Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 9.12.1997

Flow Objectives for the Vernalis Adaptive Management Plan (VAMP), California

Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 as amended, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), proposes to prepare a joint environmental impact statement/environmental impact report (EIS/ EIR) on the water made available on the San Joaquin River and its tributaries to provide pulse flows at Vernalis during April and May and to help meet anadromous fish flow objectives. The San Joaquin River Group Authority (Authority) will be the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act. Reclamation proposes to contract for water on the San Joaquin River and its tributaries under Pub. L. 102-575, Title 34, Section 3406(b)(3) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA). The water would be made available to Reclamation from the San Joaquin River Group Authority (Authority). The purpose of the proposed project is to use the water to provide a pulse flow at Vernalis during April and May and other flows identified by the CVPIA water acquisition program. This water is needed to support the Vernalis Adaptive Management Plan (VAMP) which is being implemented to provide protective measures for fall-