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Before each Project Phase begins, Permittee calculates the total impacts on Covered Species for that Phase and the corresponding compensatory mitigation, on-site restoration and other mitigation obligations. The calculation is included in the Phase Authorization Package submitted to CDFW for review under COAs 6.2 and 7.1.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not StartedDue 2026-03-25

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

In ProgressDue 2026-10-15

Permittee completes the intake modeling series: a 3D mathematical model of intake structure and tee screen hydraulic performance from the Sacramento River to the sedimentation basin, a physical reduced-scale model of that same reach informed by the 3D results, a 3D model of the intake tee screens including baffle cylinders, and a physical reduced-scale lab model of one tee screen. The models confirm hydraulic performance, recommend configuration refinements and refine baffle configuration for…

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-05-20

Permittee completes a 3D hydraulic model of Sacramento River flow, stream trajectories and velocities under varying flows, stages and diversion rates, with a model boundary at least one intake structure length upstream and downstream of each intake site, and a companion sediment transport model estimating erosion and deposition around each north Delta intake. The final models and associated reports go to CDFW before 30% Project design is completed, and are used with bathymetric survey data to…

Byron Tract Forebay

In ProgressDue 2026-05-03

Permittee evaluates a wide range of potential approaches for operating the north Delta diversions jointly with the existing south Delta export facilities, as required by the COA 10.21.8 optimization study, and documents the evaluated approaches and results so they can inform joint operating decisions.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

In ProgressDue 2026-07-21

Permittee, in coordination with CDFW, uses information from the COA 10.18, 10.19, 10.20 and 10.21 studies to conduct new modeling and evaluate how impacts to Covered Fish Species differ when the Sacramento River hydrograph is ascending versus descending, with particular attention to January and February. The evaluation is completed with CDFW by 2030 and supports any alternative January and February operating approach, which would require consultation with CDFW and an ITP amendment.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not StartedDue 2026-11-23

Byron Tract Forebay

OverdueDue 2026-08-19

As part of developing and finalizing projects to offset the impacts of Phase 1 and Phase 2 operations on white sturgeon, Permittee and CDFW collaboratively run the WS Life Cycle Model to re-evaluate Project impacts against the analyses used to support the ITP, and document that re-evaluation before the offset projects are finalized.

Twin Cities Complex

In Progress

At least two years before initiating Phase 1 operations, Permittee works with CDFW to use hydrologic models such as CalSim 3 and DSM2-PTM together with the Longfin Smelt Life Cycle and Science Plan models to simulate operating scenarios that reduce Project exports during high flow events when larval and juvenile longfin smelt abundance peaks in the upper estuary, including March 1 to May 1. Permittee selects the scenario that best achieves the COA 11.115 biological criteria and obtains CDFW…

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Completed

Throughout In-water Preconstruction and In-water Construction Monitoring, Permittee collaborates with CDFW to evaluate whether existing modeling tools can implement the Covered Fish Species Biological Criteria in real-time operations, then refines those tools or develops new ones. The delivered tools must be able to evaluate the criteria in real time to support risk assessments and collaborative decision-making during Phase 1 and Phase 2 operations.

Intake C — North Delta

Completed

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not StartedDue 2026-07-29

Before Phase 1 Operations begin, Permittee develops the Tidal Wetland Restoration Efficacy Study Plan, using Fish Restoration Program and other monitoring data to analyze how the restored tidal wetlands required by COAs 12.6 through 12.8 produce food web resources. Results are incorporated into the Covered Fish Species life cycle models to evaluate how the restoration offsets Project impacts against the Biological Criteria.

Intake B — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-08-07

Intake C — North Delta

In ProgressDue 2026-10-09

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Once an Endowment is required and CDFW has approved the HM lands, the long-term management plan and the Endowment Manager, Permittee prepares a PAR-equivalent endowment assessment of the Endowment Deposit Amount, excluding the easement holder's endowment. The assessment applies the Endowment Manager's capitalization rate adjusted for administrative, periodic and annual fees, and includes the viability buffers: a 10 percent contingency, an assumption of no spending for the first three years…

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not Started

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

In Progress

For each Project Phase, Permittee prepares the cost estimate that sets the Security amount, sufficient for CDFW or its contractors to complete acquisition, protection and perpetual management of the COA 12 HM lands. The estimate values land acquisition at local fair market current value per acre for lands meeting mitigation habitat requirements, adds all other costs to review and acquire the land in fee title and record a conservation easement under COAs 12.11.1 and 12.11.2, and includes an…

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Completed

Twin Cities Complex

In Progress

When a temporary change to the COA 11.111 operating criteria is contemplated for the coming week, NDDMT staff prepare a risk assessment anticipating the impacts on Covered Fish Species if that change were approved, using Components A through G and the CDFW-approved data sources, and provide it as input to the decision.

Twin Cities Complex

In Progress

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In Progress

Byron Tract Forebay

Completed

Permittee completes implementation of the CDFW-approved Fish Guidance System Study Plan through literature evaluation and/or field studies and provides a recommended fish guidance and deterrence approach for the north Delta intakes to CDFW no less than one year before 30% Project design is finalized, so the results can inform design refinements consistent with COA 10.18.2.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

OverdueDue 2026-08-25

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Completed

When a recently deceased CTS specimen is preserved, Permittee consults CDFW on the method of specimen disposal and follows the method CDFW agrees to.

Byron Tract Forebay

Not Started

When USFWS or NMFS issues a Biological Opinion for construction or operation of the Project, Permittee consults with CDFW on its terms as described in COA 8 and documents the consultation; where federal terms are less protective than or conflict with this ITP, the ITP conditions control.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

On Hold

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Completed

On detection of non-native or hybrid salamander populations, Permittee consults CDFW to determine the measures that will address those populations and implements the measures agreed with CDFW.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In Progress

Byron Tract Forebay

Completed

Permittee convenes a working group of Permittee, CDFW, Reclamation, USFWS and NMFS representatives to evaluate a fish deterrence or guidance system for the north Delta intake structure designs, coordinating with the Guidance Structure Evaluation Working Group and consulting fish guidance manufacturers and leading experts.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In ProgressDue 2026-09-30

Each year Permittee coordinates with CDFW, NMFS, USFWS, Reclamation and other restoration entities to identify the highest priority CHNWR and CHNSR restoration and enhancement projects for the operations mitigation funding, gives consideration to genetic management and refugial population establishment for spring-run, and obtains CDFW approval of the selected projects.

