Petition Requesting Changes in Water Rights of The Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for the California WaterFix Project Hearing

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California WaterFix Hearing

Exhibit No. Exhibit Description Date Accepted into Evidence* or Withdrawn
SWRCB-1 Department of Water Resources' (DWR) and United States Bureau of Reclamation's (Reclamation) August 25, 2015 (Submitted August 26, 2015) Joint Change Petition for California WaterFix Program. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-2 DWR and Reclamation's September 11, 2015 (Submitted September 16) Joint Change Petition Addendum and Errata. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-3 2015 Public Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan/California WaterFix Partially Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report/Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (RDEIR/SDEIS) and Comments. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-4 2013 Public Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-5 2013 Public Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-6 State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Water Right Permit 16478 (Application 5630) – DWR. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-7 SWRCB. Water Right Permit 16479 (Application 14443) – DWR. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-8 SWRCB. Water Right Permit 16481 (Application 14445A) – DWR. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-9 SWRCB. Water Right Permit 16482 (Application 17512) – DWR. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-10 SWRCB. Water Right Permit 11315 (Application 13370) – Reclamation. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-11 SWRCB. Water Right Permit 11316 (Application 13371) – Reclamation. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-12 SWRCB. Water Right Permit 12721 (Application 5626) – Reclamation. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-13 SWRCB. Water Right Permit 12722 (Application 9363) – Reclamation. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-14 SWRCB. Water Right Permit 12723 (Application 9364) – Reclamation. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-15 SWRCB. Water Right Permit 11967 (Application 5628) – Reclamation. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-16 SWRCB. Water Right Permit 11968 (Application 15374) – Reclamation. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-17 SWRCB. Water Right Permit 11969 (Application 15375) – Reclamation. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-18 SWRCB. Water Right Permit 11971 (Application 16767) – Reclamation. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-19 SWRCB. Water Right Permit 11973 (Application 17374) – Reclamation. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-20 SWRCB. Water Right Permit 12364 (Application 17376) – Reclamation. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-21 SWRCB. Revised Water Right Decision 1641: In the Matter of: Implementation of Water Quality Objectives for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; a Petition to Change the Point of Diversion of the CVP and SWP in the Southern Delta, and; a Petition to Change Places of Use and Purposes of Use of the CVP, March 15, 2000. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-22 SWRCB. Water Right Decision 1629: In the matter of Application 20245 and Petition for Partial Assignment of State Filed Application 25516 of Contra Costa Water District; Petition for Change of 17 Permits of Reclamation Issued on Applications 5626, et al., June 2, 1994. Ruling Dated June 1, 2018
SWRCB-23 SWRCB. Water Right Decision 1485: In the Matter of Permit 12720 (Application 5625) and Other Permits of Reclamation for the CVP and of DWR for the SWP, August 16, 1978.  
SWRCB-24 SWRCB. Order WR 90-5: Order Setting Terms and Conditions for Fishery Protection and Setting a Schedule for Completion of Tasks - in the Matter of Permits and Licenses of Reclamation, May 2, 1990.  
SWRCB-25 SWRCB. Development of Flow Criteria for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Ecosystem, Prepared Pursuant to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009, August 3, 2010. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-26 SWRCB. Staff Report, Periodic Review of the 2006 Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary, Adopted by Resolution 2009-0065, August 4, 2009.  
SWRCB-27 SWRCB. 2006 Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary. December 13, 2006.
Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-28 SWRCB. Plan amendment Report. 2006 Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary. Appendix 1 2006.  
SWRCB-29 SWRCB. Referenced documents. 2006 Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary. Appendix 2. 2006.  
SWRCB-30 SWRCB. Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary, May 1995. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-31 SWRCB. Final Environmental Impact Report for Implementation of the 1995 Bay/Delta Water Quality Control Plan, Volume 1, November 1999.  
SWRCB-32 SWRCB. Final Environmental Impact Report for Implementation of the 1995 Bay/Delta Water Quality Control Plan, Technical Appendices, Volume 2, November 1999.  
SWRCB-33 Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region (Region 2). San Francisco Bay Basin Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan) - CA, March 20, 2015.
