FRESNO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation today released for public review a Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District Treatment Integrated Pest Management Plan.

The proposed action would approve a 10-year license for the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District to access Reclamation property and allow the district to implement the Integrated Pest Management Plan, and the Mosquito Reducing Best Management Practices at Delta Meadows. 

Delta Meadows is near the towns of Locke and Walnut Grove in southern Sacramento County. The district’s Integrated Pest Management Plan would potentially involve mosquito monitoring, biological control such as mosquito fish, larvacide applications for the control of immature mosquitoes and adulticide applications for the control of mature mosquitoes. 

The Draft EA and FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and are available at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=10590. If you encounter problems accessing the documents online, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 916-978-5608) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

Written comments must be received by close of business Thursday, September 6, and should be sent to Chuck Siek, Bureau of Reclamation, South-Central California Area Office, 1243 “N” Street Fresno, CA 93721.  Comments may also be faxed to 559-487-5397 or emailed to csiek@usbr.gov.   

For additional information or to request a copy of the Draft EA and FONSI, please contact Siek at
559-487-5138 (TTY 800-735-2929) or email csiek@usbr.gov.