[env-trinity] FW: Additional Final Env Doc for CVP Water Contracts Available

[Byron]

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From: scervantes at mp.usbr.gov [mailto:scervantes at mp.usbr.gov] 
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 3:33 PM
To: Byron Leydecker
Subject: Additional Final Env Doc for CVP Water Contracts Available

Reclamation issued the following press release today, Thursday, March 17,
2005.  The files have been sent to the server, it takes a few hours to go
live.  If you encounter problems accessing documents online, please give me
a call or send me an email.  Also, a number of additional executed contracts
will be posted to the contracting website on Friday at
www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpia/3404c/index.html; scroll to either 2005 Executed Sac
River Settlement Contracts or 2005 Executed Water Service Contracts.
Executed contracts will be posted as they are processed.  Please contact me
if you have any questions.


Thank you
Sam Cervantes
Public Affairs Office
Bureau of Reclamation
916-978-5104

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Mid-Pacific Region 
Sacramento, CA

MP-05-031

Media Contact: Jeffrey McCracken  916-978-5100
		jmccracken at mp.usbr.gov

For Release On:  March 17, 2005

Additional Final Environmental Documents for CVP Water Contracts Available

The Bureau of Reclamation announces the availability of additional final
environmental documents related to the renewal of Central Valley Project
water contracts.  Reclamation has completed the required Endangered Species
Act and National Environmental Policy Act environmental compliance.  The
following Final Environmental Assessments (EA) and Final Findings of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) are available.

The Final EA/FONSI documents are available online at
www.usbr.gov/mp/cvpia/3404c/index.html; scroll to Final EAs/FONSIs and click
on the desired document(s).

The Contra Costa Water District Final EA and FONSI:  the Draft Revised EA
and FONSI were made available for a 30-day public review and comment period
on December 14, 2004.

The Shasta and Trinity River Divisions Final EA and FONSI:  the Draft
Updated EA and FONSI were made available for a 30-day public review and
comment period on August 31, 2004.  The FONSI covers seven of the ten
contracts analyzed in the EA.  The remaining three contract actions are
awaiting completion of ESA compliance.

Reclamation has also made available a Record of Decision on the Sacramento
River Settlement Contractors Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the
Natomas Mutual Water Company.  The comment period on the Draft EIS ended on
November 15, 2004, and the Final EIS was made available on December 16,
2004.

For information or to request a copy of these final documents or for
questions on the status of other water contract-related environmental
documents, please contact Mr. Robert Eckart at 916-978-5051, TDD
916-978-5608.  If you encounter problems accessing documents online, please
contact Ms. Lynnette Wirth at 916-978-5102 or e-mail lwirth at mp.usbr.gov.

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