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From: Bennett, Robin
Sent: Monday, July 9, 2018 8:54 AM
To: Buck, Christina
Cc: Gosselin, Paul; Snyder, Ashley; Menchaca, Clarissa
Subject: FW: NOTICE REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF BAY-DELTA PLAN SACRAMENTO/DELTA
FRAMEWORK
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Please see the attached announcement from the SWRC13 regarding flow requirements and proposed final
amendments to the Bay-Delta Plain, etc.
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From: lyris@swrcbl8.waterboards.ca.gov<Iyris@swrcbl8.waterboards.ca-gov>
Sent: Friday,July 6, 2018 3:44 PM
To: Bennett, Robin <RBennett@buttecounty.net>
Subject: NOTICE REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF BAY-DELTA PLAN SACRAMENTO/DELTA FRAMEWORK
This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board
The State Water Board is developing amendments to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San
Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaqluin Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta Plan) to protect beneficial uses of
water in the Bay-Delta Watershed. Today the State Water Board issued a framework for, updating
flow requirements for the Sacramento River, its tributaries, and the Delta and its tributaries, including
the Calaveras, Cosumnes and Mokelumne rivers (Sacramento/Delta Framework). The proposed
changes provide for a flow regime that supports a connected and functioning ecosystem linking and
integrating inflow, cold water habitat, Delta outflow, and interior Delta flow measures with
complementary physical habitat restoration and other nonflow measures. The purpose of the
Sacramento/Delta Framework is to help keep stakeholders and other interested members of the
public informed about the amendments, under development by providing addlitional details about the
potential flow requirements, how these new requirements could be implemented, and preliminary
information on their potential benefits and water supply effects.
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At the same time today, in a separate proceeding, the State Water Board issued a notice of public
meeting to consider adoption of proposed amendments to the Bay-Delta Plan and the supporting
proposed final Substitute Environmental Document involving flow objectives for the Lower San
Joaquin River and its tributaries, the Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and Merced Rivers, for the reasonable
protection of fish and wildlife beneficial uses and revised salinity water quality objectives for the
reasonable protection of southern Delta agricultural beneficial uses. By releasing the
Sacramento/Delta Framework on the same day as the proposed final Lower San Joaquin
River/Southern Delta update, stakeholders and the public are provided a more comprehensive view
of how each watershed is being asked to share responsibility for protecting fish and wildlife for the
betterment of the entire Bay and Delta ecosystem. The draft Staff Report for the Sacramento/Delta
update to the Bay-Delta Plan will be released for public review and comment later this year.
More information is available at
https://www.waterboards.ca.qov/waterrights/water issues/prog,rams/ba y delta/
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