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Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Documents for the Proposed Poso Creek Water Company Banking and Transfer Program

Media Contact: Russell Grimes, 916-978-5100, rwgrimes@usbr.gov

For Release: June 02, 2017

FRESNO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review a Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) for the proposed transfers of up to 50,000 acre-feet per year of available Central Valley Project water supplies acquired through Poso Creek Water Company, LLC members.

Transfers of CVP water would be from CVP contractors to Poso Creek members either for direct agricultural use on member lands located within Westlands Water District, San Luis Water District, Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District, and Semitropic Water Storage District or for banking in Semitropic and/or the Kern Water Bank for later use on member lands within those same districts.

The Draft EA/FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, and are available at https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?project_ID=28801 . If you encounter problems accessing the document, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov .

Comments are due by close of business Friday, June 16, 2017. Please email comments to jllewis@usbr.gov. Written comments may also be mailed to Jennifer Lewis, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721 or faxed to Lewis at 559-487-5397.

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