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Reclamation Signs Decision Document for the Arroyo Canal Fish Screen and Sack Dam Fish Passage Project

Media Contact: Pete Lucero, MP Region Public Affairs Officer, 916-978-5100, 09/04/2013 15:57

For Release: September 04, 2013

DOS PALOS, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation signed and released a Finding of No Significant Impact for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program’s Arroyo Canal Fish Screen and Sack Dam Fish Passage Project. The Final Environmental Assessment/Initial Study was released on May 17, 2013.

The project includes the installation of a fish screen on the Arroyo Canal to prevent entrainment of juvenile Chinook salmon in the canal and modifications to Sack Dam to allow for fish passage around the structure.

Required under a 2006 Stipulation of Settlement, the project is in Fresno and Madera counties, about seven miles southeast of Dos Palos, Calif. Sack Dam is on the San Joaquin River in the western region of the San Joaquin Valley, just north of the Arroyo Canal. Henry Miller Reclamation District No. 2131 owns the facilities and operates them for the San Luis Canal Company.

The EA and FONSI were prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and are available at www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=9797 If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

For more information about the project, contact Michelle Banonis, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP-170, Sacramento, CA, 95825, 916-978-5457, or mbanonis@usbr.gov. For additional information or to request a copy of the FONSI or Final EA, please contact Margaret Gidding at 916-978-5461 (TTY 800-735-2922) or mgidding@usbr.gov.

For more information about the SJRRP, please visit www.restoresjr.net.

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Relevant Link:

http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=9797

http://www.restoresjr.net/