PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT, APRIL 2015, VOLUME 1 APPENDICES

ABSTRACT: For PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT, APRIL 2015, VOLUME 1 APPENDICES, namely Appendix A: Scoping Report for the Pure WaterMonterey Groundwater Replenishment Project Environmental Impact Report  (261 pages), Appendix B: Source Water Assumptions Memorandum (21 pages), Appendix C: Source Water Rights White Paper (9 pages), Appendix D: Pure Water Monterey Groundwater Replenishment Project Water Quality Statutory and Regulatory Compliance Technical Report (101 pages), Appendix E: Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Technical Analyses (29 pages), Appendix F: Memorandum Regarding Steelhead Habitat and Passage Effects Assessment: Salinas River (64 pages), Appendix G: Fisheries Impact Assessments: Reclamation Ditch/Tembladero Slough Diversions (76 pages), Appendix H: Supporting Information for the Biological Resources: Terrestrial Section (123 pages), Appendix I: Delineation of Potential Jurisdictional Wetlands and Other Waters Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and the California Coastal Act (136 pages), Appendix J: Cultural Resources Survey for the Proposed Pure Water Monterey Groundwater Replenishment Project, Northern Monterey County, California (66 pages), Appendix K: Preliminary Geotechnical Evaluation Groundwater Replenishment Project EIR Monterey County, California (51 pages), Appendix L: Recharge Impacts Assessment Report for the Pure Water Monterey Groundwater Replenishment Project (224 pages), Appendix M: Memorandum Regarding GWR Project EIR -Cumulative Projects Modeling Results for Seaside Groundwater Basin (71 pages), Appendix N: Memorandum Regarding Pure Water Monterey Groundwater Replenishment Project - Impacts of Changes in Percolation at the Salinas Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facility on Groundwater and the Salinas River (29 pages), Appendix O: Salinas River Inflow Impacts Report (122 pages), Appendix P: Reclamation Ditch Yield Study (134 pages), Appendix Q: Blanco Drain Yield Study (67 pages), Appendix R: Groundwater Replenishment Project Urban Runoff Capture at Lake El Estero (66 pages), Appendix S: Memorandum Regarding Predicted Impact on Farming from Use of Recycled Water with Higher Salinity (26 pages), Appendix T: MRWPCA GWR Discharge Dilution Analysis (22 pages), Appendix U: Ocean Plan Compliance Assessment for the Pure Water Monterey Groundwater Replenishment Project (53 pages), Appendix V: Ocean Plan Compliance Assessment for the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project and Project Variant (32 pages), Appendix W: Pure Water Monterey Groundwater Replenishment Project Noise Study Report (77 pages), Appendix X: Regional Treatment Plant Wastewater Flow Projection Report (75 pages), Appendix Y: Overview of Combined MPWSP with 6.4-mgd Desalination Plant and GWR Project (7 pages), Appendix Z: Alternative to CalAm Distribution System: Monterey and Transfer Pipelines (6 pages) and LIST OF ACRONYMS documents are embedded, one Appendix per Post, for a total of twenty-four Appendices (Appendix A – Appendix Z, inclusive) and LIST OF ACRONYMS.

APPENDIX A: SCOPING REPORT for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX A: SCOPING REPORT FOR THE PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, March 2015 (261 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix A

APPENDIX A: SCOPING REPORT FOR THE PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATERREPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT 

Prepared by:

Denise Duffy & Associates, Inc.

In association with Valerie Young, Hazen and Sawyer

Prepared for:

Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency

March 2015

APPENDIX B: SOURCE WATER ASSUMPTIONS MEMORANDUM for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX B: SOURCE WATER ASSUMPTIONS MEMORANDUM, March 2015 (21 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix B

APPENDIX B: SOURCE WATER ASSUMPTIONS MEMORANDUM 
Schaaf & Wheeler

CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEERS
3 Quail Run Circle, Suite 101
Salinas, CA 93907-2348
March 2015

APPENDIX C: SOURCE WATER RIGHTS WHITE PAPER for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX C: SOURCE WATER RIGHTS WHITE PAPER for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, February 2015 (9 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix C

APPENDIX C: SOURCE WATER RIGHTS WHITE PAPER for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
PERKINSCOiE
February 2015

APPENDIX D: PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT WATER QUALITY STATUTORY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE TECHNICAL REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX D: PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT WATER QUALITY STATUTORY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE TECHNICAL REPORT, February 2015 (101 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix D

APPENDIX D: PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT WATER QUALITY STATUTORY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE TECHNICAL REPORT
Nellor Environmental Associates, Inc.
February 2015

