Long-term Operation of the State Water Project

Long-term Operation of the State Water Project

The proposed project encompasses SWP water diversion, storage, and conveyance facilities and respective service areas. Under the proposed Project, the SWP will continue to be operated to provide flood control and water for agricultural, municipal, industrial, recreational, and environmental purposes consistent with applicable legal requirements. The proposed project would update the on-going, long-term operations of the SWP based on new science, as well as information about the current status of listed species. The operational updates would minimize adverse environmental impacts to listed species and water quality using updated operational restrictions based on species data and other environmental conditions such as salinity and turbidity. SWP operations will continue to be coordinated with the CVP, in accordance with the Coordinated Operation Agreement (COA), the 2018 COA Addendum, and other operational requirements. The DEIR evaluates potential impacts associated with long-term operations of the SWP as modified to address operational requirements to comply with the California Endangered Species Act for issuance of an Incidental Take Permit by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Incidental Take Permit would address potential impacts to Delta Smelt, winter-run Chinook Salmon, spring-run Chinook Salmon, and Longfin Smelt.

Sacramento

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (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 Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Redding Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Colorado River Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of General Services (DGS), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), Santa Monica Bay Restoration, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Incidental Take Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire