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Reclamation Extends Comment Period on Draft Environmental Documents for Conveyance and Storage of Groundwater in the Delta-Mendota Canal to Del Puerto Water District
Media Contact:
Louis Moore, 916-978-5100, wmoore@usbr.gov
For Release: May 23, 2014
FRESNO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation has extended the public comment period on draft environmental documents for a proposed Warren Act contract for the introduction of up to 23,000 acre-feet per year of non-Central Valley Project groundwater into the Delta-Mendota Canal for conveyance to Del Puerto Water District. The Warren Act contract would be for a period not to exceed four years.
The source of the groundwater for the proposal is from private landowners within Merced County, Calif. (4-S Ranch Partners, LLC and SHS Family Limited Partnership).
The Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact 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=17363. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or e-mail mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
Please email comments to Rain Emerson, Bureau of Reclamation at remerson@usbr.gov. Written comments may also be mailed to Emerson, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721 or faxed to Emerson at 559-487-5397. Comments are due by May 30, 2014. For additional information or to request a copy of the Draft EA/FONSI, please contact Emerson 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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