Sacramento River Temperature and Order 90-5 Compliance

2022

• June 1, 2023 - Public Notice of Availability for Public Review and Comment of a Draft Order Denying Petitions for Reconsideration of the Executive Director's May 6, 2022 Approval of a Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan prepared pursuant to Order WR 90-5
• May 31, 2023 - Draft of State Water Board Order Denying Petitions for Reconsideration of the Executive Director's May 6, 2022 Approval of the Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan for Water Year 2022
  • June 20, 2023 - Change Sheet for the Draft Order for Reconsideration
• June 6, 2022 – SRSC Protest for the Reconsideration of the SWRCB Approval of the May 6 Shasta TMP
• May 31, 2022 – NRDC Protest for the Reconsideration of the SWRCB Approval of the May 6 Shasta TMP
  • Exhibit A - Temperature Modeling by NMFS
• May 6, 2022 - SWRCB Approval of Reclamation's Final TMP
• May 6, 2022 – NRDC Protest and Objections to the Shasta Temperature Management Plan
  • Exhibit A
  • Exhibit B
  • Exhibit C
• May 5, 2022 - NMFS Letter to USBR approving the Final Temperature Management Plan
• May 2, 2022 – Transmittal of the Final Temperature Management Plan submitted by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to the State Water Board
• April 6, 2022 – Transmittal of the Draft Temperature Management Plan submitted by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to the State Water Board
• March 16, 2022 - Board Workshop: Sacramento River Temperature Management Considerations. A recording of the workshop is available on the SWRCB's youtube channel. All presentations will be housed on an FTP site and access is available upon request. Please send any requests for presentations to Bay-Delta@waterboards.ca.gov
• February 18, 2022 - Public Notice for March 16 Workshop; Sacramento River Temperature Management Considerations
• February 4, 2022 – Track Changes Version (from December 15, 2021 Draft) of State Water Board Order Denying in Part and Granting in Part Petitions for Reconsideration of the Executive Director’s Approvals of the June 1, 2021, Order Conditionally Approving a Petition For Temporary Urgency Changes To License and Permit Terms and Conditions Requiring Compliance with Delta Water Quality Objectives In Response To Drought Conditions and the June 10, 2021, Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan
  • Comments/Objections
    • Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District
    • Sacramento River Settlement Contractors
    • Central Delta Water Agency
    • San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority
    • State Water Contractors
    • Northern California Water Association
    • Scott Steward
• January 5, 2022 – Board Workshop to receive oral public input on the Draft Order on Reconsideration of the 2021 Delta Temporary Urgency Change Petition and Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan and 2022 Temporary Urgency Change Petition Request.
  • Presentations
  • Staff
  • DWR and Reclamation
  • DWR
  • Reclamation
  • Agenda Item

2021

• February 15, 2022 – Adopted State Water Board Order Denying in Part and Granting in Part Petitions for Reconsideration of the Executive Director’s Approvals of the June 1, 2021, Order Conditionally Approving a Petition For Temporary Urgency Changes To License and Permit Terms and Conditions Requiring Compliance with Delta Water Quality Objectives In Response To Drought Conditions and the June 10, 2021, Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan
• December 15, 2021 - Draft Order Denying in Part and Granting in Part Petitions for Reconsideration of the Executive Director’s Approvals of the June 1, 2021, Order Conditionally Approving a Petition For Temporary Urgency Changes To License and Permit Terms and Conditions Requiring Compliance with Delta Water Quality Objectives In Response To Drought Conditions and the June 10, 2021, Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan
  • Comments/Objections/Protests
    • California Sportfishing Protection Alliance et al.
    • Western Canal Water District et al.
    • Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District
    • Central Delta Water Agency et al.
    • Restore the Delta
    • California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network, AquAlliance
    • San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority
    • Natural Resources Defense Council et al.
    • San Luis-& Delta Mendota Water Authority, and Westlands Water District
    • Sacramento River Settlement Contractors
    • South Delta Water Agency
    • Friant Water Authority
    • North Delta Water Agency
    • Friant Water Authority
    • Northern California Water Association, and California Rice Commission
  • Notice of Availability
• July 19, 2021 - NRDC Request for Remediation for Violations of the Approved TMP by Reclamation under WRO 90-5
• July 14, 2021 - SRSC Letter to Reclamation Regarding Commitment to SRSC Operations During the 2021 Temperature Management Season
• July 12, 2021 – CSPA et al. Petition for Reconsideration of Final Shasta TMP
  