 
SWRCB-34 Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region (Region 5). The Water Quality Control Plan (Basin Plan), Fourth Edition, revised October 2011 (with OAL Approved Amendments), the Sacramento River Basin and the San Joaquin River Basin (Region 5S Basin Plan). NOTE: This document is has been updated. For the latest Basin Plan revision please visit: www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/basin_plans/ Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-35 Region 5. Region 5S Basin Plan, Appendix Part 1. NOTE: This document has been updated. For the latest Basin Plan Appendixes revision please visit: www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/basin_plans/  
SWRCB-36 Region 5. Region 5S Basin Plan, Appendix Part 2. NOTE: This document has been updated. For the latest Basin Plan Appendixes revision please visit: www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/basin_plans/  
SWRCB-37 Region 5. Resolution RB5-2015-0008, Resolution Approving the Continuation of the Control Program for the Dissolved Oxygen Impairment in the Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel.  
SWRCB-38 Region 5. San Joaquin River Dissolved Oxygen Control Program Implementation Draft Staff Report, November 2014. NOTE: This document is superseded.  For the latest Staff Report revision please visit:  www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/tmdl/central_valley_projects/san_joaquin_oxygen/  
SWRCB-39 Region 5. Stockton Deep Water Ship Chanel Demonstration Dissolved Oxygen Aeration Facility Project, Final Report, 2010.  
SWRCB-40 Region 5. Stockton Deep Water Ship Chanel Demonstration Dissolved Oxygen Aeration Facility Project, Final Report Appendix (Possible SJR TMDL Implementation Procedures), 2010.  
SWRCB-41 Region 5. Memorandum: Summary of Aeration Facility Operations, Maintenance and Costs – 2014. Submitted to CVRWQCB by the Port of Stockton, July 2015.  
SWRCB-42 Region 5. Memorandum: 2013 Port of Stockton Dock 20 Aerator Operations, Maintenance, and Cost Summary. Submitted to CVRWQCB by the Port of Stockton, March, 2014.  
SWRCB-43 Region 5. Cache Creek, Bear Creek, and Harley Gulch TMDL for Mercury, CVRWQCB Staff Report, Nov. 2004.  
SWRCB-44 Region 5. Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Estuary TMDL for Methylmercury, CVRWQCB Staff Report, April 2010.  
SWRCB-45 Region 5. Total Maximum Daily Load for Selenium in North San Francisco Bay, Draft Staff Report for Proposed Basin Plan Amendment. SFBRWQCB, July 2015. NOTE: This draft document is finaled. For the Final Staff Report (dated November 18, 2015) please visit: www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/water_issues/programs/TMDLs/seleniumtmdl.shtml  
SWRCB-46 Delta Stewardship Council (DSC). The Delta Plan - Ensuring a reliable water supply for California, a healthy Delta ecosystem and a place of enduring value, 2013. (The Delta Plan) Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-47 DSC. The Delta Plan - Appendix A, The DSC's Role Regarding Conveyance, 2013.  
SWRCB-48 DSC. The Delta Plan - Glossary, 2013.  
SWRCB-49 Independent Science Board (ISB). Review of Environmental Documents for California WaterFix. September 30, 2015. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-50 ISB. Flows and Fishes in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Research Needs in Support of Adaptive Management. Review. 2015.  
SWRCB-51 ISB. Adaptive Management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: How is It Used and How Can It be Improved? Report. 2015. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-52 ISB. Review of the Draft EIR/EIS for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. May 15, 2014.  
SWRCB-53 ISB. Commentary on the National Research Council Report, Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta. May 22, 2012.  
SWRCB-54 National Research Council (NRC) A Scientific Assessment of Alternatives for Reducing Water Management Effects on Threatened and Endangered Fishes in California's Bay-Delta. 2010. Ruling Dated June 1, 2018
SWRCB-55 Delta Science Program (DSP). Workshop on Delta Outflows and Related Stressors. Summary Report. May 5, 2014.  
SWRCB-56 DSP. Workshop on the Interior Delta Flows and Related Stressors. Summary Report. July 2014.  
SWRCB-57 Independent Review Panel (IRP). Delta Science Program Independent Review Panel Report BDCP Effects Analysis Review, Phase 3. A Report to the Delta Science Program. March 2014.  
SWRCB-58 IRP. Review Panel Summary Report - Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP). Effects Analysis Conceptual Foundation and Analytical Framework and Entrainment Appendix. 2013.  
