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SFPUC adopts amended resolution to pursue voluntary settlement on Bay-Delta Plan

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission · March 26, 2019
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Summary

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission voted to adopt a resolution directing staff to pursue a voluntary settlement agreement as an alternative to Bay-Delta Plan amendments, adding language requiring an independent scientific review and tightening impact language after extensive public comment and amendments.

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission voted to adopt a resolution directing the utility to participate in negotiations on a voluntary settlement agreement (VSA) as an alternative to proposed amendments to the state Water Quality Control Plan for the Bay-Delta.

Commissioners moved the resolution after more than an hour of public comment and discussion. The commission approved two amendments before adopting the measure: adding the word “independent” to require an independent scientific review and changing phrasing about impacts from the proposed flow regime from “pose significant adverse impacts” to “significantly impact.” Commissioner Moran and others supported the language…

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