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Reclamation Releases Final Environmental Documents for the Proposed Fresno Irrigation District Gould Canal to Friant Kern Canal Intertie Project

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

For Release: August 31, 2016

FRESNO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation has released a Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the issuance of a series of Warren Act Contracts and/or exchange agreements over a 25 year period.

The contracts and/or agreements are for the introduction, 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 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=25687. If you encounter problems accessing the document, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

For additional information or to request a copy of the Final EA and/or FONSI, please contact Rain Emerson at 559-487-5196 (TTY 800-877-8339).

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