SHASTA LAKE, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Natomas Central Mutual Water Company’s R-Drain Check Structure Automation Project.
Through a CALFED Bay-Delta Water Use Efficiency grant, Reclamation will provide financial assistance to the Company to replace the R-Drain Check Structure on the Company’s Northern Main Canal (NMC). The project would improve water use efficiency by replacing the existing manually-operated structure at the R-Drain, which presently allows uncontrolled spills in the NMC, with a new check structure equipped with electronically-driven, remotely-operated gates. The project is located in Sutter County.
Under the CALFED grants program, Reclamation provides cost-share funding on projects that promote benefits to the California Bay-Delta through improved water use efficiency and conservation activities.
The Draft EA was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and is available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=23189. If you encounter problems accessing the document, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
Comments are due by close of business Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. Please email comments to Megan Simon at msimon@usbr.gov, fax comments to 530-206-2005 or mail comments to: Megan Simon, Bureau of Reclamation, 16349 Shasta Dam Blvd., Shasta Lake, CA 96019.
For additional information or to request a copy of the document, please contact Simon at msimon@usbr.gov or 530-276-2045 (800-877-8339). The document may also be viewed at Reclamation's Northern California Area Office at the above address.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