SWRCB-59 IRP. Report of the 2012 Delta Science Program Independent Review Panel (IRP) on the Long-Term Operations Opinion (LOO) Annual Review. December 1, 2012.  
SWRCB-60 IRP. Review Panel Summary Report - Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) Effects Analysis Phase 2 Partial Review. 2012.  
SWRCB-61 IRP. Report of the 2011 Independent Review Panel (IRP) on the Implementation of Reasonable and Prudent Alternative (RPA) Actions Affecting the Operations Criteria and Plan (OCAP) for State/Federal Water Operations. 2011.  
SWRCB-62 IRP. Report of the 2010 Independent Review Panel (IRP) on the Reasonable and Prudent Alternative (RPA) Actions Affecting the Operations Criteria and Plan (OCAP) for State/Federal Water Operations. December 9, 2010.  
SWRCB-63 Management, Analysis, and Synthesis Team (MAST). An Updated Conceptual Model of Delta Smelt Biology: Our Evolving Understanding of an Estuarine Fish. Technical Report 90. 2015.  
SWRCB-64 U.S. Geological Survey. Synthesis of Studies in the Fall Low-Salinity Zone of the San Francisco Estuary. September-December 2011. Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5041. 2014.  
SWRCB-65 California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) Longfin Smelt. California Endangered Species Act Incidental Take Permit No. 2081-2009-001-03. Department of Water Resources. California State Water Project Delta Facilities and Operations. 2009. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-66 DFG. Quantifiable Biological Objectives and Flow Criteria for Aquatic and Terrestrial Species of Concern Dependent on the Delta. November 23, 2010.  
SWRCB-67 DWR DAYFLOW Dataset (.zip file), web-captured October 23, 2015  
SWRCB-68 Federal Register Vol. 79 No. 234. Part III. United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 50 CFR Part 17. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions; Proposed Rule. December 5, 2014.  
SWRCB-69 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead. July 2014.  
SWRCB-70 NMFS. Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead. Appendix A. Central Valley Watershed Profiles. July 2014.  
SWRCB-71 NMFS. Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead. Appendix B. Threats Assessment for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Winter-Run Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and Central Valley Spring-Run Chinook Salmon (O. tshawytscha), and the Distinct Population Segment of Central Valley Steelhead (O. mykiss). July 2014.  
SWRCB-72 NMFS. Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead. Appendix B. Attachment A. Winter-Run Chinook Salmon Stressor Matrix. July 2014.  
SWRCB-73 NMFS. Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead. Appendix B. Attachment B. Spring-Run Chinook Salmon Threats Matrices. July 2014.  
SWRCB-74 NMFS. Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead. Appendix B. Attachment C. Steelhead Threats Matrices. July 2014.  
SWRCB-75 NMFS. Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead. Appendix C. Central Valley Technical Recovery Team Reports. July 2014.  
SWRCB-76 NMFS. Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead. Appendix D. Habitat Restoration Cost References for Salmon Recovery Planning. July 2014.  
SWRCB-77 NMFS. Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead. Basalt and Porous Lava Diversity Group. July 2014.  
SWRCB-78 NMFS. Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Sacramento River Winter-run Chinook Salmon and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead. Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. July 2014.  
SWRCB-79 NMFS. Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead. Northern Sierra Diversity Group. July 2014.  
SWRCB-80 NMFS. Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead. Northwestern California Diversity Group. July 2014.  
SWRCB-81 NMFS. Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead. Mainstem Sacramento River Migratory Corridor. July 2014.  
SWRCB-82 NMFS. Recovery Plan for the Evolutionarily Significant Units of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon and the Distinct Population Segment of California Central Valley Steelhead. Southern Sierra Diversity Group and Mainstem San Joaquin River. July 2014.  
SWRCB-83 NMFS. Biological and Conference Opinion on the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project (CVP) and State Water Project. April 7, 2011. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-84 NMFS. Biological Opinion and Conference Opinion on the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project. June 4, 2009. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-85 United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Federal Register Vol. 77 No. 63 Part II. 50 CFR Part 17. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition to List the San Francisco Bay-Delta Population of the Longfin Smelt as Endangered or Threatened; Proposed Rule. April 2, 2012.  
SWRCB-86 USFWS. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants. Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of 58 Species in California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah. 74 FR 12878-12883. March 25, 2009.  
