Agreement between the Kern County Water Agency (Agency) and California Department of Water Resour...
Agreement between the Kern County Water Agency (Agency) and California Department of Water Resources (DWR) for Delivery of San Joaquin River Exchange...
Summary
SCH Number
2019060065
Lead Agency
Kern County Water Agency
Document Title
Agreement between the Kern County Water Agency (Agency) and California Department of Water Resources (DWR) for Delivery of San Joaquin River Exchange...
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Document Description
The Agency is entering into the Agreement with DWR to deliver 2019 CVP water to Semitropic WSD. In compliance with the California Environmental Water Quality Act, the Authority filed the Water Transfer Program for the San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority 2014-203 8 Final EIR/EIS (Final EIR/EIS) on January 28, 2013. As part of the Authority's Water Transfer Program, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will make available to the Agency on behalf of its member unit Semitropic WSD up to 5,000 acre-feet of the Authority's 2019 CVP water, currently in storage in San Luis Reservoir, for delivery to Semitropic WSD.
The Agency is a State Water Project (SWP) contractor located in Kern County in the southern San Joaquin Valley. Semitropic WSD contracts for SWP water through the Agency and is located in Kem County in the southern San Joaquin Valley. The SWP includes facilities located throughout the State of California.
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Kem County Water Agency
Approving Agency Role
Responsible Agency
Approved On
Final EIR Available Location
Stuart T. Pyle Water Resources Center, Kern County Water Agency, 3200 Rio Mirada Drive, Bakersfield, CA 93308.
Determinations
(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
Yes
(2b) A Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
