Notice of Availability of Supplemental Information Report for Berryessa Creek Element, Coyote and Berryessa Creek, Flood Control Project, Santa Clara County, CA, 26535 [2016-10263]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
Notice of Availability of Supplemental
Information Report for Berryessa
Creek Element, Coyote and Berryessa
Creek, Flood Control Project, Santa
Clara County, CA
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Public notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) has prepared a
Supplemental Information Report (SIR)
to update and clarify the General
Reevaluation Report/Environmental
Impact Statement (GRR/EIS) for the
Berryessa Creek Element of the Coyote
and Berryessa Creek, California, Flood
Control Project (Project) to account for
the fact that the Project will remove an
existing exercise ‘‘pocket park’’ and
paved trail within the Project footprint
and will involve in-channel work yearround in the absence of substantial
rainfall (defined as 0.5 inch or greater
precipitation forecast by the National
Weather Service in their 72-hour
forecast for the Project area). The
removal of the existing exercise pocket
park facilities was omitted from the
original GRR/EIS and the clarification
regarding in-channel work year-round
when weather permits (i.e., in the
absence of substantial rainfall) is in
response to informal comments. The
USACE has determined that these
elements do not amount to substantial
changes to the proposed action and do
not constitute significant new
circumstances or information bearing
upon the proposed action or its impacts.
Therefore, a supplement to the GRR/EIS
is not necessary.
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To obtain a copy of the SIR
send requests to Ms. Amanda Cruz, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco
District, 1455 Market Street, 17th Floor,
San Francisco, CA 94103–1398 or email:
Amanda.B.Cruz@usace.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amanda Cruz, (415) 503–6955.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
March 2014 Final GRR/EIS for the
Berryessa Creek Element, and its
accompanying CWA § 404(b)(1)
alternatives analysis, recommended an
earthen trapezoidal channel section
with varying bottom width and 2H:1V
side slopes that provides protection
against the one-percent annual chance
exceedance flood event from I–680 in
San Jose to Calaveras Boulevard in
Milpitas (hereinafter ‘‘Project’’). These
environmental analyses determined the
Project to be the National Economic
Development Plan (NED), the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
environmentally preferable alternative,
the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) § 15126.6(e)(2)
environmentally superior alternative,
and the CWA § 404 Least
Environmentally Damaging Practicable
Alternative (LEDPA). The USACE
Director of Civil Works signed the
Record of Decision (ROD) on May 29,
2014.
The SIR serves to update the Project
description and impact analysis in the
GRR/EIS to include the removal of the
pocket exercise park facilities and
clarify that in-channel construction may
occur year-round in the absence of
substantial rainfall. The Project as
described in the GRR/EIS would remove
an existing pocket park with permanent
outdoor exercise equipment and about
460 linear feet of paved trail located on
property owned by the Project’s nonFederal sponsor, the Santa Clara Valley
Water District, in order to allow for
construction of the widened channel.
The existence of these features and the
fact that they would be removed by the
Project were inadvertently omitted from
the GRR–EIS. Additionally, the GRR–
EIS stated that ‘‘construction activities
would occur primarily during the dry
season from May to the end of October’’
and included a mitigation measure
stating that best management practices
for the Project would include
preparation and implementation of ‘‘an
Erosion and Sediment Control Plan
consistent with RWQCB policy and
guidelines’’ that would require
contractors to ‘‘limit in-channel
construction to the low-flow period
between April 15 and October 31 to
minimize soil erosion.’’ This SIR
clarifies the measure to specifically state
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that construction activities may occur
year-round with suspension of inchannel work and implementation of a
Project-specific Rain Event Action Plan
(REAP) if 0.5 inch or greater
precipitation is forecast by the National
Weather Service in their 72-hour
forecast for the Project area.
The SIR evaluates the potential effects
on environmental resources of removing
the exercise pocket park and allowing
in-channel work year-round in the
absence of substantial rainfall. Effects
on the following environmental
resources were considered: Air quality;
climate change; water resources and
quality; fisheries; biological resources;
topography and soils; geology and
seismicity; cultural resources; land use
and socioeconomics; traffic and
circulation; noise; recreation and public
access; aesthetics and visual resources;
hazardous, toxic, and radiological
waste; growth-inducing effects; and
cumulative effects. Based on this
analysis, the USACE has determined
that removing the exercise pocket park
and allowing in-channel work yearround in the absence of substantial
rainfall will not result in new significant
environmental impacts not already
identified in the GRR/EIS.
Because removing the exercise pocket
park features and allowing in-channel
work year-round in the absence of
substantial rainfall will not result in
new significant environmental impacts,
these elements do not amount to
substantial changes to the proposed
action and do not constitute significant
new circumstances or information
bearing upon the proposed action or its
impacts. Therefore, the USACE
concludes that preparation of a
supplement to the GRR/EIS, as defined
in section 1502.9(c) of the CEQ
Regulations, is not necessary. The
Project remains the environmentally
preferable alternative.
