There are currently four Fisheries and Operations Technical Teams whose function is to make recommendations for adjusting operations to meet contractual obligations for water delivery and minimize adverse effects on listed anadromous fish species:

• Sacramento River Temperature Task Group (SRTTG)
• Clear Creek Technical Working Group (CCTWG)
• American River Group (ARG)
• San Joaquin River Technical Committee (SJRTC)

This RPA requires the creation of three additional technical teams:

• Delta Operations for Salmon and Sturgeon (DOSS) Group
• Stanislaus Operations Group (SOG)
• Interagency Fish Passage Steering Committee

Each group has responsibility to gather and analyze information, and make recommendations, regarding adjustments to water operations within the range of flexibility prescribed in the implementation procedures for a specific action in their particular geographic area. Under previous operations plans, recommendations for adjustments were made to the Water Operations Management Team (WOMT), a management-level group of representatives of Reclamation, DWR, CDFG, NMFS, and USFWS. The WOMT then made recommendations to state and regional directors for final action.

The Project Description for the proposed action (Appendix 1 to this Opinion), as revised by this RPA, establishes the responsibilities of each technical team. The RPA establishes the operations parameters that are necessary to avoid jeopardizing listed species or adversely modifying their critical habitat. Within those parameters, there is flexibility to adjust actions within a specified

Delta Operations for Salmonids and Sturgeon (DOSS)

Stanislaus Operations Group (SOG)

Other technical team and data websites (not hosted by NMFS):

Smelt Working Group (maintained by FWS)

Calfed Operations Group (maintained by DWR)

Water Operations Management Team Decisions (maintained by DWR)

Chinook monitoring data (maintained by DWR)