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Reclamation Releases Draft EA/FONSI on the Gill Ranch Storage, LLC, Licenses for Crossing under the San Luis Canal and the San Luis Drain

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

For Release: February 12, 2010

The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review and comments the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) on the execution of two 50-year licenses to Gill Ranch Storage, LLC, for the installation of a natural gas pipeline. The 30-inch diameter pipeline will cross under the San Luis Canal and the San Luis Drain, near the City of Mendota, California.  

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=5097. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or e-mail mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov. 

Please send written comments to Ms. Rain Healer, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721, by Thursday, February 25, 2010. Comments may also be faxed to Ms. Healer at 559-487-5194, or e-mailed to rhealer@usbr.gov. For additional information or to request a copy of the Draft EA/FONSI, please contact Ms. Healer at 559-487-5196 (TTY 800-735-2929). Copies of the Draft EA/FONSI may also be viewed at Reclamation's Fresno office at the above address.   

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