Categorical Exclusion Determination
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
February 13, 2017
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The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), Sierra Nevada Region (SNR) provides power to a water pumping facility site referred to as Mile Post 122.59 (MP 122.59) which is operated and maintained by the Westlands Water District (WWD) in Fresno County, California. This is one of a series of water pumping facilities located along the California Aqueduct and are part of the San Luis Unit of the California Central Valley Project (CVP). WWD contracts with the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) to deliver CVP water to more than 700 farms in Fresno and King Counties. Reclamation owns the right-of-way (ROW) along the CA Aqueduct.