Petition Requesting an Extension of Time to More Fully Exercise Conditional Water Rights for Operation of the State Water Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025091374
Lead Agency
California Department of Water Resources
(DWR)
Document Title
Petition Requesting an Extension of Time to More Fully Exercise Conditional Water Rights for Operation of the State Water Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Water conveyance
Document Description
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is requesting a time extension to continue the development of its existing water rights permits without altering the existing permitted quantities or rates, purpose of use, season of use, points of diversion, or places of use. The water rights permits that are the subject of this Notice of Preparation are permit numbers 16478, 16479, 16481, 16482, 16477 and 16480 (Water Rights). As the petitioner and project applicant, DWR will prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the petition it filed with the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) for a water right extension of time (Extension of Time) to modify the Water Right development timeframes but otherwise remain consistent with the existing conditions of the permits. The EIR will be prepared pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), California Public Resources Code sections 21000, et seq., and the CEQA Guidelines, Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations sections 15000, et seq. DWR will be the lead agency for this EIR.
Contact Information
Name
Analisa Martinez
Agency Name
Department of Water Resources
Job Title
Environmental Program Manager II Division of Integrated Science and Engineering
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Name
Shay Humphrey
Agency Name
ICF
Job Title
Managing Director
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Email
Location
Counties
Alameda, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo, Yuba
Regions
Countywide
Waterways
California Aqueduct, Oroville Dam, SWP Service areas, Lower Feather River, Sacramento River, the
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), 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, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Redding Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), 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, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Other (water conveyance)
Local Actions
N/A
Project Issues
Biological Resources, Cumulative Effects, Growth Inducement, Hydrology/Water Quality, Tribal Cultural Resources, Climate change
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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