Biggs-West Gridley Water District 2021 Water Transfer Program
Summary
SCH Number
2021040350
Lead Agency
Biggs-West Gridley Water District
Document Title
Biggs-West Gridley Water District 2021 Water Transfer Program
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Agriculture
Document Description
The Biggs-West Gridley Water District (BWGWD) proposes to sell during the 2021 irrigation season up to 20,658 acre-feet (af) of water to
participating member districts of the State Water Contractors, Incorporated or other South of Delta purchasers, including Central Valley Project
contractors (collectively, “Buyers”). Buyers and others are seeking up to approximately 300,000 af of transfer water from various willing sellers in the
Sacramento Valley during the 2021 irrigation season. Purchasing this water would lessen potential water supply shortages to these parties that may
occur as a result of dry hydrologic conditions and regulatory restrictions on pumping in the Delta. As a willing seller, the BWGWD would make up to
20,658 af of water available to Buyers by idling cropland (i.e., non-irrigation of farmland by voluntary participants). The BWGWD’s proposed transfer
will comply with the most current Draft Technical Information for Preparing Water Transfer Proposals prepared by the Department of Water
Resources and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, dated December 2019, as applicable to land idling transfers.
Contact Information
Name
Eugene Massa
Agency Name
General Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Michael Nishimura
Agency Name
Consultant
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Consulting Firm
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Gridley
Counties
Butte
Regions
Countywide, Statewide
Cross Streets
1713 West Biggs Gridley Road
Zip
95948
Total Acres
34,800
Jobs
1
Parcel #
Numerous
State Highways
99
Waterways
Feather River
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), 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 Valley Redding Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights
Development Types
Other (Temporary Water Transfer)
Local Actions
Temporary Water Transfer
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cumulative Effects, Economics/Jobs, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Wetland/Riparian
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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