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Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Documents for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s Interim Water Contract
Media Contact:
Erin Curtis, 916-978-5100, eccurtis@usbr.gov
For Release: November 03, 2014
FOLSOM, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed execution of an Interim Renewal Contract for Central Valley Project water with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.
Interim renewal contract are undertaken under the authority of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act to provide a bridge between the expiration of the original long-term water service contracts and long-term renewal of those contracts.
The Draft EA/FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and are available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=19893. If you encounter problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
Please email comments by close of business Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, to John Hutchings at jhutchings@usbr.gov. Written comments may also be mailed to: John Hutchings, Bureau of Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630, or faxed to 916-989-7208.
For additional information or to request a copy of the Draft EA/FONSI, please contact Hutchings at
916-989-7179 (TTY 800-735-2929). Copies of the Draft EA/FONSI may also be viewed at Reclamation’s Folsom office at the above address.
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