Transfers and Temporary Urgency Actions

WALKER RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT - PETITIONS FOR TEMPORARY CHANGE

The Transfer and Instream Flow Dedication of 25,000 Acre-Feet of Water
Involving Rights Established Under the Walker River Decree, Case No. C-125

On February 28, 2013, Walker River Irrigation District (District) filed petitions for the temporary transfer of water and change, including instream flow dedication, under Water Right Licenses 6000 and 9407 with the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) pursuant to Water Code section 1725 et seq., and section 1707. The proposed changes involve waters of the Walker River adjudicated by the United States District Court for the District of Nevada in the federal Walker River Decree (United States of America v. Walker River Irrigation District, Case In Equity, C-125).

• May 21, 2014 – Cover letter and State Water Board Order on Reconsideration
  
  
• March 24, 2014 – Petition for Reconsideration by Mono County
  
  
• March 24, 2014 – Petition for Reconsideration by U. S. Board of Water Commissioners
  


• February 21, 2014 – State Water Board Cover Letter/Notice of Draft Report of Special Master
  
  
• February 21, 2014 – State Water Board Order Approving Petitions for Temporary Change Involving the Transfer and Instream Flow Dedication of 25,000 Acre-Feet of Water
  
  
• Comments and Responses on Petitions for Temporary Change
  • January 7, 2014 – Mono County Board of Supervisors Comments on District’s Response
  • November 22, 2013 – District’s Response to Comments
  • May 9, 2013 – U.S. Board of Water Commissioners
    
  • April 22, 2013 – Walker River Paiute Tribe
  • April 22, 2013 – California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region VI
  • April 22, 2013 – Gary Garms
  • April 19, 2013 – National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
  • April 18, 2013 – Six N Ranch, Inc.
  • April 16, 2013 – Mono County Board of Supervisors
  • April 16, 2013 – Peter A. Fenili
  • April 11, 2013 – Antelope Valley Mutual Water Company
    
    
• Public Noticing and Publication
  • March 13-14, 2014 – Public Notice of Petitions
    • Division of Water Rights Mailing Notification List
    • Proof of Publication by the District
    • List of Downstream Persons Notified by the District
    • Notification posted on State Water Board electronic subscription mailing lists: Walker River Water Right Change Petition, Water Rights Transfers, and Water Rights Petitions.
      
• Petitions for Temporary Change
  • February 28, 2013 – Petition for the District’s License 6000 (Application 2221)
  • February 28, 2013 – Petition for the District’s License 9407 (Application 1389)
  • February 28, 2013 – Environmental Information Form
  • February 28, 2013 – Project Maps

(Updated 5/22/14)