"RBOC Files Concerns with Draft Delta Environmental Documents
Recreational Boaters of California [RBOC] is expressing concerns with the draft environmental documents the Bay Delta Conservation Plan [BDCP] has made available to the public.
There are proposals in the draft that would upset the delicate balance that enables the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to be a vigorous recreational opportunity of statewide and national significance.
These concerns are set forth in detail in an RBOC submission to each of the six entities that are preparing a joint Environmental Impact Report [EIR] Environmental Impact Statement [EIS] for the BDCP.
RBOC is urging the governmental agencies responsible for this project to consider the significant detrimental impact this project will have on boating and recreation in the Delta as identified in the draft, and to incorporate project revisions that will eliminate or at least substantially reduce these impacts.
These impacts are not adequately addressed by either mitigations or other plans set forth in the draft. Negative impacts would occur in the immediate construction phase, as well as the post-construction phase.
The negative impacts of the currently available draft include a significant reduction in the extent of navigable waterways available to boaters, as well as a permanent alteration of boat navigation, including but not limited to barriers, gates, fish screens without boat passage, and a lock.
These are in addition to the temporary construction effects that will determinately impact recreational boating including: temporary channel closures, fish screens, gates, cofferdams, large waterborne equipment including cranes, piers or temporary barge unloading facilities, boat passage obstructions, siphons, congestion, channel modifications, dredging activities, reduced speed limits and traffic delays.
The RBOC filing is at www.rboc.org
Jerry Desmond, Jr., Esq.
Director of Government Relations
Recreational Boaters of California
www.RBOC.org
Recreational Boaters of California [RBOC] is expressing concerns with the draft environmental documents the Bay Delta Conservation Plan [BDCP] has made available to the public.
There are proposals in the draft that would upset the delicate balance that enables the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to be a vigorous recreational opportunity of statewide and national significance.
These concerns are set forth in detail in an RBOC submission to each of the six entities that are preparing a joint Environmental Impact Report [EIR] Environmental Impact Statement [EIS] for the BDCP.
RBOC is urging the governmental agencies responsible for this project to consider the significant detrimental impact this project will have on boating and recreation in the Delta as identified in the draft, and to incorporate project revisions that will eliminate or at least substantially reduce these impacts.
These impacts are not adequately addressed by either mitigations or other plans set forth in the draft. Negative impacts would occur in the immediate construction phase, as well as the post-construction phase.
The negative impacts of the currently available draft include a significant reduction in the extent of navigable waterways available to boaters, as well as a permanent alteration of boat navigation, including but not limited to barriers, gates, fish screens without boat passage, and a lock.
These are in addition to the temporary construction effects that will determinately impact recreational boating including: temporary channel closures, fish screens, gates, cofferdams, large waterborne equipment including cranes, piers or temporary barge unloading facilities, boat passage obstructions, siphons, congestion, channel modifications, dredging activities, reduced speed limits and traffic delays.
The RBOC filing is at www.rboc.org
Jerry Desmond, Jr., Esq.
Director of Government Relations
Recreational Boaters of California
www.RBOC.org