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Reclamation Releases Draft San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area Resource Management Plan/General Plan

Media Contact: Pete Lucero, MP Region Public Affairs Officer, 916-978-5100, 08/03/2012 16:20
Roy Stearns, California State Parks, 916-654-7538, rstea@parks.ca.gov

For Release: August 03, 2012

GUSTINE, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Parks and Recreation have released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Revised Draft Environmental Impact Report for the San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area Resource Management Plan/General Plan for a 60-day public review and comment period.

The San Luis Reservoir SRA consists of more than 27,000 acres of land owned by Reclamation and includes the water surfaces of San Luis Reservoir, O’Neill Forebay, Los Banos Creek Reservoir and adjacent recreation lands in Merced County, Calif.

The RMP/GP is intended to guide recreation and resource management at the SRA in a way that maintains and enhances public and resource benefits and is consistent with Reclamation’s core mission of delivering water and generating power. The Draft EIS/REIR describes the SRA’s existing setting, alternatives for future management under the RMP/GP and potential environmental impacts of the alternatives.

Reclamation and State Parks will hold a public meeting to provide project information and receive comments on the Draft EIS/REIR. A brief presentation, including a project overview, will open the meeting. After the presentation, the public is welcome to visit with Reclamation and State Parks staff at information stations, ask questions and provide comments.

The public meeting will be held:
Thursday, August 23
6:30 to 9 p.m.
San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area Headquarters
31426 Gonzaga Road
Gustine, CA 95322

Written comments are due by close of business Friday, October 5. Comments can be submitted during the public meeting or can be mailed to Dave Woolley, Bureau of Reclamation, South-Central California Area Office, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721 or emailed to dwoolley@usbr.gov or mailed to Elizabeth Steller, California State Parks, 22708 Broadway Street, Columbia, CA 95310-9400 or emailed to lstel@parks.ca.gov.

The Draft EIS/REIR may be viewed at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=548.
The document was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and the California Environmental Quality Act. If you encounter any difficulties accessing the document online, please email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov or call 916-978-5100 (TTY 916-978-5608).

For additional information or for a copy of the Draft EIS/REIR, please contact Woolley at 559-487-5049 (TTY 559 487-5933) or dwoolley@usbr.gov. For special accommodations at the meeting, please provide
Woolley with advance notice so staff has enough time to accommodate the request.

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Relevant Link:

Draft EIS/REIR