  • Attachment B: CSPA v. SWRCB Settlement
  • Attachment C: CSPA Objection to TUCP
• July 9, 2021 – Email from Reclamation identifying a deviation from the Final TMP
• July 8, 2021 – NRDC et al. Petition for Reconsideration of Final Shasta TMP
  • Exhibit A
  • Exhibit B
  • Exhibit C
• June 21, 2021 – Reclamation Letter to SWRCB Evaluating Alternatives to the Shasta Reservoir Final TMP
• June 10, 2021 – SWRCB Approval of Reclamation's Final TMP
• June 4, 2021 – NRDC Protest and Request for Reconsideration of the Final Shasta TMP
  • Exhibit A
  • Exhibit B
  • Exhibit C
  • Exhibit D
• May 28, 2021 – Transmittal of the FINAL Temperature Management Plan submitted by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to the State Water Board
• May 25 , 2021 – Comment Letter from NMFS to US Bureau of Reclamation on the Draft Temperature Management Plan (Corrected)
• May 23, 2021 – Transmittal of an alternate Temperature Management Plan from CSPA
  • CSPA Temperature Management Plan
  • Attachment 1 – PDF for Proposed Operations
  • Attachment 2 – Excel Spreadsheet for Proposed Operations
• May 21, 2021 – SWRCB letter to US Bureau of Reclamation in response to their Draft TMP
• May 19, 2021 – Temperature Dependent Mortality Modeling by SWFSC
  • TDM Modeling Scope Summary
  • TDM Modeling Raw Data
• May 19, 2021 – Comment Letter from SRSC to US Bureau of Reclamation on the Draft Temperature Management Plan
• May 15, 2021 – Comment Letter from NMFS to US Bureau of Reclamation on the Draft Temperature Management Plan
• May 5, 2021 – Transmittal of the Draft Temperature Management Plan submitted by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to the State Water Board
  • Draft Temperature Management Plan
  • Attachments 1–5 of the Draft TMP
• April 22, 2021 – Sacramento River Temperature Task Group April Meeting
  • Agenda
  • Meeting Materials
• April 21, 2021 – 2021 Sacramento River Temperature Management Workshop
  • Item 1 – Introduction by SWRCB
  • Item 2 – Hydrology Update by USBR and CA DWR
  • Item 3 – Fish Conditions and Status by CDFW and NMFS
  • Item 4 – Reclamation Proposed Action/Biological Opinion by Reclamation
  • Item 5 – Factors Affecting TDM by NMFS
  • Item 6 – Development of a Draft TMP by Reclamation
  • Item 7 – Sacramento River Settlement Contractors Presentation
  • Item 8 – Golden State Salmon Association & Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations Presentation
  • Item 9 – San Francisco Bay Keeper, Natural Resources Defense Council, & The Bay Institute Presentation
  • Item 10 – California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, California Water Impact Network, & AquAlliance Presentation
  • Item 11 – Sacramento Water Forum Presentation
• April 15, 2021 – Sacramento River Temperature Task Group Ad-Hoc Meeting
  • Agenda
  • Meeting Materials
• April 7, 2021 – 2021 Sacramento River Temperature Management workshop public notice
  • April 15, 2021 – CSPA et al. Comment letter on 2021 Sacramento River Temperature Management
  • April 15, 2021 – SCS Comment Letter on 2021 Sacramento River Temperature Management
• March 31, 2021 – CFWC Comments on SWRCB Temperature Management and Water Supply
• March 30, 2021 – SRSC Response to NGO letters to SWRCB regarding WRO 90-5 and D-1641
• March 30, 2021 – CVP Contractors’ Response to NGO letters to SWRCB regarding WRO 90-5 and D-1641
• March 25, 2021 – Sacramento River Temperature Task Group March Meeting
  • Agenda
  • Meeting Materials
  • Meeting Notes
• March 14, 2021 – CSPA et al. Request to the SWRCB to immediately enforce WRO 90-5 and D-1641
• March 12, 2021 – NRDC et al. Request to the SWRCB to immediately enforce WRO 90-5 and D-1641
• February 25, 2021 – Sacramento River Temperature Task Group February Meeting
  • Agenda
  • Meeting Materials
  • Meeting Notes

