State Water Resources Control Board

Division of Water Rights

Winston H. Hickox

901 P Street . Sacramento, California 95814 . (916) 657-1359

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2000 . Sacramento, California . 95812-2000

FAX (916) 657-1485 . Web Site Addresses: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov,  http://www.waterrights.ca.gov

December 2, 1999

To Interested Parties:

The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) will convene a meeting on Tuesday, December 28, 1999, to consider two items. The SWRCB will first consider a proposed resolution to certify the final environmental documentation dealing with implementation of the 1995 Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan and petitions filed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Department of Water Resources. The  SWRCB will then consider adoption of a proposed decision regarding Phases 1 (including 2A and 2B) through 7 of the Bay-Delta Water Rights Hearing.

The following documents relevant to the SWRCB meeting are enclosed:

  1. SWRCB Meeting Agenda.
  2. Fact Sheet regarding Item 1.
  3. Item 1: Resolution regarding certification, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, of: (1) The Final Environmental Impact Report for Implementation of the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary (SCH # 97-122056); and (2) The Final Environmental Impact Reports for Consolidated and Conformed Place of Use (SCH # 97-122042). Click here to view proposed Resolution
  4. Fact Sheet regarding Item 2.
  5. Item 2: Proposed decision in the matters of: (a) implementation of water quality objectives for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary; (b) a petition to change points of diversion for the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project in the southern Delta; and (c) a petition to change place of use and purpose of use of the Central Valley Project. Click here to download Draft Decision

If you have any questions regarding this matter, you may contact Nick Wilcox, Chief, Bay-Delta Unit, at (916) 657-0446, or Barbara Leidigh, Senior Staff Counsel, at (916) 657-2102.

Sincerely,

Signed by Harry M. Schueller, Chief

Secretary for Environmental Protection