FAHCE Final Program Environmental Impact Report
Content
On August 8, 2023, the Valley Water Board of Directors certified the Fish and Aquatic Habitat Collaborative Effort’s final environmental impact report (EIR) and adopted staff recommended environmentally superior alternative as the FAHCE project for implementation.
The complete EIR along with two volumes of appendices can be downloaded from links below.
Final EIR – Quick Links
Individual Chapters along with Executive Summary for Final Program Environmental Impact Report
- Cover and Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Project Description
- Chapter 3 - Environmental Setting and Impact Analysis
- Chapter 4 - Alternatives
- Chapter 5 - Other Statutory Considerations
- Chapter 6 - Draft EIR Comments and Responses
- Chapter 7 - Preparers
- Chapter 8 - References
Individual Appendices from Volume I
- Appendix A - Fish Habitat Restoration Plan
- Appendix B - Settlement Agreement
- Appendix C - Stakeholder Engagement
- Appendix D - District Best Management Practices
- Appendix E - General Conditions of Valley Habitat Plan
- Appendix F - Initial Study
Individual Appendices from Volume II
- Appendix G - WEAP Model
- Appendix H - Methods for Reach of Interests and Points of Interests
- Appendix I - Temperature Modeling
- Appendix J - White Paper on Work Flow HEC-RAS Analysis
- Appendix K - Fisheries and Aquatic Habitat
- Appendix L - Petitions to Change Water Rights
- Appendix M - Water Supply
- Appendix N - Fisheries Habitat Availability Estimation Methodology
- Appendix O - Use of Habitat Data in CEQA Analysis
- Appendix P - Terrestrial Biological Resources
- Appendix Q - CalEEMod Air Quality Modeling
- Appendix R - Freshwater Impact to Salinity