2023 System Conservation Implementation Agreement

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Summary

SCH Number
1999091142
Lead Agency
Imperial Irrigation District
Document Title
2023 System Conservation Implementation Agreement
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
12/11/2023
Document Description
On December 1, 2023 IID approved the 2023 System Conservation Implementation Agreement, a subsequent discretionary action to carry out the Project that was previously reviewed and analyzed under CEQA in the certified 2002 EIR/EIS “Imperial Irrigation District Water Conservation and Transfer Project and Draft Habitat Conservation Plan” (State Clearinghouse No. 1999091142) and as amended in 2003 by the “Amended and Restated Addendum to Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the Imperial Irrigation District Water Conservation and Transfer Project. The Project analyzed under the certified EIR, as amended, involves a water conservation and transfer project that would conserve and transfer up to 300 thousand acre-feet per year (KAFY) of IID's Colorado River entitlement using a variety of methods. The water would be transferred by IID to the San Diego County Water Authority (“SDCWA”), Coachella Valley Water District (“CVWD”) and/or Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (“MWD”), and as set forth in the Agreement for Transfer of Conserved Water (IID/SDCWA Transfer Agreement) executed by IID and SDCWA, as amended, and the proposed Quantified Settlement Agreement (QSA), executed by IID, CVWD, and MWD and the proposed Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement (CRWDA), executed by IID, CVWD, MWD, SDCWA and the Secretary of Interior. These transfers, and authorized volume adjustments are to remain in effect for up to 75 years, and will facilitate efforts to reduce and sustain California's diversions of Colorado River water in normal years to its annual 4.4 million acre-feet per year (MAFY) apportionment. The Project also includes implementation of a Habitat Conservation Plan to address impacts to covered species and habitats within the IID water service area, the right-of-way of the All American Canal and Salton Sea. The December 1, 2023 action was within the scope of, and previously analyzed under, the Project’s certified EIR, as amended, and would not result in new or unstudied potentially significant impacts under CEQA. Therefore, no additional environmental review, including a subsequent or supplemental EIR or addendum, was required.

Contact Information

Name
Jessica Humes
Agency Name
Imperial Irrigation District
Job Title
Environmental Program Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency

Location

Cities
Countywide
Counties
Imperial
Regions
Countywide
Other Location Info
Countywide

Notice of Determination

Approving Agency
Imperial Irrigation District
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Imperial
Final Environmental Document Available at
420 E. Barioni Blvd. Imperial, CA 92251

Determinations

(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
Yes
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes

Attachments

Notice of Determination

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