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DWR to hold virtual hearings on embattled Delta Tunnel Project on September 13, 22 and 28 [1]

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Date: 2022-09-01

The Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) for the Delta Conveyance Project (AKA Delta Tunnel) was released for public review and comment by the California Department of Water Resources on July 27, 2022. The public comment period will end on October 27, 2022.

There are several ways to submit public comment on the Delta Conveyance Project Draft EIR, including by email, comment form, regular mail or at a virtual public hearing, according to DWR.

DWR will be hosting three virtual public hearings to receive comments on the Delta Conveyance Project Draft EIR. Dates, times, access information and other meeting details are below.

According to project opponents, different versions of this same gigantic and wasteful public works project — the Peripheral Canal, the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, the California Water Fix and now the single Delta Conveyance — have cast a dark, toxic shadow over California water policy since it was first decisively rejected by California voters in November 1982 as the Peripheral Canal.

While tunnel advocates claim the tunnel will protect the reliability of water transport infrastructure, address the impacts of sea level rise, and improve the Delta’s aquatic conditions, critics say the project will do none of these things, instead hastening the extinction of Sacramento River winter and spring-run Chinook salmon, the Central Valley steelhead, the Delta and longfin smelt, and the green sturgeon. It’s feared these fish species will die off as the multi-billion tunnel keeps indebting Californians for generations to come.

Those fighting the tunnel, including indigenous tribes, environmental justice advocates, anglers and Delta farmers, have also expressed little faith that the Draft EIR will address any of the questions and concerns they raised repeatedly during their work with the Stakeholder Engagement Committee for the Design Construction Authority during that two-year tunnel planning process. More Information: sacramento.newsreview.com/...

You can also read Doug Obegi’s piece, “DWR's Tunnel Vision: Ignoring Science Won't Make It Go Away at on.nrdc.org/…

Obegi asks the critical question of DWR: “Why does the Department of Water Resources’ draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the proposed Delta tunnel project refuse to consider any operational alternatives that increase flows into and through the Delta to protect salmon and the environment?”

Here is all of the information on the upcoming hearings:

Delta Conveyance Project Draft EIR Hearing Schedule and Access Information

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Zoom Link: Click to Join https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84565411493?pwd=71GcFtWM8B03yiklXsME32nQ9Ux8vl.1 English Call-in Information: 1-877-853-5247 (Toll Free)

Webinar ID: 845 6541 1493

Passcode: 083471 Spanish Call-in Information: 602-580-9659 | Access Code: 8833787 Chinese Call-in Information: 605-313-5814 | Access Code: 659848

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Zoom Link: Click to Join https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88236180216?pwd=99fG75btij8-A1UBxwilsfsS57UXBC.1 English Call-in Information: 1-888-788-0099 (Toll Free)

Webinar ID: 882 3618 0216

Passcode: 345979 Spanish Call-in Information: 602-580-9659 | Access Code: 8833787 Chinese Call-in Information: 605-313-5814 | Access Code: 659848

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Zoom Link: Click to Join https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84861494062?pwd=jnx2K-i2_XhG47Dtw8DkncMBc-b-jD.1 English Call-in Information: 1-833-548-0282 (Toll Free)

Webinar ID: 848 6149 4062

Passcode: 027472 Spanish Call-in Information: 602-580-9659 | Access Code: 8833787 Chinese Call-in Information: 605-313-5814 | Access Code: 659848



Format and Logistics

The hearings will be held via Zoom webinar and will feature a brief background presentation. The majority of the meeting time will be preserved for public comment.

For instructions on how to use Zoom, click here.

If participating by phone, please use the call-in information that corresponds to your preferred language.

Each commenter will have 3 minutes to make a verbal comment. Longer or supplemental comments are encouraged via writing.

The hearings will offer simultaneous in-meeting Spanish and Chinese interpretation.

To preserve as much time as possible for public comment, the meeting will not include a Q&A.

A Draft EIR provides an important opportunity for members of the public to review and comment on a number of environmental review considerations. Please see our tip sheet to learn more.

Materials

The English presentation will be posted here prior to the first hearing date.

The translated Spanish and Chinese presentations will be posted here prior to the first hearing date.

Additional Ways to Comment on the Draft EIR

Email: [email protected]

[email protected] Online: Comment Form

Comment Form U.S. Mail: CA Department of Water Resources, Attn: Delta Conveyance Office, P.O. Box 942836, Sacramento, CA 94236-0001

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