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Reclamation Releases Environmental Documents on Annual Transfer of Settlement Contract Water Between Properties within Westlands Water District
Media Contact:
Pete Lucero, 916 978 5100, plucero@usbr.gov
For Release: August 07, 2012
FRESNO, Calif. — The Bureau of Reclamation has released the final environmental documents for a nine-year annual transfer of settlement contract water between properties owned by Vista Verde farms within Westlands Water District.
The action covered by the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact is a series of annual temporary water transfers during each of the next nine years (2012-2020). The volume to be transferred would be up to 1,140 acre-feet per year from property owned by Vista Verde Farms, south of Mendota near the intersection of California Avenue and State Route 33, to property owned by Vista Verde, near the interchange of Interstate 5 and State Route 33.
This action will allow a continuation of transfers to existing crops that has taken place in most years since 2000.
The Final EA and FONSI were released for public comment from June 26 through July 11. No comments were received on the draft documents.
The Final EA and 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=10030. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or e-mail mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
For additional information or to request a copy of the EA and FONSI, please contact Ben Lawrence at 559-487-5039 (TTY 800-735-2929).
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