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Reclamation Releases Environmental Documents for a Temporary Warren Act Contract for Storage and Conveyance
Media Contact:
Erin Curtis, 916-978-5100, eccurtis@usbr.gov
For Release: April 22, 2015
FOLSOM, Calif. -- The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Environmental Assessment for the execution of a temporary Warren Act contract with the Santa Clara Valley Water District, to allow for the storage and conveyance of non-Central Valley Project water from Foresthill Public Utility District Sugar Pine Reservoir in Folsom Reservoir and Lake Natoma.
Reclamation proposes to enter into a temporary WA contract with SCVWD to allow for the storage and conveyance of 2,000 acre-feet-per year of FPUDs Sugar Pine Reservoir water. The Proposed Action would authorize the use of the federally-owned Folsom Reservoir and Lake Natoma for storage and conveyance of the FPUD transfer water. The state-owned Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant and South Bay Aqueduct would be utilized to convey the water to SCVWD.
The EA was 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=21452. If you encounter problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
Please email comments by close of business, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, 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 EA, please contact Hutchings at 916-989-7179 (TTY 800-735-2929). Copies of the EA may also be viewed at Reclamation’s Folsom office at the above address.
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