Hearings Program
El Sur Ranch
As the state lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights will direct the preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) that will review the environmental effects associated with the issuance of a water right permit pursuant to water right Application 30166 seeking an appropriation of water from the Big Sur River subterranean stream to the El Sur Ranch.
- Submitted Comments on the DEIR
- Applicant - El Sur Ranch
- Carmel River Steelhead Association (CRSA)
- California Coastal Commission
- California Department of Fish and Game
- California Department of Parks and Recreation
- Hank Smith
- Helping Our Peninsula's Environment
- Lori Lockwood
- Monterey Coast Keepers
- Native Plant Society
- NOAA - National Marine Fisheries
- Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), Ventana Wilderness Alliance, Los Padres Forest Watch, the Ventana Chapter of the Sierra Club, Friends of the River, and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance
- October 15, 2009 - Deadline extension for comments on the Draft EIR
- October 12, 2009 - Notice of Availability: DEIR on the El Sur Ranch Water Right Application 30166
- October 8, 2009 - Draft Environmental Impact Report for El Sur Ranch Water Right Application 30166
- June 2006, Notice of Preparation and Initial Study for the El Sur Ranch Water Right Application No. 30166, Monterey, California