North Coast Instream Flow Policy
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2006072091
Lead Agency
State Water Resources Control Board
Document Title
North Coast Instream Flow Policy
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Document Description
The Draft Policy will apply to applications to appropriate water, small domestic use and livestock stockpond registrations, and water right petitions. The geographic scope of the Draft Policy encompasses coastal streams from the Mattole River to San Francisco and coastal streams entering northern San Pablo Bay, and extends to five counties- Marin, Sonoma, and portions of Napa, Mendocino, and Humboldt counties.
The Draft Policy establishes principles and guidelines for maintaining instream flows for the protection of fishery resources. It prescribes protective measures regarding the season of diversion, minimum bypass flows, and maximum cumulative diversion. The Draft Policy contains guidelines for evaluating whether a proposed water diversion, in combination with existing diversions in a watershed, may affect instream flows needed for the protection of fishery resources.
Contact Information
Name
Karen Niiya or Eric Oppenheimer
Agency Name
State Water Resources Control Board
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma
Total Acres
3.1mil watershed
State Highways
101, 20, 29, 128, 53, 1
Waterways
Coastal streams from mouth of Mattole R. to S.F. Bay and entering northern San Pablo Bay
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Cal Fire, California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Eureka Region 1 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Resources Agency
Development Types
Other (Policy for maintaining instream flows in N. CA coastal streams)
Local Actions
State Policy
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife
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