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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report for the
West Sacramento Levee Improvements
Program, West Sacramento, CA
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers; DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
SUMMARY: The action being taken is the
preparation of a programmatic and
project-specific Environmental Impact
Statement/Environmental Impact Report
(EIS/EIR) for the West Sacramento Levee
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Improvements Program (WSLIP) in Yolo
County and Solano County, CA. Under
33 U.S.C. 408, the Chief of Engineers
grants permission to alter an existing
flood control structure if it is not
injurious to the public interest and does
not impair the usefulness of such work.
Under Section 404 of the Clean Water
Act, the District Engineer permits the
discharge of dredged or fill material into
waters of the United States if the
discharge meets the requirements for the
Environmental Protection Agency’s
404(b)(1) guidelines and is not contrary
to the public interest. The U.S Army
Corps of Engineers (Corps) will consider
granting both 408 permission to the
Central Valley Flood Protection Board
(CVFPB) and 404 permit to West
Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
(WSAFCA) for their work on the WSLIP.
The CVFPB and WSAFCA are
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requesting this permission and permit
in order to reduce flood risk the City of
West Sacramento by meeting the
following objectives for the project:
• Achieve a minimum of a 200-year
level (an event that has a 0.5% chance
of occurring in any given year) of flood
protection for the entire City by
improving approximately 50 miles of
levees that protect it;
• Construct levee improvements as
soon as possible to reduce flood risk as
quickly as possible; and,
• Provide recreational and open space
elements for the City that are compatible
with flood improvement actions.
DATES: A public scoping meeting will be
held on February 12, 2009 at 3:30 p.m.
and 6:30 p.m. at the West Sacramento
City Hall (see ADDRESSES). Send written
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comments by February 26, 2009 to (see
ADDRESSES).
ADDRESSES: Public Scoping meeting,
West Sacramento City Hall, 1110 West
Capitol Avenue, West Sacramento, CA.
Send written comments and suggestions
concerning this study to Mr. Brian
Buttazoni, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Sacramento District, Attn:
Planning Division (CESPK–PD–RA),
1325 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 or
to Mr. John Powderly, City of West
Sacramento, 1110 West Capitol,
Sacramento, CA 95691. Requests to be
placed on the mailing list should also be
sent to this address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposed action
and EIS/EIR should be addressed to
Brian Buttazoni at (916) 557–6956, email Brian.L.Buttazoni@usace.army.mil
or John Powderly at (916) 617–4674, email johnp@cityofwestsacramento.org or
by mail (see ADDRESSES).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Proposed Action. The Corps and
WSAFCA are preparing an EIS/EIR to
analyze the impacts of the work
proposed in WSLIP. The Corps will
serve as the lead agency under the
provisions of NEPA and WSAFCA will
serve as the lead agency under the
provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Several studies have been conducted
since 1989 by the Corps, California
Department of Water Resources (DWR),
and WSAFCA to evaluate the condition
of the various levees protecting the City
of West Sacramento. These studies have
indicated that the levee system is
deficient and that the consequences of
levee failure from a major flood event
would be significant.
Since the early 1990s, WSAFCA and
its partners have undertaken several
levee repair projects to address urgent
levee deficiencies that pose serious
flood risk. Many of these repair projects
were the result of deficiencies noted
during routine operations and
maintenance inspections and repairs
were performed on a case-by-case basis.
In July 2006, in response to new
Corps design standards and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency’s
(FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Map
modernization program, the City, as part
of WSAFCA, determined that it was
necessary to perform a comprehensive
evaluation of all of the levees protecting
the City to more definitely determine its
current level of flood protection,
determine the magnitude and severity of
any deficiencies, and develop
recommended strategies for
improvement. For this most recent
comprehensive evaluation, the levees
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were evaluated according to the latest
Corps criteria for stability, seepage,
erosion, geometry, and levee height.
Data collected from the evaluation
showed that much of the existing
system does not provide protection from
a 100-year flood event (an event having
a 1% chance of occurring in any given
year), the commonly accepted minimum
level of flood protection.
WSAFCA has identified the primary
deficiencies of the levee system, which
include: Inadequate levee height,
through-seepage and under-seepage,
slope stability, seismic vulnerability,
erosion, and non-compliant vegetation.
