Exchange of up to 75,000 Acre-Feet of Santa Clara Valley Water District’s Central Valley Project Water Supplies with State Water Project Water Supplies. (SWPAO
Summary
SCH Number
2020080213
Public Agency
California Department of Water Resources
(DWR)
Document Title
Exchange of up to 75,000 Acre-Feet of Santa Clara Valley Water District’s Central Valley Project Water Supplies with State Water Project Water Supplies. (SWPAO
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/13/2020
Document Description
Santa Clara Valley Water District (Santa Clara) proposes to exchange up to 75,000 acre-feet of Santa Clara’s CVP water supplies with SWP water supplies. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation will make a portion of Santa Clara’s CVP water available to DWR at O’Neill Forebay. In exchange, DWR will deliver an equal amount of SWP water supplies to Santa Clara from Banks Pumping Plant to Santa Clara’s turnout(s) through the South Bay Aqueduct. DWR will deliver the CVP water to SWP service areas south of O’Neill Forebay under the 2020 Consolidated Place of Use. This involves no increase in total SWP or CVP allocations. This exchange is covered under the 2020 Consolidated Place of Use Order (Order), approved by the State Water Resources Control Board on July 15, 2020, and must be completed before the Order expires, on July 14, 2021.
Contact Information
Name
David Rizzardo
Agency Name
California Department of Water Resources
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Santa Clara
Other Location Info
From the Delta Santa Clara Valley Water District’s turnouts in Reach 9 of the South Bay Aqueduct and O’Neill Forebay
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1; CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, existing facility
Reasons for Exemption
a. California Water Code, § 1729, exempts temporary changes in place of use from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000; see also Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15282, subd. (u).)
b. The proposed project is a water management operation using only existing facilities.
c. The project will not support new development or a change in land use.
d. The project does not establish a new permanent source of water supply.
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
California Water Code Section 1729
Reasons for Exemption
a. California Water Code, § 1729, exempts temporary changes in place of use from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000; see also Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15282, subd. (u).)
b. The proposed project is a water management operation using only existing facilities.
c. The project will not support new development or a change in land use.
d. The project does not establish a new permanent source of water supply.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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