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Delta Long-Term Management Strategy

Delta Long-Term Management Strategy. Strategy Review Group Meeting. March 14, 2007. Presentation Outline. Administrative Updates Federal FY07 Budget Status Charter Signing Corps’ Project Management Plan LTMS Project Work Plan Water Board Comments Permitting Work Group Kick Off Meeting

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Delta Long-Term Management Strategy

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  1. Delta Long-Term Management Strategy Strategy Review Group Meeting March 14, 2007

  2. Presentation Outline • Administrative Updates • Federal FY07 Budget Status • Charter Signing • Corps’ Project Management Plan • LTMS Project Work Plan • Water Board Comments • Permitting Work Group Kick Off Meeting • Project Next Steps • Future Meeting Schedule

  3. Administrative Updates • Federal FY07 Budget Status • Still waiting for FY07 approval • Charter Signing • As of 28 Feb all members have now signed • Corps’ Project Management Plan • Draft is complete and in review at Corps • Expect to finalize by 1 May (before MC Mtg)

  4. LTMS Project Work Plan • Draft document provided to SRG for review last week • With the exception of the Water Board, no comments have been received thus far • Would like all comments by 31 March • Work Plan will be revised and presented to Management Committee for approval • Management Committee meeting scheduled for 16 May

  5. Work Plan Elements • Study Boundary Base Map: • Identifies waterways, levees and islands • USACE Federal Levees of Concern • Additional information needed on Delta LTMS Priority areas

  6. Work Plan Elements

  7. Water Board Comments • Efficiency: Where did the perception come from that there are inefficiencies in the permitting process? • DMMOTiming and Need: Water Board not convinced that the need exists for a formal structure • Constituents: Balancing the need for dredging with the Board’s mission to protect water quality.

  8. Water Board’s LTMS Goals Work towards expediting dredging in the Delta while: • Decreasing the risks of dredging projects on water quality; and • Decreasing the uncertainties of the risks of dredging projects. Water Board’s recommended goal for LTMS – focus most of the effort on reducing the uncertainty in predicting/estimating water quality impacts

  9. Permitting Work Group – Kick Off Meeting Agenda (1:30-3:30) • Welcome and Introductions • Dredging and Reuse Permitting TWG Scope and Expectations • What is the goal of this TWG? • What deliverables are envisioned? • How do the TWGs fit in the larger scheme of the Delta LTMS? • Open Discussion: Prioritize Future Permitting TWG Activities • DMMO Formation- Formal or ad-hoc • Agency communication issues – Value Stream Analysis • Consolidated Permit Application • Procedural changes- WDR General Orders and RGPs? • Future Meeting Dates • Management Committee – May 16, 1:00-3:00pm • SRG – May 16, concurrent with Management Committee • TWGs – April 24 (replacing previously scheduled SRG) • 10:00-12:00 – Kick-off Testing Protocols Group (tentative) • 1:30-3:30 – Permitting Group (tentative)

  10. Project Next Steps • Formulate structure and participants for remaining Technical Work Group (4/07) • Identify and confirm qualified participants for Science Review Panel (4/07) • Develop LTMS Outline (5/07) • Formulate management alternatives (7/07) • Assess need for programmatic EIS (9/07) • Conceptual Strategy Plan (12/07)

  11. Future Meetings • Management Committee Meeting: • 16 May 2007 • Interagency Work Group: • Meeting regularly, 1-2 times per month • Strategy Review Group: • 24 April 2007 • 16 May 2007 • Technical Working Groups: • Kick off next work group after 24 April 2007 SRG Meeting • San Francisco Bay DMMO annual review and Science Work Group presentations • 13 April 13 2007, San Francisco

  12. Questions?

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