APPENDIX E: AIR QUALITY AND GREENHOUSE GAS TECHNICAL ANALYSES for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX E: AIR QUALITY AND GREENHOUSE GAS TECHNICAL ANALYSES for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, including CONSTRUCTION AIR QUALITY ANALYSIS and OPERATIONAL AIR QUALITY ANALYSIS, (December 2014) (29 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix E

APPENDIX E: AIR QUALITY AND GREENHOUSE GAS TECHNICAL ANALYSES for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
CONSTRUCTION AIR QUALITY ANALYSIS
OPERATIONAL AIR QUALITY ANALYSIS
Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc.
December 2014

APPENDIX F: MEMORANDUM REGARDING STEELHEAD HABITAT AND PASSAGE EFFECTS ASSESSMENT: SALINAS RIVER for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX F: MEMORANDUM REGARDING STEELHEAD HABITAT AND PASSAGE EFFECTS ASSESSMENT: SALINAS RIVER for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (January 2015) (64 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix F

APPENDIX F: MEMORANDUM REGARDING STEELHEAD HABITAT AND PASSAGE EFFECTS ASSESSMENT: SALINAS RIVER
HDR Engineering, Inc.
2365 Iron Point Road, Folsom, CA
January 2015

APPENDIX G: FISHERIES IMPACT ASSESSMENTS: RECLAMATION DITCH/TEMBLADERO SLOUGH DIVERSIONS for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX G: FISHERIES IMPACT ASSESSMENTS: RECLAMATION DITCH/TEMBLADERO SLOUGH DIVERSIONS for the the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, including Appendix G1Memorandum Regarding Fisheries Impact Assessment – Reclamation Ditch/Tembladero Slough Diversion and Appendix G2 Memorandum Regarding Reclamation Ditch Steelhead Migration Passage Assessment and Appendix A Rating Curve for USGS Reclamation Ditch at San Jon Road Gage (11152650) for October 20, 2014 (February 2015) (76 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix G

APPENDIX G: FISHERIES IMPACT ASSESSMENTS: RECLAMATION DITCH/TEMBLADERO SLOUGH DIVERSIONS
Hagar Environmental Science
February 2015
Appendix G1 Memorandum Regarding Fisheries Impact Assessment – Reclamation Ditch/Tembladero Slough Diversion
Appendix G2 Memorandum Regarding Reclamation Ditch Steelhead Migration Passage Assessment
Appendix A Rating Curve for USGS Reclamation Ditch at San Jon Road Gage (11152650) for October 20, 2014

APPENDIX H: SUPPORTING INFORMATION FOR THE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES: TERRESTRIAL SECTION for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX H: SUPPORTING INFORMATION FOR THE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES: TERRESTRIAL SECTION for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT , including Attachment 1 – Biological Memorandum, Attachment 2 – California Natural Diversity Database RareFind Occurrence Report, Attachment 3 – List of Special-Status Plant and Wildlife Species Known or with the Potential to Occur in the Vicinity of the Project Study Area, Attachment 4 – Wildlife Species Observed within the Project Study Area, Attachment 5 – Avian Species that maybe found within Non-Native Grassland Habitat, Attachment 6 – Rare Plants, Attachment 7 – Rare Wildlife Habitat and Attachment 8 – Habitat Classification, March 2015 (123 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix H

APPENDIX H: SUPPORTING INFORMATION FOR THE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES: TERRESTRIAL SECTION
Attachment 1 – Biological Memorandum

Attachment 2 – California Natural Diversity Database RareFind Occurrence Report
Attachment 3 – List of Special-Status Plant and Wildlife Species Known or with the Potential to Occur in the Vicinity of the Project Study Area
Attachment 4 – Wildlife Species Observed within the Project Study Area
Attachment 5 – Avian Species that maybe found within Non-Native Grassland Habitat
Attachment 6 – Rare Plants
Attachment 7 – Rare Wildlife Habitat
Attachment 8 – Habitat Classification
Denise Duffy & Associates, Inc.
March 2015

APPENDIX I: DELINEATION OF POTENTIAL JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND OTHER WATERS UNDER SECTION 404 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX I: DELINEATION OF POTENTIAL JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND OTHER WATERS UNDER SECTION 404 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT (February 2015) (236 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix I

APPENDIX I: DELINEATION OF POTENTIAL JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND OTHER WATERS UNDER SECTION 404 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT
Denise Duffy & Associates, Inc.

