77-16 USACE SPK-2024-00616 NWP404 Permit.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, SACRAMENTO DISTRICT

1325 J STREET

SACRAMENTO CA 95814-2922

June 3, 2025

Regulatory Division (SPK-2024-00616)

City of Visalia Attn: Ms. Rebecca Keenan 315 E Acequia Ave Visalia, California 93291-6341 rebecca.keenan@visalia.city

Dear Ms. Keenan:

We are responding to your January 12, 2025, pre-construction notification for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for the Cameron Creek Recharge project. The approximately 8-acre project site includes three separate locations within Cameron Creek along approximately 1.75 miles of the creek, centrally located at Latitude 36.306719°, Longitude -119.250411°, in the City of Visalia, Tulare County, California.

Based on the information you provided to this office, the Cameron Creek Recharge project involves the discharge of fill material into 0.103 acre of waters of the U.S. for the construction of three new, reinforced-concrete check-structure facilities within Cameron Creek to utilize the Creek as a linear recharge facility for groundwater, subject to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The construction activities will require the excavation of 0.0028 acre of the streambed to facilitate construction of the three check facilities. The specific activities that require DA authorization are the placement of 140.8 cubic yards (CY) of concrete fill and

99.8 CY of rip rap into 168 linear feet of Cameron Creek. These activities will result in permanent impacts to 0.103 acre and temporary impacts to 0.0028 acre of Cameron Creek.

The proposed activities would be conducted in accordance with the Cameron Creek Liner Recharge Project plans dated September 6, 2024 (Enclosure 1).

We have determined that activities in waters of the U.S. associated with the project are authorized by Nationwide Permit Number (NWP) 59, Water Reclamation and Reuse Facilities. You must comply with all terms and conditions of the NWP and applicable regional conditions. Enclosed is information about the NWP terms and conditions (Enclosure 2). In addition, your work must comply with the following special conditions:

1. You shall comply with all terms and conditions of the enclosed Central Valley Regional

Water Quality Control Board Clean Water Act March 28, 2025, Section 401 Water Quality Certification WDID# 5C54CR00154 (Enclosure 3).

2. You shall conduct all work when the project area is naturally dewatered. No work shall be conducted in flowing water.

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3. Prior to initiation of any construction activities in waters of the U.S. authorized by this verification, you shall install construction best management practices (BMPs) as identified in the November 2024, City of Visalia Nationwide Permit Supplemental Information, prepared by Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group, which is hereby incorporated by reference as a condition of this verification. You shall ensure the BMPs are inspected weekly, and maintained in good condition while ground disturbing activities are occurring, until construction activities in waters of the U.S. authorized by this verification are complete. All BMPs shall remain until construction activities within 25 feet of waters of the U.S. are completed and all disturbed soils are stabilized.

Within 30 days after completion of the authorized work, you must sign the enclosed Compliance Certification and return it to this office.

This verification is valid until March 14, 2026, when the existing NWPs are scheduled to be modified, reissued, or revoked. Furthermore, if you commence or are under contract to commence this activity before the date the NWP is modified, reissued, or revoked, you will have 12 months from the date of the modification, reissuance or revocation to complete the activity under the present terms and conditions. Failure to comply with the general and regional conditions of this NWP, or the project-specific special conditions of this authorization, may result in the suspension or revocation of your authorization.

We would appreciate your feedback on this permit action including your interaction with our staff and processes. For more information about our program or to complete our Regulatory Program national customer service survey, visit our website at www.spk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory.aspx.

Please refer to identification number SPK-2024-00616 in any correspondence concerning this project. If you have any questions, please contact Sarrah Kubinec by email at Sarrah.C.Kubinec@usace.army.mil, or telephone at 505-290-7079.

Sincerely, Sarrah C. Kubinec TREC Team

Enclosures cc:

Ms. Kira McCall, Provost & Pritchard Consulting Group, kmccall@ppeng.com Mr. Brandon Salazar, Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region, Brandon.Salazar@waterboards.ca.gov mailto:Sarrah.C.Kubinec@usace.army.mil mailto:kmccall@ppeng.com Brandon.Salazar@waterboards.ca.gov

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION

Permit File Name: Cameron Creek Recharge Project

Action ID: SPK-2024-00616

Nationwide Permit Number: 59 Water Reclamation and Reuse Facilities

Permittee: City of Visalia

Attn: Ms. Rebecca Keenan 315 E Acequia Ave Visalia, California 93291-6341

County: Tulare County

Date of Verification: June 3, 2025

Within 30 days after completion of the activity authorized by this permit, sign this certification and return it to the following address:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District

SPKRegulatoryMailbox@usace.army.mil

Please note that your permitted activity is subject to a compliance inspection by a U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers representative. If you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of the permit your authorization may be suspended, modified, or revoked. If you have any questions about this certification, please contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

I hereby certify that the work authorized by the above-referenced permit, including all the required mitigation, was completed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the permit verification.

Permittee Signature Date mailto:SPKRegulatoryMailbox@usace.army.mil