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Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Document for the Sacramento County Water Agency’s CVP Interim Renewal Water Service Contract

Media Contact: Shane Hunt, 916-978-5100, 12/23/2016 15:46

For Release: December 23, 2016

FOLSOM, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed execution of an Interim Renewal Contract for Central Valley Project water with the Sacramento County Water Agency.

Interim Renewal Contracts are issued under the authority of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act to provide a bridge between the expiration of the original long-term water service contracts and long-term renewal of those contracts.

The Draft EA was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and is available at https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=27389.If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

Please email comments to John Hutchings, Bureau of Reclamation, at jhutchings@usbr.gov. Written comments may also be mailed to the Bureau of Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630 or faxed to 916-989-7208. Comments are due by close of business Monday, Jan. 23, 2017.

For additional information or to request a copy of the Draft EA, please contact Hutchings at 916-989-7179 (TTY 800-877-8339). Copies of the Draft EA may also be viewed at Reclamation’s Folsom office at the above address.

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