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Reclamation Seeks Public Comments on the Proposed Greenberry Irrigation District Water Service Contract

Media Contact: John Redding, (208) 378-5212, jredding@pn.usbr.gov
Tanya Sommer, tsommer@pn.usbr.gov

For Release: March 01, 2006

The Bureau of Reclamation received a request from the Greenberry Irrigation District to administer a water service contract for up to 7,500 acre feet of stored Willamette River basin water to irrigate farmlands located south of Corvallis, Oregon. The request seeks a decision of eligibility for a water service contract.

Reclamation has prepared and administered irrigation water service contracts for individual water users and irrigation districts in the Willamette River basin for over 50 years, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The Willamette Basin Project consists of a system of dams and reservoirs for multiple purposes, operated and maintained by the Corps of Engineers, which determines the availability of project irrigation water supply.

The National Environmental Policy Act requires Reclamation to evaluate the possible environmental and social impacts of the District's request before it makes a decision of eligibility. Written comments can be sent to Tanya Sommer, Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Columbia Area Office, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 750, Portland OR 97232, or call (503) 872-2846. Comments must be received by March 31, 2006.

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