Twin Cities Complex

Not StartedDue 2027-02-121 of 3 done

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In ProgressDue 2026-12-051 of 3 done

Byron Tract Forebay

On HoldDue 2027-01-301 of 3 done

Where suitable aquatic breeding habitat south of Byron Highway cannot be avoided by 300 feet, Permittee notifies CDFW and develops site-specific avoidance and minimization measures with CDFW through the appropriate Phase Authorization Package, and consults CDFW on further habitat protection measures at the Bethany Complex to maintain breeding-to-upland connectivity.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not Started

Byron Tract Forebay

Not Started

Throughout site selection and restoration design for HM lands intended as compensatory mitigation for Delta smelt and longfin smelt habitat impacts, Permittee coordinates with CDFW and documents the coordination.

Byron Tract Forebay

On HoldDue 2026-05-26

Permittee designates an interim and a long-term land manager for the HM lands, obtains CDFW approval of each, and identifies both in the land management documents; the conservation easement grantee may not serve as manager without CDFW's express written authorization.

Intake B — North Delta

Completed

Intake C — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-11-15

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not StartedDue 2026-12-18

When a listed amendment-triggering condition occurs — including impacts documented in a Phase Authorization Package that are greater or less than anticipated, or a proposal to modify the January–February operating criteria in COA 11.111 and 11.111.2 — Permittee notifies CDFW in writing, consults on whether an amendment is necessary, and files an amendment application when one is required.

Byron Tract Forebay

In Progress

Intake B — North Delta

Not Started

Intake C — North Delta

Completed

If in-channel work must occur during the GGS active season, Permittee requests and obtains written CDFW approval, has the Designated Biologist or Biological Monitor survey for GGS under the CDFW-approved protocol before work begins, and keeps monitoring throughout the Covered Activities.

Byron Tract Forebay

Completed

Before any pesticide, herbicide, insecticide or fungicide is used anywhere in the Project Area, Permittee consults CDFW and obtains written approval identifying the product, target, location and application method; neonicotinoids are never approved.

Byron Tract Forebay

Not Started

Permittee conducts no Covered Activity inside the 656-foot SWHA nest buffer unless CDFW has approved a smaller buffer in writing, and never within 150 feet of an occupied nest tree.

Twin Cities Complex

On Hold

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Completed

If a Designated Biologist, Fisheries Biologist or Biological Monitor must be changed for a Project Phase after Covered Activities have started, Permittee obtains CDFW approval of the replacement at least five business days before that individual begins biological monitoring.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Completed

Byron Tract Forebay

In Progress

Every model used to assess compliance with the Delta smelt, longfin smelt, winter-run and spring-run Chinook salmon and white sturgeon Biological Criteria is documented and submitted to CDFW, and Permittee obtains CDFW approval before using it to demonstrate compliance.

Byron Tract Forebay

On HoldDue 2026-12-06

Intake B — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-10-15

Permittee and the Designated Biologist obtain written CDFW approval for any deviation from the dewatering measure and coordinate the alternative actions with CDFW before carrying them out.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

On Hold

Byron Tract Forebay

Not Started

Permittee submits the proposed erosion control stabilization measures to CDFW in the Erosion and Sediment Control Plan, or separately within the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package, and obtains written approval before Covered Activities begin.

Intake B — North Delta

Completed

Intake C — North Delta

OverdueDue 2026-10-02

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

On HoldDue 2026-07-03

At least three months before acquiring or transferring HM lands, Permittee submits documentation identifying the land to be purchased or the property interest to be conveyed to an approved entity as mitigation, and obtains CDFW's written approval; HM lands may be proposed and approved in segments or subsets.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In ProgressDue 2026-10-31

Every individual protection and restoration project proposed to satisfy compensatory mitigation — Delta smelt tidal perennial, shallow spawning and tidal wetland habitat, longfin smelt mesohaline habitat, and CHNWR, CHNSR and white sturgeon tidal perennial and channel margin habitat — is submitted to CDFW with its restoration design and approved in writing before it counts toward the mitigation requirement.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-08-08

Twin Cities Complex

Completed

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In ProgressDue 2026-11-10

Where vegetation or debris removal needs equipment other than hand clearing or string trimmers — mechanical mowers away from Covered Species refugia and burrow complexes, canal clearing equipment, or mowing, disking or tilling for fire prevention at the Bethany Complex — Permittee requests and obtains CDFW written approval once site-specific Covered Species surveys have been conducted.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not Started

Byron Tract Forebay

In Progress

Intake B — North Delta

Not Started

Where nighttime work is proposed, Permittee details the activity type, assesses site-specific impacts to Covered Species, identifies impact-reduction measures and justifies the need in the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package, and conducts nighttime work only after CDFW approves.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

On Hold

Twin Cities Complex

In Progress

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In Progress

No agreement governing the management and expenditure of the Endowment is executed until Permittee has obtained CDFW's written approval of it.

Intake B — North Delta

In Progress

Intake C — North Delta

On Hold

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not Started

Permittee obtains CDFW's written approval of any conservation easement over the HM lands before the easement is executed or recorded, with the easement complying with Civil Code sections 815-816 and Government Code sections 65965-65968 and expressly addressing sections 65966(j) and 65967(e).

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-11-07

Twin Cities Complex

In ProgressDue 2026-10-09

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not StartedDue 2026-06-12

If Permittee elects to purchase Covered Species credits for a Project Phase, it obtains CDFW approval confirming the mitigation or conservation bank is appropriate to compensate for that Phase's impacts before any credits are purchased.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Overdue

Twin Cities Complex

On Hold

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In Progress

If a travel route must be constructed outside the Project construction site, the Designated Representative contacts CDFW and obtains written approval before the route is built; CDFW may require an ITP amendment where additional take would result.

Twin Cities Complex

In Progress

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In Progress

Byron Tract Forebay

Not Started

If Phase 1 Operations must run beyond one calendar year, Permittee requests and obtains CDFW approval of the extension, keeping the combined duration of Phase 1 and Phase 2 Operations within two calendar years.

Intake B — North Delta

Not Started

If a known nest tree must be removed or trimmed for Covered Activities, including for human or wildlife safety during transmission line work, Permittee notifies CDFW with the tree location, the conditions offered to offset its loss and the timing of removal, and obtains written approval and guidance before the work.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Overdue

Twin Cities Complex

In Progress

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In Progress

Where it is not practicable to keep Covered Activities outside the SWHA breeding season or the egg-laying to post-fledging period, Permittee submits plans to initiate the activities and minimize SWHA impacts to CDFW and obtains written approval before conducting any Covered Activities.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

In Progress

To conduct Covered Activities in suitable GGS habitat before May 1, or otherwise outside the seasonal work restriction where initial ground disturbance predates September 15 and an exclusion barrier is already installed, Permittee submits a written request with justification, National Weather Service temperature evidence and any information CDFW requires, and obtains written CDFW approval before starting.

Byron Tract Forebay

Completed

Before any hazardous material is used or transferred near a wet or dry stream, Permittee obtains CDFW permission and carries out the work consistent with Fish and Game Code section 5650.

