Use of Kern County Water Agency’s SWP Table A Water Outside of its Service Area under Article 56(f) and for Conveyance of Non-Project Water Under Article 55
Summary
SCH Number
2024040514
Public Agency
California Department of Water Resources
(DWR)
Document Title
Use of Kern County Water Agency’s SWP Table A Water Outside of its Service Area under Article 56(f) and for Conveyance of Non-Project Water Under Article 55
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/11/2024
Document Description
Due to Cross Valley Canal capacity limitations and to provide irrigation flexibility, Kern-Tulare Water District (KTWD) and KCWA will conduct a bona fide water exchange through two water conveyances: (1) conveyance of up to 53,300 acre-feet of KCWA’s 2024/2025 State Water Project (SWP) Table A water through KCWA’s existing turnout(s) to KTWD, and (2) conveyance of a like amount of 2024 Central Valley Project (CVP) water supplies to KCWA where the United States Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) will make KTWD’s CVP water available to DWR at Banks Pumping Plant and/or O’Neill Forebay for DWR to deliver to KCWA. DWR will enter into an agreement with KCWA to authorize the use of KCWA’s SWP Table A Water outside of KCWA’s service area under Article 56(f) of KCWA’s Water Supply Contract and the conveyance of CVP water to KCWA pursuant to Article 55 of KCWA’s Water Supply Contract. This bona fide exchange is subject to the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) approval of DWR’s and Reclamation’s Petition for Temporary Change in the Place of Use.
Contact Information
Name
Patrick Luzuriaga
Agency Name
Department of Water Resources
Job Title
Section Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Kern, Tulare
Regions
Countywide
Other Location Info
From Banks Pumping Plant and/or O’Neill Forebay to Kern County Water Agency ’s (KCWA) turnout(s) in Reaches 9 through 16A of the California Aqueduct
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1; CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, existing facility and Statutory, 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. (see also Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15282, subd. (u)).
b. State Water Project long-term water supply contract includes
provisions for conveyance of non-project water to SWP contractors.
c. The project is a water management operation using only existing facilities.
d. The project will not support new development or a change in land use.
e. The project does not establish a new permanent source of water supply.
County Clerks
Kern, Tulare
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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