Long Term Change in Place of Use-SWP Table A Water from TLBWSD & EWSID to WWD

SCH Number: 2009121084
Lead Agency: Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District
Document Title: Long Term Change in Place of Use-SWP Table A Water from TLBWSD & EWSID to WWD
Document Type: NOD - Notice of Determination
Received: 2/8/2010

Document Description: Two landowners in Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District (TLBWSD) and two landowners in Empire West Side Irrigation District (EWSID) also own lands in Westlands Water District (WWD) are requesting approval to annually deliver up to 10,000 acre-feet of their State Water project (SWP) Table A allotment to WWD, which is outside of the SWP Place of Use, over the next 15-year period. These two actions were analyed together to address potential cumulative impacts as a result of theproximity of the districts and commonality of the landowners.

Contact Information: Mark Gilkey
Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District
1001 Chase Avenue
Corcoran, CA 93212
(559) 992-4127

Approving Agency: Board of Directors of the Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage Distri
Approving Agency Role: Lead Agency
Approved On: 2/2/2010
Final EIR Available Location: 1001 Chase Avenue Corcoran, CA 93212

(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: No
(2b) A Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: Yes
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project: No
(4) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project: No
(5) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: Yes