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<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">ACTION ALERT! - Tell the
North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board to Amend its Trinity River
Temperature Objectives by May 5!<b><u></u></b></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Contact: Tom Stokely, </span><a href="mailto:tgstoked@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">tgstoked@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">530-524-0315</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><u>Background</u></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal">The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
(NCRWQCB) is in the process of updating its “Water Quality Control Plan (Basin
Plan) and requests input from the public on its priorities through the
“Triennial Basin Plan Review.”<span> </span>Please
fill out the <a href="https://forms.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JWoY_kl95kGZQQXSKB02wSD44qwt2IVNog-9A610oJdUMVpKUEo0WUpNQTJQRTNIRFBKWks3MjRPTiQlQCN0PWcu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">online
survey</a> and ask them to make updating Trinity River temperature objectives
to reflect current science and protect spawning Chinook and Coho salmon a
priority project.</p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal">The current Basin Plan contains the following temperature
objectives for the Trinity River:</p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span>River
Reach <span> </span><span> </span>Daily Average Not to Exceed <span> </span>Period</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span>Lewiston
to Douglas City Bridge <span> </span>60 Degrees <span> </span>July 1 - September
15</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span>Lewiston
to Douglas City Bridge <span> </span>56 Degrees <span> </span>September 15 -
October 1</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span>Lewiston to North Fork confluence <span> </span>56
Degrees <span> </span><span> </span>October 1 - December 31</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal">However, the most up to date science indicates that Chinook
salmon need 53.5F to successfully spawn and hatch eggs, and Coho salmon need
48-50F to successfully spawn and hatch eggs.<span>
</span>In 2021, a significant amount of Coho eggs died due to warm water.</p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal">Therefore, Save California Salmon, PCFFA and IFR recommend
that the existing temperature objectives for the Trinity River be retained, and
the following temperature objectives be added:</p>
<p class="ydp616498f4Default"> </p>
<p class="ydp616498f4Default"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Lewiston
Dam </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4Default"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">July
1-Sept 14: 56 degrees </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4Default"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Sept.
15- Oct 31: 53.5 degrees </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4Default"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Nov.
1-Dec. 31: 50 degrees </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span>Jan. 1-March 1: 48 degrees</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span>Please fill out the </span><a href="https://forms.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JWoY_kl95kGZQQXSKB02wSD44qwt2IVNog-9A610oJdUMVpKUEo0WUpNQTJQRTNIRFBKWks3MjRPTiQlQCN0PWcu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>online
survey</span></a><span> by May 5, 2023, and let the NCRWQCB know it should make updating
Trinity Temperature objectives a high priority.<span>
</span>See the attached sample answers to the questionnaire.</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.californiasalmon.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>Save
California Salmon (SCS)</span></a><span> is dedicated to
policy change and community advocacy for Northern California’s salmon and fish
dependent people. We support the fisheries and water protection work of the
local communities, and advocate effective policy change for clean water,
restored fisheries and vibrant communities.</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span>We aim to help to support Tribes and the
general public in engaging with public<br>
comments related to water pollution, fisheries, and beneficial use issues.</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span><span class="ydp616498f4msoIns"><a href="https://pcffa.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations
(PCFFA)</a></span> and its sister organization, <span class="ydp616498f4msoIns"><a href="https://ifrfish.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR)</a></span>
represent the interests of coastal salmon-dependent commercial fishing families
coastwide and are working with SCS and the Tribes to protect and improve salmon
habitat to assure that salmon – and salmon-dependent communities, have a
future.</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman">###</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">SAMPLE RESPONSES TO NCRWQCB
QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE 2023 </span></u></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">TRIENNIAL BASIN PLAN REVIEW</span></u></b><b><u><span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><u><span><span style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;"> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span>Questionnaire
address: </span><a href="https://forms.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JWoY_kl95kGZQQXSKB02wSD44qwt2IVNog-9A610oJdUMVpKUEo0WUpNQTJQRTNIRFBKWks3MjRPTiQlQCN0PWcu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>https://forms.microsoft.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JWoY_kl95kGZQQXSKB02wSD44qwt2IVNog-9A610oJdUMVpKUEo0WUpNQTJQRTNIRFBKWks3MjRPTiQlQCN0PWcu</span></a><span> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><u><span><span style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-color: currentcolor;"> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span>Submission
Details</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">1.Submitting
Entity</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Please
choose from the following that describes your organization or your submitter
status.</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
Self-Explanatory</span></b><span></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">2-7.