The study area of the WSLIP includes
the entire WSAFCA boundaries (over 50
miles of levees) which encompasses
portions of the Sacramento River, the
Yolo Bypass, the Sacramento Bypass,
and the Sacramento Deep Water Ship
Channel (DWSC). The study area has
been subdivided into the following subreaches: Sacramento River Levee North,
Sacramento River Levee South, Port
North Levee, Port South Levee, South
Cross Levee, Deep Water Ship Channel
Levee East, Deep Water Ship Channel
Levee West, Yolo Bypass Levee, and
Sacramento Bypass Levee.
2. Alternatives. The EIS/EIR will
address an array of flood control
improvement alternatives at the
program level. Alternatives analyzed
during the investigation will include a
combination of one or more flood
protection measures. These measures
include raising the existing levee;
constructing an adjacent setback levee,
cutoff walls, seepage berms, stability
berms, internal drains, relief wells, or
sheet-pile walls; slope flattening;
placing stone protection; and vegetation
removal.
Measures may be applied individually
or combined to address deficiencies. For
example, a seepage deficiency may be
addressed by utilizing a seepage berm or
a relief well, or a combination of both.
Because each reach has a specific set of
levee deficiencies and each levee
deficiency has a number of different
measures that could be utilized to
improve the levee, WSAFCA is
proposing to develop a range of
alternatives on a reach-by-reach basis
rather than basin-wide to provide
greater flexibility. Constraints that
would be considered during the
development of alternatives for each
reach could include land use (i.e.,
development immediately adjacent to
the levee), available area for various
types of construction activities
necessary to construct improvements,
and other environmental effects. Future
actions analyzed at the program level
may or may not require additional
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analysis under a separate tiered
environmental document(s). A NoAction Alternative will be analyzed at
the program level.
Three sites have been identified that
would be analyzed at the project level
and included within the EIS/EIR. Also
known as ‘‘Early Implementation
Projects,’’ these sites are known as CHP
Academy, The Rivers, and the Sac Bank
Extension Site. Analysis for the sites
considered at the project level will
include the analysis of No Action, a
Preferred Alternative, and any other
alternatives considered.
• CHP Academy Site. This site
includes 4,500 feet of the Sacramento
Bypass Levee and the northern 2,000
feet of the Sacramento River West North
Levee, for a total length of 6,500 feet.
Deficiencies include through-seepage
and geometry. Under-seepage and
stability deficiencies are also present in
smaller pockets within this reach.
• The Rivers Site. This site is located
just north of the confluence of the
Sacramento and American Rivers,
incorporating part of The Rivers
residential development. The site
extends from station 70+00 to station
115+00 on the Sacramento River, for a
total length of approximately 4,500 feet.
The site exhibits geometry, stability, and
under-seepage deficiencies.
• Sac Bank Extension Site. This site
is located just south of the barge canal
on the Sacramento River and is the
northern most end of the Sacramento
River West South Levee. The site
extends from station 270+00 to 332+50
for a total length of 6,250 feet. The site
generally exhibits under-seepage,
stability, and geometry deficiencies.
There are a few locations which have
erosion and levee height deficiencies as
well. This site adjoins, complements,
and extends a separate Corps project
under the Sacramento River Bank
Protection Project.
3. Scoping Process. a. Public scoping
meetings will be held on February 12,
2009 to present information and to
receive comments from the public. The
Corps, with WSAFCA, has initiated a
process to involve concerned
individuals, and local, State, and
Federal agencies.
b. Significant issues to be analyzed in
depth in the EIS/EIR include effects on
aesthetics, biological resources, hazards
and hazardous materials, mineral
resources, public services, utilities/
service systems, agricultural resources,
cultural resources, hydrology/water
quality, noise, recreation, air quality,
geology/soils, land use/planning,
population/housing, transportation/
traffic, and cumulative effects of related
projects in the study area.
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c. The Corps will consult with the
State Historic Preservation Officer to
comply with the National Historic
Preservation Act, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (FWS) and National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Fisheries Service to
comply with the Endangered Species
Act and the FWS to provide a Fish and
Wildlife Coordination Act Report as an
appendix to the EIS/EIR. Coordination
will also be carried out with Native
American and tribal groups.
Consultation will be carried out on the
three project level sites analyzed in the
document. Those reaches considered at
the program level would be fully
analyzed in the future under separate
tiered environmental document(s) and
consultation would be carried out at
that time.
