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water pollution control, water conservation, statutes, water reclamation, municipalities, water projects, ground water, electricity, industrial uses, bureau of reclamation |
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This Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared to describe and assess the environmental consequences anticipated to result from the Bureau of Reclamation's (Reclamation) termination of Central Arizona Project (CAP) water service subcontracts currently held by four water companies, and assignment of 7,746 acre feet annually (afa) of CAP municipal and industrial (M&I) priority water entitlements associated with those subcontracts to the Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD). As proposed, all of the CAP M&I entitlements held by West End Water Company (WEWC) (157 afa), Sunrise Water Company (Sunrise) (944 afa), and New River Utility Company (NRUC) (1,885 afa), along with the remaining 4,760 afa of Litchfield Park Service Company's (LPSCo) CAP water entitlement would be transferred to CAWCD exclusively for use in meeting the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment Districts (CAGRD) replenishment obligations as defined by Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS), Title 48, Chapter 22, Article 4. CAWCD and Reclamation would execute the Supplemental Contract Between the United States and the Central Arizona Water Conservation District for Delivery of Central Arizona Project Water (Supplemental Contract) as an amendment to CAWCD's master repayment contract with Reclamation (Contract No. 14-06-W-245, Amendment No. 1, Supplement No. 1). The Supplemental Contract would allow CAWCD to deliver the 7,746 afa to meet CAGRDs statutory obligations. CAWCD's use of this water would not be subject to future Federal approvals or environmental reviews. The EA has been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Council on Environmental Quality regulations implementing NEPA (40 CFR 1500-1508), and Reclamation's Draft NEPA Handbook (Reclamation 2000). / Supplementary Notes: Prepared in cooperation with Central Arizona Water Conservation District, Phoenix. / Availability Note: Product reproduced from digital image. Order this product from NTIS by: phone at 1-800-553-NTIS (U.S. customers); (703)605-6000 (other countries); fax at (703)605-6900; and email at orders@ntis.gov. NTIS is located at 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA, 22161, USA. |