What are relevant permits and regulations? Which agencies will need to be involved?
Removal and/or modification of fish passage barriers can require compliance and/or coordination with:
- California Department of Fish and Game’s Streambed Alteration Agreement (Fish and Game Code Section 1600)
- California Environmental Quality Act compliance (Required compliance with CEQA depends on funding source and potential impacts of project)
- National Environmental Policy Act compliance (Required compliance with NEPA depends on funding source and potential impacts of project)
- Compliance with Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (involves San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board)
- Compliance with state and federal endangered species acts (involves CDFG, USFWS, NOAA Fisheries)
http://ceres.ca.gov/topic/env_law/cesa/summary.html and
http://endangered.fws.gov/ - Private property access agreements
Fish Passage Barrier Removal
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