Operations Criteria and Plan (OCAP)

June 4, 2009

NOAA's Fisheries Service Issues to Reclamation Final Biological Opinion on Chinook Salmon/Sturgeon

August 2008

Biological Assessment on the Continued Long-term Operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project

Transmittal Letters

OCAP Biological Assessment Chapters

  • Chapter 1 (PDF - 78 KB)
    Summary of Legal and Statutory Authorities, Water Rights, and Other Obligations Relevant to the Action
  • Chapter 2 (PDF - 4,558 KB)
    Project Description for the Central Valley Project and State Water Project
  • Chapter 3 (PDF - 3,001 KB)
    Basic Biology, Life History and Baseline for Central Valley Steelhead
  • Chapter 4 (PDF - 305 KB)
    Factors that May Influence Steelhead Distribution and Abundance
  • Chapter 5 (PDF - 680 KB)
    Basic Biology, Life History, and Baseline for Winter-run and Spring-run Chinook Salmon and Coho Salmon
  • Chapter 6 (PDF - 1,846 KB)
    Factors that May Influence Abundance & Distribution of Winter-run & Spring-run Chinook Salmon & Coho Salmon
  • Chapter 7 (PDF - 2,267 KB)
    Basic Biology and Life History of Delta Smelt and Factors that May Influence Delta Smelt Distribution and Abundance
  • Chapter 8 (PDF - 418 KB)
    Basic Biology and Life History of Green Sturgeon & Factors that May Influence Green Sturgeon Distribution and Abundance
  • Chapter 9 (PDF - 2,521 KB)
    Modeling and Assumptions
  • Chapter 10 (PDF - 670 KB)
    CVP and SWP Reservoir Operations
  • Chapter 11 (PDF - 1,266 KB)
    Upstream Effects
  • Chapter 12 (PDF - 381 KB)
    CVP and SWP Delta Operations
  • Chapter 13 (PDF - 837 KB)
    CVP and SWP Delta Effects on Species
  • Chapter 14 (PDF- 39 KB)
    Basic Biology and Life History of Southern Resident Killer Whales, Distribution and Abundance, and Effects of the Proposed Action
  • Chapter 15 (PDF - 35 KB)
    Summary of Effects Analysis and Effects Determination
  • Chapter 16 (PDF - 632 KB)
    Essential Fish Habitat Assessment
  • Chapter 17 (PDF - 138 KB)
    Technical Assistance for Longfin Smelt
  • Chapter 18 (PDF - 83 KB)
    Ongoing Management Programs that Address State Water Project and Central Valley Project Impacts

Appendices

List of Appendices/File Type/Size
Ch Title
A Delta Smelt Risk Assessment Matrix (PDF - 56 KB) | Footnotes (PDF - 110 KB)
B Chinook Salmon Decision Tree (PDF - 1.5 KB)
C Iron Mountain Mine Background Information (PDF - 570 KB)
D CalSim-II Model (PDF - 193 KB) | ZIP with Attachments 1, 2, and 3 (ZIP - 306 KB)
E CalSim-II Model Results (PDF - 99 KB) | ZIP with Results Data (ZIP - 52 MB)
F Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model (DSM2 Model) (PDF - 9 MB)
G DSM2-Hydro Results (PDF - 1 KB) | ZIP with DSM2-Hydro Results Data (ZIP - 117 MB)
H Reclamation Temperature Model and SRWQM Temperature Model (PDF - 65 KB)
I Temperature Results (PDF - 43 KB) | ZIP with Temperature Results Study data (ZIP - 9 MB)
J Feather River Water Temperature Model (PDF - 203 KB)
K Feather River Water Temperature Model Results (ZIP - 165 KB)
L Reclamation's Salmon Mortality Model (PDF - 29 KB)
M Reclamation's Salmon Mortality Model Results (PDF - 19 KB) | Reclamation's Salmon Mortality Model Results Data (ZIP - 462 KB)
N OCAP Modeling Software, Application, and Results (PDF - 45 KB)
O Interactive Object-Oriented Salmon Simulation Winter-Run Life Cycle Results (PDF - 12 KB)
P SALMOD Model (PDF - 288 KB)
Q SALMOD Results (PDF - 9 KB) | ZIP with SALMOD Results Data (ZIP - 516 KB)
R Sensitivity of Future CVP/SWP Operations to Potential Climate Change and Associated Sea Level Rise (PDF - 1.8 KB) | ZIP with Study Data
(ZIP - 170 MB)
S Alternative Delta Management Information (PDF - 256 KB) | ZIP with Workshop 1, 2, 3, Comparisons (ZIP - 241 MB)
T X2 Analysis (PDF - 58 KB) | ZIP with X2 graphics (ZIP - 436 MB)
U Historical Data (PDF - 243 KB) | ZIP Historical Data (ZIP - 7 MB)
V Other Stressors on Delta Smelt (PDF - 464 KB)
W Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis (PDF - 153 KB)
X Sensitivity and Uncertainty Results (PDF - 11 KB) | ZIP with Sensitivity and Uncertainty Results Data (ZIP - 30 MG)
Y OCAP BA - Delta Fish Agreement (PDF - 1 MB)
Z Hydrodynamic Effects of the Temporary Barriers Project and the South Delta Improvements Program Stage 1 (PDF - 230 KB)
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