The Delta Stewardship Council released a draft decision last Friday dismissing the appeal from several NGOs, Tribes, and Delta water agencies against DWR’s certification of consistency with the Delta Plan for the Delta Conveyance Project.  The draft decision will be discussed and possibly adopted at the Council’s meeting on Thursday. … The Delta Stewardship Council held a public hearing on December 19 to hear from the appellants, DWR, and the public.  The main issue raised at the hearing was whether DWR filing a consistency determination for the geotechnical activities only and not the entirety of the project is piecemealing under CEQA, and therefore a violation of the Delta Reform Act.