Twin Cities Complex

On Hold

Because this ITP authorizes no take for HM lands activities, Permittee obtains separate CESA authorization, and any separate CEQA evaluation, before implementing HM land protection, restoration and perpetual management.

Twin Cities Complex

Not Started

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not Started

Before January 31 each year, Permittee provides CDFW a list seeking annual reapproval of the Designated Biologists, Fisheries Biologists and Biological Monitors working on all ongoing Project Phases, noting any change in their qualifications, roles or responsibilities.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-07-181 of 3 done

At least 30 days before starting Covered Activities for each Project Phase, Permittee submits to CDFW the name, qualifications, business address and contact information of each Designated Biologist, Fisheries Biologist and Biological Monitor on the Biologist Resume Form (Attachment 3) or an equivalent format.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

In ProgressDue 2026-05-05

Permittee submits the design and location of MALI, SWHA nest, and TRBL colony and roost no-activity buffer zones to CDFW for approval as part of the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package, before any buffer is established in the field.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Completed

Byron Tract Forebay

Not StartedDue 2026-10-13

Intake B — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-05-22

For each Construction Phase, Permittee submits a complete Construction Phase Authorization Package — Attachment 6 form with annual schedule and impact and mitigation calculations, biological report, habitat delineation, baseline survey results, 95% engineering plan, site-specific plans and the Phase's avoidance, minimization and mitigation measures — to WBSWPPermitting@wildlife.ca.gov 90 days before that Phase's Covered Activities, and does not begin the Phase until it holds the CDFW-signed…

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Completed

Permittee provides the number and approximate locations of the large culverts proposed for wildlife road under-crossings on new access roads within the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package for CDFW approval.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In ProgressDue 2026-10-24

Byron Tract Forebay

In ProgressDue 2026-05-29

Intake B — North Delta

In ProgressDue 2026-07-26

Permittee prepares the PAR-equivalent endowment assessment of the Endowment Deposit Amount and submits the results to CDFW for review and approval before transferring any funds to the Endowment Manager.

Intake C — North Delta

In Progress

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Where an Endowment is required, Permittee submits a written proposal naming the proposed Endowment Manager, its entity type, whether it holds the property or an interest for conservation under Government Code section 65968(b)(1) or the basis for a 65968(b)(2) exception, and a copy of its section 65968(e) certification.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

On Hold

Based on preconstruction survey results, Permittee submits the site-specific CTS exclusion barrier design and location details, including the fencing design and locations, to CDFW as part of the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package before ground-disturbing Covered Activities begin.

Intake B — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-12-03

Intake C — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-10-19

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Before any fertilizer or similar soil additive is applied in the Project Area, Permittee submits a Fertilizer Application Plan to CDFW and receives written approval.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In Progress

Byron Tract Forebay

Not Started

Permittee submits draft fish study plans and reports on the timelines in the CDFW-approved Covered Fish Species Monitoring and Science Plan and in each Condition of Approval, returns a revised final draft within six months of receiving CDFW comments, and obtains CDFW approval of every plan and report before implementing it or finalizing it.

Twin Cities Complex

In ProgressDue 2026-08-12

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not StartedDue 2026-10-24

Byron Tract Forebay

Completed

Permittee identifies suitable GGS habitat, proposed surface-disturbing activity locations, ground disturbance areas and habitat removal, together with the proposed ESAs and any area containing suitable burrows or refugia, in the appropriate Phase Authorization Package for CDFW review and approval before any Covered Activity begins.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not StartedDue 2026-09-15

Byron Tract Forebay

Completed

Permittee submits the site- and Phase-specific Hazardous Materials Management Plans to CDFW as part of the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package for review and confirmation of consistency with the ITP before Covered Activities begin.

Intake B — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-09-22

Intake C — North Delta

In ProgressDue 2026-09-01

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not StartedDue 2026-08-31

Permittee provides planned in-water pile driving information — site locations, schedules, work activities, anticipated effects on water quality and Covered Species, and agency communications on temporary partial channel closures — in the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package and obtains CDFW written approval before in-water Covered Activities begin.

Intake B — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-03-25

Intake C — North Delta

Completed

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not StartedDue 2026-05-06

Permittee submits a description of all over-water geotechnical exploration — activities, number of sites, spatial extent, exploration depth and species-specific minimization measures — to CDFW in the Pre-implementation Phase Authorization Package and obtains approval before preconstruction activities begin.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not StartedDue 2026-04-17

No more than 120 days before Phase 1 Operations begin, Permittee submits a complete Phase 2 Authorization Package — Attachment 6 form, covered fish life cycle models, joint operations modeling, science and monitoring reports, preconstruction engineering studies, operations monitoring results, 100% design and applicable measures and plans — and does not begin Phase 2 Operations until CDFW has signed the Phase 2 Authorization Form.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-11-17

Permittee submits the completed Pre-implementation Phase Authorization Package — Phase Authorization Form, monitoring and management plans and final survey methodology — no less than one year before preconstruction activities begin, and starts no Covered Activity until CDFW has reviewed and signed it.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not StartedDue 2026-08-03

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-03-04

Permittee compiles the Designated Biologist's preconstruction floristic MALI survey results and protocol CTS survey results, including the required buffers, and submits them to CDFW in the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package for written approval before Covered Activities begin.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-11-24

Twin Cities Complex

In ProgressDue 2026-11-23

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In ProgressDue 2026-06-23

Permittee develops an SPCC Plan for each construction site and submits it to CDFW as part of the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package for review and confirmation of consistency with the ITP before Covered Activities begin.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not StartedDue 2026-07-13

Permittee prepares the SWPPP meeting SWRCB and Central Valley RWQCB requirements and submits it to CDFW as part of the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package for review and confirmation of consistency with the ITP before Covered Activities begin.

Intake C — North Delta

Completed

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Permittee prepares the Refugia Design and Field Study Plan for fish refugia at the north Delta intakes, building a baseline from existing monitoring and the In-water Preconstruction Baseline Monitoring and using all available monitoring data to inform refugia design before and during intake construction. The plan evaluates refugia characteristics for Covered Fish Species throughout engineering design refinement so refugial designs are considered before refinements that would preclude them, and…

Twin Cities Complex

Not StartedDue 2026-07-16

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

OverdueDue 2026-12-02

Before CDFW approves each Project Phase, the Permittee calculates that Phase's Security following the Phase Authorization Form (Attachment 6) instructions and COA 12.9, submitting the cost estimates CDFW uses to determine an amount sufficient for CDFW or its contractors to complete land acquisition, property enhancement, start-up, initial and long-term management, studies and monitoring.

Twin Cities Complex

Not Started

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

On Hold

Byron Tract Forebay

Not Started

The Permittee contributes $6,000,000 to support and augment the Longfin Smelt Culture Program established under ITP 2081-2023-054-00, governed by the Permittee and CDFW with Reclamation and USFWS. The funds are used for closing the LFS life cycle in captivity, developing and implementing a genetic management strategy and plan for the refuge population, and supporting that genetically managed refugial population as a source of research fish.

