North of O'Neill Forebay Long-Term Exchanges Between DWR and USBR
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2020019024
Lead Agency
California Department of Water Resources
(DWR)
Document Title
North of O'Neill Forebay Long-Term Exchanges Between DWR and USBR
Document Type
NEG - Negative Declaration
Received
Document Description
The Proposed Project (Project) includes (1) up to 5,616 acre-feet of long-term exchanges between California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to facilitate the delivery of Central Valley Project (CVP) contract supply to three long-term CVP contractors under their existing contracts, and (2) a long-term change in place of use in DWR and Reclamation water rights permits/licenses authorized by the State Water Board to execute the exchanges for up to 15 years.
The three CVP contractors, located between south of the Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant (Banks) and north of O’Neill Forebay (O’Neill) and collectively known as the North of O’Neill Contractors are: (1) Byron Bethany Irrigation District (BBID), (2) the United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery (National Cemetery), and (3) Del Puerto Water District (Del Puerto).
See NOC for full details.
Contact Information
Name
Anna Fock
Agency Name
Department of Water Resources
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus
Waterways
State Water Project/Central Valley Project
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of General Services (DGS), Department of Toxic Substances Control, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights
Local Actions
Water Exchange