2020

• September 30, 2020 – Letter from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in response to August 31, 2020 State Water Board letter requesting Order 90-5 Sacramento River Temperature Management protocol
• August 31, 2020 – Letter from State Water Board Executive Director to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation requesting a Temperature Management Protocol for compliance with WRO 90-5
• August 4, 2020 – Letter from State Water Board Executive Director to U. S. Bureau of Reclamation providing conditional approval of the Temperature Management Plan
• July 31, 2020 – Letter and transmittal of the July Addendum to the 2020 Temperature Management Plan, from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to the State Water Board
  • Temperature Management Plan Addendum, Enclosure A
  • Attachment to the July Addendum
• July 9, 2020 – Letter from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in response to July 2, 2020 State Water Board letter regarding modifications to the Temperature Management Plan
  • Attachment 1: July 7 SRTTG Modeling Update Materials
• July 2, 2020 – Letter from State Water Board Executive Director to U. S. Bureau of Reclamation requesting modifications to the Temperature Management Plan
• June 23, 2020 – Transmittal of the Final Temperature Management Plan with Additional Modeling Scenarios by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to the State Water Board
  • Attachments for the Temperature Management Plan with Additional Modeling
• June 1, 2020 – Letter from State Water Board Executive Director to U. S. Bureau of Reclamation regarding the Rejection of the Final Temperature Management Plan
• May 20, 2020 – Transmittal of the Final Temperature Management Plan submitted by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to the State Water Board
  • Final Temperature Management Plan
  • Attachments for the Temperature Management Plan
• May 11, 2020 – Comments Received on the Draft Temperature Management Plan for the Upper Sacramento River.
• April 30, 2020 – Draft Temperature Management Plan submitted by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to the State Water Board
• April 29, 2020 – Letter from State Water Board Executive Director in response to April 17, 2020 from U. S. Bureau of Reclamation regarding Order 90-5 Sacramento River Temperature Management planning
• April 27, 2020 – Draft Temperature Management Plan Notice of Availability for Public Comment
• April 17, 2020 – Letter from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in response to April 3, 2020 State Water Board letter regarding Order 90-5 Sacramento River Temperature Management planning
• April 3, 2020 – Letter from State Water Board Executive Director to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regarding Order 90-5 Sacramento River Temperature Management planning

  If you would like a copy of the Public Comments received on the Draft TMP, the USBR response letters to SWRCB or the versions of the Temperature Management Plan, please contact Bay-Delta@waterboards.ca.gov

