CVP Operations Criteria and Plan and CVP/SWP OCAP Biological Assessment November 16, 2004

CVP Operations Criteria and
Plan and CVP/SWP OCAP
Biological Assessment
November 16, 2004
Purpose & Objectives
• Explain the relationship of the OCAP,
BA, BOs
• Explain some overall comparisons in
the OCAP
• Explain CVP/SWP current and future
operations
• Explain contents of the BA
Operations Criteria and Plan
(OCAP) Purpose
• Documents CVP operations
• Provides basis for BA project
description
– Developed in 1992 for the winter-run
Chinook salmon BA
• Documents changes since 1992
OCAP Document
• Not a NEPA/CEQA decision document
• Provides detailed project description of
CVP/SWP
• Explains regulatory and legal requirements
• Includes project operations constraints and
objectives
• Presents modeling changes (1991 to present)
• Explains forecasting process
OCAP Outline
• Introduction
• Project-Wide Operations Constraints
and Objectives
• CVP Division Operations Constraints
and Objectives
• State Water Projects
• Last few chapters on Modeling and
Results
Modeling for OCAP (2001 LOD)
Article
21
Refuge
Deliveries
Trinity
Required
Flows
D1485
WinterRun
B.O.
95
WQCP
D1641
Study A
D1485
(1991)
Historical
Level 2
340,000
af/yr
X
Study B
D1485
(1992)
Firm Level
2
Same as
above
X
Study C
D1485
(1993)
Same as
above
Same as
above
X
Study D
WQCP
(1994)
Same as
above
Same as
above
X
X
CVPIA
3406
(b)(2)
EWA
X
Study 1
WQCP
(1997)
X
Same as
above
Same as
above
X
X
X
Study 3
Today
EWA
(2004)
X
Same as
above
369,000453,000
af/yr
X
X
X
X
Shasta end of May Storage
May
5000
4500
4000
Shasta Storage (TAF
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
D1485 (1991)
D1485 (1992)
D1485 (1993)
D1641 (1994)
D1641(1997)
Today EWA
500
0
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Probability of Exceedence
70%
80%
90%
100%
Shasta Storage Chronology 1928-1934
Shasta
5000
4500
4000
Storage (TAF)
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Oct-27
Mar-29
Jul-30
D1485 (1991)
D1485 (1992)
D1641(1997)
Today EWA
Dec-31
D1485 (1993)
Apr-33
D1641 (1994)
Sep-34
Folsom end of May Storage
May
1000
900
800
Folsom Storage (TAF
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Probability of Exceedence
D1485 (1991)
D1641 (1994)
D1485 (1992)
D1641(1997)
70%
80%
D1485 (1993)
Today EWA
90%
100%
Folsom Storage Chronology 1928-1934
Folsom
1200
1932 Wet Year on
American River Reservoir
was able to refill
1000
Storage (TAF)
800
600
400
200
0
Oct-27
Mar-29
Jul-30
Dec-31
Apr-33
D1485 (1991)
D1485 (1992)
D1485 (1993)
D1641 (1994)
D1641(1997)
Today EWA
Sep-34
Total Annual Delta Outflow
30000
Annual Outflow
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
Average
Wet
Above Normal
Below Normal
Dry
Critical
Water Year Type
D1485 (1991)
D1485 (1992)
D1485 (1993)
D1641 (1994)
D1641(1997)
Today EWA
Total Annual Outflow Dry and
Critical Years
11000
10000
D1485 (1991)
D1485 (1992)
D1485 (1993)
D1641 (1994)
D1641(1997)
Today EWA
Total Annual Outflow (TAF
9000
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
C
C
Water Year Type (Wetter --> Drier)
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Total Annual Federal
Pumping
4000
Annual Federal Pumping (TAF
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
Exceedance Probability
D1485 (1991)
D1641 (1994)
D1485 (1992)
D1641(1997)
D1485 (1993)
Today EWA
90.0%
100.0%
South of the Delta Agriculture
Allocation
NOD AG
100%
90%
80%
Allocation (%
70%
60%
50%
40%
D1485 (1991)
D1485 (1992)
D1485 (1993)
30%
D1641 (1994)
D1641(1997)
Today EWA
20%
10%
0%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Probability of Exceedence
70%
80%
90%
100%
South of the Delta M&I Delivery
SOD MI
100%
90%
80%
Allocation (%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
D1485 (1991)
D1485 (1992)
D1485 (1993)
D1641 (1994)
D1641(1997)
Today EWA
20%
10%
0%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Probability of Exceedence
70%
80%
90%
100%
Biological Assessment
• Consultation information document
• Not a NEPA/CEQA decision document
• Identification of existing and potential
actions
• Analyses of effects on listed species
from CVP/SWP operations
ESA Consultation
• Section 7(a)(2) consultation with FWS &
NOAA Fisheries
• Addresses combined major hydrologic
operations of the CVP/SWP
• Reclamation lead Federal agency
• DWR lead State agency
History of Key Listings
• Winter-run Chinook Salmon
– NOAA Fisheries listed as threatened in 1990,
endangered in 1994
• Delta Smelt
– FWS listed as threatened 1993
• Coho Salmon (in the Trinity River)
– NOAA Fisheries listed as threatened in 1997
• Steelhead
– NOAA Fisheries listed as threatened in 1998
• Spring-run Chinook Salmon
– NOAA Fisheries listed as threatened in 1999
Reason for Consultation
• CVP/SWP operations affect listed
species
– Primarily coho salmon, winter-run and
spring-run Chinook salmon, steelhead,
and Delta smelt
• Long-Term BOs date from 1993 & 1995
• Interim BO on spring-run/steelhead
Why Update Now?
