FOLSOM, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the final environmental documents for a program to issue Special Event Permits
(SEP) to local outfitter companies to conduct commercial whitewater boating operations on the main stem Stanislaus River between the Camp Nine area and
Mark Twain Day Use Area at New Melones Lake. The whitewater boating program was identified in the 2010 New Melones Lake Area Resource Management
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement.
As water-level conditions allow, Reclamation would issue SEPs to up to four local outfitter companies (permittees) to conduct whitewater boating operations
at New Melones Lake. The permittees would use existing roads to transport customers, outfitter staff, and equipment along Highways 4 and 49, Parrotts Ferry
Road, and Camp Nine Road, including the access route to Mark Twain Recreation Area on former Highway 49. The Camp Nine Road extends about nine miles from
Parrotts Ferry Road to the Collierville Power Plant. The put-in would be located below Camp Nine Road near Mile 8 and the former Camp Nine Bridge. The
former bridge and an adjacent weir were removed in 2008.
The Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
and are available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=25758. If you
encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
For additional information or to request a copy of the Final EA/FONSI, please contact Sarah Perrin at 916-989-7173 (TTY 800-877-8339). Copies of the Final
EA/FONSI may also be viewed at Reclamation’s Central California Area Office, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
