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Salton Sea Species Conservation Habitat
Stakeholders Meeting • October 19, 2010
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Provide general updates on Salton Sea activities
Provide specific updates on Species Conservation Habitat (SCH) Project to interested Stakeholders
Provide opportunity for Stakeholders to provide informal input
Meeting Purpose
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Agenda
Introductions and administrative changes
Follow up on action items
Salton Sea update
Salton Sea Financial Assistance Program
SCH Project updateScopingAlternatives developmentSelenium management Schedule
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Introduction of Presentation Team
Rick Davis – Davis Group
Kim Nicol – Department of Fish and Game
Kent Nelson – Department of Water Resources
Lee Case – USGS
Lorraine Woodman – Cardno ENTRIX
Rob Thomson – Cardno ENTRIX
Ramona Swenson – Cardno ENTRIX
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Changes to SCH Team
Kim Nicol
Kent Nelson
Leslie MacNair
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June StakeholdersMeeting Follow-up
Response to Action Items
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Previous Action Items
SCH confirmed as Period 1 activity
Restoration Fund Update posted and emailed
Financial Assistance Program application emailed to Stakeholders for comment
June Selenium Workshop Technical report being reviewed by participants Will be posted on DWR website (www.water.ca.gov/saltonsea)
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Salton Sea Status
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Current Status of Salton SeaSalinity – currently at 53 ppt
Water elevation – dipped below ‐230 feet this winter
Bird disease – very low levels
Bird numbers – very high last few years (especially fish‐eating birds) due to continuing abundance of tilapia
Fish die‐offs – smaller ones continue, but no large events by historic Salton Sea standards
Fishery – no signs of marine species return; tilapia fishery remains very robust
Pileworm and barnacle populations – severely reduced; barnacle bars and beaches not replenished as Sea recedes
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Legislative Update
SB 51 signed by Governor
Creates Governance Council
Council consists of four groupsExecutive committee (16 members)Science committeeLocal government forumStakeholder forum
Becomes effective January 1, 2011
Council shall provide a Restoration Plan to Governor and Legislature by June 30, 2013
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Questions and Discussion
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Salton SeaFinancial Assistance Program
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Financial Assistance ProgramGeneral
Provides Salton Sea Restoration funds to public agencies or non‐profits
Accepting two types of applicationsHabitat restorationResearch study or pilot study projects
Applications must be consistent with Salton Sea Restoration Act
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Financial Assistance ProgramGeneral
Patterned after successful State financial assistance programs: structure and schedule
Financial Assistance funds are from State, so CEQA required
Environmental compliance/permitting must be completed to receive funds
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Financial Assistance ProgramProposal Solicitation
Develop solicitation guidelinesEligibility criteriaProject review criteriaProject scoring processProject review teams
Release solicitation to Stakeholders
Accept project proposals
Review and score proposals
Award funds14
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Financial Assistance ProgramAccountability and Transparency
Little Hoover Commission – June 24, 2009
Report “Bond Spending: Expanding and Enhancing Oversight”
RequirementsExpenditure oversight: CA Natural Resources Commission (CA Water Commission)Agencies to establish web‐based bond management system
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Financial Assistance ProgramAccountability and Transparency
Financial Assistance Internal Review (FAIR)
New Bond Management SystemRequired administrative standardImproves accountability for bond expendituresMoves application process to the WebEstablishes consistency in bond programsEmphasizes transparencyEnables efficient reporting
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Financial Assistance ProgramWhere We Are in the Process
DFG prepared solicitation concept
Stakeholders reviewed solicitation
Compiling comments and revising
Assembling internal work team
Incorporating requirements of DWR’s Financial Assistance Internal Review process
Reviewing examples of model solicitation programs
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Financial Assistance ProgramNext Steps
Revise solicitation
Legal review of solicitation
Public review
Load solicitation onto the Web
Establish proposal review teams
Notify Stakeholders of solicitation availability
Accept, review, and score proposals
Award funds18
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Questions and Discussion
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Salton Sea Species Conservation Habitat Project
EIS/EIR Scoping
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Scoping meetings held July 7 and 8
Scoping report/comment letters on DWR website
http://www.saltonsea.water.ca.gov.
