SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today released the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Central Valley Project Municipal and Industrial Water Shortage Policy. The CVP M&I WSP would be used by Reclamation to:
* Define water shortage terms and conditions for applicable CVP water service contractors, as appropriate.
* Determine the quantity of water made available to CVP water service contractors that, together with the M&I water service contractors’ drought water conservation measures and other non-CVP water supplies, would assist the M&I water service contractors in their efforts to protect public health and safety during severe or continuing drought.
* Provide information to CVP water service contractors for their use in water supply planning and development of drought contingency plans.
Reclamation will wait 30 days after the Environmental Protection Agency posts the Notice of Availability of the Final EIS in the Federal Register before making a decision on the proposed action. Reclamation will then complete a Record of Decision that will describe the action to be implemented, discussing all factors leading to the decision.
The Final EIS is available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=1717. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
Paper copies of the Final EIS are available for public review at Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Regional Library, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825 (please call 916-978-5593 to request an appointment) and the Natural Resources Library, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Main Interior Building, Washington, DC 20240.
For additional information, please visit the M&I WSP website at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvp/mandi/.
For questions or to request a copy of the Final EIS, please contact Timothy Rust at 916-978-5516
(TTY 800-877-8339) or trust@usbr.gov.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
