Upper Berryessa Creek Flood Risk Management Project
Introduction
This page pertains to the Upper Berryessa Creek Flood Risk Management Project located in Santa Clara County (Project), co-sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and Santa Clara Valley Water District. The Project purpose is to provide flood protection to the new Milpitas BART station (currently under construction), and an estimated 3,500 homes and businesses in Milpitas and San Jose, by increasing the creek's capacity along 2.2 miles from Interstate 680 to Calaveras Boulevard. This page, while not comprehensive, contains many documents pertaining to the permit application, environmental assessments, technical reports, and correspondence with the Project co-sponsors. For additional information, please contact Susan Glendening at (510) 622-2462 or Susan.Glendening@waterboards.ca.gov.Water Board Actions
Final Order
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District Petition of WDR
5/12/2017 Documentation submitted with the Petition is available at this link:
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Draft Orders
You may access the staff summary report and the associated draft order through the hyperlinks in the following Water Board agendas.
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4/12/2017 Water Board Meeting Agenda (Item 8)
3/8/2017 Water Board Meeting Agenda (Item 6)
1/11/2017 Water Board Meeting Agenda (Item 7)
1/11/2017 Transcript of Board Item 7
Comment Letters and Response to Comments on Draft WDRs
- 1/4/2017 Water Board Response to Comment - Summary
- 1/4/2017 Water Board Responses to Individual Comments (89 pp)
- 1/4/2017 Annotated Comment Letters_August and November, 2016, Tentative Orders
- 12/5/2016 Citizens-Audubon-Baykeeper Joint Letter
- 12/5/2017 District Comment Letter
- 12/2/2016 Corps Comment Letter
- 9/19/2016 Citizens-Audubon-Baykeeper Joint Letter
- 9/19/2016 Corps Comment Letter
- 9/19/2016 Guadalupe-Coyote Resource Conservation District
Clean Water Act, Section 401 Certification
- 3/14/2016 CWA, Section 401 Certification
- 10/14/2015 Public Notice
- 9/25/2015 Corps CWA 401 Application
- 9/25/2015 BMPs Attached to 401 Application
Reports and Plans Submitted Pursuant to CWA, Section 401 Certification
- 8/11/2016 100% Design Plans_8/4/16
- 8/11/2016 Design Documentation Report_4/29/16
- 8/11/2016 Specifications
- 8/4/2016 Final Planting Plan
Letters by Water Board
- 7/13/2016 Legal Discussion
- 4/19/2016 WDR Issuance Letter to SCVWD
- 1/21/2016 Two-Stage Permit Proces
- 11/12/2015 Draft EIR Comments
- 10/23/2015 Incomplete 401 Certification Application
- 8/14/2015 Groundwater Management Plan Requirement
- 6/5/2015 Comments on 60% Design
Letters by Dischargers
- 3/28/2017 Proposed Revision by Corps for Water Quality Certification
- 11/1/2016 District Request for Postponement
- 7/28/2016 Response to Water Board's Legal Discussion_Email of 7/13/2016
- 5/16/2016 SCVWD Comments on Administrative Draft WDR
- 5/13/2016 Corps Comments on Administrative Draft WDR
- 5/3/2016 SCVWD Request for Reconsideration of WDR
- 3/30/2016 SCVWD Need for a WDR
- 1/6/2016 Corps Response to Incomplete 401 Application
Environmental Assessments
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA)
- 3/1/2014 Environmental Impact Statement (Revised Final)
- 6/1/2012 Clean Water Act, Section 404 (b)(1) Analysis
- Additional Files for the EIS, including the previous EIS dated 12/2013 are available at the Corps' Sacramento District website, or upon request from Water Board staff at Susan.Glendening@waterboards.ca.gov or (510) 622-2462.
Technical Documents and Staff Memos
- 10/21/2016 Water Board Staff Memo Regarding Sediment Transport_Setenay Bozkurt-Frucht
- 5/17/2016 Cost-Sharing Agreement_Corps and District
- 4/12/2016 Water Board Staff Memo, A.L. Riley, S.Bozkurt-Frucht
- 12/9/2015 SCVWD Staff Technical Memo-Long Term Sediment Transport Analysis
- 4/26/2013 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Coordination Act Report
- 3/6/2013 Peer Review Report on Corps Project_Battelle Memorial Institute
- 5/1/2012 Geomorphic and Sediment Transport_EIS Vol3 AppB Part3
References
- 9/3/2015 A.L. Riley, Summary of Field Observations on September 3, 2015
- 2015 The Baylands and Climate Change- Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals Science Update
- 2000 Baylands Ecosystems Species and Community Profiles
- 1999 Baylands Ecosystem Habitat Goals