Proposals for Voluntary Agreements to Update and Implement the Bay-Delta Plan
This web page includes public information available to the State Water Board related to efforts by the California Natural Resources Agency and water users in the Bay-Delta watershed to establish voluntary agreements (VAs) related to the State Water Board’s efforts to update and implement the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta Plan). Information regarding the State Water Board’s Bay-Delta Plan update processes is available here.
- April 11, 2023 – Notice of Preparation of Environmental Documentation and Scoping Meeting for Possible Amendment of the Bay-Delta Plan to Incorporate Voluntary Agreement for the Tuolumne River. The scoping meeting is scheduled for May 18, 2023. The deadline for written comments is Thursday, May 25, 2023 (at noon).
- January 19, 2023 – During an information item at a regularly scheduled meeting, the State Water Board informed the public about upcoming actions to update and implement the Bay-Delta Plan, including consideration of Voluntary Agreements
- January 5, 2023 – Notice of public workshop and opportunity to comment on Draft Scientific Basis Report Supplement in Support of Proposed Voluntary Agreements for the Sacramento/Delta Update to the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan
- November 10, 2022 – Memorandum of Understanding Advancing a Term Sheet for the Voluntary Agreements to Update and Implement the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan, and Other Related Actions - Revised
- March 29, 2022 – Memorandum of Understanding Advancing a Term Sheet for the Voluntary Agreements to Update and Implement the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan, and Other Related Actions
- March 6, 2019 – Letter from California Sportfishing Protection Alliance et al. to the Executive Director regarding the Voluntary Agreement Submittal by the Department of Water Resources and Department of Fish and Wildlife
- March 5, 2019 – Letter from Trout Unlimited et al. to the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency regarding the Voluntary Agreement Submittal by the Department of Water Resources and Department of Fish and Wildlife
- March 1, 2019 – Letter from Oakdale Irrigation District and South San Joaquin Irrigation District regarding a Voluntary Agreement on the Stanislaus River
- March 1, 2019 – Voluntary Agreement Submittal by the Department of Water Resources and Department of Fish and Wildlife located on the California Natural Resources Agency’s Voluntary Agreement website at http://resources.ca.gov/voluntary-agreements/
- December 12, 2018 – Presentation to the State Water Board by Director Bonham of the Department of Fish and Wildlife and Director Nemeth of the Department of Water Resources
- December 12, 2018 – California Natural Resource Agency Framework Proposal for VAs to update and implement the Bay-Delta Plan
- December 12, 2018 – State Water Board Resolution No. 2018-0059 adopting amendments to the Bay-Delta Plan and providing further direction related to VAs
- February 22, 2016 – Letter from the Executive Director to the California Natural Resources Agency
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