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1
 BEFORETHEPUBLI
CUTILI
TIESCOMMISSI
ON
OFTHESTATEOFCALIFORNI
A

Appl
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li
for
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ric
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ter
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ic
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on12-
04-
019
Co
mpa
ny(
U210W)f
orAppr
ova
loft
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(
Fil
edApr
il23,2012)
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nte
reyPe
nins
ulaWa
terSuppl
yPr
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ct

a
ndAut
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iza
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ntoRe
cov
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a
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BRI
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NG ONMONTEREYPENINSULAWATERSUPPLYPROJ
ECT
FI
NALENVIRONMENTALIMPACTREPORT
AND ENVI
RONMENTALIMPACTSTATEMENT

I
. I
NTRODUCTI
ON
7eCo
ali
ti
ono
fPe
nins
ulaBus
ine
sse
sbe
cameapa
rtyt
othi
spr
oce
edi
ngo
na

mo
tio
n8l
edo
nMa
y12,2012.7eCo
ali
ti
oni
nte
nde
dthe
n,a
ndi
nte
ndsno
w,t
ofo
cus

“
ont
heMo
nte
reyPe
nins
ula
’sur
genta
ndc
rit
ic
alne
edf
oras
u<c
ient
,st
abl
e,s
ecur
eand

s
ust
aina
blewa
ters
uppl
yatt
hemo
str
eas
ona
blec
ostt
oCa
lAm r
ate
pay
ers
.”[
Mot
iono
f

Co
ali
ti
ono
fPe
nins
ulaBus
ine
sse
sfo
rPa
rtySt
atus
,Ma
y7,2012,pa
ge1]
.OnJ
une1,20
12,

t
heCo
ali
ti
one
xpa
nde
dont
hatc
orec
onc
erna
nde
nume
rat
eds
eve
ralf
eat
ure
ses
sent
ialt
o

a
cco
mpl
is
hingt
heg
oalo
fse
cur
ings
uchawa
ters
uppl
yinc
ludi
ngg
ove
rna
nce
,

e
sta
bli
shme
nto
fwa
terr
ight
sfo
rthepr
oje
ct,a
ndt
hea
dequa
cyo
ftheMPWSPt
opr
ovi
de

e
noug
hwa
terf
ort
hef
ore
see
abl
efut
urea
ndpa
rti
cul
arl
yeno
ughwa
tert
oac
commo
dat
e

2
ho
spi
tal
it
yindus
tryr
eco
ver
ytot
hel
eve
lso
fse
ver
aly
ear
spr
ior
.[Pr
ehe
ari
ngSt
ate
mento
f

Co
ali
ti
ono
fPe
nins
ulaBus
ine
sse
s,J
une1,2012,pa
ge2]

I
I. FEI
R/FEI
SISSUES

A. Wa t
erDemand,Suppl
ya ndWaterRight
s
Ast
oWa
terDemandandWa terSuppl
y,theCoal
it
iono
fPe
nins
ulaBus
ine
sse
s

s
uppo
rtss
u<c
ientpr
oje
ctwa
ters
uppl
yca
pac
it
ytopr
ovi
def
or500a
cref
eeta
nnua
ll
yof

wa
terf
orr
eco
ver
yoft
heho
spi
tal
it
yindus
tryt
opr
e-r
ece
ssi
ona
ndpr
e-dr
oug
htl
eve
ls.7e

Fi
nalEnv
iro
nme
nta
lImpa
ctRe
por
t/Env
iro
nme
nta
lImpa
ctSt
ate
ment(
EIR/
EIS)
,

a
ppa
rent
lyi
nre
spo
nset
oco
mme
ntsa
ndt
est
imo
nyf
rom,a
mongo
the
rs,Mo
nte
rey

Pe
nins
ulaWa
terMa
nag
eme
ntDi
st
ri
ctGe
ner
alMa
nag
erDa
vidSt
oldta
ndPl
anni
nga
nd

Co
nse
rva
tio
nLe
agueFo
unda
tio
nWa
terCo
nsul
ta
ntJ
ona
sMi
nto
n,whobe
li
evet
he

ho
spi
tal
it
yindus
tryha
sal
rea
dypa
rti
al
lyr
eco
ver
ed,do
wng
rade
sthea
mounto
fwa
ter

e
vent
ual
lyne
ede
dtoa
round250a
cref
eeta
nnua
ll
y.[
EIR/EIS Section 2.3.2.1 pp 2-13, 2-

14; EIR/EIS Section 6.3.5.1 pp 6-14 to 6-16 and p 6-18; EIR/EIS Section 8.2.13 pp 8.2-

104, 8.2-105; and especially EIR/EIS Appendix L pp L-1 toL-6]

7eCo
ali
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espe
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tst
hatwhi
les
omeo
fthet
est
i8e
rs/
comme
nte
rso
n

t
hewa
terne
edsf
orho
spi
tal
it
yindus
tryr
eco
ver
yar
e,o
rma
ybe
,re
spe
cte
dex
per
tso
nwa
ter

us
e,no
neo
fthe
mar
eex
per
tso
ntheho
spi
tal
it
yindus
try
.

