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SFPUC outlines role in Bay-Delta voluntary agreements; urges model peer review as state teams finalize goals
Summary
SFPUC staff told commissioners they are engaged in voluntary-agreement negotiations tied to the State Water Board's 2018 water quality control plan, explained trade-offs between flows and habitat measures, flagged modeling disagreements within the state team, and said the state will release biological goals Aug. 23 with draft CEQA-level work due by summer 2020.
SFPUC Assistant General Manager Michael Carlin updated the commission on regional negotiations over voluntary agreements (VAs) that aim to implement the State Water Board's Dec. 12, 2018 water quality control plan for the Sacramento–San Joaquin River system. Carlin described the state "team" — including the Natural Resources Agency, CalEPA, State Water Board staff, Department of Water Resources and Fish and Wildlife — and said the PUC is working with stakeholders to craft a package of flow and non-flow (habitat)…
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