[env-trinity] Draft EA/Fonsi Conveyance of Groundwater in Delta-Mendota Canal

[Byron Leydecker]

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 Mid-Pacific Region

Sacramento, CA

MP-11-013

Media Contact:   Pete Lucero, 916-978-5100, plucero at usbr.gov

For Release on:  February 7, 2011

Reclamation Releases Environmental Documents on Exchange Agreements, Warren
Act Contracts for Conveyance of Groundwater in Delta-Mendota Canal

The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review a Draft
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for execution
of Exchange Agreements and/or Warren Act Contracts for conveyance of
groundwater in the Delta-Mendota Canal. 

The proposed actions would include issuance of two-year Exchange Agreements
and/or two-year Warren Act contracts to requesting contractors within the
Central Valley Project's Delta Division and San Luis Unit  located in San
Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced and Fresno counties.  The groundwater would be
pumped into the Delta-Mendota Canal. Groundwater would either be delivered
to the participating Delta Division contractors off the Delta-Mendota Canal,
stored in San Luis Reservoir, or delivered to participating San Luis Unit
contractors along the San Luis Canal via an exchange with Reclamation. 

The contract term would be March 1, 2011 through February 29, 2012, for
pumping and conveyance, and from March 1, 2012, through February 28, 2013,
for conveyance only.  Contractors would not be able to pump in any
additional groundwater into the Delta-Mendota Canal during the second year
of the contract term. 

Each participating contractor would be allowed to pump up to the amount
analyzed in the Draft Environmental Assessment, not to exceed 10,000
acre-feet of non-project water per contractor, with a total cap of 50,000
acre-feet for all districts combined.  The non-project water would be
groundwater pumped from wells that meet Reclamation's requirements for
Delta-Mendota Canal water quality and the 2011 Delta-Mendota Canal Pump-in
Program Water Quality Monitoring Plan. 

The Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact
(Draft EA/FONSI) were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental
Policy Act and are available at
http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=7236.  If you
encounter problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100
or e-mail mppublicaffairs at usbr.gov. 

Written comments must be received by close of business February 21, 2011 and
should be sent to Chuck Siek, Bureau of Reclamation, South-Central
California Area Office, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721.  Comments may also
be faxed to Mr. Siek at 559-487-5397 or e-mailed to csiek at usbr.gov.

For additional information or to request a copy of the Draft EA/FONSI,
please contact Mr. Siek at 559-487-5138, TTY 800-735-2929.  Copies of the
documents may also be viewed at Reclamation's Fresno office at the above
address. 

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