Public Comment: Draft Environmental Impact Report for Cache Creek Channel and Levee Rehabilitation Project

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The California Department of Water Resources is pleased to announce that a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) prepared by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Division of Flood Operations is available for public review and comment. The Cache Creek Channel and Levee Rehabilitation Project would restore the design flood conveyance capacity along an approximately 9-mile-long reach of Cache Creek by removing sediment along with vegetation and slightly raising levee elevations at selected locations. The project reach is in unincorporated Yolo County adjacent to the Town of Yolo, 2 miles north of the City of Woodland and about 4.5 miles west of the Sacramento River.

The public comment period began on March 7, 2025, and it will close at 5:00 p.m. on April 21, 2025.

The Notice of Availability, Draft EIR, and selected appendices are available to download:

The Draft EIR and all appendices are also available in hardcopy for review at the following locations: 

California Department of Water Resources
Flood Maintenance and Operations Branch (FMO) 
3310 El Camino Avenue 
Sacramento, CA 95821 
Phone: (916) 820-7693 

Woodland Public Library 
250 1st Street 
Woodland, CA 95695 
Phone: (530) 661-5980 

The Draft EIR can be reviewed during walk-in business hours at: 

California Department of Water Resources 
Flood Maintenance and Operations Branch (FMO) 
3310 El Camino Avenue 
Sacramento, CA 95821

This Draft EIR is being distributed for a 45-day public review period that will end on Monday, April 21, 2025. Written comments must be received by the close of business (5 p.m.) on April 21, 2025. Written comments may be mailed, faxed, or e-mailed to:

Mr. Jeff Schuette 
Senior Environmental Scientist 
California Department of Water Resources, 
Flood Maintenance and Operations Branch (FMO) 
3310 El Camino Avenue 
Sacramento, CA 95821 
Phone: (916) 820-7693 
Email: jeff.schuette@water.ca.gov
Subject line: Cache Creek Channel and Levee Rehabilitation Project Draft EIR Comments

If comments are provided via email, please include the project title in the subject line, and include the commenter’s name and U.S. Postal Service mailing address. 

All written comments received on the adequacy of this Draft EIR during the public review period will be addressed in a “response-to-comments” chapter in the Final EIR, which, together with the Draft EIR, will constitute the entirety of the Final EIR. The Final EIR will also present any changes to the Draft EIR resulting from public and agency comments, and DWR staff-initiated changes.

If you have any questions during the public comment period, contact us at jeff.schuette@water.ca.gov. 

 

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Flood Management Flood Maintenance Levees

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