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Reclamation Releases Draft EA/FONSI for a Challenge Grant to Develop Tulare Irrigation District's Plum Basin Project
Media Contact:
Pete Lucero, 916-978-5100, plucero@usbr.gov
For Release: March 16, 2010
The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) to award Tulare Irrigation District (TID) with a Challenge Grant to help fund the construction of a 37-acre recharge/regulation basin (Plum Basin). Plum Basin would regulate water supplies and enhance flexibility in TID's water distribution system by reducing water spillage due to fluctuations in irrigation cycles. In addition, the project would benefit both TID and the city of Tulare by recharging water supplies to the underlying aquifer.
The Draft EA/FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and are available here. If you encounter problems accessing documents online, please call 916-978-5100 or e-mail mpPublicAffairs@usbr.gov.
Please send written comments to Mr. Michael Inthavong, Bureau of Reclamation, South-Central California Area Office, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721, by Friday, April 9, 2010. Comments may also be faxed to Mr. Inthavong at 559-487-5194 or e-mailed to minthavong@usbr.gov.
For additional information or to request a copy of the Draft EA/FONSI, please contact Mr. Inthavong at 559-487-5044, TTY 800-735-2929. Copies of the Draft EA/FONSI may also be viewed at Reclamation's Fresno office (address above).
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