sonoma p.m. for all interested parties. The below the existing channel invert-total County Water Agency. The Corps will meeting will be held in Elsie Allen High depth of 12 feet. also prepare a Feasibility Study report. School Performing Arts Center, aka The FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Theater, 599 Bellevue Road, Santa Rosa, No Action further information about the project California. No construction of existing channel and the alternatives, contact Ms. 3. Availability of EIS/EIR along Reach 3B. Elizabeth Dyer of the Plan Formulation 4. The USACOE and San Bernardino Section, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers The EIS/EIR should be available for County, the local sponsor, will consider San Francisco District, 333 Market public review in the winter of 2002. VerDate 29-OCT-99 18:00 Nov 12, 1999 Jkt 190000 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\15NON1.XXX pfrm08 PsN: 15NON1 61860 Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 219 / Monday, November 15, 1999 / Notices 4. Agencies Supporting Project G. No action is proposed for Reaches A than 100 feet. The creek channel would The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, or B except a proposed fish passageway be re-contoured to create a naturalized City of Santa Rosa, County of Sonoma, enhancement project, which would be meander pattern with riparian plantings and the Sonoma County Water Agency located on Matanzas Creek in the area throughout. This restoration measure is will be the lead agencies in preparing generally located between Reach B and proposed for sections of creek between Reach C. the combined EIS/EIR. The EIS/EIR will Piner Creek and Willowside Road. Measure 5: The area of riparian provide an analysis supporting both 7. Project Alternatives vegetation would be expanded by 100 requirements of NEPA and CEQA in Alternatives associated with the Santa addressing impacts that may result from feet or less between Willowside Road Rosa Creek Ecosystem Restoration and Laguna de Santa Rosa to enhance implementation of the channel Project are No-Action and several widening measures. the riparian vegetation and to allow the Action Alternatives. The selected development of a meandering low flow 5. Purpose and Need for Action alternatives will be implemented in the channel. project area. It is assumed that the City In Measures 1 through 5 above, rocks The focus will be on restoring Santa of Santa Rosa will continue to Rosa Creek by returning the channelized would be placed in the creek to create participate in the National Flood pools, riffles, runs and define low flow creek reaches to more natural Insurance Program. It is expected that geomorphic and ecological form and channel. In addition, anchored logs with flooding will continue at the same root wad exposed to the creek will be function and improving water quality, frequency and intensity as it has in the while maintaining existing levels of installed. These features will enhance past in areas around Santa Rosa Creek. the structural diversity of the channel flood protection. The restoration may Habitat values would remain the same. benefit steelhead, a listed threatened bottom and improve fish habitat. The Action alternatives are to restore Measure 6: Restore salmonid species, and other aquatic life. The habitat and to improve water quality by project will be consistent with the Santa spawning access to Matanzas Creek by implementing one or more of the raising water levels and decreasing Rosa Creek Master Plan which on following measures in the various September 21, 1993 by the City of Santa velocities throughout the 1,400 linear- reaches of the Creek. foot Matanzas Creek flood control Rosa, the County of Sonoma, and the Measure 1: Enlarge channel capacity Sonoma County Water Agency. project. The proposed fish way consists by removing existing grouted riprap, of installing inflatable bladders across 6. Study Area Description replacing the southern bank with a the bottom of the culvert to create a steeper engineered wall system which In the City of Santa Rosa Master Plan, series of small dams inside the culvert. will allow for vegetative growth, and by A trench will be excavated into the the 12.8 mile-long project has been stepping the north bank with a series of divided into seven reaches, splash apron on the downstream side of retaining walls which will allow for the culvert to allow access to the fish distinguished by vegetation, hydrology, multiple use, pedestrian and adjacent land use, ownership, channel way. Fish will pass the inflated bladders maintenance paths.
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