San Francisco Bay/Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta) Program

DELTA FLOW CRITERIA

Instructions for Written Closing Comments and Purchasing a DVD Copy of the Informational Proceeding Webcast

For the purpose of informing planning decisions for the Delta Plan and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, the State Water Board is developing new flow criteria for the Delta ecosystem. Closing comments from participants should summarize what flow criteria, including the volume, quality, and timing of water, are necessary to protect public trust resources in the Delta under current conditions. Please include a table or tables with numerical flow criteria. Participants may also include summary recommendations regarding: adaptive management; variable flows; flow measures that can and should be developed and implemented immediately; and possibilities for future scientific collaboration on flow-related measures. The comments should cite to the written testimony and exhibits to support all scientific information addressed in the closing comments. The closing comments are due by noon on April 14 and should be no more than 10 pages in length, plus footnotes or endnotes citing the record, and any tables. Coordinated closing comments from participants are encouraged. Each participant is required to submit an electronic copy and six paper copies of their closing statements. The electronic copy must be submitted in PDF format to: Bay-Delta@waterboards.ca.gov. The six paper copies must be submitted by regular mail to:

Division of Water Rights
State Water Resources Control Board
Attention: Phillip Crader
P.O. Box 2000
Sacramento, CA 95812-2000

You may purchase a DVD copy of the Informational Proceeding webcast at a cost of $10 per day of coverage. To purchase a copy, email your request to the Clerk to the State Water Board, with the words "DVD Request for Delta Flow Criteria Proceeding" in the subject line. In your email, please specify whether you would like to purchase coverage for a specific day or for the entire proceeding. The March 22, 2010 DVD includes the Opening Remarks by the State Water Board, the Technical Introduction, and the Hydrology Panel. The March 23, 2010 DVD includes the Pelagic and Anadromous Fish Panels. The March 24, 2010 DVD includes the Other Stressors and Hydrodynamics Panel, as well as Closing Remarks by the State Water Board.

Please provide a mailing address in your email. You will be sent an invoice in response to your request. Upon receipt of payment, the DVD(s) will be sent to the mailing address.

Staff is also investigating the possibility of making the webcast coverage available on the State Water Board website in streaming video format. At this time, Staff does not know if or when this might be available.

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