Tuesday’s Top of the Scroll: Delta Plan Takes Effect Sept. 1
From the Delta Stewardship Council:
“The State Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved the 14 regulations to implement the Delta Plan, which will take effect on September 1.
“The Delta Stewardship Council (Council) adopted the Delta Plan on May 16, and then submitted the proposed rules for review to the OAL, the state agency that ensures that proposed regulations are clear, necessary, legally valid and available to the public.
‘These 14 regulations help to ensure state and local agency compliance with the Coequal Goals of state law: providing a more reliable water supply for California and restoring the Delta ecosystem in a manner, done in a way that protects and enhances the Delta as an evolving place,’ said Delta Stewardship Council Chair Phil Isenberg. ‘While the regulations are important, they are a relatively small portion of the Delta Plan, which also includes 73 recommendations dealing with a wide range of issues from groundwater management and surface storage improvement to the successful completion of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and the designation of the Delta as a Natural Heritage Area.’
The new regulations apply to projects undertaken by state and local agencies that occur at least in part in the Delta. The Council has scheduled training sessions for those state agencies later this month and for cities and counties and other local government entities in September.”
Read more from the Delta Stewardship Council news release