Category: Opportunity to comment

From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation is requesting comments on a draft revised environmental analysis for long-term water transfers prepared with the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority. The analysis includes the environmental effects of approving voluntary water transfers from 38 water management agencies and individuals north of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to Central Valley Project […]

From the Bureau of Reclamation: Reclamation will implement a long-term water transfer program to facilitate voluntary water transfers from willing sellers upstream of the Delta to water users south of the Delta and in the San Francisco Bay Area. Water transfers would occur through various methods such as groundwater substitution, cropland idling, reservoir release, and conservation, and would include individual […]

From the US Environmental Protection Agency: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) will be extending the public comment period for the proposed rule, “Water Quality Standards; Establishment of a Numeric Criterion for Selenium for the State of California” (83 FR 64059, December 13, 2018), for an additional 45 days, from February 11, 2019, to March 28, 2019. The U.S. […]

From the Department of Water Resources: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is pleased to announce the opening of the public comment period for the Riverine Stewardship Program: San Joaquin Fish Population Enhancement Program (SJFPEP) and Urban Streams Restoration Program (USRP) Grants Draft Guidelines and Proposal Solicitation Package (PSP). The Draft Guidelines and PSP, as well as detailed information on […]

The State Water Resources Control Board has issued a revised notice of public meeting, consideration of adoption, and public workshops for the proposed final amendments to the Ocean Plan and the Water Quality Control Plan for Inland Surface Waters, Enclosed Bays, and Estuaries (ISWEBE) that will include a new state definition for wetlands and procedures for discharges of dredged or […]

From the Delta Conservancy: The Delta Public Lands Strategy – Guidance for Conservation and Sustainability across the West, Central, and Northeast Delta is now available for public comment (updated 1/22/19). Overview Through 2018, the Delta Conservancy coordinated a public planning process to develop a high-level, integrated conservation strategy for publicly-funded lands in the west, central, and northeast Delta (see map). This collaborative […]