Contact Information </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
Self-Explanatory</span></b><span></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">8.Editorial
Amendments</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Is
the proposed amendment editorial or otherwise improves clarity or consistency
within the Basin Plan?</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
No</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">9.Existing
Triennial Review Projects</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Is
the proposed amendment related to projects from the 2018 Triennial Review?
Information on the 2018 Triennial Review can be found in the link below:<br>
</span><a href="https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/triennial_review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/triennial_review/</span></a><span></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
No</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">10.Narrative
Description of Proposed Amendment</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Please
provide a clear and complete narrative description of the proposed amendment.</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Table
3-1b in the North Coast Basin Plan should be amended by adding the following to
protect Chinook and Coho salmon in the Trinity River, while maintaining the
existing temperature objectives:</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red"> </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4Default"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Lewiston Dam </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4Default"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">July 1-Sept 14: 56 degrees </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4Default"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Sept. 15- Oct 31: 53.5 degrees </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4Default"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Nov. 1-Dec. 31: 50 degrees </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Jan. 1-March 1: 48 degrees</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red"></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">11.Beneficial
Uses Definitions and/or Designations</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Please select
any Beneficial Uses (BU) affected by the proposed amendment.
Alternatively, or additionally, if the information relates to a BU not
currently designated in the Basin Plan, please describe the proposed new BU
under "Other." If the proposed amendment affects all BUs, please
respond with "ALL" under "Other." For the full definition of
each BU, please see Chapter 2 of the Basin Plan, which can be found in the
link below: <br>
</span><a href="https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/180710/BPChapter2BeneficialUses.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/180710/BPChapter2BeneficialUses.pdf</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050"></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answers
(check these boxes) </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">COMM -
Commercial and Sport Fishing</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">COLD -
Cold Freshwater Habitat</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">RARE -
Rare, Threatened, or Endangered Species</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">MIGR -
Migration of Aquatic Organisms</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">SPWN -
Spawning, Reproduction, and/or Early Development</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">WQE -
Water Quality Enhancement</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">CUL -
Native American Culture</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">FISH -
Subsistence Fishing</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span> </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">12.Water
Quality Objectives</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Does
the proposed amendment change the Water Quality Objectives as described in
Chapter 3 of the Basin Plan? Chapter 3 can be found in the link below:<br>
</span><a href="https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/180710/BPChapter3WaterQualityObjectives.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/180710/BPChapter3WaterQualityObjectives.pdf</span></a><span></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
Yes</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">13.Water
Quality Objectives - Details</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Please
describe any applicable Water Quality Objectives (WQO) related to the proposed
amendment. Some WQOs are linked to specific Beneficial Uses; please include the
exact wording from the Basin Plan when responding. WQOs are described in
Chapter 3 of the Basin Plan. Chapter 3 can be found in the link below:<br>
</span><a href="https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/180710/BPChapter3WaterQualityObjectives.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/180710/BPChapter3WaterQualityObjectives.pdf</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050"></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Table
3-1b in the North Coast Basin Plan should be amended as follows to protect
Chinook and Coho salmon in the Trinity River while keeping the existing
temperature objectives as well:</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4Default"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Lewiston Dam </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4Default"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">July 1-Sept 14: 56 degrees </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4Default"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Sept. 15- Oct 31: 53.5 degrees </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4Default"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Nov. 1-Dec. 31: 50 degrees </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Jan. 1-March 1: 48 degrees</span></b><span></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">14.Antidegradation
Policy</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Does
the proposed amendment affect the Antidegradation Policy in Chapter 3 of the
Basin Plan? The Antidegradation Policy is in section 3.1.2, Chapter 3 of the
Basin Plan. Chapter 3 can be found in the link below:<br>
</span><a href="https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/180710/BPChapter3WaterQualityObjectives.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/180710/BPChapter3WaterQualityObjectives.pdf</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050"></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
Unknown</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">15.Implementation
and Action Plans</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Does
the proposed amendment make any changes to implementation and action plans as
found in Chapter 4 of the Basin Plan? Chapter 4 can be found in the link
below:<br>
</span><a href="https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/190204/Chapter4Implementation_lmb.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/190204/Chapter4Implementation_lmb.pdf</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050"></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
Yes</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">16.Implementation
and Action Plans - Details</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Please
describe how the proposed amendment changes existing or adds new implementation
plans to Chapter 4. Chapter 4 can be found in the link below:<br>
</span><a href="https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/190204/Chapter4Implementation_lmb.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/190204/Chapter4Implementation_lmb.pdf</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050"></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">The
Trinity River Implementation Plan, 4.1.5 is grossly outdated and should be
amended to include the current situation with the Trinity ROD and the fact that
the SWRCB promised a Trinity specific water right hearing in 1990 that has not
yet occurred.<span> </span>The temperature objective
in the interim action plan also needs to be amended per item 13, above.</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span> </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">17.Monitoring</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Does
the proposed amendment affect the monitoring programs as described in Chapter 6
of the Basin Plan? Chapter 6 can be found in the link below:<br>
</span><a href="https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/180710/BPChapter6SurveillanceAndMonitoring.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/180710/BPChapter6SurveillanceAndMonitoring.pdf</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050"></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
No</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span> </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">18.Partners
and Proponents</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Please
list any partner organizations or additional proponents of the proposed
amendment. When listing multiple partners, please separate each entry with a <b>semicolon</b>.
