Title Transfer of the Contra Costa Canal System
Summary
SCH Number
2026090152
Public Agency
Contra Costa Water District
Document Title
Title Transfer of the Contra Costa Canal System
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/2/2026
Document Description
The Project consists of the transfer of specified Contra Costa Canal System facilities, lands, easements, rights-of-way, and associated real property interests from the United States, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to Contra Costa Water District pursuant to Section 8302 of Public Law 116-9. The transfer would be implemented through a Title Transfer Agreement and associated deeds, assignments, easement conveyances, and other property instruments, including transfer or assignment of applicable third-party rights and obligations. The Project is limited to the transfer of ownership and associated administrative and property interests and does not authorize construction, expansion or modification of facilities, changes in water rights or deliveries, operational changes, land development, or other ground-disturbing activities. Any future physical modifications or operational changes would be subject to separate approvals and environmental review, as applicable.
Contact Information
Name
Kimberly Lin
Agency Name
Contra Costa Water District
Job Title
Director of Planning
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Antioch, Brentwood, Concord, Martinez, Oakley, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Unincorporated areas of Bay Point, Clyde, Knightsen, Walnut Creek
Counties
Contra Costa
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
State Highways
SR 4, I-680, SR 242, SR 160
Waterways
Contra Loma Reservoir, Martinez Reservoir, Mallard Reservoir
Other Information
This project is located in Contra Costa County, California. The Contra Costa Canal System includes approximately 48 miles of canals, pipelines, pumping plants, reservoirs, dams, wasteways, laterals, maintenance roads, operational facilities, and associated lands, easements, and rights-of-way extending from Rock Slough near Oakley to Martinez.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines Sec. 15378(a) and 15378(b)(5)
Reasons for Exemption
The Title Transfer is an administrative action that transfers ownership and associated property interests in existing Canal System facilities without authorizing construction, operational changes, or other physical modifications to the environment. Accordingly, CCWD finds that Title Transfer is not a project subject to CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sec. 15378(a) and 15378(b)(5). Further, CCWD's continued post-transfer operation and maintenance of these existing public facilities is exempt from CEQA review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 because transfer involves "negligible or no expansion of use" of these facilities.
County Clerk
Contra Costa
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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