SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District Recovery and Return Improvements to District’s Spreading Grounds for Drought Resiliency Project. Potential environmental impacts were previously analyzed by Reclamation in September 2016 under the Kimberlina Groundwater Recharge Basin and Banking Project Environmental Assessment.
Under the new proposed action, Reclamation would provide a $300,000 WaterSMART Drought Resiliency Grant to Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District. The grant would partially fund the construction of two deep recovery wells and associated pipelines to connect to the district’s mainline at the Kimberlina spreading grounds.
The Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, and are available at https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=34461.
For additional information or to request a copy of the documents, please contact Kaitlin Flahive at 916-978-5044 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email kflahive@usbr.gov.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
