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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>As the subject indicates, environmental water (Miller/Bradley legislation
b2 water) gets cut back yet a third time. Never has the 800,000 acre feet
of water for the environment in that legislation been provided. These
proposed actions, in combination with other initiatives – OCAP, SDIP,
Contract Renewals – ultimately will affect all <st1:place w:st="on">Northern
California</st1:place> rivers with the exception of the Klamath.</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Natural
Resources Defense Council<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Butte</span></font></b></st1:City></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> Environmental Council<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>California</span></font></b></st1:State></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> League of Conservation Voters<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:State w:st="on"><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>California</span></font></b></st1:State><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> Sportfishing Protection <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>California</span></font></b></st1:State></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> Trout<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Clean
Water Action<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Defenders
of Wildlife<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Deltakeeper<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Environmental
Defense<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Friends of the River<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Friends of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">TheTrinity</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Marin Conservation</span></font> League<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Mono <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Committee</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Pacific</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Coast</st1:PlaceType></span></b></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> Federation of Fishermen’s Associations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Planning
and Conservation League<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Public
Citizen<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Sacramento
River</span></font></b></st1:place><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>
Preservation Trust<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>San Francisco</span></font></b></st1:City></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> Baykeeper<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Santa Clara</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></span></b></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> Audubon Society<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Save <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Association<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Sierra
Club <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Southern
California Watershed <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>December 1, 2004<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Lester Snow</span></font></st1:PersonName>,
Director
Ryan Broddrick, Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Department of Water Resources
Department of Fish and Game<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>1416 Ninth
Street
1416 Ninth Street<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sacramento</span></font></st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">95814</st1:PostalCode>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Sacramento</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">95814</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Re: <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Proposed Weakening of CVPIA Environmental Protections <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear Mr. Snow and Mr. Broddrick:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We are writing regarding a letter, dated November 22, addressed to both
of you from <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Kirk Rodgers</st1:PersonName> and Steve
Thompson. The letter is entitled “Integration of CVPIA Actions with
the Environmental Water Account,” but it appears to be principally a
proposal to weaken implementation of Section 3406(b)(2) of the Central Valley
Project Improvement Act (B2). Although we agree that CVPIA actions should
be coordinated with the EWA, it is both unwarranted and unrealistic to ask the
EWA to take on some of the obligations of the CVPIA, as the letter suggests.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>As you know, the important B2 provision devotes 800,000 acre-feet of
CVP water annually to the primary purpose of ecosystem restoration,
particularly the restoration of anadromous fish. Under the Interior
proposal, the availability of CVPIA water to restore anadromous fish would be
further diminished. We are deeply concerned that this proposed rollback
could have serious impacts on the Bay-Delta ecosystem and on the CALFED
program. It is a painful irony that the Department of Interior has released a
proposal that would be so damaging to CALFED, just as Congress has authorized
full federal participation in the program. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We have attached a letter, dated October 13, from the environmental
community regarding the development of the OCAP. This letter was
discussed extensively at the last Bay-Delta Authority (BDA) meeting.
Please note that this letter specifically refers to our concern regarding
rumors of a proposed rollback of the B2 policy. At that meeting, Deputy
Assistant Secretary Peltier indicated that he was not aware of any proposal to
rollback the B2 policy. Unfortunately, it is now clear that such an
effort was, by that date, well under way. There was a consensus at the
BDA meeting that state and federal agencies must do a much better job of
involving the CALFED process and stakeholders other than their
contractors. The new proposed B2 rollback will be a key test of this
commitment. Unfortunately, the November 22 Interior letter fails to
discuss any role for the CALFED program. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Although the November 22 letter is not clearly written, it appears to
be similar to a proposal that has been under development for several months in
confidential discussions between the Bureau and CVP contractors. Although
that document has not been publicly released, we have obtained a copy.
Despite a long history of interest in this issue, none of our organizations
have been invited to participate in discussions regarding either of these
documents. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The primary goal of this proposal appears to be to turn the restoration
priority of the CVPIA on its head. The CVPIA dedicates the B2 water to
the “primary purpose” of “fish, wildlife and habitat
restoration.” The existing B2 policy dedicates “approximately
200,000 acre-feet” of this B2 water to fishery restoration actions on
upstream tributaries (May 9, 2003 DOI B2 Policy, p. 4). (It is important
to note that, as discussed below, we do not believe that the existing policy
dedicates enough water to the primary purpose established by the CVPIA.)
