California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum
Promoting Excellence and Consensus in Water and Environmental Modeling
 P.O. Box 488, Sacramento, CA 95812 ^.  916-607-0435  ^.  cwemf@cwemf.org ^.  www.cwemf.org

Technical Workshop
on
Modeling for CEQA and NEPA

Friday, September 23, 2005
9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Bonderson Hearing Room, 1st Floor
901 P Street, Sacramento, CA (Enter at 9^th & P Streets)

Fee: No-charge for CWEMF members*; $50 for non-members/$10 for student non-members**
Pre-registration not required; however, if you plan on attending,
please send an email to cwemf@cwemf.org.

Agenda

9:30 a.m.  Welcome and Introduction
             Russ Brown (Jones & Stokes, Inc.)

9:45 a.m.  Overview of CEQA and NEPA
                   Environmental Setting, Base Case(s) and Alternatives –
                   What’s New in 2004 and 2005?
             Terry Rivasplata (Jones & Stokes, Inc.)

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m.  Why Do We Use Models for CEQA and NEPA Analyses?
             Russ Brown (Jones & Stokes, Inc.)

1:15 p.m.  Modeling Integration for the CALFED Common Assumptions
                   Rob Leaf (CH2M Hill)

1:45 p.m.  “The Numbers Are In, So Are These Significant or
             Less-Than-Significant Impacts?”
             Part I:  Hydrology – Rob Tull (CH2M Hill)
             Part II: Salinity - KT Shum (EBMUD)

2:45 p.m. Groundwater Modeling in the Salinas and Sacramento Valleys for CEQA
           Matt Zidar and Ali Tagavi (WRIME, Inc.)

3:15 p.m. Describing the Delta (Differences) in the Delta
           Russ Brown (Jones & Stokes, Inc.)

4:00 p.m. Adjourn

*  The following have current CWEMF organizational memberships: CH2M Hill, Jones & Stokes, CCWD, EBMUD, MWDSC, CDWR, SWRCB, USBR, USCOE, and USGS.  If you are unsure whether you have a current individual membership, please contact the CWEMF.

** The workshop fee also provides CWEMF membership until the Annual Meeting in February, 2006.