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Reclamation Announces the Availability of the Draft EA/FONSI for the Marina Coast Water District Regional Urban Recycled Water Project

Media Contact: Pete Lucero, 916-978-5100, plucero@usbr.gov

For Release: July 10, 2009

The Bureau of Reclamation announces the availability of the draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Marina Coast Water District Regional Urban Recycled Water Project.  The project would approve a contract change for the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency (Agency) for the delivery of recycled water from irrigation to municipal and industrial uses.  The Marina Coast Water District, in cooperation with the Agency, would construct a distribution system to provide up to 1,727 acre-feet per year of recycled water from the existing Agency's Salinas Valley Reclamation Plant to urban users.  This recycled water would be delivered initially to the former Fort Ord which includes lands within the jurisdictions of the Cities of Marina, Seaside, and Del Rey Oaks; California State University, Monterey Bay; University of California, Monterey Bay Education, Science, and Technology Center; and the County of Monterey. 

The draft EA and FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and are available online at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=4052.    If you encounter problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100 or e-mail lwirth@usbr.gov.

Please send written comments to Ms. Patti Clinton, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721, by Wednesday, August 5, 2009.  Comments may also be faxed to Ms. Clinton at 559-487-5397 or e-mailed to pclinton@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 documents may also be viewed at Reclamation's Fresno office, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721. 

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Relevant Link:

NEPA Document