Ani
mpo
rta
ntpa
rto
ftheho
spi
tal
it
yindus
tryi
stheho
tela
ndl
odg
ings
ect
or.Ro
om

o
ccupa
ncyi
sonewa
ytog
aug
ether
ela
tiv
ehe
alt
hoft
hatpo
rti
ono
fthei
ndus
try
.

Oc
cupa
nci
esf
ort
hel
at
e1990sa
nde
arl
y2000swe
re82%t
o85%.I
nre
centy
ear
s

3
o
ccupa
nci
esha
ver
ema
ine
dat70%t
o72%.Cur
rentl
eve
lswo
uldha
vet
oinc
rea
seby20%

t
ore
acht
hel
eve
lso
ftwode
cade
sag
o.7ema
jora
ttr
act
ionMo
nte
reyBa
yAqua
rium

a
dmi
ss
ionss
howas
imi
la
rpa
tte
rn.

7eMo
nte
reyPe
nins
ulawa
sonc
eawo
rld-
cla
ssde
sti
nat
iona
ndc
anbea
gai
n,but

no
tifi
tha
sat
hir
d-wo
rldwa
ters
uppl
y.

7eMo
nte
reyPe
nins
ulaWa
terSuppl
yPr
oje
ctv
ers
ionr
eco
mme
nde
dast
he

pr
efe
rre
dal
te
rna
tiv
epr
oje
cti
ntheEIR/EIS – i.e. the ‘three-legged stool’ of a 6.4 million

gallons per day (mgd) desal plant, a 3,500 acre feet annually water recycling plant, and

expanded Aquifer Storage and Recovery - is barely suffcient to supply the water the

Monterey Peninsula needs. If one ‘leg’ underperforms – that is, if the water recycling

facility fails consistently to produce 3,500 acre feet annually (a distinct possibility) or if

expanded Aquifer Storage and Recovery fails to yield 1,300 acre feet annually (which

recent experience shows is likely) – then the desal plant, originally proposed to be 9.6 mgd,

must be relied on to produce a suffcient and sustainable water supply. The Monterey

County Hospitality Association, a member of the Coalition, has been in the forefront of our

community efforts to conserve on water use; our hospitality facilities have conserved on

water use to the point where it can achieve no more savings on water use. The Public

Utilities Commission should approve a 9.6 mgd desal plant with a 6.4 mgd desal plant to

be constructed immediately and one or two 1.6 mgd modules to be added as needed to

accommodate demand or demand increases should any project in the water supply

portfolio fail to meet water supply production projections. As Administrative Law Judge

Gary Weatherford stated several years ago in this proceeding, the California Public

Utilities Commission is not in the business of approving permanent water rationing or

water shortages.

4
 The EIR/EIS Appendix L - Alternative Demand-Supply Scenarios explained at pp

1 to 6 assume that only half of the water projected to be needed to accommodate

hospitality industry recovery (250 acre feet annually instead of 500 acre feet annually) and

half the water required to serve legal lots (590 acre feet annually instead of 1,180 annually)

need be included in its analysis. The Coalition believes this is a fawed concept because,

among other things, it ignores the concept of “market rate of absorption” (that is, water

supply available today cannot and will not be used immediately and, in the case of

hospitality industry recovery, may not be used for several years or even a decade).

The Coalition approves the conclusion in Appendix L that no change in the size of

the project is warranted even though those crucial supply fgures are cut in half but insists

that the larger 9.6 mgd desal plant is still needed because of the possible failure of the

recycled water plant to produce its expected 3,500 acre feet annually and the likelihood

that expanded aquifer storage and recovery will fail to yield its expected 1,300 acre feet

annually.

