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Reclamation Releases Environmental Documents for a Temporary Warren Act Contract for Storage and Conveyance of Non-CVP Water from Placer County Water Agency to East Bay Municipal Utility District in 2015

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

For Release: July 15, 2015

FOLSOM, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the execution of a temporary Warren Act contract with the East Bay Municipal Utility District to allow for the storage and conveyance of non-Central Valley Project water from the Placer County Water Agency’s Middle Fork Project reservoirs in Folsom Reservoir, Lake Natoma and the Folsom South Canal.

Reclamation proposes to enter into a temporary Warren Act contract to allow EBMUD to store and convey up to 12,000 acre-feet of PCWA’s stored Middle Fork Project water in federal facilities. The Proposed Action will authorize the use of the federally-owned Folsom Reservoir, Lake Natoma and the Folsom South Canal for storage and conveyance of the PCWA transfer water. Transfer water will be diverted at EBMUD’s Freeport Regional Water Project intake facility located on the lower Sacramento River below the confluence of the lower American and the Sacramento rivers. After diversion at Freeport, the transfer water would be conveyed through the lower reach of the Folsom South Canal via EBMUD’s Folsom South Canal Connection Pipeline and EBMUD’s Mokelumne Aqueducts to the EBMUD service area.

The Draft EA and FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and are attached to the news release email distribution.

To request a copy of the Draft EA/FONSI or for additional information, please contact John Hutchings at jhutchings@usbr.gov or 916-989-7179 (TTY 800-877-8339). Copies of the Draft EA/FONSI may also be viewed at Reclamation’s Folsom office at the below address.

Comments are due by close of business Wednesday, July 22. Comments should be mailed to: John Hutchings, Bureau of Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 995630. Comments may also be faxed to 916-989-7208 or emailed to jhutchings@usbr.gov.

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