Hearings Program

California Department of Water Resources: Long-Term Transfer Petition Hearing

The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) will hold a hearing to receive evidence in determining whether it should approve, subject to terms and conditions, a petition for long-term transfer of 10,000 acre-feet (af) of water under Permit 16482 (Application 17512) from the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to portions of the Westlands Water District (Westlands), the majority of which is served solely by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Central Valley Project. DWR’s petition requests that the long-term transfer be effective from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2027.

• August 19, 2011 – Notice of Cancellation of Public Hearing
• August 17, 2011 – Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) letter to the hearing officer regarding CBD and Protestants not appearing at the hearing due to insufficient resources
• August 11, 2011 – SWRCB Revised Exhibit List (rev 07/22/11)
• August 10, 2011 – Notice of Continuance of Public Hearing: Water Right Petition for Long-term Transfer from DWR to Westlands Water District (if necessary)
• August 5, 2011 – Letter to Westlands et al. in response to their July 29, 2011 letter
• August 5, 2011 – Revised Service List
• August 4, 2011 – Letter to Center for Biological Diversity in response to Westlands et al.’s July 29, 2011 letter
• July 29, 2011 – Westlands et al’s letter to Hearing Officer
• July 27, 2011 – Response to Center for Biological Diversity’s July 26, 2011 letter
• July 26, 2011 – Letter from Adam Lazar, Center for Biological Diversity, indicating that the Center for Biological Diversity, California Water Impact Network, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, and AquAlliance no longer intend to present a case-in-chief at the hearing.
• List of Exhibits
• June 24, 2011 - Service List of Participants
• June 10, 2011 – Notice of Public Hearing