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Bureau of Reclamation releases Draft Environmental Assessment for Planet Ranch Lease

Media Contact: Rose Davis , (702) 293-8421, jdavis@usbr.gov
Faye Streier, fstreier@usbr.gov

For Release: April 01, 2015

Boulder City, Nev. — The Bureau of Reclamation issued a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) today for the Planet Ranch Lease (Lease). The Draft EA details Reclamation’s proposed lease of 3,418 acres of land and 5,549 acre-feet of water per year within Planet Ranch in Mohave and La Paz counties in Arizona from the Freeport Minerals Corporation. The leased land and water will benefit the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program.

After issuing the Lease, Freeport Minerals Corporation would donate the land and water rights to the State of Arizona, represented by the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, who would then acquire the Lease with Reclamation. This action is authorized and directed by the Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2014.

The Draft EA is available for public review and comment on Reclamation’s website at: http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g2000/envdocs.html.

Comments must be postmarked by Friday, May 1, 2015.

Please send written comments to the Bureau of Reclamation, Attn: LC 2620, P.O. Box 61470, Boulder City, NV 89006. Electronic comments may be submitted to planetranchleaseea@usbr.gov. To request a compact disk or paper copy of the Draft EA or for questions, please contact Ms. Faye Streier, Reclamation National Environmental Policy Act Coordinator, at 702-293-8132.

The Draft EA was prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act.

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