Project Details
Title: Modification of the Grassland Bypass Project 2009 Use Agreement to Correct the Boundary of the Grasslands Drainage Area
Summary: The Grassland Bypass Project (GBP) was designed to improve water quality in more than 93 miles of wetlands, water supply channels and the lower San Joaquin River. Since October 1996, the GBP has consolidated regional subsurface drainage flows from the Grassland Drainage Area (GDA) utilizing a portion of the federal San Luis Drain to convey those flows around the wildlife habitat areas to the San Joaquin River. The control and reduction of GDA drainage water has significantly improved water quality in the Grasslands wetlands water supply channels and the lower San Joaquin River. Reclamation will amend Appendix A of the 2009 Use Agreement with revised legal descriptions and maps in order to correct the boundary of the GDA as follows: 1. The annexation of 644 acres of irrigated farm land near Mendota, California, that has contributed drainage water to the GDA (see Figure 2). 2. The detachment of 570 acres of irrigated farm land near Firebaugh, California, that has never contributed drainage water to the GDA (see Figure 3). The amendment will increase the GDA by 74 acres; however, the actual amounts of drainage water collected for the GBP and analyzed in the Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report would be unchanged. The amendment is administrative in nature and would not change any terms or conditions in the 2009 Use Agreement, 2009 Biological Opinion, and 2001 WDR. This amendment will not involve any new construction or land use changes.
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Rain Emerson 559-262-0335 N/A remerson@usbr.gov
Status
05/21/2015Categorically Exempted May 2015
List of Available Reports
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Modification of the Grassland Bypass Project 2009 Use Agreement to Correct the Boundary of the Grasslands Drainage Area .pdf 1,066 B