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State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board or Board) staff has released for public review and comment a revised draft of updates to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed (Bay-Delta Plan or Plan). The changes are focused on the portions of the Plan relevant to the Sacramento River watershed, Delta eastside tributaries (including the Calaveras, Cosumnes, and Mokelumne Rivers), and Delta (Sacramento/Delta) for the reasonable protection of fish and wildlife beneficial uses. In addition, the State Water Board is conducting a limited recirculation of the draft Staff Report/Substitute Environmental Document (Staff Report) in support of Sacramento/Delta updates to the Bay-Delta Plan by releasing a new chapter (Chapter 13) for public review and comment.
The revised draft Bay-Delta Plan and Chapter 13 of the draft Staff Report are available for review on the Board’s website. A notice of limited recirculation and opportunity for public comment and hearing on the revised draft Plan and supporting draft Staff Report is also available on the Board’s website. Summaries of the revised draft Bay-Delta Plan and Chapter 13 are provided in Attachment A and Attachment B, respectively, to the notice.
The State Water Board will receive public comments on the December 2025 revised draft updates to the Bay-Delta Plan and Chapter 13 of the draft Staff Report in writing by February 2, 2026, and orally at a multiday public hearing on January 28, 29, and 30, 2026.
If you have any questions regarding this message or the notice, contact SacDeltaComments@waterboards.ca.gov.
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