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American River Common Features (ARCF) 2016 Draft SEIS-SEIR - December 2023
*THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS BEEN EXTENDED. Public comments will now be accepted until February 23, 2024 and can be submitted to ARCF_SEIS@usace.army.mil and PublicCommentARCF16@water.ca.gov
Draft SEIS-SEIR Report
Draft SEIS-SEIR Appendices
Figure 3.5.2-11, 3.5.2-12
LAR C3B trees upstream 20240216
LAR C3B trees downstream 20240216

Sacramento River Erosion Contract 4 Final SEA - September 2023
Final SEA Report & Appendices
Signed FONSI

Sacramento River Contract 2 Final SEA - December 2022
Final SEA Report
Final SEA Appendices
Signed FONSI

Sacramento River East Levee Contract 4 Final SEA/SEIR - Oct 2022
Final SEA/SEIR Report
Appendices
Signed Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)
Statement of Findings & Statement of Overriding Considerations
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program

Sacramento River East Levee Contract 4 Draft SEA/SEIR - June 2022
Notice of Availability
Draft SEA/SEIR Report
Draft SEA Appendices

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Contact Information

For more information on
Sacramento Levee Upgrades,
please contact us at the following:

Phone:
916-557-5100

E-mail:
spk-pao@usace.army.mil

Mailing Address:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Sacramento District
1325 J Street, Room 1513
Sacramento, CA 95814

2023 will see three more miles of levee improvements on the Sacramento River

The Sacramento Metropolitan area is one of the most at risk areas for flooding in the United States due to its location at the confluence and within the floodplain of two major rivers. The 1997 Sacramento flood events revealed deep under-seepage on the Sacramento River, including in areas that were remediated to address through-seepage with shallow cutoff walls in the early 1990s. 

Construction is set to begin this spring on three miles of levee improvements on the east side of the Sacramento River just south of the confluence downstream to the town of Freeport. The work will entail installation of various types of seepage cutoff walls, raises and berms within or adjacent to the levee prism.

This is the fourth major construction contract to address seepage and stability concerns with the levee between Old Sacramento and the Freeport Regional Water Intake Facility near Sacramento’s Pocket neighborhood. In 2020, construction crews installed nearly three miles of seepage cutoff wall along the Sacramento River East Levee, and a 400-foot-long seepage berm on the landside levee adjacent to Front St. In 2021, USACE contractors installed approximately 1.8 miles of seepage cutoff wall at four locations, including on both sides of Business 80/Highway 50 just upstream of Miller Park, on the south side of the little pocket, and on the north side of the big pocket. In 2022 there were two miles of improvements completed in the Big Pocket and erosion improvements just north of the Little Pocket. In total, the American River Common Features 2016 project is expected to construct approximately 9 miles of slurry cutoff walls along the Sacramento River East Levee, and up to 10 miles of erosion protection at a number of locations. 

 

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