§ 11961. Approval of White Slough Specific Area Plan.

On December 15, 1999, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved the White Slough Specific Area Plan, pursuant to the White Slough Protection and Development Act. The Plan provides for the following in the White Slough area of Vallejo and western Solano County:

(a) permanent protection and enhancement of at least 336 acres of tidal wetlands within White Slough and 132 acres of tidally influenced areas in South White Slough;

(b) the minimum amount of fill, not to exceed 13 acres, necessary to widen State Highway Route 37 to a four-lane highway and to construct interchanges between State Highway Route 37 and State Highway Route 29 and Sacramento Street;

(c) flood protection for upland areas;

(d) suitable water quality; and

(e) wetland enhancement for all tidally influenced areas of South White Slough, including a program for the acquisition, enhancement and permanent preservation of those areas.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 3-7-2000; operative 3-7-2000 pursuant to Government Code section 11354.1 (Register 2000, No. 10).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 66632(f), 66651 and 66652, Government Code. Reference: Sections 66670-66682, Government Code.