The Department of Water Resources has posted the final EIR for the Long-Term Operation of the State Water Project in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Suisun Marsh, and Suisun Bay.
This Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is intended to support DWR’s decision regarding ongoing SWP operations and CDFW’s issuance of a CESA Incidental Take Permit (ITP) under Section 2081 of the California Fish and Game Code. It includes a robust analysis of the Proposed Project and considers actions that potentially could minimize environmental effects on long-term SWP operations. The EIR also identifies other actions that are occurring in or affecting the Delta, such as water supply, water management, and water quality projects and actions and habitat improvement projects and actions, to consider a broad perspective of cumulative impacts.
The EIR evaluates the applicable resource areas and determines that, with respect to each resource area, the Proposed Project has either no impact or a less-than-significant impact on the environment. Because the Proposed Project would not result in any significant impacts, no mitigation is required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The EIR also analyzes three project alternatives in addition to the “no project” alternative. Pursuant to CEQA, the EIR includes sufficient information about each alternative to allow meaningful evaluation, analysis, and comparison with the Proposed
Project.