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Reclamation Releases Finding of No Significant Impact for Knights Landing Outfall Gates Fish Passage Project

Media Contact: Shane Hunt, 916-978-5100, 09/22/2015 17:17

For Release: September 22, 2015

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation, a Cooperating Agency with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has released a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Knights Landing Outfall Gates Project. Reclamation proposes to provide federal funding under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act to Reclamation District 108 to construct new concrete wing walls, install a metal picket weir, install rock slope protection and remove vegetation for construction access for this fish protection project along the Sacramento River in Yolo County.

The Proposed Action, a cooperative effort among Reclamation, USACE, California Department of Water Resources, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and RD 108, involves the installation of a barrier at the existing structure to prevent salmon from entering the Colusa Basin Drain during upstream migration.

The impacts of the Proposed Action were evaluated in an Environmental Assessment prepared by the USACE, which is available at http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/Portals/12/documents/usace_project_public_notices/408_Documents/KLOG_Final_EA_15_0904.pdf.

The FONSI was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and is available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?project_ID=23034. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov.

For additional information or to request a copy of the FONSI, please contact Shelly Hatleberg at 916-978-5050 or shatleberg@usbr.gov. The FONSI may also be viewed at Reclamation’s Regional Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825.

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