Anadromous Salmonid Habitat Conservation Plan (ASHCP)

Anadromous Salmonid Habitat Conservation Plan (ASHCP)

The Proposed Project is implementation of the ASHCP that provides a strategy for avoiding, minimizing, and mitigating potential impacts from City operation and maintenance activities on state- and federally endangered Central California Coast coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) (coho) and federally threatened Central California Coast steelhead (O. mykiss) (steelhead) (Covered Species). The ASHCP was developed in support of applications for federal and state incidental take permits (ITPs) for coho and steelhead. The state ITP would be granted by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) pursuant to Section 2081 of the California Fish and Game Code (CFGC) (the California Endangered Species Act [CESA] of 1984). The federal ITP would be granted by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973. The ASHCP is a 30-year plan that would provide coverage for Covered Activities related to operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of the City’s water supply and water system facilities, operation and maintenance of the City’s municipal facilities, and management of City lands. The Conservation Strategy includes biological goals and objectives, avoidance and minimization measures, a non-flow conservation fund, and a monitoring program.

Capitola, Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz

Citywide, Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 5 (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 Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)

Water Facilities (Diversion facility upgrades)(Type Various, MGD 0.000001), Other (Habitat Improvement, Management, and Monitoring; Issuance of ITP)

Habitat Conservation Plan

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 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, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire