On May 5, 2010, the Department of Water Resources filed with OPR, a Notice of Determination regarding the Monterey Amendment to the State Water Project Contracts (Including Kern Water Bank Transfer) and Associated Actions as Part of a Settlement Agreement (Monterey Plus). The Notice of Determination and related decision documents are hyperlinked below.
Click here for locations where the Monterey Plus Final Environmental Impact Report can be found.
Monterey Plus Decision Documents:
For further information contact Nancy Quan, Supervising Engineer, State Water Project Analysis Office, at 916.653.0190, or you may email her at nquan@water.ca.gov.
Public Announcement - Monterey Plus Final EIR:
On February 1, 2010, Lester Snow, Director of the Department of Water Resources, signed the certification for the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Monterey Amendment to the State Water Project Contracts (Including Kern Water Bank Transfer) and Associated Actions as Part of a Settlement Agreement (Monterey Plus). The Department of Water Resources has independently prepared this EIR. The EIR reviewed, analyzed, and discussed the proposed project’s potential environmental impacts and other issues raised in the scoping meetings and in public comments.
Final EIR Appendices are hyperlinked below:
Appendices Volume II Front Matter (5.5 MB)
The Monterey EIR is aimed at identifying potential environmental impacts resulting from modifications to water supply contracts. In 1994, DWR and some of the contractors, meeting in Monterey, executed the Monterey Agreement to modify the long-term water supply contracts. These modifications were incorporated into the long-term water supply contracts in what became known as the Monterey Amendment.
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Draft Environmental Impact Report Chapters:
COVER AND TABLE OF CONTENTS (1.32MB)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (352 KB)
GLOSSARY AND ABBREVIATIONS (63 KB)
1. INTRODUCTION (49 KB)
2. STATE WATER PROJECT (431 KB)
3. HISTORY AND BACKGROUND (48 KB)
4. PROPOSED PROJECT (87 KB)
5. METHODS (91 KB)
6. EFFECTS OF PROPOSED PROJECT ON SWP AND SWP CONTRACTOR
OPERATIONS (616 KB)
7. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
7.0 Introduction to the Analysis (42 KB)
7.1 Surface Water Hydrology, Water Quality, and Water Supply (804 KB)
7.2 Groundwater Hydrology and Quality (421 KB)
7.3 Fisheries Resources (690 KB)
7.4 Terrestrial Biological Resources (192 KB)
7.5 Visual Resources (1.44 MB)
7.6 Agricultural Resources (95 KB)
7.7 Air Quality (90 KB)
7.8 Geology, Soils, and Mineral Resources (78 KB)
7.9 Recreation (1.10 MB)
7.10 Land Use and Planning (50 KB)
7.11 Hazards and Hazardous Materials (55 KB)
7.12 Noise (131 KB)
7.13 Cultural and Paleontological Resources (141 KB)
7.14 Public Services and Utilities (44 KB)
7.15 Traffic and Transportation (69 KB)
7.16 Energy (465 KB)
8. GROWTH INDUCING IMPACTS (96 KB)
9. RELIABILITY OF WATER SUPPLIES AND GROWTH (67 KB)
10. OTHER CEQA CONSIDERATIONS (25 KB)
10.1 Cumulative Environmental Impacts (341 KB)
10.2 Significant and Unavoidable Impacts (25 KB)
10.3 Significant Irreversible Environmental Effects (37 KB)
10.4 Environmental Justice (38 KB)
11. ALTERNATIVES (336 KB)
12. CLIMATE CHANGE (106 KB)
13. REFERENCES (56 KB)
14. REPORT PREPARATION (23 KB)
APPENDICES:
COVER AND TABLE OF CONTENTS (3.03 MB)
A. NOTICE OF PREPARATION (898 KB)
B. COMMENTS RECEIVED IN RESPONSES TO NOTICE OF PREPARATION AND AT SCOPING MEETINGS (2.29 MB)
C. EXAMPLE OF MONTEREY AMENDMENT
LONG-TERM WATER SUPPLY CONTRACT (11.73 MB)
D. SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (1.44 MB)
E. STUDY OF TRANSFER, DEVELOPMENT, AND
OPERATION OF THE KERN WATER BANK(1.18 MB)
F. DETAILED RESULTS OF CALSIM II MODELING
(STUDY NOS. 3 AND 4; 1.09 MB)
G. CALSIM II PEER REVIEW REPORT AND
THE DEPARTMENT’S RESPONSE (1.76 MB)
H. ANALYSIS OF PROPOSED PROJECT EFFECTS ON
RIVER FLOWS (STUDY NO. 5; 143 KB)
I. HISTORICAL ANALYSIS REPORT AND MEMORANDUM
(STUDY NO. 1; 494 KB)
J. TERRESTRIAL BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES (871 KB)
K. ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL OPERATIONS (STUDY NO. 2; 1.0 MB)
L. ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS ON CVP USE OF JPOD (STUDY NO. 6; 46 KB)
M. ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL
WATER ACCOUNT (STUDY NO. 7; 40 KB)
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