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Reclamation Releases Finding of No Significant Impact for the Central California Irrigation District Orestimba Creek Groundwater Recharge Project

Media Contact: Louis Moore, 916-978-5100, 06/30/2017 16:29

For Release: June 30, 2017

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation signed a Finding of No Significant Impact for providing a CALFED Water Use Efficiency grant to the Central California Irrigation District for the Orestimba Creek Groundwater Recharge Project. CCID would use the CALFED Water Use Efficiency Grant to develop a 20 acre recharge facility near Orestimba Creek and the Delta-Mendota Canal that would allow the recharge of 500 acre-feet per year to the local groundwater basin.

The FONSI 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=26725. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

For additional information or to request a copy of the FONSI, please contact Jamie LeFevre at 916-978-5035 (TTY 800-877-8339).

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