As to Water Rights, the Coalition insisted in the beginning of this

proceeding that project water rights must be established to the satisfaction of

Monterey County agricultural interests. [Pr

ehe
ari
ngSt
ate
mento
fCo
ali
ti
ono
f

Pe
nins
ulaBus
ine
sse
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une1,20
12,pa
ge2]
.Wi
tht
hes
ecur
ingo
ftheSTATE

WATERRESOURCESCONTROLBOARD FI
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EW OFCALI
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A

AMERI
CAN WATERCOMPANY’
SMONTEREYPENI
NSULAWATER

SUPPLYPROJ ULY31,2013a
ECT-J ndwi
tht
he8l
edJOINT MOTION FOR

APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON DESALINATION PLANT

RETURN WATER on June 14, 2016 (which the Coalition joined), that concern has been

met.

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 The Coalition agrees with, and supports, the JOINT BRIEFING REGARDING

MONTEREY PENINSULA WATER SUPPLY PROJECT FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL

IMPACT REPORT AND FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT filed by

the Monterey County Farm Bureau and the Salinas Valley Water Coalition.

B. Pr
oje
ctDe
scr
ipt
ion

7eCo
ali
ti
onma
kesnoc
omme
nto
nthi
sis
sue
.

C. Env
ironme
nta
l,Se
tti
ng,
Impa
ctsa
ndMi
ti
gat
ionMe
asur
es

7eCo
ali
ti
onma
kesnoc
omme
nto
nthi
sis
sue
.

D. Al
ter
nat
ive
s

7eCo
ali
ti
onma
kesnoc
omme
nto
nthi
sis
sue
.

E. Ot
her

7eCo
ali
ti
onma
kesnoc
omme
nto
nthi
sis
sue
.

I
II. PRESENTAND FUTUREPUBLI
CCONVENI
ENCEAND NECESSI
TY
OFPROJECT–ENVIRONMENTALFACTORS

A. Publ
icUt
il
it
iesCodeSe
cti
on1002(
a)(
4)a
ndOt
herLa
w

7eCo
ali
ti
onma
kesnoc
omme
nto
nthi
sis
sue
.

B. Ot
her

6
 7eCo
ali
ti
onbe
li
eve
sthebur
denf
orpr
ovi
ngt
hepr
ese
nta
ndf
utur
epubl
ic

c
onv
eni
enc
eandne
ces
si
tyo
fthi
spr
oje
ctha
sbe
enme
tore
xce
ede
d.7eCa
li
for
niaPubl
ic

Ut
il
it
iesCo
mmi
ss
ions
houl
dce
rti
fyt
heFi
nalEIR/EIS and i
ss
ueaCe
rti
8ca
teo
fPubl
ic

Co
nve
nie
ncea
ndNe
ces
si
tyf
ort
hepr
oje
ctt
hato
rde
rsCa
lAm t
oco
nst
ruc
ttheMo
nte
rey

Pe
nins
ulaWa
terSuppl
yPr
oje
ctwi
thami
nimum 6.
4mg
dde
salpl
anti
mme
dia
tel
yanda

9.
6.mg
dde
salpl
ante
vent
ual
ly
,wi
tha
ddi
ti
ona
lde
salmo
dul
est
obea
dde
dupo
nas
howi
ng

o
fev
ide
nce(
bya
dvi
cel
et
tero
rso
mee
qui
val
entme
ans
)tha
tde
mandha
sinc
rea
seda
nd

a
ddi
ti
ona
lwa
teri
sne
ede
d.

I
V. CONCLUSI
ON
7eCo
ali
ti
ono
fPe
nins
ulaBus
ine
sse
sha
sbe
enho
nor
edt
opa
rti
ci
pat
eint
his

pr
oce
edi
nga
longwi
tho
urpa
rtne
rsi
ntheMo
nte
reyCo
unt
yag
ric
ult
ura
lco
mmuni
tya
nd

o
the
rMo
nte
reyPe
nins
ulao
rga
niz
ati
onsc
onc
erne
dabo
uts
olv
ingo
urde
cade
sol
dwa
ter

s
uppl
ypr
obl
em.Wer
egr
ett
hats
omeo
fthepa
rti
esa
reno
tint
ere
ste
dins
olv
ingo
ur

Mo
nte
reyPe
nins
ulawa
ters
uppl
ypr
obl
ema
ndwi
lls
uMe
rnos
igni
8ca
ntc
ons
eque
nce
sif

t
hispr
oje
ctf
ail
s.

Re
spe
ctf
ull
ysubmi
tt
ed,
Da
ted:Apr
il19,2018
By
:
BobMc Kenzi
e,Consult
ant
Coal
it
ionofPe ni
nsulaBusi
nes
ses
P.
O.Bo x223542
Car
me l
,CA93922

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