The Monterey EIR is aimed at identifying potential environmental impacts resulting from modifications to water supply contracts. In 1994, DWR and some of the contractors, meeting in Monterey, executed the Monterey Agreement to modify the long-term water supply contracts. These modifications were incorporated into the long-term water supply contracts in what became known as the Monterey Amendment.
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The Monterey Agreement originated in Monterey, California, among DWR and the SWP contractors to address fundamental contract issues by amending the long-term water supply contracts. This understanding produced a set of guidelines, known as the Monterey Principles, to amend the contracts to resolve some long-standing concerns of SWP contractors and provide more flexibility in administering those contracts. Those principles and subsequent amendments were intended to significantly revise the complex SWP contracts, written more than 30 years ago. Despite careful crafting, the contracts could not easily accommodate the shifts in water policy and management that occurred since their execution.
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See the Executive Summary of Bulletin 132 Management of the California State Water Project (Bulletin 132-95)
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