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Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Documents for the Madera Irrigation District Long-Term Banking and Return Project with North Kern Water Storage District and/or Semitropic Water Storage District
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Pete Lucero, MP Region Public Affairs Officer, 916-978-5100, 07/02/2012 16:34
For Release: July 02, 2012
FRESNO, Calif.–The Bureau of Reclamation today released for public review a Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) for the Madera Irrigation District Long-Term Banking and Return Project with North Kern Water Storage District and/or Semitropic Water Storage District.
Under the Proposed Action, Reclamation would approve Madera Irrigation District’s (MID) delivery of its Central Valley Project (CVP) water for banking outside of their service area boundary to North Kern Water Storage District (NKWSD) or Semitropic Water Storage District (Semitropic) for banking, contingent on the availability of wheeling capacity in the Friant-Kern Canal, or San Luis Canal.
At any time MID would be allowed to store a maximum of 100,000 acre feet of CVP water at any time at NKWSD and/or Semitropic. Upon request, NKWSD or Semitropic would return up to 20,000 acre feet per year to MID, Exchange Districts or Transfer Districts described in EA 11-102 upon request.
The Draft EA/FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and are available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=10170. If you encounter problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
Written comments must be received by close of business Thursday, August 2, 2012 and should be sent to Chuck Siek, Bureau of Reclamation, South-Central California Area Office, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721. Comments may also be faxed to Mr. Siek at 559-487-5397 or emailed to csiek@usbr.gov.
For additional information or to request a copy of the Draft EA/FONSI, please contact Mr. Siek at 559-487-5138, TTY 800-735-2929. Copies of the draft documents may also be viewed at Reclamation's Fresno office at the above address.
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