The State - News from Feb. 3, 1989
The President’s Council on Environmental Quality will referee a dispute between two federal agencies over renewal of contracts for water deliveries from the federal Central Valley Project. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it asked the council to decide if an environmental impact statement should be prepared before renewal of 28 contracts with irrigation districts for water from the Friant Dam on the San Joaquin River north of Fresno. The federal Bureau of Reclamation wants to automatically renew agreements covering 1.5 million acre feet of water per year, while the EPA is insisting on environmental studies.
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