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Reclamation Announces Public Workshop on Municipal and Industrial Water Shortage Policy

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

For Release: May 24, 2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif – The Bureau of Reclamation today announced a public workshop on the Mid-Pacific Region’s Municipal and Industrial Water Shortage Policy (M&I WSP). Since mid-2010, Reclamation has held several stakeholder workshops and public scoping meetings to solicit public input on the updated M&I WSP and to receive comment on the scope of a proposed Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The proposed draft EIS is being prepared and will be used to analyze the potential effects of implementing the updated M&I WSP. A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS was posted in the Federal Register on Tuesday, March 8, 2011.

At the upcoming public workshop, Reclamation will present and discuss the proposed alternatives that will be considered and analyzed in the EIS. In addition, technical evaluation tools, assumptions and other related information will be shared with workshop participants. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to provide comment and input to Reclamation that will be considered in the analyses and EIS. The draft EIS is anticipated to be available in April 2013.

Reclamation’s Central Valley Project (CVP) is operated under federal statutes authorizing the CVP and by the terms and conditions of water rights acquired pursuant to California law. During any year, certain water supply and/or operational conditions may limit the availability of CVP water and require the Policy be implemented during water short years. The public workshop is scheduled in:

Sacramento: Monday, June 4, 2012, 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., 2800 Cottage Way, Cafeteria Conference Rooms C-1001 and C-1002.

For information on the project, please visit Reclamation’s M&I WSP website at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvp/mandi/. If you encounter problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

For additional information, please contact Tim Rust, Program Manager, Reclamation, via email at trust@usbr.gov or at 916-978-5516.

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Relevant Link:

Reclamation’s M&I WSP website