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Reclamation Releases Draft EA/FONSI for the Storage of Westlands Water District Central Valley Project Water in Semitropic Water Storage District Groundwater Bank
Media Contact:
Pete Lucero, 916-978-5100, plucero@usbr.gov
For Release: January 22, 2010
The Bureau of Reclamation announces the availability for public review and comment of the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) for the Storage and Return of Westlands Water District's (WWD) Central Valley Project Water in the Semitropic Water Storage District (Semitropic).
Reclamation proposes to approve a water banking project in which up to 50,000 acre-feet of WWD 2010 CVP water supply would be banked in Semitropic's groundwater bank and returned to WWD within 10 years so that the water needs during future shortages could be offset by the banked water supply.
The Draft EA/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=4918. If you encounter problems accessing documents online, please call 916-978-5100 or e-mail mpPublicAffairs@usbr.gov.
Please send written comments to Ms. Patti Clinton, Bureau of Reclamation, South-Central California Area Office, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721, by Wednesday, February 3, 2010. 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/FONSI, please contact Ms. Clinton at 559-487-5127, TDD 800-735-2929. Copies of the Draft EA/FONSI may also be viewed at Reclamation's Fresno office (address above).
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