Thus, these upstream restoration actions are established as a priority,
although the policy does allow some B2 water to be applied to compliance with
the State Board’s Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan. The
November 22 proposal and the related confidential draft proposal, however,
appear to establish the WQCP as the top priority for the use of B2 water and restoration
as the lowest priority. The result of this proposed change in the B2
policy could be that, in some years, hundreds of thousands of acre-feet of B2
water would no longer be available to implement restoration actions. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We strongly oppose this proposal, which contains serious problems and
raises important questions for your agencies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The proposal would violate state and federal
requirements that CALFED develop a balanced program</span></font></u>.
State and federal law require the CALFED Bay-Delta Program to develop a
balanced program to achieve the co-equal objectives of improved ecosystem
health, water quality and water supply reliability. Several federal
actions, however, threaten to redirect water and funding dedicated to fisheries
restoration in order to benefit south of Delta water users. These actions
include: the current proposed B2 rollback; the May 9, 2003 B2 rollback; the
environmental rollbacks contained in the OCAP; as well the proposal to use
federal CVPIA restoration funds to help pay for compliance with the ESA.
The ROD promises multiple benefits from the CALFED program. The clear
pattern of rollbacks in the past year and a half, however, appears to be
designed to increase CVP deliveries by weakening environmental protection and
restoration programs. It is inconceivable that the CALFED program could be
found to be in balance when agencies are weakening one program area to benefit
another. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The proposal would violate CALFED ROD requirements
regarding the EWA</span></font></u>. The proposal appears to
suggest that when, as a result of this rollback, Interior refused to use B2
water to implement fishery restoration actions, those actions could be provided
by the EWA. The ROD clearly states that “(t)he EWA has been
established to provide water for the protection and restoration of fish beyond
water available through existing regulatory actions related to project
operations” (ROD, p. 54). B2 actions are explicitly written into
the CALFED ROD as part of this regulatory baseline. However, the new Interior
proposal would use the EWA, rather than B2 water, to implement baseline
restoration actions. Thus, this proposal would violate the key ROD requirement
that explicitly prohibits the use of the EWA to replace existing baseline
protections. Do your agencies support this fundamental revision of the
EWA?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The proposal would expand the burden placed on an
under-funded EWA</span></font></u>. The proposal relies on the EWA to
replace hundreds of thousands of acre-feet of B2 water that would be redirected
away from upstream restoration actions. However, the EWA is already
over-allocated and under-funded. Over the past several years, it has
fallen far short of the level of assets required by the ROD. In addition,
as some of us have noted previously, CALFED agencies have, on several occasions,
chosen not to dedicate permanent water assets to the EWA. The addition of
new responsibilities would significantly increase the likelihood that the EWA
will fail, harming both the environment and the water users who rely on it to
provide improved water supply reliability. In short, we simply do not
believe that the proposed strategy to use the EWA to replace the reallocated B2
water would work. Do your agencies have a proposal to provide the
additional funding – perhaps more than $20 million in some years –
that would be required by this proposal to expand dramatically the
EWA? Do your agencies propose that SWP water or funds be made
available, when needed, to provide these upstream restoration actions?<o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The proposal would threaten the viability of the EWA
by expanding it to include upstream actions</span></font></u>. The ROD
states that “(t)he EWA focuses on resolving the fishery/water diversion
conflict at the CVP/SWP Delta export pumps” (ROD, p. 54). The
Interior proposal, however, would expand the EWA to include upstream
restoration actions. By expanding the purpose of the EWA as defined in
the ROD, the proposal would open up the EWA to requests from literally dozens
of interests to help meet their upstream regulatory requirements. Has DWR
or DFG surveyed water users to determine what other proposals are likely to be
forthcoming to take advantage of this proposal to expand the EWA beyond the
Delta? Has DWR or DFG evaluated the merits of this proposed new use
of EWA water, in comparison with other potential upstream uses of EWA
water? Given that water users continue to refuse to pay additional
user fees to support the EWA, how would DWR and DFG determine what upstream
restoration actions deserve public funding?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The proposal would shift the burden of implementing
fisheries restoration actions from the CVP to the State</span></font></u>.
