The ARCF 2016 Flood Risk Management Project
SEIS/SEIR XIV was prepared to address design refinements made to the 2016 ARCF
General Reevaluation Report (GRR) Final EIS/EIR. Refinements include changes to
designs associated with the Magpie Creek Project, American River Erosion
Contract 3B, 4A, and 4B, Sacramento River Erosion Contract 3, American River
Mitigation Site, Sacramento River Mitigation Site, and installation of a
Piezometer Network.
USACE and the non-federal Partners received
public comments from December 22, 2023, until February 23, 2024, during the
extended comment period of 63 days. We are no longer accepting comments and
have shifted focus to finalize the comprehensive comment log to ensure every
comment is captured and adequately responded to by a subject matter expert, including
environmental resources, engineering, project management staff. For
perspective, we have logged nearly 900 comment letters. The Public Involvement
appendix of the Final SEIS/SEIR will include all public and agency comments and
responses, and the resulting text changes made to the SEIS/SEIR.
Announcements for future public outreach
associated with the Project Components in this SEIS/SEIR will be posted on
www.sacleveeupgrades.com
Any further questions regarding the ARCF 2016
Project can be directed to USACE. Public Affairs Office: SPK-PAO@usace.army.mil
The public may still view the Draft SEIS/SEIR
at the links below, and the recorded public meetings held on January 10th,
and 16th, 2024 under the Public Engagements tab.
The Draft SEIS/SEIR is available here:
– Draft
SEIS-SEIR Report
The Draft SEIS/SEIR Appendices are available here: – Draft
SEIS-SEIR Appendices
Note: A public commenter
brought to our attention that Section 3.5.2 American
River Erosion Contracts 3B North, 3B South, and 4B, in the Draft
SEIS/SEIR omitted Figures 3.5.2-11 and 3.5.2-12 (page 3-42). These diagrams
have been available to the public in the Presentation Slides under Public
Engagements on Slide Number 11. You may also view the link below. These Figures
will be added to the Final SEIS/SEIR.
Figure 3.5.2-11, 3.5.2-12
LAR C3B trees upstream 20240216
LAR C3B trees downstream
20240216
Answers to Frequently Asked
Questions can be found here: FAQ
USACE published the Notice of Intent (NOI) to
prepare the ARCF SEIS/SEIR in the Federal Register (Vol. 87, No. 194) on
October 7, 2022, with an update posted in the Federal Register (Vol. 87, No.
199) on October 17, 2022.
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Original NOI can be found HERE.
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Corrected NOI which extended the scoping period can be
found HERE.
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The public scoping period was extended to December 31, 2022.
Public scoping for this SEIS/SEIR was
initiated in November 2022. Virtual public scoping meetings were held
November 2, and November 30, 2022, to discuss the development of the Draft
SEIS/SEIR. Scoping resulted in 69 categorized comments, one-third of which were
related to habitat mitigation concerns. Appendix A, Scoping Report, in the
Draft SEIS/SEIR contains scoping comments and the corresponding responses. The
presentation slides and meeting recording can be found here: