Annual Reporting

Actions that feed the annual compliance report.

Type
Action List
Project
Delta Conveyance
Exported
2026-10-19
Actions
16
ActionFrequencyCommitments
Financial
Fund Annual Endowment Deposit Amount InstallmentRecurringCOA 12.12, COA 12.12.3
Provide Annual Long-Term HM Lands Management FundingRecurringCOA 12.12
Reporting
Deliver Annual Status Report to CDFWRecurringCOA 10.13, COA 11.35, COA 11.36, COA 12
Deliver Final Phase Mitigation Report to CDFWOne timeCOA 10.15
Notify CDFW of Likely Impact Exceedance and Revised ScheduleAs neededCOA 10.9
Notify CDFW of TRBL Colony or Roost DisturbanceAs neededCOA 11.86, COA 11.88
Report Construction-Phase CBB and MALI Survey ResultsRecurringCOA 11.97, COA 11.105
Report Habitat Disturbance Acreage and GIS Layers to CDFWRecurringCOA 10.3, COA 10.5
Report Hydroacoustic and Pile Driving Monitoring ResultsRecurringCOA 11.33
Report Intake Sediment Deposition Assessment to CDFWRecurringCOA 10.29
Report Mercury Monitoring Results to CDFWRecurringCOA 11.30
Submit Covered Species Observations to CNDDBAs neededCOA 10.14
Submit Phase 2 Project Operations Report to CDFWOne timeCOA 7.5
Submit Photo Monitoring Documentation ReportRecurringCOA 10.6
Submit Restoration Monitoring Reports to CDFWRecurringCOA 12.3.4
Upload Stormwater Forms and Records to SMARTSRecurringCOA 11.25

Financial

Fund Annual Endowment Deposit Amount Installment

COA 12.12, COA 12.12.3

Each year beginning in the fiscal year SWP Contractor charges cease to be available, the Permittee deposits at least 10 percent of the PAR-required Endowment Deposit Amount, adjusted for inflation and present value, into the mutually agreed account, until the Endowment is fully funded over a maximum of 10 years. Each installment amount is as approved by CDFW in writing.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
over a maximum 10-year period, in annual amounts of at least 10%, commencing the fiscal year that SWP charges to the SWP Contractors are no longer an available funding source
Twin Cities Complex
In ProgressDue 2026-09-121 of 3 done
Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration
In ProgressDue 2026-06-251 of 3 done
Byron Tract Forebay
Not StartedDue 2027-03-152 of 3 done

Provide Annual Long-Term HM Lands Management Funding

COA 12.12

After CDFW approves an HM lands site, the Permittee provides that site's long-term management funding every year, in the amount set by the CDFW-approved Property Analysis Record or equivalent, adjusted for inflation and for actual management costs as CDFW approves, on written terms acceptable to CDFW.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
After obtaining CDFW approval of the HM lands, Permittee shall provide long-term management funding for the perpetual management of the HM lands
Twin Cities Complex
Not StartedDue 2026-07-131 of 3 done
Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration
In ProgressDue 2026-10-241 of 3 done
Byron Tract Forebay
Not StartedDue 2026-09-221 of 3 done

Reporting

Deliver Annual Status Report to CDFW

COA 10.13, COA 11.35, COA 11.36, COA 12

Permittee prepares and delivers the Annual Status Report to CDFW by January 31 each year until CDFW accepts the Final Mitigation Report. It summarizes the year's Monthly Compliance Reports, the annotated MMRP table, incidental take, disturbance acreage, the 10 percent HM lands stay-ahead demonstration for each Covered Species, the fish salvage implementation and results summary, and the annual barge monitoring summary with riverbank and vegetation imagery.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
no later than January 31 of every year
Intake C — North Delta
Not StartedDue 2026-12-171 of 3 done
Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct
Not StartedDue 2026-12-041 of 3 done

Deliver Final Phase Mitigation Report to CDFW

COA 10.15

Within 45 days of completing Covered Activities and all mitigation measures for a Project Phase — and again after all Phases are complete — the Designated Biologist or Biological Monitor prepares and Permittee delivers a Final Phase Mitigation Report to CDFW summarizing the Phase's Monthly Compliance Reports and Annual Status Reports, MMRP implementation dates, incidental take and impacts, Covered Activity start and end dates, an effectiveness assessment and recommendations.

Frequency
One time
Timing
no later than 45 days after completion of Covered Activities and all mitigation measures for each Project Phase
Twin Cities Complex
Not StartedDue 2026-07-10

Notify CDFW of Likely Impact Exceedance and Revised Schedule

COA 10.9

When impacts tracked for the Annual Status Report are likely to exceed the permanent or temporary impacts CDFW approved for any Covered Species, Permittee notifies CDFW and submits a revised Project Phase schedule within 10 business days of that notice, keeping temporary impacts within the COA 11.66 and 12.3 criteria.

Frequency
As needed
Timing
within 10 business days of the notification
Intake C — North Delta
Not Started

Notify CDFW of TRBL Colony or Roost Disturbance

COA 11.86, COA 11.88

The Designated Biologist or Biological Monitor consults CDFW immediately when a TRBL colony is at risk, notifies CDFW within 24 hours when Covered Activities are stopped for disrupting a colony or when nests or nestlings are abandoned, works with CDFW on actions for surviving nestlings, contacts CDFW when roost protective measures are not reducing disruption, and files a written incident report within two days that is carried into the Monthly Compliance Report and Annual Status Report.

