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Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Documents for Link Between California Aqueduct, District Canal
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Pete Lucero, 916-978-5100 TTY 916-978-5608 , plucero@usbr.gov
Rain Healer, 559-487-5196 TTY 800-735-2929, rhealer@usbr.gov
For Release: August 23, 2010
The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review a Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for award of a grant for construction of a new water distribution structure connecting the California Aqueduct and a smaller water district canal in the southern San Joaquin Valley.
The federal Water Conservation Challenge Grant would be awarded to Buena Vista Water Storage District, a State Water Project contractor, to construct an underground pipeline between the state's California Aqueduct and the district's West Side Canal. The project would improve water distribution in an area 16 miles west of Bakersfield.
The Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and are available online. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or e-mail mpPublicAffairs@usbr.gov.
Please send written comments to Rain Healer, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA, 93721, by Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Comments also may 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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