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Application Process Prepare and submit a 401 Certification Application form, including the following information: •Project description and site plan (including low impact development features) •CEQA document and Notice of Determination •Quantification of fill to be removed •Quantification of temporary and permanent fill impacts •Proposed mitigation (if needed, the project may mitigate itself) •Payment of fees (based on quantity of fill) Schedule In accordance with guidance issued by the State Water Resources Control Board, the RWQCB is required to make a determination of whether the application package is complete within 30 days of receipt. However, sometimes the San Francisco RWQCB takes longer to respond and make a determination. Once the application is determined complete, a permit is required to be issued within 60 days. 4.3 California Department of Fish & Wildlife Background Section 2081 subdivision (b) of the California Fish and Game Code allows the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to issue Incidental Take Permits for any species listed under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA) as endangered, threatened, or candidate as long as the authorized take is incidental to an otherwise lawful activity. If the project impacts any species that are listed under the CESA as endangered, threatened, or candidate, an Incidental Take Permit would be required. Applicability The project could potentially impact species that are listed under the CESA as endangered, threatened, or candidate. The species that could potentially be impacted include the state endangered Delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus), the state threatened Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), and the state threatened longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys). The open water habitat of the bay could be affected by construction and could result in inadvertent injury or loss of individual fish species if present within the construction zone. 30