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Reclamation releases environmental documents for Kern County Water Agency Improvement District No. 4 lining project

Media Contact: Erin Curtis, 9169785100, 04/30/2018 17:08

For Release: April 30, 2018

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact for a WaterSMART Program grant to Kern County Water Agency’s Improvement District No. 4 to implement the Cross Valley Canal Extension – Pool 8 Lining Project.

Kern County Water Angency IDR4 will use $1milion of federal funding to install a fiber-reinforced concrete lining to a one mile section of the CVC Extension. Once completed, the project would reduce seepage losses by approximately 2,300 acre-feet a year on an annual basis.

The Finding of No Significant Impact and supporting Environmental Assessment 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=32061.

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

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