For example: <br>
Partner A; Partner B; Partner C.</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
Save California Salmon; Trinity River Restoration Program; Trinity County Board
of Supervisors; Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations; Institute
for Fisheries Resources</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">19.Funding,
Staffing, or Other Resources</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Does
your organization and/or partners have funds, staff, or resources to support
the proposed amendment?</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
Maybe</span></b><b><span></span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Impacts
from Proposed Amendment</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Responses
in this section should describe the effects of the proposed amendment should it
be considered and adopted into the Basin Plan.</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">20.Regulatory
Implications</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Please
describe the regulatory need, impact, and scale of the proposed amendment on
the regulated community.</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
Existing temperature objectives for the Trinity River do not reflect current
science.<span> </span>Chinook salmon eggs need to be
no warmer than 53.5F to successfully hatch and Coho salmon eggs need 50F to
successfully hatch.<span> </span>Significant
mortality of Coho eggs occurred in 2021.<span>
</span>Water Right Order 90-5 by the SWRCB does not adequately protect these
fish, nor does it include summer temperature objectives for Spring
Chinook.<span> </span>All of California’s salmon
fishing is shut down in 2023, partially as a result of inadequate populations,
and poor water quality protections, of Klamath-Trinity salmon.</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">21.Waterbodies
and Watersheds</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Please identify the specific waterbody(ies) and
watershed(s) affected by the proposed amendment. Please use the nomenclature
found in Chapter 2, Table 2-1 of the Basin Plan relating to hydrologic units,
areas and subareas. If the response is a list, please separate each waterbody
name with a <b>semicolon</b>. For example: <br>
Smith River Hydrologic Unit; Klamath River Hydrologic Unit; Lower Eel River
Hydrologic Area.<br>
<br>
Chapter 2 can be found in the link below:<br>
</span><a href="https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/180710/BPChapter2BeneficialUses.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/180710/BPChapter2BeneficialUses.pdf</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050"></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer: Trinity River Hydrologic Unit</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">22.Impacts
to Beneficial Uses</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Please describe
any foreseeable impacts to Beneficial Uses due to this proposed amendment.
Please see Chapter 2 of the Basin Plan for the definitions of each BU.
Chapter 2 can be found in the link below: <br>
</span><a href="https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/180710/BPChapter2BeneficialUses.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/basin_plan/180710/BPChapter2BeneficialUses.pdf</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050"></span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
Implementation of revised Trinity River Temperature objectives should improve
Trinity River Chinook and Coho salmon populations.</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red"> </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">23.Implementation</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Please
describe any actions necessary to meet the proposed amendment's regulatory
impact. For example: planning, permitting, management practices, coordination,
infrastructure, etc.</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
SWRCB Water Right Order 90-5 should be amended because of these proposed Basin
Plan amendments, or a separate Trinity River Water Right Hearing should be
completed, as promised in SWRCB Water Right Order 90-5 and Water Quality Order
89-18.</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">24.Data,
Information, or Evidence Submission</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#00B050">Do
you or does your organization have references, data, information, or evidence
supporting the proposed amendment? If so, Regional Water Board staff will reach
out via your preferred method of communication to coordinate any data
transfers.</span></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red">Answer:
No (unless you have something to add)</span></b><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:red"></span></b></p>
<p class="ydp616498f4MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Times New Roman"> </span></p>
</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpfed749f1signature">Tom Stokely <div>Salmon and Water Policy Consultant</div><div>530-524-0315 </div><div>tstokely@att.net </div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>