SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has added an additional meeting and postponed a meeting to give the public more time and more opportunities to provide comments as it prepares an environmental impact statement for Revisions to the Coordinated Long-term Operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, and Related Facilities.
Three public meetings have now been scheduled to gather comments that will be used to develop alternatives to the proposed action. A meeting scheduled for Jan. 16, 2018, in Los Banos has been postponed a week to give the public more time to prepare and attend the meeting.
The new meeting schedule is as follows:
• Tuesday, Jan. 23, from 2-4 p.m. at the Stanford Room, 650 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814
• Wednesday, Jan. 24, from 6-8 p.m. at Los Banos Community Center, 645 7th St, Los Banos, CA 93635
• Thursday, Jan. 25, from 6-8 p.m. at Bell Memorial Union (Room 210), CSU Chico, West 2nd St, CA 95929 between Hazel and Chestnut.
Reclamation published a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement, “Revisions to the Coordinated Long-term Operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project, and Related Facilities" in the Federal Register:https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/12/29/2017-28215/notice-of-intent-to-prepare-a-draft-environmental-impact-statement-revisions-to-the-coordinated.
Written comments are due by close of business, Feb. 1, 2018, by U.S. mail or hand-delivery to Katrina Harrison, project manager, Bureau of Reclamation, Bay-Delta Office, 801 I Street, Suite 140, Sacramento, CA 95814-2536; fax 916-414-2439; or email kharrison@usbr.gov. For additional information, please contact Harrison at 916-414-2425 (TTY 800-877-8339).
UPDATE:
If you had computer trouble submitting comments please contact:
Benjamin Nelson bcnelson@usbr.gov or Luke Davis ldavis@usbr.gov
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
