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Environmental Assessment for Proposed Contract with El Dorado Irrigation District Available for 30-Day Public Review and Comment
Media Contact:
Jeffrey McCracken, (916) 978-5100, 05/16/2008 21:21
For Release: May 16, 2008
The Bureau of Reclamation announces the availability of a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for a 40-year Warren Act contract for the use of Reclamation's Folsom Reservoir to convey up to 4,560 acre-feet of El Dorado Irrigation District's non-Central Valley Project (CVP) water annually. The draft EA is available for a 30-day public review and comment period. Reclamation will not execute this contract until the Endangered Species Act, Section 7, consultation process for the CVP Operations Criteria and Plan is complete.
The Warren Act of February 21, 1911, authorized the United States to execute contracts for the conveyance and storage of non-CVP water in Federal facilities when excess capacity exists.
The draft EA is available online at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=29. To request a copy of the draft EA or for additional information, please contact Ms. Bonnie Van Pelt at 916-989-7127. If you encounter problems accessing documents online, please contact Ms. Lynnette Wirth at 916-978-5102 or e-mail lwirth@mp.usbr.gov.
Written comments must be received by close of business Monday, June 16, 2008, and should be sent to Ms. Bonnie Van Pelt, Bureau of Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, California 95630. Comments may also be faxed to Ms. Van Pelt at 916-989-7208 or e-mailed to bvanpelt@mp.usbr.gov.
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