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Reclamation Releases Final Environmental Documents for 2016-2018 American River Division Interim Water Service Contract Renewal for the Placer County Water Agency

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

For Release: March 17, 2016

FOLSOM, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation has released the final environmental documents for the execution of a 24-month interim Central Valley Project (CVP) water service contract renewal for the Placer County Water Agency (PCWA).

The interim CVP water service contract with PCWA will allow for the annual delivery of up to 35,000 acre-feet of CVP water for municipal and industrial uses in Placer County. The term of the PCWA contract is March 1, 2016, through Feb. 28, 2018. Deliveries will be made through existing facilities, and no new construction is required. In the event a new long-term water service contract is executed, the interim renewal contract then in effect would be superseded by the long-term contract.

The Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and are available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?project_ID=23780. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

For additional information or to request a copy of the Final EA/FONSI, please contact John Hutchings at 916-989-7179 (TTY 800-877-8339). Copies of the Final EA/FONSI may also be viewed at Reclamation’s Central California Area Office, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630.

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