Final Environmental Assessment: Cedarville Rancheria Drought Assistance Project

摘要

Under the Stare's Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 as amended (Public Law (P.L.) 109-234). the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is distributing 40 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) (P.L. 111-5) to fund emergency drought relief projccts. In February 2009. while the State of California was in its third consecutive year of drought Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a drought emergency. The Cedarville Rancheria (Rancheria) is a federally recognized Indian Tribe consisting of approximately 29 tribal members. The Rancheria is located on 26 acres in Cedarville (approximately 20 miles cast of Alturas), Modoc County, California. The purpose of the project is for Reclamation to provide ARRA funds to the Raneheria for the purposes of drilling and developing a production well and electrical power. This environmental assessment (EA): (1) describes the existing environmental resources in the project area: (2) evaluates the effects of the alternatives (including the Proposed Action) on the resources: and. (3) proposes measures to avoid. minimize. or mitigate any adverse effects. This EA is in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations (40 CFR 1500DT1508). Reclamation has also prepared a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) which explains why the Proposed Action will not have significant effeet on thc human environment.