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Draft Environmental Assessment Available for the Tulare Irrigation District In-Basin Exchange with Consolidated Peoples Ditch Company and Farmers Ditch Company
Media Contact:
Jeffrey McCracken, 916-978-5100, 03/20/2008 18:59
For Release: March 20, 2008
The Bureau of Reclamation announces the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) to approve a long-term exchange of up to 40,000 acre-feet per year of Tulare Irrigation District (TID) Central Valley Project (CVP) water for an equal amount of non-CVP Kaweah River water from Consolidated Peoples Ditch Company and Farmers Ditch Company through February 2026.
Existing facilities would be used to divert this non-CVP water from the Kaweah River system. Water delivery would be from the Friant Division at Millerton Lake via conveyance in the Friant-Kern Canal and existing diversions from turnouts identified for TID long-term water service. However, pursuant to Article 5 of its long-term water service contract, TID would not be limited to these points of delivery. Non-CVP water being exchanged originates from Lake Kaweah and would be re-diverted from TID storage.
The Draft EA and FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, and are available for a 30-day public review and comment period until Friday, April 18, 2008.
The Draft EA and FONSI are available online at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=3127
Please send written comments to Ms. Patti Clinton, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721, by close of business Friday, April 18, 2008. Comments may also be faxed to Ms. Clinton at 559-487-5397 or e-mailed to pclinton@mp.usbr.gov.
For additional information or to request a copy of the Draft EA and FONSI, please contact Ms. Clinton at 559-487-5127, TDD 559-487-5933. Copies of the Draft EA and FONSI may also be viewed at Reclamation's Fresno office.
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