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Public Meeting Scheduled on CVPIA Annual Work Plans

Media Contact: Jeffrey S. McCracken, 916-978-5100, jmccracken@mp.usbr.gov

For Release: April 25, 2005

The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will hold a public meeting on May 16, 2005, to present the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) Annual Work Plans for Fiscal Year 2005. The meeting will also provide an opportunity to discuss proposed activities for Fiscal Year 2006. Presentations will be made on the following CVPIA Annual Work Plans:

  • Anadromous Fish Screen Program - [(Section 3406 (b)(21)]
  • Clear Creek Restoration - [(Section 3406 (b)(12)] including presentation on Environmental Water Program as it relates to Clear Creek
  • Land Retirement Program – [(Section 3408 (h)]
  • San Joaquin River Basin Resource Management Initiative - [Section 3406 (c)(1)]
  • Water Acquisition and Supply Program including:
  • Refuge Water Supply Program (facilities construction, conveyance/wheeling, and the San Joaquin Basin Action Plan) – [Sections 3406 (d)(1, 3-5)]
  • Water Acquisition Program including Level 4 Water for Refuges – [Sections 3406 (b)(3) and (d)(2)]
  • Trinity River (instream flows) – [Section 3406 (b)(23)]
  • Habitat Restoration Program – [Section 3406(b)(1)Other] including the San Joaquin River Riparian Habitat Restoration Program – [(Section 3406 (b)(1)]
  • Anadromous Fish Restoration Program – [(Section 3406 (b) (1)]

The meeting will be held: In Sacramento

Monday, May 16, 2005, 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Conference Room C-1001 -1002, Federal Building
2800 Cottage Way

The CVPIA Annual Work Plans for Fiscal Year 2005 are posted on the Internet at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpia/accomplishments/index.html; click on “Draft CVPIA Annual Work Plans (FY 2005).” A copy of the May 16, 2005, meeting agenda is also available on this site. For more information, please call Ms. Patricia Rivera in Reclamation’s Special Projects Office at 916-978-5194 (TDD 916-978-5608) or e-mail privera@mp.usbr.gov.

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Relevant Link:

The CVPIA Annual Work Plans for Fiscal Year 2005