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Reclamation proposes 24-month interim Central Valley Project water service contract renewal for Placer County Water Agency

Media Contact: Jeff Hawk, 916-978-5100, jhawk@usbr.gov

For Release: December 10, 2019

FOLSOM, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation proposes to issue a 24-month interim Central Valley Project water service contract renewal for the Placer County Water Agency for the annual delivery of up to 35,000 acre-feet of CVP water in Placer County. The contract would be from March 1, 2020, through February 28, 2022. Deliveries would be made through existing facilities, and no new construction is required. A draft Environmental Assessment is available for public review. 

If a new long-term water service contract is executed, the interim renewal contract will be superseded by the long-term water service contract. Any new long-term water service contract will be analyzed under a separate process. 

A 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=41541.

Reclamation will consider all comments received by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on January 9, 2020. Written comments may be faxed to 916-537-7035 or sent to Spencer Marshall, Natural Resources, Bureau of Reclamation, Central California Area Office, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630. Email comments may be sent to smarshall@usbr.gov.

For additional information or to request a copy of the draft EA, contact Mr. Marshall at 916-537-7072 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email smarshall@usbr.gov. Copies of the draft EA may also be viewed at Reclamation’s Central California Area Office listed above.

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