Monthly Reporting

Type
Action List
Project
Delta Conveyance
Exported
2026-10-19
Actions
21
ActionFrequencyCommitments
Monitoring
Conduct Annual TRBL Survey During ConstructionRecurringCOA 11.84
Conduct Baseline and Annual In-Water Mercury MonitoringRecurringCOA 11.30
Conduct Photo Monitoring of Temporary Impact AreasRecurringCOA 10.6
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 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 Covered Species Take or Injury to CDFWAs neededCOA 10.16, COA 11.2, COA 11.52.4, COA 11.68, COA 11.68.2, COA 11.68.4, COA 11.93
Report CTS and MALI Relocations to CDFWAs neededCOA 11.51.3, COA 11.108
Report GGS Relocations to CDFWAs neededCOA 11.67.1
Report Habitat Disturbance Acreage and GIS Layers to CDFWRecurringCOA 10.3, COA 10.5
Report Hydroacoustic and Pile Driving Monitoring ResultsRecurringCOA 11.33
Report Mercury Monitoring Results to CDFWRecurringCOA 11.30
Submit Covered Species Observations to CNDDBAs neededCOA 10.14
Submit Monthly Compliance Report to CDFWRecurringCOA 9.9, COA 10.12
Submit Phase 2 Project Operations Report to CDFWOne timeCOA 7.5
Submit Photo Monitoring Documentation ReportRecurringCOA 10.6
Survey
Conduct and Report Annual CTS SurveysRecurringCOA 11.42
Conduct and Report Annual GGS SurveysRecurringCOA 11.56
Conduct and Report Annual SWHA Nest Tree SurveysRecurringCOA 11.71
Conduct Preconstruction TRBL Breeding-Colony SurveysRecurringCOA 11.84.1

Monitoring

Conduct Annual TRBL Survey During Construction

COA 11.84

The Designated Biologist surveys TRBL habitat each year Covered Activities are expected to occur in it, and Permittee reports each survey to CDFW in the Monthly Compliance Report and summarizes them in the Annual Status Report.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
each year Covered Activities are expected to occur in TRBL habitat
Twin Cities Complex
In ProgressDue 2027-01-191 of 3 done

Conduct Baseline and Annual In-Water Mercury Monitoring

COA 11.30

Permittee evaluates baseline water quality before construction to characterize mercury sources and concentrations of mercury, methylmercury, organic carbon, iron and sulfate at each construction site, then implements MMMP mercury monitoring each year in-water Covered Activities occur, reporting results in the Monthly Compliance Report and summarizing them in the Annual Status Report.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
each year in-water Covered Activities are expected to occur
Byron Tract Forebay
Not StartedDue 2027-04-262 of 3 done
Intake B — North Delta
In ProgressDue 2027-02-281 of 3 done

Conduct Photo Monitoring of Temporary Impact Areas

COA 10.6

Permittee photographs each established photo monitoring station before construction and every month until construction and initial restoration are complete, then every three months until restoration success is reached, visiting all stations within two days per cycle and delivering the images in a geographic format monthly with the Monthly Compliance Report and in full with the Annual Status Report.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
each month thereafter until construction and initial restoration is complete, then every three months following the initial restoration until restoration success is reached
Intake B — North Delta
Not StartedDue 2026-08-151 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 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 Covered Species Take or Injury to CDFW

COA 10.16, COA 11.2, COA 11.52.4, COA 11.68, COA 11.68.2, COA 11.68.4, COA 11.93

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…

Frequency
As needed
Timing
within two business days
Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct
In Progress
Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant
Not Started

Report CTS and MALI Relocations to CDFW

COA 11.51.3, COA 11.108

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.

Frequency
As needed
Timing
within 24 hours (one calendar day) of each time a plant is transplanted
Byron Tract Forebay
In Progress
Intake B — North Delta
In Progress

Report GGS Relocations to CDFW

COA 11.67.1

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.

Frequency
As needed
Timing
within 24 hours each time GGS is relocated
Intake C — North Delta
In Progress
Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct
Completed
Southern Forebay & Pumping Plant
Not Started

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 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 Monthly Compliance Report to CDFW

COA 9.9, COA 10.12

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.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
Monthly Compliance Report
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

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

Survey

Conduct and Report Annual CTS Surveys

COA 11.42

Each year Covered Activities are expected in CTS habitat or within 75 feet of it, the Designated Biologist repeats the CTS protocol survey and Permittee reports the results to CDFW in the Monthly Compliance Reporting and summarizes them in that year's Annual Status Report.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
each year Covered Activities are expected to occur in CTS habitat or within 75 feet of the habitat
Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration
In ProgressDue 2026-08-281 of 3 done
Byron Tract Forebay
Not StartedDue 2026-06-091 of 3 done

Conduct and Report Annual GGS Surveys

COA 11.56

After the Construction Phase Authorization Package is submitted, the Designated Biologist repeats the GGS survey each year Covered Activities are expected in GGS habitat or within three feet of it, and Permittee reports the results to CDFW in the Monthly Compliance Reporting and summarizes them in the Annual Status Report.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
each year Covered Activities are expected to occur in GGS habitat
Byron Tract Forebay
On HoldDue 2027-01-051 of 3 done

Conduct and Report Annual SWHA Nest Tree Surveys

COA 11.71

Each year Covered Activities are expected in or within 0.5 mile of SWHA nesting habitat, the Designated Biologist surveys all suitable and known nest trees on the seasonal schedule set by COA 11.71, reports each survey in the Monthly Compliance Report, and summarizes results and the locations of all known and occupied nest trees within 0.5 mile in the Annual Status Report.

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
Survey efforts shall occur each year Covered Activities are expected to occur in or within 0.5 miles of SWHA nesting habitat.
Intake B — North Delta
Not StartedDue 2027-01-281 of 3 done
Intake C — North Delta
OverdueDue 2027-03-261 of 3 done
Bethany Reservoir Aqueduct
On HoldDue 2027-03-151 of 3 done

Conduct Preconstruction TRBL Breeding-Colony Surveys

COA 11.84.1

Each year Covered Activities are expected in or within 1,300 feet of TRBL habitat, the Designated Biologist surveys for breeding colonies and suitable nesting habitat during the breeding season, monthly in March, April, May, June, July and September, in the year before and the year of the work. If work begins during the breeding season, three surveys occur within 15 days of commencement with one within three days of ground disturbance, and a survey is run three days before reinitiating after…

Frequency
Recurring
Timing
each year Covered Activities are expected to occur in or within 1,300 feet of TRBL habitat
Bouldin Island Geotechnical Exploration
Not StartedDue 2026-12-022 of 3 done
Byron Tract Forebay
OverdueDue 2026-09-261 of 3 done
Intake B — North Delta
Not StartedDue 2026-06-101 of 3 done