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Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Documents for Two Central Valley Project Annual Water Transfers to the Angiola Water District Over a Nine-Year Period
Media Contact:
Pete Lucero, MP Region Public Affairs Officer, 916-978-5100, plucero@usbr.gov
For Release: July 10, 2012
FRESNO, Calif. — The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) for the proposed annual transfer of up to 1,300 acre-feet per year of Mercy Springs Water District’s Central Valley Project (CVP) water and up to 4,000 acre-feet per year of Fresno Slough Water District’s CVP water over a nine-year period to the Angiola Water District.
The Mercy Springs Water District and the Fresno Slough Water District are located in Fresno County, Calif. The Angiola Water District is located in southeastern Kings and western Tulare County, Calif.
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=10191. If you encounter problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
Please email comments by close of business Wednesday, August 8, 2012, to Rain Healer at rhealer@usbr.gov. Comments may also be mailed to Ms. Healer at Bureau of Reclamation, South-Central California Area Office, 1243 N Street, Fresno CA 93721 or faxed to 559-487-5194.
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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