SWRCB-87 USFWS. Formal Endangered Species Act Consultation on the Proposed Coordinated Operations of the Central Valley Project (CVP) and State Water Project (SWP). December 15, 2008. Ruling Dated February 21, 2017
SWRCB-88 USFWS. Delta Smelt Critical Habitat Map. June 16, 2003.  
SWRCB-89 USFWS. Recovery Plan for the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta Native Fishes. 1996.  
SWRCB-90 USFWS. Delta Smelt Critical Habitat Designation. Rules and Regulations. 65256 Federal Register. Vol. 59, No. 242. December 19, 1994.  
SWRCB-91 USFWS. Delta Smelt Listing. Rules and Regulation. 12854 Federal Register. Vol. 58, No. 42. March 5, 1993.  
SWRCB-92 USFWS. Recovery Plan for Tidal Marsh Ecosystem of Northern and Central California. Volume I. 2013.  
SWRCB-93 USFWS. Recovery Plan for Tidal Marsh Ecosystem of Northern and Central California. Volume II. Appendices. 2013.  
SWRCB-94 USBR. Suisun Marsh Habitat Management, Preservation, and Restoration Plan. May 2013.  
SWRCB-95 USBR. Suisun Marsh Habitat Management, Preservation, and Restoration Plan. Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report. Executive summary. November 2011.  
SWRCB-96 USBR. Suisun Marsh Habitat Management, Preservation, and Restoration Plan. Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report and Appendices. 2011.  
SWRCB-97 United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE) Temporary Rivers and Harbors Act Section 10 Permit (# SPK-1999-00715). Dated 15 Aug 2013.  
SWRCB-98 USACOE. Public Notice No. 5820A (Amended) Dated 13 October 1981. Subject: Suspension of EIS preparation and permit processing for the application (No. 5820A) to operate four additional pumps at the Delta Pumping Plant  
SWRCB-99 USFWS. Anadromous Fish Restoration Program (AFRP). Final Restoration Plan for the Anadromous Fish Restoration Program. 2001.  
SWRCB-100 San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI). Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Historical Ecology Investigation: exploring pattern and process. 2012.  
SWRCB-101 Hoffman, Glenn J. Salt Tolerance of Crops in the Southern Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Final Report to SWRCB, January 5, 2010. Ruling Dated August 10, 2017
SWRCB-102 Final Bay Delta Conservation Plan/California WaterFix Partially Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report/Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (RDEIR/SDEIS) and Public Comments and Response to Comments. Ruling Dated April 23, 2018
SWRCB-103 Scientific Basis Report in Support of New and Modified Requirements for Inflows from the Sacramento River and its Tributaries and Eastside Tributaries to the Delta, Delta Outflows, Cold Water Habitat, and Interior Delta Flows. Entered into the record as exhibit PCFFA-168 on April 19, 2018
SWRCB-104 Biological Assessment for the California WaterFix, July 2016 (Published August 2, 2016) Ruling Dated August 10, 2017
SWRCB-105 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's June 23, 2017 Biological Opinion for the California WaterFix Project Ruling Dated April 23, 2018
SWRCB-106 National Marine Fisheries Service's June 16, 2017 Biological Opinion for the California WaterFix Project Ruling Dated April 23, 2018
SWRCB-107 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Incidental Take Permit (No. 2081-2016-055-03) for Construction and Operation of Dual Conveyance Facilities of the State Water Project (California WaterFix) Ruling Dated April 23, 2018
SWRCB-108 Developments after Publication of the Proposed Final Environmental Impact Report, July 2017 Ruling Dated April 23, 2018
SWRCB-109 DWR's CEQA Decision Document Ruling Dated April 23, 2018
  CEQA Decision Document Attachment A - Final EIR/EIS (see SWRCB-102)  
SWRCB-110 CEQA Decision Document Attachment B - Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations Ruling Dated April 23, 2018
SWRCB-111 CEQA Decision Document Attachment C - Mitigation, Monitoring and Reporting Program Ruling Dated April 23, 2018
SWRCB-112 CEQA Decision Document Attachment D - Notice of Determination Ruling Dated April 23, 2018
SWRCB-113 Administrative Draft Supplemental EIR/EIS August 30, 2018
SWRCB-114 Public Draft Supplemental EIR/EIS, July 17, 2018  

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