February 2015

APPENDIX J: CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY FOR THE PROPOSED PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT, NORTHERN MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX J: CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY FOR THE PROPOSED PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT, NORTHERN MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, April 2015 (66 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix J

APPENDIX J: CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY FOR THE PROPOSED PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT, NORTHERN MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSULTING
Mary Doane, B.A., and Gary S. Breschini, Ph.D., RPA
December 22, 2014
Rev. April 10, 2015

APPENDIX K: PRELIMINARY GEOTECHNICAL EVALUATION GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT EIR MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX K: PRELIMINARY GEOTECHNICAL EVALUATION GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT EIR MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, December 2014 (51 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix K

APPENDIX K: PRELIMINARY GEOTECHNICAL EVALUATION GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT EIR MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 
Ninyo & Moore
Geotechnical and Environmental Sciences Consultants
1956 Webster Street
Oakland, California 92123
December 2014

APPENDIX L: RECHARGE IMPACTS ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR THE PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX L: RECHARGE IMPACTS ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR THE PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT, March 2015 (224 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix L

APPENDIX L: RECHARGE IMPACTS ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR THE PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT
TODD GROUNDWATER
2490 Mariner Square Loop, Suite 215
Alameda, CA 94501
March 2015

APPENDIX M: MEMORANDUM REGARDING GWR PROJECT EIR – CUMULATIVE PROJECTS MODELING RESULTS FOR SEASIDE GROUNDWATER BASIN for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX M: MEMORANDUM REGARDING GWR PROJECT EIR – CUMULATIVE PROJECTS MODELING RESULTS FOR SEASIDE GROUNDWATER BASIN for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT, March 2015 (71 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR-Appendix-M.pdf

APPENDIX M: MEMORANDUM REGARDING GWR PROJECT EIR – CUMULATIVE PROJECTS MODELING RESULTS FOR SEASIDE GROUNDWATER BASIN
Hydro Metrics WRI
1814 Franklin St., Suite 501
Oakland, CA. 94612
March 2015

APPENDIX N: MEMORANDUM REGARDING PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT – IMPACTS OF CHANGES IN PERCOLATION AT THE SALINAS INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY ON GROUNDWATER AND THE SALINAS RIVER

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX N: MEMORANDUM REGARDING PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT – IMPACTS OF CHANGES IN PERCOLATION AT THE SALINAS INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY ON GROUNDWATER AND THE SALINAS RIVER, February 2015 (29 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix N

APPENDIX N: MEMORANDUM REGARDING PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT – IMPACTS OF CHANGES IN PERCOLATION AT THE SALINAS INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY ON GROUNDWATER AND THE SALINAS RIVER
TODD GROUNDWATER
2490 Mariner Square Loop, Suite 215
Alameda, CA 94501
February 2015

APPENDIX O: SALINAS RIVER INFLOW IMPACTS REPORT for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX O: SALINAS RIVER INFLOW IMPACTS REPORT, February 2015 (122 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR-Appendix-O.pdf

APPENDIX O: SALINAS RIVER INFLOW IMPACTS REPORT
Schaaf & Wheeler
CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEERS
3 QUAIL RUN CIRCLE, SUITE 101
SALINAS, CA 93907
February 2015

APPENDIX P: RECLAMATION DITCH YIELD STUDY for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX P: RECLAMATION DITCH YIELD STUDY, March 2015 (134 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix P

APPENDIX P: RECLAMATION DITCH YIELD STUDY
Schaaf & Wheeler
CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEERS
3 QUAIL RUN CIRCLE, SUITE 101
SALINAS, CA 93907
March 2015

APPENDIX Q: BLANCO DRAIN YIELD STUDY for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX Q: BLANCO DRAIN YIELD STUDY, December 2014 (67 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix Q

APPENDIX Q: BLANCO DRAIN YIELD STUDY
Schaaf & Wheeler
CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEERS
3 QUAIL RUN CIRCLE, SUITE 101
SALINAS, CA 93907
December 2014

APPENDIX R: GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT URBAN RUNOFF CAPTURE AT LAKE EL ESTERO for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX R: GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT URBAN RUNOFF CAPTURE AT LAKE EL ESTERO, April 2014 (66 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix R

APPENDIX R: GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT URBAN RUNOFF CAPTURE AT LAKE EL ESTERO
Schaaf & Wheeler
CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEERS
3 QUAIL RUN CIRCLE, SUITE 101
SALINAS, CA 93907
April 2014

APPENDIX S: MEMORANDUM REGARDING PREDICTED IMPACT ON FARMING FROM UNSE OF RECYCLED WATER WITH HIGHER SALINITY for the PURE WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

ABSTRACT: APPENDIX S: MEMORANDUM REGARDING PREDICTED IMPACT ON FARMING FROM UNSE OF RECYCLED WATER WITH HIGHER SALINITY, January 2015 (26 pages) document is embedded.

DEIR Appendix S

APPENDIX S: MEMORANDUM REGARDING PREDICTED IMPACT ON FARMING FROM UNSE OF RECYCLED WATER WITH HIGHER SALINITY
Bahman Sheikh, PHD, PE
January 2015