FRESNO, Calif. — The Bureau of Reclamation today released final environmental documents for the delivery of up to 10,000 acre-feet per year of Patterson Irrigation District’s non-Central Valley Project water to Del Puerto Water District.

A 2010 environmental document analyzed the execution of five-year Warren Act Contracts for Banta-Carbona Irrigation District, Byron Bethany Irrigation District, Patterson Irrigation District, and West Stanislaus Irrigation District.  The five-year Warren Act Contracts allowed for the conveyance and storage per contractor of up to 10,000 acre-feet per year of non-Central Valley Project surface water in the Delta-Mendota Canal through February 28, 2016.

This Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Finding of No significant Impact is for the additional points of delivery to Del Puerto Water District, the only change to the 2010 environmental assessment. 

The Final SEA and FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and are available online at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=5198. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

For additional information or to request a copy of the Final SEA and/or FONSI, please contact Rain Healer at 559-487-5196, TTY 800-735-2929.