Byron Tract Forebay

Not StartedDue 2026-06-01

If SWP charges to the SWP Contractors are no longer available as a funding source, the Permittee establishes a long-term management fund (Endowment) held in a CDFW-approved fund, permanently restricted to the perpetual management, maintenance, monitoring and stewardship of the HM lands and sized by the Property Analysis Records prepared under COAs 12.12 and 12.12.2.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Completed

Byron Tract Forebay

Completed

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.

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

Upon State Water Board approval of the Project's change in point of diversion, the Permittee provides $8,000,000 for projects benefiting winter-run and spring-run Chinook salmon in the Delta or the Sacramento River watershed upstream of the Delta, and $1,300,000 for projects benefiting white sturgeon in the Sacramento River, Delta or San Joaquin watersheds. Project selection for both is subject to CDFW approval, and all approved white sturgeon projects are completed before Phase 1 Operations.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

On HoldDue 2026-04-27

Byron Tract Forebay

Completed

When a GGS or TRBL is injured in connection with Covered Activities and receives care or treatment, the Permittee pays the full cost of that care or treatment, including rehabilitation and veterinary charges from the treating facility. The Permittee keeps the invoices and proof of payment with the incident record for each animal.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

In Progress

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Completed

Twin Cities Complex

In Progress

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.

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

As CDFW bills them, the Permittee reimburses all reasonable CDFW costs related to issuance and monitoring of the ITP, including transaction, account set-up and administrative fees, title and documentation review and related title transactions, other state agency review costs, and overhead related to transfer of HM lands to CDFW.

Twin Cities Complex

Completed

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Overdue

Byron Tract Forebay

In Progress

Within one year of State Water Board approval of the change in point of diversion, the Permittee submits an initial CESA mitigation funding strategy to CDFW for review and approval, with detailed cost estimates for construction-related monitoring and avoidance and for mitigation — bank credits; HM lands acquisition, start-up and interim management; restoration design, environmental review, permitting, construction and interim management; and long-term management of all HM lands. Detailed…

Twin Cities Complex

Not StartedDue 2026-10-101 of 3 done

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In ProgressDue 2027-03-041 of 3 done

Byron Tract Forebay

In ProgressDue 2026-10-151 of 3 done

With the draft Covered Fish Species Monitoring and Science Plan, the Permittee submits a funding strategy to CDFW for review and approval covering the costs of planning and implementing the required studies and monitoring and the costs of preparing and submitting the required reports.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In ProgressDue 2026-08-16

Byron Tract Forebay

In ProgressDue 2026-05-20

Permittee's contracting and procurement staff insert the required environmental language into contractor procurement documents: litter-law obligations in every contract with a contractor working in Project construction sites or maintenance areas, and the erosion control material standard in the specifications or special provisions of the construction bid solicitation package. The executed contracts and the issued bid package carry the clauses as their record.

Byron Tract Forebay

Not StartedDue 2026-11-25

Intake B — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-03-04

Intake C — North Delta

In ProgressDue 2026-09-07

Permittee develops with CDFW a Covered Fish Species Abundance and Distribution Study Plan establishing baseline densities and the seasonal and geographic distribution of all life stages of DS, LFS, CHNWR, CHNSR and WS in river reaches affected by construction and operations, and submits it for CDFW approval before the study is initiated.

Twin Cities Complex

In ProgressDue 2026-04-09

Permittee prepares an Environmental Compliance Monitoring Plan for each Project construction site, covering any proposed facilities maintenance, and submits it to CDFW in the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package. The plan must carry the SWPPP, survey summaries, site-specific BMPs, monitoring parameters and reporting criteria, monitor roles and CDFW notification protocols, the approved wildlife rehabilitation facility, and a daily monitoring log template.

Intake C — North Delta

In ProgressDue 2026-10-24

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not StartedDue 2026-09-03

Permittee uses working group input to develop a Fish Guidance System Study Plan for CDFW review, implements the approved plan through literature evaluation and/or field studies, and provides CDFW a recommended approach for intake design no less than one year before 30% Project design is finalized.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not StartedDue 2026-12-18

Byron Tract Forebay

On HoldDue 2026-08-28

Intake B — North Delta

Completed

Permittee develops and implements a hazardous materials management plan for each Project construction site and Project Phase before Covered Activities are initiated, and works to the CDFW-approved plan thereafter.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

On HoldDue 2026-09-27

Permittee works with CDFW to develop a Hydraulic Data Plan that uses the new real-time monitoring station, the upstream stations in Project Description Section 20.2.1 and existing stations to implement the operating criteria of COA 11.109 and 11.111. The plan accounts for non-Project diversions between the intakes and the bypass-flow station, real-time measurement accuracy, and pump and intake screen constraints, and is subject to CDFW approval.

Twin Cities Complex

OverdueDue 2026-06-01

Permittee develops with CDFW a Migration and Survival Study Plan using acoustic telemetry to establish baseline behavior and survival of CHNWR, CHNSR and WS in affected river reaches and to evaluate change from that baseline through in-water construction and Phase 1 and Phase 2 Operations monitoring. The plan is submitted for CDFW approval before the study is run.

Twin Cities Complex

Not StartedDue 2026-11-25

Permittee develops with CDFW a Predation Study Plan assessing baseline predation risk to DS, LFS, CHNWR, CHNSR and WS in river reaches affected by construction and operations, including areas immediately adjacent to the north Delta intakes, and submits it for CDFW approval before the study begins.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

In ProgressDue 2026-07-26

Twin Cities Complex

Completed

No less than three years before Phase 1 Operations, Permittee collaborates with CDFW to develop a process for sharing hydrologic and operational data in real time, covering at minimum the data and analyses used to determine balanced or excess conditions, to track upstream releases under the COA 11.112 exceptions and to calculate carriage water savings. The final process is subject to CDFW approval and is in use from the start of Phase 1 Operations.

Byron Tract Forebay

Not StartedDue 2026-06-30

Intake B — North Delta

OverdueDue 2026-09-08

Intake C — North Delta

In ProgressDue 2026-03-11

Permittee develops with CDFW a Sediment and Turbidity Monitoring Study Plan that establishes baseline sediment transfer in affected river reaches, evaluates change from that baseline through construction and Phase 1 and Phase 2 Operations monitoring, and sets performance criteria under which the sediment load entering the Delta does not decrease from baseline.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

OverdueDue 2026-06-09

Byron Tract Forebay

OverdueDue 2026-03-17

Intake B — North Delta

On HoldDue 2026-03-05

If the Sediment and Turbidity Monitoring Study indicates the sediment performance criteria will not be met, Permittee develops a Sediment Reintroduction Plan that uses modeling to select reintroduction locations and sediment composition from sources such as intake sediment lagoons or Clifton Court Forebay, and implements the final plan after CDFW approval.