Frequency
As needed
Timing
within 24 hours (one calendar day)
Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant
Not Started

Report Construction-Phase CBB and MALI Survey Results

COA 11.97, COA 11.105

Permittee reports the construction-phase CBB and MALI survey efforts conducted each year work occurs in suitable habitat to CDFW in the Monthly Compliance Report and summarizes them in each Annual Status Report.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
reported to CDFW within the Monthly Compliance Reporting and summarized within each Annual Status Report
Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct
Not StartedDue 2026-12-242 of 3 done

Report Habitat Disturbance Acreage and GIS Layers to CDFW

COA 10.3, COA 10.5

Permittee attaches to each Monthly Compliance Report the current GIS layers of suitable habitat features and disturbance with full metadata, plus cumulatively disturbed acreage per Covered Species and the acreage anticipated to be disturbed over the next 30 days. Updated per-species maps and an annual summation of all habitat feature disturbance go to CDFW with the Annual Status Report.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
attached to the Monthly Compliance Report
Intake B — North Delta
Not StartedDue 2026-09-032 of 3 done

Report Hydroacoustic and Pile Driving Monitoring Results

COA 11.33

Permittee makes hydroacoustic monitoring results available to CDFW on request and submits them in the Monthly Compliance Report, and provides the annual pile driving monitoring information — including the sound abatement plan performance evaluation and any threshold exceedances and remediation — in the Annual Status Report.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
submitted in the appropriate Monthly Compliance Report
Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct
In ProgressDue 2026-09-141 of 3 done

Report Intake Sediment Deposition Assessment to CDFW

COA 10.29

Within 30 days of each annual sediment deposition inspection at the tee screen bases, Permittee provides CDFW deposition estimates and an assessment of sediment management device effectiveness and potential impacts to fish screen performance.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
Within 30 days of each inspection
Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct
On HoldDue 2026-07-161 of 3 done

Report Mercury Monitoring Results to CDFW

COA 11.30

Permittee reports the information obtained through the Mercury Management and Monitoring Plan in the Monthly Compliance Report and summarizes it in the Annual Status Report for each year in-water Covered Activities occur.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
reported in the Monthly Compliance Report
Intake C — North Delta
In ProgressDue 2027-02-211 of 3 done
Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct
In ProgressDue 2026-12-221 of 3 done

Submit Covered Species Observations to CNDDB

COA 10.14

The Designated Biologist or Biological Monitor files each Covered Species observation with CDFW's California Natural Diversity Database within 60 calendar days of the observation, and includes copies of the submitted CNDDB forms with the next Monthly Compliance Report or Annual Status Report, whichever comes first.

Frequency
As needed
Timing
within 60 calendar days of the observation
Intake C — North Delta
Not Started
Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct
Not Started

Submit Phase 2 Project Operations Report to CDFW

COA 7.5

No more than six months after Phase 2 Operations begin, Permittee provides CDFW a Phase 2 Project Operations Report summarizing all Monthly Compliance Reports and Annual Status Reports, the MMRP table with implementation dates, all Project-related take and other impacts, Covered Activity start and end dates, an effectiveness assessment and recommendations.

Frequency
One time
Timing
No more than six months after the initiation of Phase 2 Operations
Byron Tract Forebay
Completed
Intake B — North Delta
Not StartedDue 2026-05-20

Submit Photo Monitoring Documentation Report

COA 10.6

Photo monitoring obtained at the stations established for each temporarily impacted habitat area is delivered to CDFW for each calendar month with the Monthly Compliance Report, in a geographic format with the coordinate system identified, and all photo monitoring for the year is included with the Annual Status Report.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
provided for each calendar month with the Monthly Compliance Report ... and included with the Annual Status Report
Intake C — North Delta
Not StartedDue 2027-01-252 of 3 done
Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct
On HoldDue 2026-10-051 of 3 done

Submit Restoration Monitoring Reports to CDFW

COA 12.3.4

For each restored site, Permittee submits the first monitoring report to CDFW six months after restoration is complete — covering vegetation establishment, percent invasive species, site photos and other success observations — a second at the end of the first year stating whether restoration succeeded, then annual reports until standards are met for three consecutive years, or semiannual reports while standards remain unmet.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
After the first six months following completion of restoration activities at a Project Site
Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct
Not StartedDue 2026-09-031 of 3 done
Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant
On HoldDue 2027-03-181 of 3 done
Twin Cities Complex
On HoldDue 2027-03-211 of 3 done

Upload Stormwater Forms and Records to SMARTS

COA 11.25

Permittee uploads the forms and records the SWPPP specifies — including quarterly non-stormwater inspection reports and annual compliance reports — to the State Water Board's SMARTS system.

Frequency
Recurring
Byron Tract Forebay
In ProgressDue 2026-09-191 of 3 done
Intake B — North Delta
Not StartedDue 2027-01-031 of 3 done
Intake C — North Delta
OverdueDue 2026-12-251 of 3 done