Draft Biological Assessment For California Water Fix

SACRAMENTO VALLEY WATER USERS EXHIBIT NO. SVWU-1

The page URL for the Biological Assessment Index is: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/california_waterfix/exhibits/docs/petitioners_exhibit/svwu/svwu_1_cover_page.pdf

List of Contents and Chapters

• Cover / Title Page / Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Consultation History
• Chapter 3: Description of the Proposed Action
• Chapter 4: Action Area and Environmental Baseline
• Chapter 5: Effects Analysis for Chinook Salmon, Central Valley Steelhead, Green Sturgeon, and Killer Whale
• Chapter 6: Effects Analysis for Delta Smelt and Terrestrial Species
• Chapter 7: Effects Determination

Appendices

• Appendix 1.A: Species Lists - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service &
  Appendix 1.B Species Lists - National Marine Fisheries Service
• Appendix 3.A: Map Book for the Proposed Action
• Appendix 3.B: Conceptual Engineering Report, Volume 1
• Appendix 3.C: Conceptual Engineering Report, Volume 2
• Appendix 3.D: Assumed Construction Schedule for the Proposed Action
• Appendix 3.E: Pile Driving Assumptions for the Proposed Action
• Appendix 3.F: General Avoidance and Minimization Measures
• Appendix 3.G: Geotechnical Exploration Plan - Phase 2
• Appendix 3.H: Standard Operating Procedures for South Delta Fish Salvage
• Appendix 3.I: Deconstruction Action Charts
• Appendix 4.A: Status of Species and Critical Habitat Accounts
• Appendix 4.B: 2009 to 2011 Bay Delta Conservation Plan EIR/EIS Environmental Data Report, December 2011
• Appendix 5.A: CalSim II Modeling and Results
• Appendix 5.B: DSM2 Modeling and Results
• Appendix 5.C: Upstream Water Temperature Methods and Results
• Appendix 5.D: Quantitative Methods and Detailed Results for Effects Analysis of Chinook Salmon, Central Valley Steelhead, Green Sturgeon, and Killer Whale
• Appendix 5.E: Essential Fish Habitat Assessment
• Appendix 5.F: Selenium Analysis
• Appendix 5.G: Projects to Be Included in Cumulative Effects Analysis for the Conveyance Section 7 Biological Assessment
• Appendix 6.A: Quantitative Methods for Biological Assessment of Delta Smelt
• Appendix 6.B: Terrestrial Effects Analysis Methods

Attachments

• Attachment 5.D.1: Reclamation Salmon Mortality Model
• Attachment 5.D.2: SALMOD Model
• Attachment 5.E.2: Fall-/Late Fall-Run Chinook Salmon Water Temperature Threshold Analysis Results

Figures

• Figure 6.2: Riparian Brush Rabbit Distributions
• Figure 6.4: California Least Tern Distributions
• Figure 6.6: Giant Garter Snake Distributions
• Figure 6.6: Western Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Distributions
• Figure 6.7: California Red-Legged Frog Distributions
• Figure 6.9: California Tiger Salamander Distributions
• Figure 6.10: Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle Distributions
• Figure 6.11: Vernal Pool Crustacean Distributions
• Chapter 3 Figures