Byron Tract Forebay

In Progress

Intake B — North Delta

Not Started

Permittee develops and implements an SPCCP at each Project construction site, submitted in the Construction Phase Authorization Package, addressing site-specific spill prevention and response for oil and oil-containing products including gasoline, diesel, motor oil, hydraulic fluid, oil-based paints and petroleum solvents, and emergency notification procedures. Permittee also ensures compliance with all construction stormwater permitting requirements at each site.

Intake C — North Delta

Completed

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

In ProgressDue 2026-12-07

Before finalizing Project engineering design, Permittee coordinates with CDFW to develop a spoils disposal plan covering storage site size, location and characteristics, site preparation and dewatering, contaminated material excavation, chemical characterization, drainage and treatment. The plan includes sampling and analysis protocols for dredged material, spoils and RTM addressing hazardous material handling, mercury, selenium and organochlorine contaminants, discharge pathways and handling…

Intake B — North Delta

OverdueDue 2026-04-22

Intake C — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-05-01

Before any temporary impact begins, Permittee develops a Temporary Impact Restoration Schedule ensuring invasive substrate removal, recontouring and seeding of each temporary impact area occur within the same year at times suited to seedling success, and that all prior-year temporary impacts meet the recontouring and seeding criteria and the vegetation success standards of the Restoration and Revegetation Plan.

Twin Cities Complex

OverdueDue 2026-09-24

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In ProgressDue 2026-03-31

As a start-up activity on each approved Habitat Management lands parcel, Permittee prepares a final management plan and submits it to CDFW for approval; start-up activities continue until CDFW approves the plan.

Twin Cities Complex

Not StartedDue 2026-11-24

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In ProgressDue 2026-09-18

Permittee and its contractors prepare a SWPPP meeting all applicable SWRCB and Central Valley RWQCB requirements and ensure compliance with construction stormwater permitting. The SWPPP covers erosion and sediment control, construction materials and waste management, water pollution control, dewatering and pipeline testing, spill prevention and response, hazardous materials management, site inspection and monitoring, non-stormwater discharge prevention, site characteristics and schedules, fill…

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Completed

Twin Cities Complex

In ProgressDue 2026-06-26

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Completed

Permittee develops a Barge Operations Plan with CDFW, submits the draft in the Pre-implementation Phase Authorization Package, and submits the final plan for review and approval a minimum of one year before any in-water Covered Activity. No Covered Activity requiring barges starts until the plan is approved in writing.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-04-22

Twin Cities Complex

Not StartedDue 2026-05-27

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

On HoldDue 2026-10-05

Permittee submits a plan describing the location and type of bird strike diverters installed as compensatory mitigation for impacts to SWHA and TRBL to CDFW for review and approval as part of the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package; diverters are installed and maintained on written approval.

Byron Tract Forebay

Completed

Intake B — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-12-06

Intake C — North Delta

In ProgressDue 2026-09-22

Permittee submits a CBB buffer zone design plan to CDFW as part of the appropriate Phase Authorization Package, giving the design and location of the no-activity buffer zones around CBB colony and roost sites for CDFW approval before the buffers are established.

Twin Cities Complex

Not StartedDue 2026-10-30

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Completed

Permittee develops a CBB Nest Relocation Plan and submits it to CDFW in the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package before Covered Activities begin, describing nest relocation methods, response procedures and the facilities and personnel involved.

Byron Tract Forebay

In ProgressDue 2026-08-25

Intake B — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-08-07

Intake C — North Delta

Completed

Within twelve months of permit issuance Permittee initiates development of a draft Covered Fish Species Monitoring and Science Plan with CDFW, then submits the final draft for review and approval no less than six months before the plan's first deadline and no less than five years before in-water construction begins. No study in the plan may start before CDFW approves it.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-11-01

Twin Cities Complex

Completed

Permittee prepares a CTS Mortality Reduction and Relocation Plan and submits it to CDFW for written approval in the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package before Covered Activities begin, naming the relocating Designated Biologists and giving burrow excavation, capture, handling and relocation methods, maps of construction and relocation areas and everything within 1.3 miles of breeding habitat, site photos, relocation area descriptions, landowner permission and an…

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not StartedDue 2026-08-08

Permittee develops a dewatering plan with CDFW and submits it in the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package for review and approval before Covered Activities are initiated, and does not begin dewatering until the final plan is approved in writing.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-09-26

Twin Cities Complex

OverdueDue 2026-03-05

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Completed

Permittee prepares site-specific erosion and sediment control plans that account for proximity to surface water, erosion potential and drainage, submits them to CDFW in the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package before Covered Activities begin, and implements the measures during Covered Activities so the Designated Biologist and Biological Monitors keep visibility for Covered Species monitoring.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not StartedDue 2026-11-04

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-04-10

Twin Cities Complex

Completed

No fertilizer or similar soil additive is used in the Project Area unless Permittee submits a Fertilizer Application Plan to CDFW no less than 60 days before the proposed application and receives written approval. The plan details fertilizer type, application method, amount, spatial extent and timing, a Covered Species impact assessment, impact-reduction measures and the justification for the application.

Byron Tract Forebay

Completed

Intake B — North Delta

Not Started

Intake C — North Delta

Not Started

Permittee develops a fish rescue and salvage plan with CDFW and submits it in the appropriate Phase Authorization Package for written approval, and does not initiate Covered Activities, dewatering or fish salvage until the final plan is approved in writing.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not StartedDue 2026-10-10

Permittee identifies fugitive dust control and enhanced dust control measures consistent with each region's Air Quality Management District guidelines in a Fugitive Dust Control and Monitoring Plan and submits it to CDFW as part of the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package.

Twin Cities Complex

Completed

Permittee prepares a GGS Mortality Reduction and Relocation Plan and submits it to CDFW in the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package before Covered Activities are initiated, describing mortality reduction strategies and the capture, handling and relocation methods for GGS.

Twin Cities Complex

Not StartedDue 2026-05-15

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

OverdueDue 2026-08-18

Permittee develops a Groundwater Testing and Monitoring Plan and submits it to CDFW in the Pre-implementation Phase Authorization Package before Covered Activities begin, identifying the number and location of test wells, monitoring wells and vibrating wire piezometers, instruments and installation methods, monitoring methodology and its habitat impact, and affected Covered Species habitats with site-specific minimization actions.

