On August 6, 2021, the State Water Resources Control Board released the agenda for its August 17, 2021 Board Meeting, which includes consideration of a drought emergency regulation for the Scott River and Shasta River watersheds.
Among other things, if adopted, the emergency regulation would: (1) establish drought minimum instream flows in the Scott River and Shasta River watersheds; and (2) provide curtailment and information order authority to the State Water Board.
Please refer to Item 4 of the August 17 agenda for more information, including a copy of the proposed regulation, which has been updated from the version released on July 16, 2021 to address comments.
To Submit Comments. Written comments related to the proposed emergency regulation (Agenda Item 4) must be submitted by 12:00 noon on August 12, 2021 to the Clerk to the Board at: commentletters@waterboards.ca.gov. Please indicate in the subject line, 8/17/2021 BOARD MEETING – ITEM #4. Please refer to the agenda for more information.
