[env-trinity] FW: Environmental Documents Available for Renewal of 15 Interim Water Service Contracts

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-----Original Message-----
From: Louis Moore [mailto:wmoore at mp.usbr.gov] 
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:46 AM
To: bwl3 at comcast.net
Subject: Environmental Documents Available for Renewal of 15 Interim Water
Service Contracts

Reclamation

Mid-Pacific Region 
Sacramento, CA

MP-07-171

Media Contact: Jeffrey McCracken  916-978-5100
		jmccracken at mp.usbr.gov
For Release On:  December 27, 2007

Environmental Documents Available for Renewal of 15 Interim Water Service
Contracts 
 
The Bureau of Reclamation announces the availability of the Draft
Environmental Assessment (EA) and the Draft Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) for the proposed renewal of 15 interim water service contracts.  The
proposed interim contracts would extend delivery of Central Valley Project
(CVP) water for a term of 2 years, and could deliver up to 173,440 acre-feet
of CVP water.  

The Draft EA and FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act and are available for a 30-day public review and
comment period.  Reclamation has tentatively determined that an
Environmental Impact Statement is not required before entering into the
proposed interim renewal contracts.  The documents are available online at
http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=2958.  

Interim water service contractors covered under these draft documents are:
City of Tracy, Westlands Water District Distribution Districts No. 1 and 2,
Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency, Santa Clara Valley Water District,
County of Fresno, Hills Valley Irrigation District, Kern-Tulare Water
District, Lower Tule River Irrigation District, Pixley Irrigation District,
Rag Gulch Water District, Tri-Valley Water District, and the County of
Tulare.  

Written comments on the Draft EA should be received by close of business
Monday, January 28, 2008, and should be sent to Mrs. Judi Tapia, Bureau of
Reclamation, South-Central California Area Office, 1243         N Street,
SCC-413, Fresno, CA 93721, or e-mailed to jtapia at mp.usbr.gov.  For
additional information, or to request a copy of the documents, please
contact Mrs. Tapia at 559-487-5138, TDD 559-487-5933.

If you encounter problems accessing documents online, please contact Ms.
Lynnette Wirth at 916-978-5102 or lwirth at mp.usbr.gov.
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