Notice of Public Review - Finding of No Significant Impact and Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration

Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the State of California Public Resources Code “Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970” as amended to date, this is to advise you that the United States Army Corps of Engineers intends to adopt a Finding of No Significant Impact (FOSNI) and that the Alameda County Water District (ACWD) and the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (ACFCD) are issuing this Notice of Intent to adopt a subsequent Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) for the ACWD-ACFCD Joint Lower Alameda Creek Fish Passage Improvements (Project) in Fremont, California. An Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration - Environmental Assessment FONSI (IS/MND-EA/FONSI) was prepared in accord with the Council of Environmental Quality regulations and California Code of Regulations.

The proposed Project/Action involves:

• Construction of a new fishway at ACWD’s Rubber Dam 1 and ACFCD’s drop structure
• Construction of a new fishway at ACWD’s Rubber Dam 3; replacement of the existing Rubber Dam 3 material, equipment and controls with new materials;
• Replacement of the existing Rubber Dam 1 equipment and controls with new materials; and
• Construction of a new Shinn diversion and fish screening facility and decommissioning the existing unscreened diversion pipelines.

The purpose of this Project/Action is to remove migratory impediments and improve the migratory corridor to allow Central California Coast steelhead and other fish to migrate past the facilities to San Francisco Bay.

The IS/MND-EA/FONSI describes the proposed Project/Action, analyzes whether the Project/Action would result in any potential significant environmental impacts, describes measures that would avoid, minimize and mitigate any potential significant impacts to less than significant level, and determines that the Project/Action, which incorporates a number of mitigation measures, will not have a significant adverse effect on the environment.

The IS/MND-EA/FONSI is available for public review at the following locations during normal business hours:

Fremont, CA 94538

Fremont Public Library

2400 Stevenson Boulevard Fremont, CA 94538

Union City Library

34007 Alvarado-Niles Rd.

Union City, CA 94587

ACFCD Offices

399 Elmhurst St., Room 201

Hayward, CA 94544

In addition, the IS/MND-EA/FONSI is available online at www.acwd.org under Fish Passage and Related Projects>Current Projects and at

http://acgov.org/pwa/library/e....

Public Comment Period - The period for accepting comments on the adequacy of the environmental documents is from October 3, 2016 to 5:00 P.M., November 3, 2016. Any comments must be in writing or e-mail and submitted to the following address:

Alameda County Water District

43885 South Grimmer Boulevard

Fremont, CA 94538

Attn: Therese Wooding; Email: therese.wooding@acwd.com

The environmental document is expected to go before the ACWD Board of Directors and the ACFCD Board of Supervisors on December 6, 2016. To confirm the Board date, please contact Therese Wooding at (510) 668-4483.