2019

• May 15, 2019 – 2019 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan

2018

• December 14, 2018 – Letter from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to State Water Board Deputy Director on Temperature Reporting and Coordination Protocol for Water Year 2019
• November 1, 2018 – Email from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regarding an Updated Protocol for Conducting Temperature Monitoring, Modeling, Planning, and Reporting Pursuant to Order 90-5
• June 7, 2018 – Letter from State Water Board Deputy Director to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on 2018 Sacramento River Temperature Management Approval
• May 15, 2018 – Letter from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on 2018 Sacramento River Temperature Management Per Water Rights Order 90-5
  • Enclosures submitted by National Marine Fisheries Service in response to the 2018 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan.
• May 11, 2018 – 2018 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan
• April 24, 2018 – Email from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Sacramento River Temperature Management planning
  • 90% Runoff Exceedance Hydrology with a 10% Historical Meteorology - 53 ֯F at Sacramento River above Clear Creek
  • 90%/50% Runoff Exceedance Hydrology with a 10%/50% Historical Meteorology - 55.5 ֯F at Balls Ferry
• April 16, 2018 – Letter from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in response to March 14, 2018 request for a Monitoring and Reporting Plan
• April 10, 2018 – Letter from State Water Board Deputy Director to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regarding Order 90-5 Sacramento River Temperature Management
• April 2, 2018 – Letter from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in Response to Order 90-5 Sacramento River Temperature Management
• March 14, 2018 – Letter from State Water Board Deputy Director to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regarding Order 90-5 Sacramento River Temperature Management
• March 1, 2018 – Letter from Natural Resources Defense Council on a Request for SWRCB Action to Ensure that the Bureau of Reclamation’s Shasta Dam Operations do not Cause Unreasonable Effects on Salmon in 2018

2017

• June 28, 2017 – 2017 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan (Final)
• May 23, 2017 – 2017 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan

2016

• August 9, 2016 – Correspondence related to August modifications to Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan
• July 8, 2016 – State Water Resources Control Board Letter Re: Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan
• July 6, 2016 – State Water Resources Control Board staff presentation on the 2016 Temperature Management Plan
• July 6, 2016 – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation presentation on the 2016 Temperature Management Plan
• July 5, 2016 – 2016 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan (Final)
• June 28, 2016 – National Marine Fisheries Service concurrence on the 2016 Temperature Management Plan
• June 27, 2016 – 2016 Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan
  • Department of Fish and Wildlife Response to Temperature Management Plan
• June 17, 2016 – Email from National Marine Fisheries Service to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on June Sacramento River Temperature Management
• May 23, 2016 – Complaint filed against USBR by The Bay Institute (TBI)
  • TBI complaint spreadsheet (.xlsx) attachments:
    • Upper Sacramento Temperatures May 2016
    • Southern Delta Salinity Violations
    • San Joaquin River at Vernalis
• May 2, 2016 – Email from National Marine Fisheries Service with RAFT model results for the Sacramento River
• May 2, 2016 – Comment from National Marine Fisheries Service on the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's April 28, 2016 Temperature Management Submittals
• April 28, 2016 – Email from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Sacramento River Temperature Management planning
  • Attachment 1 – April 90% Sacramento River Temperature Projection
  • Attachment 2 – April 6, 2016 Temperature Planning Meeting Summary
  • Attachment 3 – Summary of Sacramento River Temperature Modeling Process
  • Attachment 4 – Summary of Process Proposal for SRTTG in 2016
• April 22, 2016 – Letter from Pacific Fishery Management Council on Conservation of Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon
• March 31, 2016 – Letter from National Marine Fisheries Service on U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's March forecast, temperature modeling and water supply allocation for water year 2016
• March 18, 2016 - Sacramento River Temperature Workshop Speaker Presentations
  • State Water Resources Control Board staff presentation
  • U.S. Bureau of Reclamation presentation
  • National Marine Fisheries Service (Garwin Yip) presentation
  • National Marine Fisheries Service (Eric Danner) presentation
  • Northern California Water Agency presentation
  • San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority presentation
• March 18, 2016 – Public Comments on Sacramento River Temperature Management
• March 10, 2016 – Letter from Senator Mike McGuire on Sacramento River Temperature Management for 2016
• March 7, 2016 – Public Workshop Notice: 2016 Sacramento River Temperature Management Planning and Implementation
• March 1, 2016 – Email from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on outreach efforts for Sacramento River Temperature Management planning
  • Table of 2016 Meetings
  • Email Distribution List
• February 29, 2016 – Email from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation providing the assumed monthly Sacramento River Settlement Contractor deliveries used in modeling for the 2016 Drought Contingency Plan.

