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Reclamation Releases Draft Warren Act Contract Between the United States and the El Dorado Irrigation District for Public Review and Comment
Media Contact:
Shane Hunt, 916-978-5100, shunt@usbr.gov
For Release: April 13, 2016
FOLSOM, Calif. -- The Bureau of Reclamation and the El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) have completed negotiations for a long-term Warren Act Contract to facilitate the conveyance of up to 17,000 acre-feet per year of non-Central Valley Project water through Folsom Reservoir. The water under this contract would be used by EID within their service area for Municipal and Industrial purposes.
Warren Act contracts are undertaken under the authority of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388) and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, including the Act of February 21, 1911 (36 Stat. 925) and Section 305 of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, enacted March 5, 1992 (106 Stat. 59).
The draft contract is available for a 60-day comment period and is available on the Warren Act Contracts webpage at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/warren_act/index.html. If you encounter problems accessing the document, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
Written comments on the draft contract must be received by close of business, Monday, June 13, 2016, and should be sent to Georgiana Gregory, Bureau of Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630, or faxed to 916-989-7208, or emailed to ggregory@usbr.gov. For additional information, please contact Gregory at 916-989-7172 (TTY 800-877-8339).
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