FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed transfers of up to 50,000 acre-feet per year of available Central Valley Project water supplies acquired through Poso Creek Water Company, LLC members.
Transfers of CVP water would be from CVP contractors to Poso Creek members either for direct agricultural use on member lands located within Westlands Water District, San Luis Water District, Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District, and Semitropic Water Storage District or for banking in Semitropic and/or the Kern Water Bank for later use on member lands within those same districts.
The Final EA/FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, and are available at https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?project_ID=28801. If you encounter problems accessing the document, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.
For additional information or to request a copy of the Final EA and/or FONSI, please contact Jennifer Lewis at 559-487-5397 (TTY 800-877-8339).
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
