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Reclamation Solicits Comments on the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Headquarters Title Conveyance Environmental Assessment

Media Contact: Jeffrey McCracken, 916-978-5100, 11/15/2007 18:54

For Release: November 15, 2007

The Bureau of Reclamation has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the impacts of conveying title of the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District (District) headquarters real property to the District.  Reclamation is requesting public comment on the EA during a 30-day review period. 

The conveyance is authorized under Public Law 109-265, dated August 3, 2006.  The District headquarters is located in Fallon, Nevada, and is currently a feature of Reclamation's Newlands Project.  The property is 40.53 acres in size with 37.03 acres - including office, storage, and maintenance buildings - to be transferred to the District.  Reclamation would retain the other 3.5 acres for the agency's Fallon Field Office.

The EA will be mailed to individuals who request a copy and will be posted in the Beck Library Western Nevada Community College - Fallon Campus and the Churchill County Library, both located in Fallon.  It is also available on Reclamation's website at:  http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/documentShow.cfm?Doc_ID=2905.   If you encounter problems accessing the website, please contact Ms. Lynnette Wirth at 916-978-5102 or e-mail lwirth@mp.usbr.gov.

Written comments on the EA must be received by close of business on Monday, December 17, 2007, and should be mailed to Mrs. Caryn Huntt DeCarlo, Bureau of Reclamation, 705 N. Plaza Street, Room 320, Carson City, NV 89701-4015, or faxed to 775-882-7592, or e-mailed to chunttdecarlo@mp.usbr.gov. 

For additional information or to request a copy of the EA, please call Mrs. Huntt DeCarlo at 775-884-8352.

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Truckee-Carson Irrigation District Headquarters Title Conveyance Environmental Assessment