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Final Environmental Documents Released on a Series of Annual Exchanges at the Mendota Pool
Media Contact:
Pete Lucero, MP Region Public Affairs Officer, 916-978-5100, plucero@usbr.gov
For Release: July 23, 2012
FRESNO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation today released final environmental documents for a series of annual exchange agreements with Donald J. Peracchi and his affiliates through February 2015.
Under the proposed annual exchange agreements, groundwater pumped annually into Mendota Pool, minus losses, would be used by Reclamation to offset existing Central Valley Project (CVP) water contract obligations at the Mendota Pool. Reclamation would then reduce CVP deliveries to the Mendota Pool by the quantity exchanged and make an equivalent amount of CVP water (up to 3,600 acre-feet per year) available for irrigation purposes to Donald J. Peracchi and affiliates’ lands in Westlands Water District via the San Luis Canal.
The Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) were released for public comment from June 1, 2012 to June 15, 2012. Comments have been addressed in the Final EA.
The Final EA/FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, and are available online at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=9750. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
For additional information or to request a copy of the Final EA and/or FONSI, please contact Rain Healer at 559-487-5196, TTY 800-735-2929.
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