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
- Lead Agency
- Water Resources, Department of (California Department of Water Resources)
- 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
-
David Rizzardo
California Department of Water Resources
State Water Project Analysis Office 1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone : (916) 653-9593
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
- 2020080213_Exchange of up to 75,000 Acre-Feet PDF 275 K
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