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be provided for individuals and
agencies to review and comment on the
draft EIS/EIR. All interested parties are
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report for the West Sacramento Levee Improvements
Program, West Sacramento, CA
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The action being taken is the preparation of a programmatic
and project-specific Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental
Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the West Sacramento Levee Improvements
Program (WSLIP) in Yolo County and Solano County, CA. Under 33 U.S.C.
408, the Chief of Engineers grants permission to alter an existing
flood control structure if it is not injurious to the public interest
and does not impair the usefulness of such work. Under Section 404 of
the Clean Water Act, the District Engineer permits the discharge of
dredged or fill material into waters of the United States if the
discharge meets the requirements for the Environmental Protection
Agency's 404(b)(1) guidelines and is not contrary to the public
interest. The U.S Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) will consider
granting both 408 permission to the Central Valley Flood Protection
Board (CVFPB) and 404 permit to West Sacramento Area Flood Control
Agency (WSAFCA) for their work on the WSLIP. The CVFPB and WSAFCA are
requesting this permission and permit in order to reduce flood risk the
City of West Sacramento by meeting the following objectives for the
project:
Achieve a minimum of a 200-year level (an event that has a
0.5% chance of occurring in any given year) of flood protection for the
entire City by improving approximately 50 miles of levees that protect
it;
Construct levee improvements as soon as possible to reduce
flood risk as quickly as possible; and,
Provide recreational and open space elements for the City
that are compatible with flood improvement actions.
DATES: A public scoping meeting will be held on February 12, 2009 at
3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the West Sacramento City Hall (see
ADDRESSES). Send written
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comments by February 26, 2009 to (see ADDRESSES).
ADDRESSES: Public Scoping meeting, West Sacramento City Hall, 1110 West
Capitol Avenue, West Sacramento, CA. Send written comments and
suggestions concerning this study to Mr. Brian Buttazoni, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Attn: Planning Division
(CESPK-PD-RA), 1325 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 or to Mr. John
Powderly, City of West Sacramento, 1110 West Capitol, Sacramento, CA
95691. Requests to be placed on the mailing list should also be sent to
this address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the proposed action
and EIS/EIR should be addressed to Brian Buttazoni at (916) 557-6956,
e-mail Brian.L.Buttazoni@usace.army.mil or John Powderly at (916) 617-
4674, e-mail johnp@cityofwestsacramento.org or by mail (see ADDRESSES).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Proposed Action. The Corps and WSAFCA are preparing an EIS/EIR
to analyze the impacts of the work proposed in WSLIP. The Corps will
serve as the lead agency under the provisions of NEPA and WSAFCA will
serve as the lead agency under the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Several studies have been conducted since 1989 by the Corps,
California Department of Water Resources (DWR), and WSAFCA to evaluate
the condition of the various levees protecting the City of West
Sacramento. These studies have indicated that the levee system is
deficient and that the consequences of levee failure from a major flood
event would be significant.
Since the early 1990s, WSAFCA and its partners have undertaken
several levee repair projects to address urgent levee deficiencies that
pose serious flood risk. Many of these repair projects were the result
of deficiencies noted during routine operations and maintenance
inspections and repairs were performed on a case-by-case basis.
In July 2006, in response to new Corps design standards and the
Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Map
modernization program, the City, as part of WSAFCA, determined that it
was necessary to perform a comprehensive evaluation of all of the
levees protecting the City to more definitely determine its current
level of flood protection, determine the magnitude and severity of any
deficiencies, and develop recommended strategies for improvement. For
this most recent comprehensive evaluation, the levees were evaluated
according to the latest Corps criteria for stability, seepage, erosion,
geometry, and levee height. Data collected from the evaluation showed
that much of the existing system does not provide protection from a
100-year flood event (an event having a 1% chance of occurring in any
given year), the commonly accepted minimum level of flood protection.
WSAFCA has identified the primary deficiencies of the levee system,
which include: Inadequate levee height, through-seepage and under-
seepage, slope stability, seismic vulnerability, erosion, and non-
compliant vegetation. The study area of the WSLIP includes the entire
WSAFCA boundaries (over 50 miles of levees) which encompasses portions
of the Sacramento River, the Yolo Bypass, the Sacramento Bypass, and
the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel (DWSC). The study area has been
subdivided into the following sub-reaches: Sacramento River Levee
North, Sacramento River Levee South, Port North Levee, Port South
Levee, South Cross Levee, Deep Water Ship Channel Levee East, Deep
Water Ship Channel Levee West, Yolo Bypass Levee, and Sacramento Bypass
Levee.
