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Reclamation Releases Final Environmental Documents for the Cantua Creek Stream Group Improvement Project

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

For Release: April 22, 2016

FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Cantua Creek Stream Group Improvement Project.

Reclamation will provide partial funding to the California Department of Water Resources to create storage in ponding basins adjacent to the San Luis Canal segment of the California Aqueduct, located in Fresno County. The Project will provide protection to the canal from flooding and sediment deposition.

The Final EA/FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, and are available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=23517. If you encounter problems accessing the document, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

For additional information or to request a copy of the Final EA and/or FONSI, please contact Jennifer L. Lewis at jllewis@usbr.gov, or 559-487-5197 (TTY 800-877-8339).

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EA/FONSI