John C. Morrow,
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, District
Engineer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Notice of Availability of Supplemental Information Report for
Berryessa Creek Element, Coyote and Berryessa Creek, Flood Control
Project, Santa Clara County, CA
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Public notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has prepared a
Supplemental Information Report (SIR) to update and clarify the General
Reevaluation Report/Environmental Impact Statement (GRR/EIS) for the
Berryessa Creek Element of the Coyote and Berryessa Creek, California,
Flood Control Project (Project) to account for the fact that the
Project will remove an existing exercise ``pocket park'' and paved
trail within the Project footprint and will involve in-channel work
year-round in the absence of substantial rainfall (defined as 0.5 inch
or greater precipitation forecast by the National Weather Service in
their 72-hour forecast for the Project area). The removal of the
existing exercise pocket park facilities was omitted from the original
GRR/EIS and the clarification regarding in-channel work year-round when
weather permits (i.e., in the absence of substantial rainfall) is in
response to informal comments. The USACE has determined that these
elements do not amount to substantial changes to the proposed action
and do not constitute significant new circumstances or information
bearing upon the proposed action or its impacts. Therefore, a
supplement to the GRR/EIS is not necessary.
ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the SIR send requests to Ms. Amanda
Cruz, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, 1455 Market
Street, 17th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103-1398 or email:
Amanda.B.Cruz@usace.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amanda Cruz, (415) 503-6955.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The March 2014 Final GRR/EIS for the
Berryessa Creek Element, and its accompanying CWA Sec. 404(b)(1)
alternatives analysis, recommended an earthen trapezoidal channel
section with varying bottom width and 2H:1V side slopes that provides
protection against the one-percent annual chance exceedance flood event
from I-680 in San Jose to Calaveras Boulevard in Milpitas (hereinafter
``Project''). These environmental analyses determined the Project to be
the National Economic Development Plan (NED), the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmentally preferable alternative,
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Sec. 15126.6(e)(2)
environmentally superior alternative, and the CWA Sec. 404 Least
Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative (LEDPA). The USACE
Director of Civil Works signed the Record of Decision (ROD) on May 29,
2014.
The SIR serves to update the Project description and impact
analysis in the GRR/EIS to include the removal of the pocket exercise
park facilities and clarify that in-channel construction may occur
year-round in the absence of substantial rainfall. The Project as
described in the GRR/EIS would remove an existing pocket park with
permanent outdoor exercise equipment and about 460 linear feet of paved
trail located on property owned by the Project's non-Federal sponsor,
the Santa Clara Valley Water District, in order to allow for
construction of the widened channel. The existence of these features
and the fact that they would be removed by the Project were
inadvertently omitted from the GRR-EIS. Additionally, the GRR-EIS
stated that ``construction activities would occur primarily during the
dry season from May to the end of October'' and included a mitigation
measure stating that best management practices for the Project would
include preparation and implementation of ``an Erosion and Sediment
Control Plan consistent with RWQCB policy and guidelines'' that would
require contractors to ``limit in-channel construction to the low-flow
period between April 15 and October 31 to minimize soil erosion.'' This
SIR clarifies the measure to specifically state that construction
activities may occur year-round with suspension of in-channel work and
implementation of a Project-specific Rain Event Action Plan (REAP) if
0.5 inch or greater precipitation is forecast by the National Weather
Service in their 72-hour forecast for the Project area.
The SIR evaluates the potential effects on environmental resources
of removing the exercise pocket park and allowing in-channel work year-
round in the absence of substantial rainfall. Effects on the following
environmental resources were considered: Air quality; climate change;
water resources and quality; fisheries; biological resources;
topography and soils; geology and seismicity; cultural resources; land
use and socioeconomics; traffic and circulation; noise; recreation and
public access; aesthetics and visual resources; hazardous, toxic, and
radiological waste; growth-inducing effects; and cumulative effects.
Based on this analysis, the USACE has determined that removing the
exercise pocket park and allowing in-channel work year-round in the
absence of substantial rainfall will not result in new significant
environmental impacts not already identified in the GRR/EIS.
Because removing the exercise pocket park features and allowing in-
channel work year-round in the absence of substantial rainfall will not
result in new significant environmental impacts, these elements do not
amount to substantial changes to the proposed action and do not
constitute significant new circumstances or information bearing upon
the proposed action or its impacts. Therefore, the USACE concludes that
preparation of a supplement to the GRR/EIS, as defined in section
1502.9(c) of the CEQ Regulations, is not necessary. The Project remains
the environmentally preferable alternative.
John C. Morrow,
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, District Engineer.
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