2. Alternatives. The EIS/EIR will address an array of flood control
improvement alternatives at the program level. Alternatives analyzed
during the investigation will include a combination of one or more
flood protection measures. These measures include raising the existing
levee; constructing an adjacent setback levee, cutoff walls, seepage
berms, stability berms, internal drains, relief wells, or sheet-pile
walls; slope flattening; placing stone protection; and vegetation
removal.
Measures may be applied individually or combined to address
deficiencies. For example, a seepage deficiency may be addressed by
utilizing a seepage berm or a relief well, or a combination of both.
Because each reach has a specific set of levee deficiencies and each
levee deficiency has a number of different measures that could be
utilized to improve the levee, WSAFCA is proposing to develop a range
of alternatives on a reach-by-reach basis rather than basin-wide to
provide greater flexibility. Constraints that would be considered
during the development of alternatives for each reach could include
land use (i.e., development immediately adjacent to the levee),
available area for various types of construction activities necessary
to construct improvements, and other environmental effects. Future
actions analyzed at the program level may or may not require additional
analysis under a separate tiered environmental document(s). A No-Action
Alternative will be analyzed at the program level.
Three sites have been identified that would be analyzed at the
project level and included within the EIS/EIR. Also known as ``Early
Implementation Projects,'' these sites are known as CHP Academy, The
Rivers, and the Sac Bank Extension Site. Analysis for the sites
considered at the project level will include the analysis of No Action,
a Preferred Alternative, and any other alternatives considered.
CHP Academy Site. This site includes 4,500 feet of the
Sacramento Bypass Levee and the northern 2,000 feet of the Sacramento
River West North Levee, for a total length of 6,500 feet. Deficiencies
include through-seepage and geometry. Under-seepage and stability
deficiencies are also present in smaller pockets within this reach.
The Rivers Site. This site is located just north of the
confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers, incorporating part of
The Rivers residential development. The site extends from station 70+00
to station 115+00 on the Sacramento River, for a total length of
approximately 4,500 feet. The site exhibits geometry, stability, and
under-seepage deficiencies.
Sac Bank Extension Site. This site is located just south
of the barge canal on the Sacramento River and is the northern most end
of the Sacramento River West South Levee. The site extends from station
270+00 to 332+50 for a total length of 6,250 feet. The site generally
exhibits under-seepage, stability, and geometry deficiencies. There are
a few locations which have erosion and levee height deficiencies as
well. This site adjoins, complements, and extends a separate Corps
project under the Sacramento River Bank Protection Project.
3. Scoping Process. a. Public scoping meetings will be held on
February 12, 2009 to present information and to receive comments from
the public. The Corps, with WSAFCA, has initiated a process to involve
concerned individuals, and local, State, and Federal agencies.
b. Significant issues to be analyzed in depth in the EIS/EIR
include effects on aesthetics, biological resources, hazards and
hazardous materials, mineral resources, public services, utilities/
service systems, agricultural resources, cultural resources, hydrology/
water quality, noise, recreation, air quality, geology/soils, land use/
planning, population/housing, transportation/traffic, and cumulative
effects of related projects in the study area.
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c. The Corps will consult with the State Historic Preservation
Officer to comply with the National Historic Preservation Act, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Fisheries Service to comply with the Endangered Species
Act and the FWS to provide a Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Report
as an appendix to the EIS/EIR. Coordination will also be carried out
with Native American and tribal groups. Consultation will be carried
out on the three project level sites analyzed in the document. Those
reaches considered at the program level would be fully analyzed in the
future under separate tiered environmental document(s) and consultation
would be carried out at that time.
d. A 45-day public review period will be provided for individuals
and agencies to review and comment on the draft EIS/EIR. All interested
parties are encouraged to respond to this notice and provide a current
address if they wish to be notified of the draft EIS/EIR circulation.
4. Availability. The draft EIS/EIR is anticipated to be available
for public review and comment in mid 2009.
Dated: January 13, 2009.
Thomas C. Chapman,
COL, EN Commanding.
[FR Doc. E9-1678 Filed 1-26-09; 8:45 am]
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