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Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Document for Folsom Reservoir Safety of Dams Dike 1 Modifications
Media Contact:
Erin Curtis, 916-978-5100, eccurtis@usbr.gov
For Release: November 28, 2014
FOLSOM, Calif.- The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment for proposed Safety of Dams modifications to Folsom Reservoir’s Dike 1 in the Granite Bay Recreation Area.
Although there is no immediate danger, the purpose of the proposed project is to more thoroughly reduce the risk of Dike 1 failure from water seepage through the embankment. The project includes five primary components: (1) stockpiling of filter materials (sand and gravel); (2) removal and stockpiling of slope protection material and riprap; (3) installation of a toe drain at the base of Dike 1; (4) installation of a gravel and sand slope filter; and (5) replacement of the stockpiled protection material on the face of Dike 1.
The Draft EA has been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and is available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=20121. If you encounter problems accessing the document, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
Written comments are due by close of business Thursday, Dec. 11. Please email comments to Elizabeth Dyer at elizabethdyer@usbr.gov. Written comments may also be mailed to: Elizabeth Dyer, Bureau of Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630 or faxed to 916-989-7208. For questions, please contact Dyer at 916-989-7256 (TTY 800-877-8339) or at elizabethdyer@usbr.gov.
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