Environmental Permits

The Kern Water Bank Authority Habitat Conservation Plan / Natural Community Conservation Plan was executed on October 2, 1997 by and among the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the California Department of Fish and Game, and Kern Water Bank Authority, a joint powers authority. Below are the major components of the HCP / NCCP available in a downloadable .pdf format.

• US Fish and Wildlife Service Permits
• California Endangered Species Act Management Authorization
• NCCP Approval and Take Authorization
• Implementation Agreement
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit A
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit B – Assumption Agreement
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit C – Conservation Bank Agreement
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit D – Legal Description DWR Mitigation Easement
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit E – Legal Description KWBA Mitigation Easement
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit F – HCP/NCCP
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit G – Maps 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, & Security Agreement [Map 3 was replaced in Minor Amendment (see below)]
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit H – Minimization of Impacts Requirements
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit I – Substitution of Trustee and Full Reconveyance
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit J – Grant of KWB Conservation Easement (KWBA Mitigation Parcel)
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit K – Other Covered Species
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit L – Viability Fund Disbursement Request
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit M – Grant of KWB Conservation Easement (DWR Mitigation Parcel)
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit N – Environmental Indemnity Agreement
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit O – Memorandum of NCCP/HCP
• Implementation Agreement Exhibit P – NCCP (2835) Covered Animals
• Habitat Conservation Plan / Natural Community Conservation Plan
• Appendix A – KWB Operations Manual

• Appendix B – Species Accounts Part 1 of 3 Part 2 of 3 Part 3 of 3

• Appendix C – KWB Vegetation Management Plan

• Appendix D – KWB Waterbird Management Plan

• Kern Water Bank Conservation Bank Agreement

• HCP/NCCP Exhibit B – Conservation Bank

• HCP/NCCP Exhibits D thru J – Conservation Bank Agreement

• Minor Amendment #3 – Conservation Bank Permit Area

• Kern Water Bank Authority Conservation and Storage Project Environmental Impact Report, 2018
  1. Executive Summary
  2. EIR
  3. Appendices
  4. NOA
  5. Notice of Completion
• Kern Water Bank Authority Conservation and Storage Project Environmental Impact Report – FINAL
• Monterey Plus CEQA Documents
  • A1._Cover-Document A1 Volume II
  • Document A Volume I_Public Draft
  • 7-1 Data Report
  • 7-2 Model Results
  • 7-2a Known Areas of Controversy
  • 7-3 Surface and Groundwater Quality
  • 7-4 (AQ-GHG)
  • 7-5a 1995 KWB MOU on Operations and Monitoring
  • 7-5b 2014 Interim Project Recovery Operations Plan
  • 7-5c Long Term Ops Plan KWB
  • 7-5d KWBA_WKWD_Agreement_13-121 final
  • 7-5e Cross Valley Canal Kern Water Bank Operating Guidelines during Shallow Groundwater Conditions
  • 7-6a 1997 KWBA IS and Addendum
  • 7-6b Resolution 2016-2 Re Monterey Plus REIR
  • 7-7a
  • 7-7b KWB HCP & NCCP, Appendix A. Kern Ops Manual
  • 7-7c KWB HCP & NCCP, Appendix C. Vegetation Management Plan
  • 7-7d KWB HCP Appendix D Waterbird Management Plan
  • 7-7e CESA authorization
  • Final REIR

• NOD Resolution and Addendum