From the Army Corps of Engineers:
The Sites Project Authority has applied for a permit to place dredged and/or fill material into approximately 365.6 acres of waters of the United States to construct the Sites Reservoir Project, an off-stream surface water reservoir. The approximately 17,225-acre project site is located on Funks Creek, Stone Corral Creek, Grapevine Creek, and Antelope Creek, Latitude 39.32434°, Longitude -122.34163°, within Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and Yolo Counties, California.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The applicant, the Sites Project Authority, is proposing to construct the Sites Reservoir Project (Project), an off-stream surface water storage reservoir and ancillary facilities. The Project would use existing infrastructure to divert unregulated and unappropriated flow from the Sacramento River at Red Bluff and Hamilton City and convey the water to the new off-stream reservoir west of the community of Maxwell. The reservoir would be approximately 13,200 acres in size and is capable of holding 1.5 million acre-feet of water. New and existing facilities would move water in and out of the reservoir. Releases from Sites Reservoir would ultimately return to the Sacramento River system via existing canals and a new pipeline located near the town of Dunnigan. Additional proposed activities include building a bridge across the reservoir, realignment of a segment of Huffmaster Road with a gravel road to residents at the south end of the reservoir, and development of new recreational facilities at the reservoir.
Read the full notice from the Army Corps of Engineers.
Written comments and/or a request for a paper copy of the notice may be submitted to project manager Kasey Sirkin, by email SPKRegulatoryMailbox@usace.army.mil, or telephone (916) 557-5250.
