[env-trinity] Trinity Journal: Chesbro’s Trinity bill passes in committee

[Tom Stokely]

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Chesbro’s Trinity bill passes in committee

Posted: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 6:15 am
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A California Assembly bill known as the Trinity River Water Rights Conformance Act (AB 1914) passed in the Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee last week and has now been referred to the Committee on Appropriations for further hearing. The committee vote last week was eight in favor, six opposed and one vote not recorded.Authored by District 2 Assemblymember Wesley Chesbro, the proposed legislation would require the State Water Resources Control Board to conform the Bureau of Reclamation’s water permits to the Trinity River Record of Decision flows and Basin Plan temperature objectives; it would also establish minimum cold water carryover storage criteria for the Trinity Reservoir to ensure the temperature objectives can be met for salmon and steelhead survival in the river.
Support for the bill included the California Water Impact Network, Trinity County Board of Supervisors and Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations. Opposition was presented by the Trinity Public Utilities District, Hoopa Valley Tribe, Westlands Water District, San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authority and other Central Valley Project water and power contractors.
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