Place and Purpose of Use, Extension of Time, and Instream Dedication Project

Place and Purpose of Use, Extension of Time, and Instream Dedication Project

The Redway Community Services District (RCSD, District), as Applicant, is applying to the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) – Division of Water Rights to amend existing water rights, including the following three components: An expansion in the Purpose and Place of Use (POU) for an existing diversion located in the South Fork of the Eel River (SF Eel River) to include all properties located within the District’s jurisdictional boundary under the respective appropriative license (Application No: A11876; Permit No.: 07489; License No.: 3791) and an appropriative permit (Application No.: 23017; Permit No.: 15665) for the existing diversion. The Meadows Business Park has been served by the RCSD since 1998. RCSD has also applied for a Petition for an Extension of Time associated with the SF Eel River appropriative permit (Application No.: 23017; Permit No. 15665) to include the recorded diversion from calendar year 2011 as the maximum beneficial use for the permit to ensure sufficient diversion amounts would be allowed and available to serve RCSD service connections once the future appropriative license is obtained. RCSD holds a third water right, which allows for diversion from an unnamed spring (Application No.: 23018; Permit No.: 15666), a tributary to the SF Eel River. RCSD is requesting the permit for the unnamed spring to be licensed by the SWRCB to retain the allocated diversion amount, although RCSD has not diverted water from the unnamed spring since 2008. As part of the Project, the RCSD is seeking to permanently dedicate their allocated diversion amount for instream use for recreational and fish and wildlife preservation and enhancement ecological and recreational purposes.

Redway

Humboldt

Northern California, Unincorporated

California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northern and Eureka Region 1 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 1 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), 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, North Coast Region 1 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), 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

Other (No development proposed - project is related to water rights)

Water Rights Amendment

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire