Butte Water District 2003 Crop Idling and Short-Term Water Transfer Program for Sale EWA
Summary
SCH Number
2002122100
Lead Agency
Butte Water District
Document Title
Butte Water District 2003 Crop Idling and Short-Term Water Transfer Program for Sale EWA
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Agricultural
Document Description
Butte Water District (Butte WD) is proposing a 1-year program (2003) in which farmers would voluntarily idle their land served with district surface water. Idling would reduce Butte WD deliveries by up to 20% (19,680 acre-feet). Butte WD proposes a short-term transfer of the water to the DWR Environmental Water Account (EWA) program, which proposes to purchase this water.
Contact Information
Name
Mark Orme
Agency Name
Butte Water District
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Gridley
Counties
Butte, Sutter
Cross Streets
Highway 99 and East Gridley Road
Zip
95948
Parcel #
Varies - entire district
State Highways
99
Railways
Southern Pacific
Schools
Gridley and Live Oaks
Waterways
Feather River
Section
entire
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Redding Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan South Lake Tahoe Region 6 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights
Development Types
Other (Temporary Water Transfer)
Local Actions
Idling and Transfer
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Public Services, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife
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