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Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Documents for the Proposed Fresno Irrigation District Gould Canal to Friant-Kern Canal Intertie Project
Media Contact:
Shane Hunt, 916-978-5100, shunt@usbr.gov
For Release: May 17, 2016
FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed series of Warren Act Contracts and/or exchange agreements over a 25 year period for the storage and conveyance of up to 50,000 acre-feet per year of Fresno Irrigation Districts’ Kings River water and/or previously banked non-CVP groundwater into and through Friant Division facilities. The project would also issue a permit and land use authorization to Fresno Irrigation District for construction, operation, and maintenance of a new pump station and intertie that would connect the Friant-Kern Canal and the Gould Canal. The project would also be partially funded through a 50/50 cost share program.
The Draft 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=25687. If you encounter problems accessing the document, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
Comments are due by close of business Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Email comments to kmbaker@usbr.gov. Written comments may also be mailed to Kelly Baker, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721 or faxed to 559-487-5927.
For additional information or to request a copy of the Draft EA/FONSI, please contact Baker at 559-487-5039 (TTY 800-877-8339). Copies of the Draft EA/FONSI may also be viewed at Reclamation’s Fresno office at the above address.
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