Historical Documents for the Carlsbad Desalination Plant
Mitigation Site Selection Analysis for Poseidon Resources Marine Life Mitigation Plan, January 2011
On March 9, 2011 the San Diego Water Board adopted R9-2011-0028, a resolution approving the site selection and preliminary mitigation restoration plan for the Otay River Floodplain.
- San Diego Water Board final adopted Resolution No. R9-2011-0028 (March 9, 2011)
- Mitigation Site Selection Poseidon Resources Marine Life Mitigation Plan (January 2011)
- Technical Memorandum Poseidon Tidal Wetland Restoration Plan ( January 17, 2011)
- Proposed Backup Site - Poseidon Resources Wetland Mitigation (January 2011)
Order No. R9-2009-0038 amending Order No. R9-2006-0065 and approving the Flow, Entrainment, and Impingement Minimization Plan for co-located operation of the Carlsbad Desalination Plant.
On May 13, 2009, the Regional Board adopted Order No. R9-2009-0038, which amends Regional Board Order No. R9-2009-0065, NPDES No. CA0109223, Waste Discharge Requirements for the Poseidon Resources Corporation, Carlsbad Desalination Project, Discharge to Pacific Ocean via the Encina Power Station Discharge Channel. Order No. R9-2009-0038, including the adopted Responsiveness Summary, amends Order No. R9-2009-0065 to conditionally approve and require implementation of and compliance with the March 27, 2009 Flow, Entrainment and Impingement Minimization Plan.
- Regional Board final adopted Order No. R9-2009-0038 (May 13, 2009)
- Regional Board final adopted Responsiveness Summary, including Responses to Comments, for Order No. R9-2009-0038 (May 13, 2009)
- Regional Board Order No. R9-2006-0065 as amended by Order No. R9-2009-0038 (May 13, 2009)
- Regional Board Supplemental Errata (Changes to revised Tentative Order with errata, dated May 6, 2009, shown in green text) (May 13, 2009)
- Regional Board staff Revised Responsiveness Summary (Changes to May 8, 2009 Responsiveness Summary shown in red) (May 13, 2009)
- Regional Board Revised Executive Officer Summary Report
- Regional Board staff Responsiveness Summary (May 8, 2009)
- Regional Board revised Tentative Order No. R9-2009-0038 with errata dated May 6, 2009 (changes from the revised Tentative Order are shown in red underline/strikeout)
- Regional Board revised Tentative Order No. R9-2009-0038 (changes from the March 9, 2009 version are shown in blue underline/strikeout)
- Regional Board Executive Officer Summary Report
- Poseidon Resources Corporation Cover Letter
- Tab 1: Key Points of Poseidon’s Proposed Order and Supplemental Findings
- Tab 2: Proposed Tentative Order No. R9-2009-0038 and Attachment A, Supplemental Findings Regarding Proposed Tentative Order No. R9- 2009-0038
- Tab 3: Redline of Poseidon’s Proposed Tentative Order No. R9-2009-0038 Reflecting Changes from Staff’s Proposed Tentative Order No. R9- 2009-0038, released March 9, 2009
- Tab 4: Preliminary Transcript of Relevant Excerpts of Regional Board’s Deliberation at April 8, 2009 Regional Board Hearing, Prepared by Latham & Watkins LLP From Audio Files
- Tab 5: California Coastal Commission Final Adopted Findings (Item W4a). Application File No. E-06-013. Permittee: Poseidon Resources (Channelside) LLC I and Cabrillo Power II LLC, Adopted August 6, 2008
- California Coastal Commission Letter dated May 6, 2009
- Latham & Watkins Response to California Coastal Commission’s May 6, 2009 Letter (May 6, 2009)
- Latham & Watkins Comment Letter (May 6, 2009)
- Coast Law Group Comment Letter on behalf of the Surfrider Foundation and San Diego Coastkeeper (May 7, 2009)
- Poseidon Resources Corporation, Proposed Carlsbad Desalination Project - Response to Comments (May 7, 2009)
- Coast Law Group Comment Letter, Environmental Group Objections (May 12, 2009)
- State Water Resource Control Board Memo regarding US Supreme Court’s Decision Interpreting Clean Water Section 316(b) (May 6, 2009)
- Statement of Decision Surfrider Foundation and Planning and Conservation League vs. California Coastal Commission (May 7, 2009)
- Additional Materials for the May 13, 2009 Regional Board Item No. 11
- Comment Email from Dick & Nancy Weaver dated 4/5/09
- letter from The City Of San Diego Council President Benjamin Hueso dated 4/6/2009
- Comment Email from Guy McClellan dated 4/7/2009
- Supplemental comment letter Appendix, Surfrider Foundation and San Diego Coastkeeper - Technical appendices relied upon by the environmental groups in the production of its April 6, 2009 supplemental comment letter (4/7/2009)
- Environmental Groups’ Supplemental Technical Comments Response to Scott Jenkins' Note on Regional Board Staff Concerns Regarding Rainfall Effects on Impingement per RWQCB Staff Report of March 27, 2009 (4/7/2009)
- Appendix A – Hydrographs
- Environmental Groups’ Supplemental Technical Comments Response to Chris Nordby’s and David Mayer’s Note on Wetlands Mitigation Credit for Impingement and Entrainment Impacts Submitted April 2, 2009 (4/7/2009)
- Poseidon Resources Item 13 Supplemental Comments (April 8, 2009)
- Response to Coastal Commission - Poseidon Resources Corporation's Response to California Coastal Commission Staff Member Tom Luster's Comment Letter, dated April 6, 2009
- Balletto Response to Comments Submitted by Sierra Club – Kimura. Poseidon Resources Corporation's Response to Oral Comments Made by Kimura at February 11, 2009 San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board Meeting.