To date, the majority of the funding for the EWA has come from state
taxpayers. Therefore, to the extent that the proposal would use the EWA
to provide water for upstream restoration actions, the proposal would result in
state funding being used to pay for a federal environmental rollback. We
strongly oppose this proposal to shift the burden of restoring the Bay-Delta
ecosystem. Do your agencies propose that state taxpayers pay the cost of
this federal rollback in ecosystem restoration requirements? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The draft policy would undermine the CALFED ecosystem
restoration program</span></font></u>. State and federal taxpayers have
dedicated hundreds of millions of dollars to the goal of restoring the health
of the Bay-Delta ecosystem. The proposed rollback could undermine this
investment of public funds. For example, this rollback could directly
undermine CALFED’s fisheries and riparian restoration efforts.
These impacts on the CALFED Ecosystem Restoration Program have not been
analyzed. Will DFG commit to undertaking an analysis of these
impacts? Will your agencies support an examination by the CALFED
ecosystem restoration program and the CALFED science program of these
impacts? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Agencies must evaluate the cumulative impacts of
regulatory rollbacks on CALFED ecosystem restoration efforts</span></font></u>.
Unfortunately, this is not the first proposed rollback of a key environmental
protection in the Bay-Delta ecosystem. Since the ROD was written, the
Department of Interior has already weakened the B2 policy once. Through
the OCAP process, federal agencies have also weakened environmental protections
for the <st1:place w:st="on">Sacramento River</st1:place>. As discussed
previously, state and federal agencies have failed to provide the EWA with the
amount of water required by the ROD. In addition, the current EWA
financing plan assumes that funding will be redirected from ecosystem
restoration actions to paying for the EWA. Will your agencies support an
analysis of the cumulative impacts of these actions on the CALFED ecosystem
restoration program? In particular, will your agencies commit to
undertake modeling to determine the specific restoration actions and the amount
of water dedicated to restoration in the CALFED baseline that could be lost as
a result of these rollbacks? Will your agencies commit to working with
CALFED to develop a strategy to replace these lost assets, without further
raids on ecosystem restoration funds? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The proposal undermines the CALFED ROD call for
increased water dedicated to upstream restoration actions</span></font></u>.
Scientific work in recent years has reinforced the importance of upstream
actions to restore the estuary’s anadromous fisheries. This need is
reflected in the ROD requirement for an additional 100,000 acre-feet of water
per year to provide for restoration actions above the baseline (ROD, p.
36). The proposed Interior rollback would eliminate one of the most
powerful tools to implement upstream flow-related fisheries restoration actions.
Thus, in terms of upstream restoration actions, the proposal would move
backwards, when the ROD calls for more forward progress. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The draft proposal conflicts with federal court
rulings regarding the management of B2 water</span></font></u>. The most
recent Ninth Circuit ruling regarding B2 states that Interior’s
allocation of this water must give “effect to the hierarchy of purposes
established in Section 3406(b)(2)” (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, June
3, 2003, p. 5). This is an area in which the existing policy and the
environmental community prevailed. However, Interior’s new proposal
fails to meet this test. Rather than establish restoration actions as the
“primary purpose” as required by the CVPIA, the new proposal would
establish restoration as the lowest priority for the use of B2 water. We
believe that this ruling requires Interior to devote more, not less, B2 water
to fisheries restoration. (Environmental Defense explained this position
in greater detail in a letter to Assistant Secretary Raley dated June 10,
2003.) The flaws in Interior’s proposal are even clearer when one
recognizes that the State Board has not adopted any requirements to implement
its salmon doubling narrative standards. Mere compliance with the WQCP cannot
“give effect” to the restoration mandate in the CVPIA. Far
from implementing this ruling, the new Interior proposal ignores clear
direction from the Ninth Circuit. We agree with the additional concerns
expressed by The Bay Institute, in a letter dated November 29, 2004 regarding
the management of the EWA and B2 water.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The proposal violates CALFED ROD requirements
regarding the Delta conveyance program</span></font></u>. The proposed
action is described as an attempt to coordinate B2 operations with the EWA
– a key part of the CALFED Delta management plan. This rollback is
designed to allow the CVP to convey more water through the Delta to South of
Delta customers. The ROD clearly states that the CALFED conveyance
program must “complement ecosystem restoration” (ROD, p. 48) and
that this program must avoid “adverse impacts to fisheries
protection” (ROD, p. 49). By harming existing upstream restoration
programs, including fisheries restoration, the proposal would violate this ROD
requirement. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>CALFED, other agencies and the public must be provided
with adequate time for involvement prior to action on this proposal</span></font></u>.
