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Environmental Integrity 



Urban Coalition Position: 



• The environmental integrity oftheCVPIA must be maintained. Environmental projects 

 and programs required by the CVPIA should be developed and implemented in a way that 

 fiirthers the goals of the Act and the December 1994 Bay-Delta Accord. 



• Environmental obligations of water and power contractors under the CVPIA should 

 equitably reflect the environmental impacts of those contractors. 



• Amendments to the CVPIA must not result in shifting an obligation that otherwise should 

 be borne by the CVP to any other lawful water user. 



• The environmental projects and programs required under the CVPIA should use sound 

 science to develop and implement reasonably achievable projects or programs. 



• Completion of the programmatic Environmental Impact Statement of Section 3409 of the 

 CVPIA should be expedited. 



Comparison with H.R. 1906: 



While H.R. 1906 proposes some needed changes in CVPIA implementation, 

 the Urban Coalition believes some of those changes compromise the environmental integrity 

 of the CVPIA. The Urban Coalition proposes to improve CVPIA implementation and 

 maintain the fiindamental obligations to provide money and water to achieve the 

 environmental purposes of the Act. 



Joint State-Feperal-Stakeholder Process 



Urban Coalition Position: 



• A joim State-Federal-Stakeholder process is necessary to assist the Secretary in decision- 

 making regarding some or all of the provisions relating to the Restoration Fund, 

 Anadromous Fish Restoration Plan, the 800,000 AF, and San Joaquin River restoration 



• The joint State-Federal-Stakeholder process should include formal stakeholder 

 involvement by agricultural, agency (State and federal), urban, and environmental 

 interests. The process would require that the Secretary give substantial deference to 

 recommendations made through the process. 