• Long-term water supply contract
renewals
• Long-term opinions on the listed
species
• CVP/SWP operations with new projects
• Bring consultations on all the listed
species to a common point
ESA Consultation Chronology
• 2002 – decision to do a comprehensive
ESA consultation
• June 16, 2003 – public information
meeting, draft documents available
• November 25, 2003 – public information
meeting & status for BA, SDIP, EWA &
other CALFED activities
• February 2004 – BA modeling posted
ESA Consultation Chronology
(cont’d)
•
•
•
•
Informal consultation – Feb 13, 2004
Initiate consultation – March 15, 2004
Public release of BA – March 22, 2004
Public release of revised OCAP & BA –
June 30, 2004
• Received FWS BO July 30, 2004
• Received NOAA Fisheries B.O. Oct 22,
2004
Biological Assessment
•
•
•
•
•
Description of action
Biology of listed species
Modeling present and future conditions
Effects analyses
Ongoing actions to reduce effects
Adaptive Management
•
•
•
•
•
Within the Project Description
CALFED Ops Groups
Fisheries Technical Teams
Water Operations Management Team
Process to use Adaptive Management
flexibility
Description of Action
• Formal consultation actions
– Results in Biological Opinions
• Early consultation actions
– Results in Preliminary Biological Opinions
– Requires consistency between BO and
NEPA/CEQA documentation
Formal Consultation Actions
•
•
•
•
CVP/SWP operations
Trinity River flows
Freeport diversions
DMC/CA Intertie
CVP/SWP Operations
• Water right permits and existing
capabilities
• CVPIA Section 3406 (b)(2) and CALFED
EWA
• CVP/SWP coordinated operations
• Water transfers
• Joint Point of Diversion
Why do Early Consultation?
• Makes efficient use of agency staff
• Provides a “heads up” of potential
issues
• These actions will be revisited for
consistency after draft NEPA/CEQA
completed
Early Consultation Actions
• Operational components of South Delta
Improvement Project (SDIP)
• CVP/SWP operational integration
• Long-Term EWA
OCAP BA Studies
Level of
Development
Trinity Flows
D1641 with
b(2)
(2001 LOD)
340,000 AF/year
2
Today b(2)
Same as
Above
368,600-453,000
AF/year
3
Today EWA
Same as
Above
Same as Above
4
Future SDIP
(2020 LOD)
368,600-815,000
AF/yr
4a
Future b(2)
Same as
Above
Same as Above
5
Future EWA
Same as
Above
Same as Above
5a
Future EWA
6680 cfs
Same as
Above
Same as Above
Study
Name
1
SDIP
CVP/SWP
Integration
Freeport
Intertie
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
OCAP BA Studies
Level of
Development
Trinity Flows
D1641 with
b(2)
(2001 LOD)
340,000 AF/year
2
Today b(2)
Same as
Above
368,600-453,000
AF/year
3
Today EWA
Same as
Above
Same as Above
4
Future SDIP
(2020 LOD)
368,600-815,000
AF/yr
4a
Future b(2)
Same as
Above
Same as Above
5
Future EWA
Same as
Above
Same as Above
5a
Future EWA
6680 cfs
Same as
Above
Same as Above
Study
Name
1
SDIP
CVP/SWP
Integration
Freeport
Intertie
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Ongoing Actions
• CVPIA
• CALFED
• Four Pumps Agreement
Biological Assessment
Outline
1. Authorities, Water Rights, & other
obligations
2. Project Description
3. Steelhead Biology and Baseline
4. Factors that Affect Steelhead
5. Chinook Salmon Biology and Baseline
6. Factors that Affect Chinook Salmon
7. Delta Smelt Biology and Factors that affect
Delta Smelt
8. Hydrologic and Temperature Modeling
Assumptions
9. Upstream Effects on the species - Formal
10. Delta Effects on the species – Formal
11. Upstream Effects – Early Consultation
12. Delta Effects – Early Consultation
13. Effects Summary and Determination
14. Essential Fish Habitat Assessment
15. Ongoing Actions to Address Project Effects
16. References