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USACE to have public scoping meeting about Santa Paula Creek

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District
Published July 8, 2025
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Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 United States Code [U.S.C.] 4321, et seq.), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, in cooperation with its non-federal sponsor, the Ventura County Watershed Protection District, will conduct two public scoping meetings for the Santa Paula Creek Flood Risk Management project. Santa Paula Creek is a tributary of the Santa Clara River in the vicinity of the City of Santa Paula, Ventura County, California.

The project was initially authorized pursuant to Section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (P.L. 80-858), with subsequent authority through the Water Resources Development Act 1992, Section 114(b), to reduce the probability and consequences of flood related damages to the community of Santa Paula and surrounding areas. Because the project now has diminished flood control capacity, and, as a result, the flood risk within the study area has increased, the project is undergoing general re-evaluation under Section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970, which authorizes the Secretary of the Army to review operations of completed projects, when found advisable, due to changed physical, economic or environmental conditions.

The purpose of the public scoping meetings is to gather public input in order to best inform the scope of the study, formulation of measures and alternatives and evaluate potential environmental impacts associated with proposed alternatives. USACE and the Ventura County Watershed Protection District will host two public meetings. Both public meetings are scheduled for July 23, 2025. The first meeting will be in person and with virtual access, from 2-4 p.m. at the Santa Paula City Council Chambers, 970 E. Ventura St., Santa Paula, California. The evening meeting will be virtual, from 7-8:30 p.m. Virtual attendance for both meetings is accessible at https://publicworks.venturacounty.gov/wp/santa-paula-creek/.

Comments also will be accepted from July 9, 2025, to Aug. 10, 2025, and may be submitted electronically to: cespl-santa-paula-creek@usace.army.mil or in writing to Brian McDowell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, Planning Division, 915 Wilshire Blvd., 14th Floor, Los Angeles, CA  90017.


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