Intake C — North Delta

On HoldDue 2026-09-12

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not StartedDue 2026-11-24

For each calendar year in which herbicides or pesticides will be used, including for invasive species control, Permittee prepares a Herbicide or Pesticide Application Plan that considers current toxicity research on Covered Species and submits it to CDFW for review and approval no later than 60 days before the first intended application, applying only in accordance with the approved plan.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Overdue

Twin Cities Complex

Overdue

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In Progress

Permittee prepares a Hydraulic Testing Plan demonstrating that the north Delta intake fish screens operate within CDFW and NMFS fish screening criteria, submitting the draft no less than six months and the final plan no less than one month before Phase 1 Operations. The plan details methods, procedures, equipment, probe positioning, measurement locations and order, the diversion rate range, head loss method and acceptance criteria for a tuned screen.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not StartedDue 2026-08-02

Byron Tract Forebay

In ProgressDue 2026-09-11

Intake B — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-08-06

Permittee consults CDFW and local invasive species experts such as Cal-IPC to develop a draft IPSMMCP before Covered Activities start, included in the Pre-implementation Phase Authorization Package, documenting pre-Project conditions, annual percent-cover monitoring, the type, location and quantity of invasives by year, and prevention BMPs. A completed final IPSMMCP is then submitted with each Construction Phase Authorization Package, with reporting carried in the Annual Status Report.

Intake C — North Delta

On HoldDue 2026-07-27

During In-water Preconstruction Monitoring Permittee convenes a team of biologists and hydrologic engineers with CDFW and submits a draft Joint Operations Optimization Study Plan within 18 months of convening, describing modeling studies of joint north and south Delta diversion scenarios. A final draft follows within six months of CDFW comments, and the approved modeling studies are implemented in time to inform ITP condition changes before Phase 2 Operations.

Twin Cities Complex

In ProgressDue 2026-03-09

Permittee prepares a Mortality Reduction and Translocation Plan for MALI and submits it to CDFW in the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package for written approval before Covered Activities are initiated.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In ProgressDue 2026-04-09

Permittee develops a draft MMMP with CDFW in the Pre-implementation Phase Authorization Package, incorporates CDFW comments, and submits the final MMMP for review and approval a minimum of one year before any in-water Covered Activity, implementing the approved plan before in-water work begins.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In ProgressDue 2026-10-07

Byron Tract Forebay

On HoldDue 2026-05-12

Intake B — North Delta

In ProgressDue 2026-06-09

Permittee develops the North Delta Diversion Monitoring Team charter with CDFW describing membership, roles and processes, submits drafts to CDFW no less than eight months before Phase 1 Operations starts, and incorporates CDFW comments into a final charter subject to CDFW approval.

Byron Tract Forebay

Not StartedDue 2026-06-07

Intake B — North Delta

OverdueDue 2026-11-22

Intake C — North Delta

Completed

Permittee submits a pile driving plan to CDFW in the Pre-implementation Phase Authorization Package for review and written approval before Covered Activities, explaining how the design minimizes total pilings and stating piles per day by impact or vibratory driver, strikes per day, pile driving duration inside and outside the in-water work windows, and duration within the daily in-water window.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

In ProgressDue 2026-10-20

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Completed

Twin Cities Complex

In ProgressDue 2026-10-31

Permittee prepares, in consultation with CDFW, a preconstruction watering protocol describing the water application method, duration, timing and quantity used to mimic rain and stimulate CTS emergence from burrows on permanently impacted construction sites, and submits it in the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package.

Twin Cities Complex

Not StartedDue 2026-09-25

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In ProgressDue 2026-12-15

Permittee submits the Restoration and Revegetation Plan to CDFW in the appropriate Phase Authorization Package as construction plans are finalized and Covered Species suitable habitats are identified, covering the seventeen required elements from site conditions and nonnative removal through seed mixes, irrigation, weed management, fencing and signage to success standards and remedial actions, and including the species-specific restoration guidelines CDFW must approve. No Covered Activity…

Byron Tract Forebay

Not StartedDue 2026-04-09

Intake B — North Delta

In ProgressDue 2026-10-04

Intake C — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-07-23

Permittee develops a study plan to collect impinged-fish data including fork length, evaluate seasonal variation in impingement and measure velocity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen and temperature covariates. The draft goes to CDFW no less than six months and the final plan no less than one month before Phase 1 Operations begins.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

OverdueDue 2026-07-29

Permittee develops with CDFW the final protocol-level species and habitat survey methodology for CTS, GGS, SWHA, TRBL, CBB and MALI, submits it in the Pre-implementation Phase Authorization Package, and obtains written approval before any Covered Activity including preconstruction field investigations and preconstruction species site surveys. The protocols specify survey number, timing and spacing, habitat types, methods and rationale, capture and identification protocols and presence or…

Twin Cities Complex

In ProgressDue 2026-08-29

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In ProgressDue 2026-06-29

Permittee develops with CDFW a Subsurface Testing and Monitoring Study Plan on the thresholds and effects of surface and subsurface vibration on CTS, GGS and CBB, submits the draft in the Pre-implementation Phase Authorization Package, incorporates CDFW comments, and submits the final plan for approval at least one year before any ground-disturbing activity in fossorial Covered Species habitat.

Intake B — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-08-03

Intake C — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-05-10

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not StartedDue 2026-05-29

Permittee develops a SWHA Mortality Reduction and Relocation Plan and submits it to CDFW in the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package before Covered Activities are initiated, describing mortality reduction strategies and response procedures for SWHA nests and individuals.

Twin Cities Complex

On HoldDue 2026-04-02

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not StartedDue 2026-04-11

The Designated Biologist prepares a TRBL Mortality Reduction and Relocation Plan specific to each Project site and phase, describing mortality reduction strategies, buffer sizes and response procedures for adult and juvenile injury or mortality, colony abandonment and colony damage, with capture, handling and release methods, habitat quantification, maps, site photos and a rehabilitation facility, and submits it to CDFW in the Construction Phase Authorization Package before Covered Activities…

Intake B — North Delta

OverdueDue 2026-08-06

Permittee develops an Underground Well Detection Plan evaluating the suitability of geophysical techniques for detecting buried and abandoned wells and submits it to CDFW in the Pre-implementation Phase Authorization Package before preconstruction Covered Activities begin, identifying evaluation locations and affected habitat, methodology, visit frequency and duration, access routes and any ground disturbance.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Completed

Twin Cities Complex

On HoldDue 2026-04-28

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

On HoldDue 2026-06-12

Permittee coordinates with CDFW to develop an underwater sound abatement plan describing the measures that avoid and minimize underwater construction noise effects on Covered Fish Species, provides it in the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package for written approval before Covered Activities, and does not start in-water Covered Activities until the final plan is approved in writing.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not StartedDue 2026-07-11

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Completed

Twin Cities Complex

Not StartedDue 2026-03-20

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.

Intake C — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-12-171 of 3 done

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not StartedDue 2026-12-041 of 3 done

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.

