EPA Comments on Major Federal Projects in the Watershed

EPA has a unique responsibility under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Section 309 of the Clean Air Act to review and comment on Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), which analyze and disclose impacts of major federal actions to communities and natural resources. EPA's NEPA comments are part of the public record. Listed below are projects in the San Francisco Bay Delta Watershed which EPA has reviewed under NEPA. In some cases, EPA also serves as a cooperating agency, assisting in aspects of environmental review and analysis relevant to EPA's expertise and jurisdictional interests.

• Bay Delta Conservation Plan/California WaterFix
• Delta Mendota Canal Recirculation Project
• Mendota Area Wildlife Water Supply
• Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel
• San Joaquin River Restoration Program
• San Joaquin/Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel
• South Delta Improvements Program
• Suisun Marsh Habitat, Management, Preservation & Restoration Plan
• Upper San Joaquin River Basin Storage
• California High Speed Rail
• Bay Area to Central Valley High Speed Train
• Central Valley Project and State Water Project

Bay Delta Conservation Plan

• Recent EPA correspondence with the BDCP lead federal agencies

Delta Mendota Canal Recirculation Project

• EPA scoping comments on the notice of intent to issue an environmental impact statement for the Delta-Mendota Canal recirculation project, California, May 8, 2007

Mendota Area Wildlife Water Supply

• EPA comments on Draft Environmental Assessment for Conveyance of Refuge Water Supply, South San Joaquin Valley study Area, Mendota Wildlife Area, July 13, 2007 (PDF) (6 pp, 69 K)

Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel

• EPA scoping comments on the notice of intent to prepare a Draft supplemental environmental impact statement for the Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel, California, July 29, 2008 (PDF) (13 pp, 783 K)
• EPA Comments and Rating on Draft Supplemental EIS for the Sacramento River Deep Water Shipping Channel, April 25, 2011 (PDF) (25 pp, 792 K)

San Joaquin River Restoration Program

• EPA comments on the Draft EIS for Phase 3 of the proposed Reclamation District 17 100-Year Levee Seepage Area Project, San Joaquin County, CA, June 2011 (PDF) (12 pp, 282 K)
• EPA Cooperating Agency Status on the Programmatic Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program, September 21, 2011 (PDF) (12 pp, 188 K)
• EPA Cooperating Agency Status on the San Joaquin River Restoration Program Mendota Pool Bypass and Reach 2B Improvements Project, February 24, 2011 (PDF) (2 pp, 328 K)
• EPA comments on the revised notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program Reach 4B, Eastside Bypass, and Mariposa Bypass Channel and Structural Improvements Project, February 24, 2011 (PDF) (2 pp, 337 K)
• EPA comments on programmatic administrative draft environmental impact statement for San Joaquin River Restoration Plan, May 27, 2009 (PDF) (5 pp, 39 K)
• EPA letter on cooperating agency status under NEPA with Department of Interior for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program, December 18, 2008 (PDF) (2 pp, 62 K)
• EPA comments on notice of intent to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program, September 19, 2007 (PDF) (3 pp, 146 K)

San Joaquin/Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel

• EPA scoping comments on the notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for the San Francisco Bay to Stockton (John F. Baldwin and Stockton Ship Channels) Navigation Improvement Project, California. May 16, 2008 (PDF) (13 pp, 771 K)

South Delta Improvements Program

• EPA letter to Sacramento District Corps of Engineers on public notice 1999001376 for CWA section 404 permit for the South Delta Improvements Program, Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta, California, July 12, 2006 (PDF) (24 pp, 5 MB)
• EPA comments on the draft environmental impact statement for South Delta Improvements Program, Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta, California, February 22, 2006 (PDF) (10 pp, 85 K)

Suisun Marsh Habitat, Management, Preservation & Restoration Plan

• EPA Comments and Rating on  Draft EIS for the Suisun Marsh Habitat, Management, Preservation, & Restoration Plan, January 13, 2011 (PDF) (8 pp, 402 K)

Upper San Joaquin River Basin Storage

• EPA scoping comments on notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for the Upper San Joaquin River Basin Storage Investigation, Central Valley Project, CA. May 7, 2004 (PDF) (12 pp, 42 K)

California High Speed Rail

• California High Speed Rail, Merced to Fresno, FEIS (PDF) 4/18/2013 (37 pp, 490K)
• California High Speed Rail, Merced to Fresno, DEIS (PDF) 10/13/2011 (37 pp, 490K)
• California High Speed Rail, Merced to Fresno, FEIS (PDF) 05/01/2012 (11 pp, 200K)
• California High Speed Rail, Fresno to Bakersfield, FEIS (PDF) 5/27/2014 (37 pp, 490K)
• California High Speed Rail, Fresno to Bakersfield, DEIS Supplement (PDF) 10/19/2012(37 pp, 490K)
• California High Speed Rail, Fresno to Bakersfield, DEIS (PDF) 10/13/2011(37 pp, 490K)

Bay Area to Central Valley High Speed Train link

• Bay Area to Central Valley High Speed Train, FEIS (PDF) 6/30/2008 (6 pp, 41K)
• Bay Area to Central Valley High Speed Train, DEIS (PDF) 10/29/2007 (9 pp, 625K)

Central Valley Project and State Water Project

• EPA Cooperating Agency Status on the Environmental Impact Statement for the Remanded Biological Opinions on Coordinated Long-Term Operations of the CVP and SWP (PDF) (2 pp, 1 MB)

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