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Final
Acquisition of Additional Water
for Meeting the
San Joaquin River Agreement Flow Objectives, 2001-2010
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement and Environmental Impact Report
Prepared for
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Sacramento and Fresno, California
and
San Joaquin River Group Authority
Sacramento and Modesto, California
March 13, 2023
500 12th Street, Suite 200
Oakland, California 94607-4014
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FINAL
SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT/ ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ACQUISITION
OF ADDITIONAL WATER FOR MEETING THE SAN JOAQUIN
RIVER AGREEMENT FLOW OBJECTIVES, 2001-2010
Lead Agencies: U.S. Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation),
Mid-Pacific Region, Sacramento and Fresno, California;
and San Joaquin River Group Authority (Authority),
Sacramento and Modesto, California
Cooperating Agencies: U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries
Service, California Department of Water Resources,
California Department of Fish and Game.
This Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental
Impact Report (Final SEIS/EIR) has been prepared
in compliance with the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA), the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA), and Reclamation procedures for NEPA
compliance. Reclamation and the Authority have jointly
prepared this Final Supplemental EIS/EIR to provide
for the acquisition of up to 47,000 acre-feet of
"supplemental" water if needed by Reclamation
from the Authority and its members. The supplemental
water is to provide full Vernalis Adaptive Management
Plan (VAMP) test flow conditions at Vernalis during
"double step years" for water years 2001
through 2010.
This document is a supplemental EIS/EIR covering
minor additions to the project addressed in the
Meeting Flow Objectives for the San Joaquin River
Agreement, 1999-2010, Final Environmental
Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Final
EIS/EIR, Reclamation 1999). The Final EIS/EIR documented
the environmental consequences of acquiring and
using flows specified in the San Joaquin River Agreement
(SJRA or Agreement). The SJRA flow objectives were
approved and confirmed in the State Water Resources
Control Board’s Decision 1641 (1999, revised
2000).
The purpose of the Proposed Action is to supplement,
under Paragraph 8 of the SJRA, the water provided
by the SJRA that has been analyzed in the Final
EIS/EIR. This supplemental water may be needed to
support the flows identified in VAMP by providing
flows in the San Joaquin River at Vernalis, and
to assist Reclamation in meeting the Anadromous
Fish Restoration Program, Bay-Delta flow objectives
as required by State Board Decision 1641, and the
Service’s 1995 Biological Opinion for Delta
Smelt.
The No Action and Proposed Action Alternatives
are located in Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus,
Tuolumne, and Calaveras counties.
No Federal decision will be made on the Proposed
Action until 30 days after the release of the Final
SEIS/EIR and publication of a notice in the Federal
Register. After the 30-day waiting period, Reclamation
will complete a Record of Decision. The 10-day CEQA
review period ends on March 26, 2001. It is expected
that the Board of Directors of the Authority will
certify the Final SEIS/EIR and render a decision
on the project on April 27, 2001.
For further information regarding this Final SEIS/EIR,
contact Mr. John Burke, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation,
2800 Cottage Way, MP-410, Sacramento, CA 95825-1898,
(916) 978-5556, fax (916) 978-5290 or Mr. Dan Fults,
San Joaquin River Group Authority, 400 Capitol Mall,
Suite 900, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 449-3957,
fax: (916) 449-8277.
SCH#: 1998092062
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