We agree with the consensus at the past BDA meeting that state and federal
agencies must do a much better job of fully involving CALFED, all state and
federal agencies and the public in CALFED-related issues. The Interior
proposal provides agencies with another opportunity to restore the relevance of
CALFED. Unless state and federal agencies are fully committed to
addressing the issues of fisheries restoration, upstream reservoir operation,
EWA management and funding, and Delta management through CALFED, then we
question the need for its continued existence. Will your agencies ask the
Department of Interior for a delay in final action adequate to resolve the
above questions through an open and transparent process? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We believe that the proposal contained in the November 22 letter is
fatally flawed, which leads us to a final question: Will your agencies
request that Interior withdraw this proposal? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We are writing to you directly because we believe that it is time for a
frank and open discussion regarding the continued usefulness of the CALFED
program for addressing key water management issues. We would greatly
appreciate your response to the questions and concerns outlined above. In
order to facilitate discussion, we request that this response be provided prior
to the upcoming BDA meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>We thank you in advance for your responses. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Barry Nelson</span></font></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Natural Resources Defense Council<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Lynn Barris<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Butte</span></font></st1:City></st1:place>
Environmental Council<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sara</span></font></st1:PersonName>h Rose <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>California</span></font></st1:State></st1:place>
League of Conservation Voters<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Richard Izmirian<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>California</span></font></st1:State> Sportfishing
Protection <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Brian Stranko</span></font></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>California</span></font></st1:State></st1:place>
Trout<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Jennifer Clary<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Clean Water Action<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Kim Delfino <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Defenders of Wildlife<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Bill Jennings<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Deltakeeper<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Spreck Rosekrans</span></font></st1:PersonName> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Environmental Defense<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Steve Evans</span></font></st1:PersonName> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Friends of the River<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Byron Leydecker</span></font></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Friends of The <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity River</st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Bob Raab<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Marin Conservation League<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Frances Spivy-Weber<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mono <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Committee</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Zeke Grader</span></font></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Associations<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Karen Douglas<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Planning and Conservation League<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>John Gibler<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Public Citizen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>John Merz<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sacramento River</span></font></st1:place>
Preservation Trust<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Sejal Choksi<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>San Francisco</span></font></st1:City></st1:place>
Baykeeper <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Waterkeepers <st1:place w:st="on">Northern California</st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Craig Breon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Santa
Clara</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font color=black><span style='color:black'>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> Audubon Society</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>David Lewis</span></font></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Save <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bay</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Association<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Jim Metropulos<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Sierra Club <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Conner Everts<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Southern California Watershed <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Felix Smith<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman"'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'>
</span></font>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Cc: Senator Diane Feinstein<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>
Senator Barbara Boxer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Congressman George Miller<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>
Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Senator Don Perata<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Senator Mike Machado<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Senator Sheila Kuehl<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Assemblywoman Fran Pavley<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Assemblywoman Lois Wolk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Terry Tamminen, Cal EPA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Gary Hunt, Bay-Delta Authority<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kirk Rodgers</span></font></st1:PersonName>,
BOR<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Steve Thompson, FWS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Patrick Wright, Bay-Delta Program<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><em><i><font size=3 color=gray
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Byron
Leydecker</span></font></i></em></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Chair, Friends of <st1:place w:st="on">Trinity
River</st1:place></span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:gray'>Consultant, California Trout, Inc.</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><em><i><font
size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:gray'>PO Box</span></font></i></em></st1:Street><em><i><font
color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:gray'> 2327</span></font></i></em></st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><em><i><font
size=3 color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:gray'>Mill Valley</span></font></i></em></st1:City><em><i><font
color=gray face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:gray'>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State>
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