HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-053OF NON -PROJECT WATER
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors entered into a water conveyance agreement with California Water Service
Company and the Department of Water Resources of the State of California for the delivery of Non-ProjectWater (PG&E
water) through Lake Oroville in accordance with the terms of the County of Butte's State Water Project (SWP) Water
Supply Contract in November 2017; and
WHEREAS, on November 14, 2017, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 17-193 which:
A. Certified that the Board has reviewed and conisidered the Negative Declaration for the Redirected
Contract PG&E Water from the Miocene Canal tothe Thenna1DoPower Canal (Negative Declaration)
prepared byCWS (SCH#2017Oq2O24};
0. Declared that the Board finds the Negative Declaration tobeadequate for the purpose ofentering
into the conveyance agreements with DVVRand CWS;
C. Stated that the Board finds that there are no significant impacts within the jurisdiction of the Board of
Supervisors identified |mthe Negative Declaration;
D. Asserted that there ismoneed for the Board ofSupervisors 10modify the conveyance agreements to
mitigate any potential impacts;
E. Authorized the Clerk of the Board to prepare and file a Notice of Determination; and
WHEREAS, the Camp Fire destroyed the Miocene Canal which was part of the conveyance that delivered the PG&E
water to Lake Oroville; and
WHEREAS, the West Branch of the Feather River is an existing facility that would provide an immediate alternative
point ofdiversion for delivering PG&E water into Lake Onvi|le;and
WHEREAS, a complete environmental review of the new point of diversion will take up to three years and result
in a disruption of the California Water Service wa,ter supply for the City of Oroville; and
WHEREAS, without an alternative point diversion, California Water Service would lose a clean, reliable portion of
their water supply; and
WHEREAS, disruption of the water supply for the City of Oroville would result in a risk to public health, safety and,
welfare; and
WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act, through a Notice of Exemption, provides for a categorical
exemptUon1ommitigateanemergenoythatvvoubdreaultimarisktopub|ichealth safety urwelfare urifthe activities are
WHEREAS, the filing of a Notice of Exemption would allow for the emergency use of the new point of diversion
until the environmental review is conducted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors hereby certifies that the
alternative point of diversion meets the criteria for a Notice of Exemption pursuant to Public Resources Code section
15301(b); and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors directs the Department of Water and Resource
Conservation to file the Notice, of Exemption and to work with California Water Service on an environmental review of the
new point of diversion.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 9"' day of April, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Connelly, Lucero, Ritter, Teeter, and Chair Lambert
NOES: None
ABSENT: (None
NOT VOTING: None
Steve Lamb&,"Chair
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
Shari McCracken, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By:
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