Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 30/11/1999

Long-Term Refuge Water Service Agreements, Central Valley Project, California

Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the lead Federal agency, proposes to prepare environmental documents for entering into long-term Water Service Contracts/Agreements to provide water supplies to wildlife refuges in California's Central Valley, up to and including Level 4 water supplies. Certain actions may also require review under the California Environmental Quality Act as well; it is anticipated that joint NEPA/CEQA documents will be prepared. The Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA), Title 34 of Public Law 102-575, requires the delivery of water to Central Valley refuges pursuant to two 1989 federal reports, the Report on Refuge Water Supply Investigations, Central Valley Hydrologic Basin, California, and the San Joaquin Basin Action Plan/Kesterson Mitigation Action Plan Report. The impacts of providing this additional water were assessed in the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) prepared for the CVPIA. As required by the CVPIA, Reclamation is now proposing to enter into long-term water service agreements with the refuges to allow the delivery of those quantities of water supplies needed