NOTICE: Opportunity to Participate in Delta Conveyance Project Pre-hearing Conference

From the State Water Resources Control Board:

The State Water Board Administrative Hearings Office will hold a pre-hearing conference regarding the Delta Conveyance Project (also known as the Delta Tunnel) on October 17, 2024. This pre-hearing conference is in advance of the hearing on January 16, 2025 that will address the water right change petitions filed by the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) State Water Project to add two new points of diversion and rediversion on the Lower Sacramento River to initialize the Delta Conveyance Project.

The pre-hearing discussion will focus on the Department of Water Resources’ request to extend the construction deadlines associated with its permits by 55 years and the protestants’ objections to this request. The hearing officer will also ask about scheduling feasibility for both the Department of Water Resources and protestants. See the updated Notice of Pre-Hearing Conference and Procedural Ruling for more information.

Parties to the proceeding may submit exhibits and testimony relevant to a list of issues and sub-issues to be considered, including:

Would approval of the petitions impact tribal lands, tribal interests, or tribal cultural resources? If approved, what terms and conditions, if any, within the Board’s authorities should the Board include in the amended permits to protect these interests?

Pre-hearing conference information (online only)

  • Time: October 17, 2024, 9:00 am
  • Zoom join link: bit.ly/aho-dcp-zoom
  • Call-in number: 1-669-900-9128 Meeting ID: 969 6180 8415 (Passcode: 750159)

How to participate in the hearing and pre-hearing conference

Any person or entity can request to participate as a party by contacting the Administrative Hearings Office at DCP-WR-Petition@waterboards.ca.gov. Pre-conference statements may also be sent to this address. Email is preferred, but the Office can also be reached by mail at:

State Water Resources Control Board Administrative Hearings Office
P.O. Box 100
Sacramento, CA 95812-0100

For those interested in watching but not participating, the pre-hearing will be livestreamed at bit.ly/aho-youtube.

More information

  • Notice of January hearing (includes hearing details and background, procedures, list of issues to be considered, list of protestants, interested persons). Note that the dates listed in the notice are subject to change.
  • Subscribe to emails related to this proceeding by visiting bit.ly/swb-subscribe and selecting “Delta Conveyance Project Public Hearing” in the Administrative Hearings Office subscription topic group.
  • More information will be released regarding deadlines for participating in and submitting exhibits for the January hearing.