FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed annual transfer approvals associated with Arvin-Edison Water Storage District’s 10-year exchange program.
Under Arvin-Edison’s exchange program, up to 50,000 acre-feet per year of their available Central Valley Project (CVP) water supplies would be transferred to Westside Mutual Water Company for use on member lands as exchange water. In exchange for Arvin-Edison’s CVP water supplies, Westside and its member lands in the exchange program would deliver up to 50,000 acre-feet of their available water supplies to Arvin-Edison on a variable, as-needed basis. The exchange would be based on a 1 for 1 or “bucket for bucket" basis.
The Draft EA/FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, and are available at href="https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=29081"
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Comments are due by close of business on Friday, July 28, 2017, please email comments to mconnor@usbr.gov. Written comments may also be mailed to Kate Connor, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721 or faxed to Connor at 559-487-5504.
For additional information or to request a copy of the Draft EA and/or FONSI, please contact Connor at 559-487-5504 (TTY 800-877-8339). Copies of the Draft EA/FONSI may also be viewed at Reclamation’s Fresno office at the above address.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
