Update and Implementation of the Water Quality Control Plan for the Bay-Delta Estuary

Update and Implementation of the Water Quality Control Plan for the Bay-Delta Estuary

The proposed project includes both: 1) the review and update of water quality objectives and the program of implementation in the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta) (Bay-Delta Plan) and 2) changes to water rights and water quality regulation consistent with the program of implementation. Accordingly, the environmental documentation will identify and evaluate the significant environmental impacts associated with potential changes to the Bay-Delta Plan and potential changes to water rights and other measures implementing the plan that may be needed to ensure the reasonable protection of beneficial uses in the Bay-Delta watershed. Given the broad scope of this effort, at this point, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) intends to stage its environmental review of the Bay-Delta Plan and water rights implementation for that plan. The State Water Board anticipates preparing substitute environmental documentation to support any water quality control plan updates, as appropriate and one or more Environmental Impact Reports (EIR) to support any water right decision(s) or order(s) that maybe needed to support changes to rights to implement any changes to the Bay Delta Plan. The State Water Board may alternatively choose to prepare one EIR to inform both the water quality control planning and water rights implementation described in this notice. The State Water Board will provide additional notice once it decides on its approach.

California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Loans and Grants, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT)

California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT)

Other

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Water Rights