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Reclamation Releases Environmental Document on Tranquillity Irrigation District, East-West Intertie Water Conservation Project

Media Contact: Shane Hunt, 916-978-5100, shunt@usbr.gov

For Release: March 04, 2016

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review an Environmental Assessment/Initial Study for the Tranquillity Irrigation District, East-West Intertie Water Conservation Project. The TID proposes to construct a pump structure and turnout at the Western Distribution System’s Towne Ditch, construct approximately one-half mile of pipeline to intertie with the Eastern Distribution System’s South Canal, install a flow meter and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition control system, and construct a solar panel system.

Reclamation proposes to provide WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grant funds to TID. Through the WaterSMART program, Reclamation provides cost-shared funding on a competitive basis for projects that seek to conserve and use water more efficiently, increase the use of renewable energy, protect endangered species, or facilitate water markets. For more on WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants, please visit http://www.usbr.gov/watersmart/weeg/index.html.

The EA/IS was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and California Environmental Quality Act, and may be viewed at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=24855. If you encounter problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

Written comments are due by close of business on Friday, April 1, 2016, to Doug Kleinsmith, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP-150, Sacramento, CA 95825 or dkleinsmith@usbr.gov.

For additional information or to receive a copy of the EA/IS, please contact Kleinsmith at 916-978-5034. The document may also be viewed at Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Regional office at the above address.

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