2015

• September 8, 2015 – Letter from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to National Marine Fisheries Service Re: Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan   
• July 13, 2015 – Email from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regarding CVP Operations Input Data for Sacramento River Temperature Modeling and Operations
• July 7, 2015 – Letter from Executive Director to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regarding Approval of Sacramento River Temperature Management Plan for 2015
• July 1, 2015 – National Marine Fisheries Service letter to USBR and DWR regarding Revised Sacramento River Water Temperature Management Plan
• June 25, 2015 – Revised Sacramento River Water Temperature Management Plan
  • Updated Biological Information for June 2015 Temperature Management Plan
  • 10% Exceedance L3MTO Temperature Data (Excel spreadsheet)
• June 24, 2015 – Board Workshop Speaker Presentations
• June 18, 2015 – Shasta Temperature Management Plan Key Components
  • Supplemental Graphics
• June 16, 2015 – Media Press Release: Drought Conditions Force Difficult Management Decisions for Sacramento River Temperatures
• June 16, 2015 – Letter from Executive Director: Sacramento River Temperature Operations to Protect Fish and Wildlife
• June 15, 2015 – Announcement for June 24, 2015 Board Workshop: Summer and Fall Drought Related State Water Project and Central Valley Project Operations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed
• May 29, 2015 – Letter from Executive Director - Suspension of Temperature Management Plan
• May 14, 2015 – Letter from State Water Board Executive Director to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regarding Sacramento River Temperature Modeling and Operations.
• May 4, 2015 – Email from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regarding Sacramento River Temperature Modeling Information
  • CVP Operations Model Input
  • 2015 CVP Operations Plan
• April 24, 2015 – Email from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation regarding Sacramento River Temperature Modeling Information
  • HEC-5Q Input Code 1
  • HEC-5Q Primary Data Set
  • 2015 Temperature Outlook Graph
• April 15, 2015 – National Marine Fisheries Service Evaluation of Alternatives for Sacramento River Water Temperature Compliance for Winter-Run Chinook Salmon
• April 14, 2015 – Provisional Draft Sacramento River Temperature Management Scenario with April 15, 2015 updated temperature results
• April 3, 2015 – Additional information submitted by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in response to March 30, 2015 request for Refined Sacramento River Temperature Modeling Information
• March 30, 2015 – Request from State Water Board to Reclamation for Refined Sacramento River Temperature Modeling Information and a Plan for New Melones Operations to Reasonably Protect Fish and Wildlife
• March 26, 2015 – Submittal from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation related to condition 6b of the March 5, 2015 TUCP Order
• March 17, 2015 – Initial Hindcast of Temperature Performance, Sacramento River 2014, submitted by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in response to Temporary Urgency Change Petition requirements

2013

• August 19, 2013 – USBR Monitoring Report per WRO 90-5
• July 16, 2013 – USBR Monitoring Report per WRO 90-5
• June 3, 2013 – USBR Report on Shasta/Trinity Divisions and Sacramento River Temperatures
• May 29, 2013 – Letter from State Water Board to DWR and USBR Re: Response to May 24 Letter regarding D-1641 Water Year Classification and Actions to Conserve Cold Water Pool in Shasta Reservoir
  • May 28, 2013 – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Support for Change in Water Year Classification
  • May 24, 2013 – CA Department of Fish and Wildlife Support for Change in Water Year Classification
  • May 24, 2013 – NOAA Fisheries/National Marine Fisheries Service Support for Change in Water Year Classification
• May 24, 2013 – Letter from DWR and USBR Re: SWRCB D-1641 Water Year Classification
• April 16, 2013 – USBR Monitoring Report per WRO 90-5