At its March 28-29, 2013 meeting, the Delta Stewardship Council gave direction to staff to complete the final Delta Plan so it could be presented to the members for adoption.  The redline version of that document, showing the changes made from the Nov. 12, 2012 Final Staff Draft, is listed below.  The final Delta Plan was adopted by the Council at its May 16, 2013 meeting. 

The Council will now submit the package of proposed regulations and a Statement of Reason to the State Office of Administrative Law (OAL).  Once the OAL approves those documents they will be submitted to the CA Secretary of State.  Upon approval from that office, the proposed policies in the Delta Plan become enforceable regulations.  That action is expected to occur sometime between July 1 and October 1, 2013.

Final Delta Plan (redline version)

• Combined Chapters (22 MB)
• Combined Appendices (21.6 MB)
  
• Glossary (404 KB)
  

Individual Chapters (redline version)

• Table of Contents (504 KB)
• Executive Summary (46.5 KB)
  
• Chapter 1 - Introduction (2.8 MB)
  
• Chapter 2 - The Delta Plan (1.7 MB)
  
• Chapter 3 - A More Reliable Water Supply for California (4 MB)
  
• Chapter 4 - Protect, Restore, and Enhance the Delta Ecosystem (4.2 MB)
  
• Chapter 5 - Protect and Enhance the Unique Cultural, Recreational, Natural Resource, and Agricultural Values of the California Delta as an Evolving Place (4.89 MB)
  
• Chapter 6 - Improve Water Quality to Protect Human Health and the Environment (1.4 MB)
  
• Chapter 7 - Reduce Risk to People, Property, and State Interests in the Delta (4.5 MB)
  
• Chapter 8 - Funding Principles to Support the Coequal Goals (329 KB)
  

Individual Appendices (redline version)

• Appendix A - Adaptive Management and the Delta Plan (331 KB)
• Appendix B - Administrative Procedures Governing Appeals, Statutory Provisions Requiring Other Consistency Reviews, and Other Forms of Review or Evaluation by the Council (54 KB)
  
• Appendix C - Administrative Performance Measures for the Delta Plan (289 KB)
  
• Appendix D - Statutory Exemptions from Covered Actions (25 KB)
  
• Appendix E - Key California Water Conservation and Management Laws (50 KB)
  
• Appendix F - Transparency in Water Contracting (2.2 MB)
  
• Appendix G - The Delta Stewardship Council's Role Regarding Conveyance (36 KB)
  
• Appendix H - Excerpt from Draft Ecosystem Restoration Program's Conservation Strategy for Stage 2 Implementation for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Ecological Management Zone (DFG 2011): "Section II. Habitats" including Figures 4 and 5 (528 KB)
  
• Appendix I - Addressing Multiple Stressors and Multiple Goals in the Delta Plan (memorandum) (379 KB)
  
• Appendix J - Excerpt from Draft Ecosystem Restoration Program's Conservation Strategy for Stage 2 Implementation for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Ecological Management Zone (DFG 2011): "Section III. Stressors; Non-native Invasive Species" (267 KB)
  
• Appendix K - Delta Communities (9 MB)
  
• Appendix L - Delta Dredged Sediment Long-Term Management Strategy (1.4 MB)
  
• Appendix M - State Flood Control Facilities within the Legal Boundary of the Delta (Map showing Central Valley Flood Protection Board Jurisdictions) (1.25 MB)
  
• Appendix N - Projected 5-year Budgets (Fiscal Years 2012-2017) for Delta Stewardship Council, Delta Protection Commission, and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy (47 KB)
  
• Appendix O - Funding and Financing Options (52 KB)
  
• Appendix P - Demonstrating Consistency with the Delta Plan Regarding Reduced Reliance on the Delta and Improved Regional Self-Reliance (289 KB)
  
• Appendix Q - Regulatory Language and Appendices Submitted to Office of Administrative Law, April 2013 (10.5 MB)

• Glossary (404 KB)

To View Previous Iterations of the Staff Drafts:

• Staff Draft Archives Page