All comments consideredInternal meeting held to discuss commentsMeetings with certain commenting agencies Relevant comments to be addressed in EIS/EIR
Scoping Process
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Scoping Comments
Range of targeted species
Selenium exposure
Mosquito/vector control
Project design
Water supplies
Adaptive management and monitoring
Siting criteria
Baseline conditions
Project impacts and mitigation measures
Other
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Comments on Project Impacts
Agricultural resources
Air quality/climate change
Biological resources
Hazards/hazardous materials
Hydrology/water quality
Cumulative impacts
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Other Comments
Preferred alternative process
Use of existing information
Water rights
Stakeholder meetings
Need for restoration of entire Salton Sea
Relationship to QSA
Cooperating agency status for Reclamation
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Questions and Discussion
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Salton Sea Species Conservation Habitat Project
Alternatives Development Process
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Goals of this Discussion
Review alternatives development processReview SCH policy decisions and goalsReview process and discussions to date
Review issues driving alternatives developmentWater needs (rights, demand, reliability)Ways to avoid water quality issues Salinity, sediment, and selenium managementOther projects (dust control, habitat development)
Presentation of conceptual alternatives
Presentation of initial layouts
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Alternatives – NEPA
Achieve objectives/purpose and need
Governed by rule of reason
Feasible
Not exhaustive
Provide a basis to evaluate the benefits of a proposed action in light of environmental risks
May include alternatives outside the lead agency’s jurisdiction
No need to evaluate alternatives with more significant effects or the same effects
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Alternatives – CEQA
Reasonable range of feasible alternatives
Attain most of basic objectives
Avoid or substantially lessen significant impacts of proposed action
Even if alternative could impede attaining all objectivesEven if more costly
Feasible—economic, social, legal technical
Not remote or speculative
Can’t reject because Beyond agency’s authorityWould require new legislationToo costly
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Policy GuidanceProvide habitat ASAP – No long‐term processes
Not seeking DSOD varianceNo long‐term land use without willing ownerWater rights implicationsCompatibility with other plans (geothermal, habitat, air quality)
Low‐cost structures and operationsFavor inexpensive construction designsFavor gravity diversion over pumping
Water from New, Alamo, and Whitewater riversNo use of water directly from drainsReliable supply without substantial reduction in river flow
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Alternatives Development Process
Evaluated available data
Eliminated infeasible sites and components
Combined feasible sites and major components to develop conceptual alternatives
Further screening underway toRefine project layouts/operations Develop reasonable range for EIS/EIR
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Screening Highlights
Whitewater River sites eliminated due toWater availability and long‐term reliabilityLand access
Open channel conveyance eliminated due to land access and impacts
Selenium treatment at diversion point if necessary
Sediment removal needed for all alternativesUpstream at diversion point (gravity conveyance)Initial pond (pumping)
Other components being refined
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Conceptual AlternativesSix conceptual alternatives (conceptual design)
Combinations of New and Alamo River sites SCH only at New RiverSCH only at Alamo RiverCombination of New and Alamo River sites
Water diversion mechanismsRiver – gravity diversion or pumped diversionSea – pumped diversion
Boundaries based on recent survey data at selected points
Developed to cover range of internal components
Uses current understanding of depth, temperature, DO relationship
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New River – Gravity Feed Diversion, Cascading Ponds
Total 2,460 acres
New River
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New River – Pumped Diversion, Flow-Through Ponds
Total 2,240 acres
New River
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Alamo River – Gravity Feed Diversion, Cascading Ponds
Total 2,420 acres
Alamo River
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Alamo River – Pumped Diversion, Flow-Through Ponds
Total 2,860 acres
Alamo River
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Questions and Discussion
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Salton Sea Species Conservation Habitat Project
Selenium Management Update
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Selenium Management Update
Selenium in water and sediments poses a potential ecological risk for fish and wildlife
Approach to develop Se management strategyIdentify wildlife at riskIdentify selenium sourcesCharacterize foodweb pathways and riskSource control and mitigation measures to reduce wildlife exposureWater treatment if appropriate
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Selenium Treatment Technologies Workshop (June 2)
Challenging to reduce low levels of Se in waterRecommend less intensive technologies Biological treatment
Anaerobic bacterial treatment – works but complex, costlyAlgal treatment – complex, unprovenConstructed wetlands
Removes Se but efficiency variesBioavailable forms presentNeed to prevent wildlife use
Summary report posted on DWR website
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Selenium Management Strategies Workshop (September 21 )
Ecorisk modeling to test scenarios
Reduce exposure and riskDilute river water (higher Se) with saline waterNo emergent vegetation Reduce detention timeKeep wildlife from sediment ponds, treatment areasDeeper to discourage shorebird use?Treat water supply to reduce Se?
Monitor water, sediment, biotaTechnical report in preparation
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Questions and Discussion
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Salton Sea Species Conservation Habitat Project
Schedule Update
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Reasons for Schedule Changes
Significant work previously done, but incomplete
Need to developDetailed description of alternatives
Evaluate sites and components
Develop water requirements
Address water rights issues
Identify habitat requirements
Develop construction strategies
Project operations planAdaptive management strategy
Extensive coordination requiredSpecial studies (delays)Stakeholders
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NEPA/CEQA scoping – June/July 2010
Draft NEPA/CEQA document – Spring 2011
Draft permit applications – Spring 2011
Final NEPA/CEQA document – Late 2011 to early 2012
Final design – Mid to late 2012
Permits complete – Mid 2012
Begin construction – Late 2012
Current Schedule (Subject to Change)
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Questions and Discussion
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SCH Information Dissemination
Website (www.water.ca.gov/saltonsea)
Stakeholders meetings/workshops
Periodic newsletters
Public meetings
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Contact InformationFinancial Assistance Program Lead
Kent Nelson, DWR Program Manager(916) 653‐9190
NEPA and CEQA LeadsLanika Cervantes, Corps Project Manager
(760) 602‐4838
Leslie MacNair, DFG Project Manager(949) 458‐1754
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USGS Salton Sea Science OfficeActivities Update