Twin Cities Complex

Not StartedDue 2026-07-10

Ninety days before the ITP expires, the Designated Biologist, Fisheries Biologist or Biological Monitor prepares and Permittee delivers to CDFW a Mitigation Status Report summarizing all Final Phase Mitigation Reports, the MMRP table with implementation dates, all incidental take and other impacts, Covered Activity dates, an effectiveness assessment of the Conditions and recommendations.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-08-28

Before incurring impacts to Covered Species, Permittee delivers to CDFW copies of the contracts or arrangements made under Water Code section 85089(a) and documentation, acceptable to CDFW, showing that the financial agreements covering repayment of Project bonds explicitly identify funding for pre-construction studies, monitoring and all other Conditions of Approval as Project construction costs.

Twin Cities Complex

Completed

Any buried or abandoned wells identified through implementation of the Underground Well Detection Plan are disclosed to CDFW within the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package.

Intake C — North Delta

Not Started

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not Started

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

On Hold

Permittee maps all existing and potential SWHA nesting and foraging sites and all existing and potential TRBL nesting and roosting sites, provides the maps to CDFW under COA 10.3, and notes currently occupied sites and sites occupied within the last five years on the plans submitted with the Phase Authorization Package.

Intake B — North Delta

On Hold

The Designated Representative sends CDFW written notice 14 calendar days before Covered Activities begin at a construction site within an approved Phase, and before Project operations begin. The notice identifies the site and the activities about to start.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-11-29

Twin Cities Complex

Not StartedDue 2026-06-25

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not StartedDue 2026-11-09

After construction, Permittee notifies CDFW 60 days before beginning any in-water maintenance, providing site locations, schedules, work activities, anticipated effects on water quality and Covered Species, and agency communications about temporary partial channel closures, and obtains CDFW's written approval before proceeding.

Byron Tract Forebay

In Progress

Intake B — North Delta

In Progress

Intake C — North Delta

In Progress

If anticipated habitat impacts in a given year would leave the 10 percent stay-ahead requirement unmet for a Covered Species, Permittee immediately notifies CDFW and provides a plan for permanent protection, and restoration if required, of the necessary HM lands before proceeding with the Covered Activities causing the impact.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not Started

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Overdue

The Designated Representative or Designated Fisheries Biologist notifies CDFW at least seven days before site-specific dewatering expected to require fish salvage, or before any activity that could isolate fish such as cofferdam installation.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

In Progress

If a suspected or confirmed CBB is identified during a survey or detected in the Project construction site, the Designated Biologist or Designated Representative contacts CDFW by telephone and email within 24 hours.

Twin Cities Complex

In Progress

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not Started

Byron Tract Forebay

Not Started

Permittee notifies CDFW within 30 days of any subsequent change in the interim or long-term HM lands land manager.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

In Progress

Twin Cities Complex

Not Started

Personnel contact CDFW and the other appropriate regulatory authorities within 24 hours of an accidental spill, reporting what was spilled, where and what containment was applied.

Intake C — North Delta

Not Started

If the Designated Biologist or Biological Monitor becomes unable to comply with the ITP, that biologist or monitor immediately notifies the CDFW Representative.

Intake B — North Delta

Not Started

Intake C — North Delta

In Progress

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.

Intake C — North Delta

Not Started

The Designated Biologist notifies CDFW of the preconstruction nest survey results before any woody vegetation is removed.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

On Hold

Permittee notifies CDFW in writing within one business day if the fish screens are not operational at either north Delta intake.

Byron Tract Forebay

Not Started

Intake B — North Delta

In Progress

Intake C — North Delta

Not Started

If a CBB nest may be lost to ground disturbance, or cannot be avoided and will be lost, CDFW is contacted immediately — within 24 hours — to determine next steps.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not Started

The Designated Representative or Designated Biologist contacts CDFW within 24 hours when SWHA abandon a nest or nestlings, or when nesting SWHA exhibit distress or abnormal nesting behavior, stating whether abandoned nestlings are still alive and giving location, species, date, circumstances and the ITP number so additional protective measures can be set.

Twin Cities Complex

Overdue

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Completed

Byron Tract Forebay

In Progress

Before starting Covered Activities, Permittee designates a Designated Representative responsible for CDFW communications and ITP compliance oversight and notifies CDFW in writing of that person's name, business address and contact information, and notifies CDFW in writing whenever a substitute is selected during the ITP term.

Byron Tract Forebay

Not StartedDue 2026-08-05

Intake B — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-11-27

Intake C — North Delta

Completed

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.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not Started

The Designated Biologist immediately notifies CDFW, within 24 hours, if TRBL abandon nests or nestlings or if a nesting or roosting colony exhibits distress or abnormal nesting behavior, giving location, species, date, circumstances, receiving facility if applicable and the ITP number.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not Started

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not Started

The Fisheries Biologist notifies Permittee and CDFW within one business day when fish salvage is complete and construction can recommence.

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not Started

Permittee immediately notifies the Designated Biologist when a CBB, CTS or SWHA is taken, injured or killed by a Covered Activity, or is found dead or injured within the vicinity of a preconstruction activity, construction site or maintenance area.

Intake C — North Delta

In Progress

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not Started

Permittee immediately notifies the Designated Biologist, Fisheries Biologist or Biological Monitor whenever a Covered Species — including GGS or TRBL — is taken or injured by a Covered Activity, or is found dead or injured in the vicinity of preconstruction, construction or maintenance work.

Intake B — North Delta

In Progress

Permittee makes all raw data and modeling used by the North Delta Diversion Monitoring Team available to CDFW within ten days of a CDFW request.

Intake C — North Delta

Overdue

For each HM lands parcel, Permittee provides CDFW a recent preliminary title report, a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment and the other documents CDFW lists, and secures approval of all conveyance documents and conditions of title from CDFW and, where applicable, the Wildlife Conservation Board and the Department of General Services.

Intake C — North Delta

Completed

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not Started

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

In Progress

Permittee notifies CDFW within one business day if a barred tiger salamander or a CTS-non-native salamander hybrid is found within the Project construction site.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

On Hold

Permittee delivers a report documenting the results of each Sacramento River bathymetric survey adjacent to the north Delta intakes within 120 days of completing that survey.

Intake C — North Delta

Not Started

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not Started

All Project personnel inform the Designated Biologist whenever they encounter a CBB or an insect resembling CBB within the Project construction site or 50 feet beyond it, during any phase of Covered Activities.

Intake B — North Delta

In Progress

For the species-specific conditions, the Designated Biologist or Designated Representative notifies the CDFW Representative within one business day of finding an injured or killed CBB, CTS or SWHA, giving location, species, number, receiving facility and ITP number, and Permittee sends CDFW a written incident report within two business days documenting the circumstances, the procedure followed and the final disposition of the animal.