- Balletto Statement Regarding Compensatory Mortality. Compensatory Mechanisms as Relevant to Poseidon's Mitigation Proposal (A Response to Comments, dated April 1, 2009, by Pete Raimondi).
- C. Nordby's Allen Productivity Calculations. Calculating Fish Biomass Available for Impingement Mitigation (Productivity Values Derived from Allen 1982).
- Email from C. Hagan to P. Singarella and A. Halter. Email from Catherine Hagan to Paul Singarella and Amanda Halter, dated April 7, 2009, Regarding Response to Comment on the Ecosystem Issue.
- Jenkins' Statement Regarding Raimondi's Confidence Limits. A Note on Confidence Limits in Raimondi's April 1, 2009 RWQCB Report, Prepared by Scott A. Jenkins.
- Le Page Statement and CV. Response to Staff Comments on Heat Treatment Regarding Poseidon's Flow, Entrainment and Impingement Minimization Plan.
- Poseidon's Response to San Diego Audubon Society Oral Comments. Poseidon Resources Corporation's Response to San Diego Audubon Society Oral Testimony at the February 11, 2009 San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board Meeting.
- Poseidon's Response to Surfrider & Coastkeeper Oral Comments at 2.11.09 hearing. Poseidon Resources Corporation's Responses to Surfrider and Coastkeeper Oral Testimony at the February 11, 2009 RWQCB Meeting.
- Analysis of 1979-1980 Flow and Impingement Data for EPS. Flow and Impingement Data from San Diego Gas & Electric's 1980 316(b) Study, Prepared for the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board by San Diego Gas & Electric and Submitted in December 1980.
- Email from Latham & Watkins LLP dated 4/8/2009
- Zip file with the following attachments: *Balletto_NMFS 1998 SE US Shrimp Trawl Bycatch Program , *Balletto_NMFS 1998 Status of Fisheries of the US, *Clark 1993, *Goodyear 1993, *Goodyear 1996, *Harper 1977, *Hassell et al. 1989, *Krebs 1985, *Hilborn and Walters (1992), *Sissenwine and Shepherd 1987, *Mace 1994, *McFadden 1977, *Myers and Cadigan 1993 (a), *Myers and Cadigan 1993 (b), *NRC 1998, *Richkus and McLean (2000)
- San Diego Union-Tribune Public Notice (March 9, 2009)
- Tentative Order No. R9-2009-0038
- Flow, Entrainment and Impingement Minimization Plan (March 9, 2009)
- Attachment 1
- Attachment 2
- Attachment 3
- Attachment 4
- Attachment 5
- Attachment 6
- Attachment 7
- Attachment 8
- Flow, Entrainment and Impingement Minimization Plan (March 9, 2009), Redline/Strikeout Version Showing Changes from March 6, 2008 Minimization Plan
- Replacement Attachment 7, Statement of Chris Nordby dated March 18, 2009
- Statement, Qualifications, and Data files from Howard H. Chang Ph.D., P.E.
- Statement
- Statement (revised on 3/24 only to correct the URL on page 4)
- Qualifications
- HEC-Data File 1
- HEC –Data File 2
- 2005 Rainfall Data From San Diego County
- Statement of Scott A. Jenkins, Ph.D
- Statement from Peter Raimondi, Ph.D (April 1, 2009)
- Flow, Entrainment and Impingement Minimization Plan (dated March 27, 2009)
- Flow, Entrainment and Impingement Minimization Plan (March 27, 2009), Redline/Strikeout Version Showing Changes from March 6, 2008 Minimization Plan to March 27, 2009
- Flow, Entrainment and Impingement Minimization Plan (March 27, 2009), Redline/Strikeout Version Showing Changes from March 9, 2009 Minimization Plan to March 27, 2009
- Regional Board Staff Report dated March 27, 2009
- Regional Board Supplemental Staff Report (April 3, 2009)
- 1979-80 Encina Power Station Study: Impingement (Chapter 7)
- 2004-05 Encina Power Station Flow Data based on EPS Pump flow rates, submitted by Poseidon 3/5/2009 (Poseidon clarified on March 25, 2009 that the dates in the study showing 0 flow are actually dates for which no flow data are available.)
- Poseidon Resources Item 13 Comments (April 2, 2009)
- Latham & Watkins Comment Letter dated April 2, 2009
- Appendix A - E-mail Correspondence with Regional Board Index
- Zip File containing Appendix A documents
- Appendix B - Expert Statements & Supporting Documents Index
- Raulli & Bolletto Expert Statement
- Zip File containing Raulli & Balletto Supporting Docs
- Mayer & Nordby Expert Statement
- Zip File containing Mayer & Nordby Supporting Docs
- Jenkins Expert Statement
- Jenkins Supporting Doc Excel File
- Appendix C - Documents Supporting Latham & Watkins Comment Letter Index
- Zip File containing Appendix C documents
- Comments by the California Coastal Commission (April 6, 2009)
- Supplemental Comments from Coast Law Group (April 6, 2009)
- INDEX to Electronically Available Primary Supporting Documents
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