SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released the draft Initial Study and Environmental Assessment for proposed North Drainage Canal Lift Pump Station Project.
The draft IS/EA examines the potential direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts to the affected environment associated in construction and operation of a new irrigation tailwater recovery lift pump station on the NDC, located near the Sankey Canal, in Sutter County. The lift station will have a capacity of 120 cubic feet per-second; its operation is anticipated to result in an annual water savings of 4,000 acre-feet, which would be diverted from the Sacramento River to fulfill the local water demand absent the Project.
The draft IS/EA was prepared by the California Environmental Quality Act lead agency in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and are available at https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=34021.
Comments on the draft IS/EA are due by Monday, Aug. 30, 2018. Email comments to msimon@usbr.gov. Written comments may also be mailed to Megan Simon, Bureau of Reclamation, Northern California Area Office, 16349 Shasta Dam Boulevard, Shasta Lake, CA 96019.
For additional information or to request a copy of the document, please contact Simon at (530) 247-8513 (TTY 800-877-8339) or msimon@usbr.gov. The document may also be viewed at Reclamation's Northern California Area Office, located at the above address.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