Intake B — North Delta

In Progress

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.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not StartedDue 2026-12-242 of 3 done

Any Covered Species sighting anywhere in the construction site before or during construction, including dewatering, is reported to CDFW by email within one working day of discovery. The Designated Biologist, Fisheries Biologist or Biological Monitor records the location with GPS, including datum and horizontal accuracy in feet, and reports the observed location to CDFW within one business day.

Byron Tract Forebay

Not Started

Intake B — North Delta

Completed

On any take, injury or death of a Covered Species, the Designated Biologist or Designated Representative calls the CDFW Bay-Delta Region Stockton Office with the GPS location, date, time, species, number, injury type or likely cause of death, receiving facility and ITP number, and Permittee follows with a written incident report to CDFW within two business days covering circumstances, photographs, procedure followed and final disposition. The written report is also included in the next Monthly…

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

In Progress

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not Started

The Designated Representative or Designated Biologist notifies CDFW by telephone and email each time a CTS is relocated or a MALI plant is transplanted, giving date, time, location and circumstances, and follows with a written incident report within two days that is also included in the Monthly Compliance Report.

Byron Tract Forebay

In Progress

Intake B — North Delta

In Progress

The Designated Representative or Designated Biologist notifies CDFW by telephone and email within 24 hours each time a GGS is relocated, giving date, time, location and circumstances, and follows with a written incident report that is also included in the Monthly Compliance Report.

Intake C — North Delta

In Progress

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not Started

The Designated Biologist records a discovered CBB nest location with GPS and reports it to CDFW within 24 hours of finding the nest, and records MALI occurrence locations with GPS and reports them to CDFW under COA 11.1.

Intake B — North Delta

In Progress

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.

Intake B — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-09-032 of 3 done

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.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

In ProgressDue 2026-09-141 of 3 done

Permittee reports any exceedance of a hydroacoustic threshold to CDFW within one business day of the exceedance and implements corrective actions determined through coordination with CDFW.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

In Progress

Twin Cities Complex

Not Started

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not Started

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.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

On HoldDue 2026-07-161 of 3 done

If the Designated Biologist or Fisheries Biologist detects invasive aquatic species on equipment, Permittee reports the presence to CDFW within 24 hours and follows CDFW quarantine guidelines before the equipment enters a waterway.

Intake C — North Delta

Not Started

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

In Progress

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not Started

The Designated Representative immediately notifies CDFW of any non-compliance with a Condition of Approval, including actual or anticipated failure to implement measures within ITP or MMRP time periods, and follows up within 24 hours with a written report detailing the non-compliance and suggested remedies.

Intake C — North Delta

Not Started

Project personnel immediately notify the Designated Biologist when MALI is found within a construction site or maintenance area, or when a CTS is found within a construction site or 75 feet beyond it.

Intake B — North Delta

Overdue

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.

Intake C — North Delta

In ProgressDue 2027-02-211 of 3 done

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

In ProgressDue 2026-12-221 of 3 done

In the event of a fuel spill from a vessel, the vessel operator immediately contacts the CDFW Office of Spill Prevention and Response at 800-852-7550 or 800-OILS-911 to report the spill.

Intake B — North Delta

Not Started

Intake C — North Delta

Not Started

The Fisheries Biologist or Biological Monitor reports to CDFW within 24 hours any vessel grounding, deviation from the barge operations plan, or barge operation that could have disturbed bottom sediments, damaged riverbanks, caused loss of submerged, emergent or riparian vegetation, or affected Covered Species.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Throughout Phase 1 Operations, Permittee works collaboratively with CDFW, hands over each collected dataset promptly after QA/QC, and coordinates with CDFW on the data analyses.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-08-17

Twin Cities Complex

Completed

Permittee includes assessments of aquatic conditions for each Covered Fish Species monitoring period in the Phase 2 Operations Authorization Package and in the Final Mitigation Report following completion of Phase 2 Operations, so CDFW can evaluate changes in aquatic conditions across construction and operations.

Intake C — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-03-26

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-08-26

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.

Intake C — North Delta

Not Started

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not Started

Permittee submits a copy of the Bill of Sale and Payment Receipt for purchased Covered Species credits to CDFW before initiating Covered Activities and in advance of incurring impacts to Covered Species habitat.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not Started

Permittee delivers to CDFW the final Sacramento River hydraulic model, the sediment transport model and the intake structure mathematical hydraulic model with their associated reports before completing 30% Project design, and the COA 10.25.2 through 10.25.4 models and reports before completing 60% Project design.

Intake C — North Delta

Completed

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

On HoldDue 2026-11-28

After each north Delta intake fish screen hydraulic test, including any retest following baffle adjustment, Permittee provides all hydraulic testing data to CDFW within 72 hours and submits the full hydraulic testing report — methods, screen condition, baffle positions, measured approach and sweeping velocities, with data in long-format .csv per screen — within thirty days of the test.

Intake C — North Delta

Not Started

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Not Started

Permittee includes in the Phase 2 Authorization Package a final report documenting the joint operations study results and demonstrating the Project's ability to meet the Covered Fish Species Biological Criteria.

Intake B — North Delta

In ProgressDue 2026-11-02

The Designated Representative or Designated Biologist compiles the daily observation and inspection records into a Monthly Compliance Report, attaches the MMRP table annotated with each measure's implementation status and the biologist's verification of habitat fencing, stake and flag status, and submits it to the CDFW offices listed in the ITP Notices section and by email to wbswppermitting@wildlife.ca.gov and CESA@wildlife.ca.gov.

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

In ProgressDue 2026-10-261 of 3 done

Twin Cities Complex

Not StartedDue 2026-11-212 of 3 done

Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration

Not StartedDue 2026-10-201 of 3 done

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.

Byron Tract Forebay

Completed

Intake B — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-05-20

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.

Intake C — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2027-01-252 of 3 done

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

On HoldDue 2026-10-051 of 3 done

Permittee includes the Designated Biologist's initial preconstruction field survey results in the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package, identifying the spatial extent of suitable habitat for each Covered Species and the total area surveyed.

Intake C — North Delta

Not StartedDue 2026-09-12

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-03-13

Permittee submits the results of the preconstruction TRBL surveys to CDFW as part of the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package before initiating Covered Activities, noting occupied and recently occupied sites.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-08-18

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.

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

Permittee submits the results of the Subsurface Testing and Monitoring Study, with suggested vibratory monitoring protocols for fossorial Covered Species, to CDFW as part of the appropriate Construction Phase Authorization Package.

Intake C — North Delta

Completed

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

Not StartedDue 2026-10-16

Permittee submits the additional data collected during Phase 1 Operations, with associated reports, to CDFW no less than 90 days before Phase 2 Operations begin, to augment the Phase 2 Authorization Package.

Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct

Completed

Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant

In ProgressDue 2026-10-10

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.

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