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Draft Environmental Documents Available for Addition of North-Kern Water Storage District to Friant-Kern Canal Groundwater Pump-in Program

Media Contact: Erin Curtis, 916-978-5100, eccurtis@usbr.gov

For Release: October 01, 2014

FRESNO, Calif. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has announced the availability of draft environmental documents for the proposed introduction of up to 10,000 acre-feet of North-Kern Water Storage District groundwater into the Friant-Kern Canal as part of the FKC Groundwater Pump-In Program.

The introduction of up to 10,000 acre-feet is included in the cumulative annual total of 50,000 acre-feet allowed Friant Division contractors under the FKC Groundwater Pump-In Program.

Under the proposal, North-Kern’s non-CVP water would be conveyed through the FKC to the Cross Valley Canal for delivery to four westside Kern County water districts via the California Aqueduct.

The Draft Environmental Assessment and Findings 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=19441. If you encounter problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100 or e-mail ibr2mprpao@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 Oct. 7, 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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Draft EA