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Shasta Lake Water Resources Investigation

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) | July 1st, 2015


The purpose of this Shasta Lake Water Resources Investigation (SLWRI) Feasibility Report is to document the U.S. Department of Interior (Interior), Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and cooperating
agencies’ evaluation of the potential enlargement of Shasta Dam and Reservoir to (1) improve anadromous fish survival in the upper Sacramento River, (2) increase water supply reliability in the Central Valley of California, and (3) address related water resource problems, needs, and opportunities.
This Final Feasibility Report presents the results of planning, engineering, environmental, social, economic, and financial studies and potential benefits and effects of alternative plans, and is a companion document to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), published under separate cover. This Final Feasibility Report, along with the Final EIS, will be used by the U.S. Congress to determine the type and extent of Federal interest in enlarging Shasta Dam and Reservoir.
The SLWRI is a feasibility study that was authorized by Congress in 1980 in Public Law 96-375 and is being conducted by Reclamation, in coordination with cooperating agencies, other resource agencies, stakeholders, and the public. The SLWRI is being conducted consistent with the 1983 U.S. Water Resources Council Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies (P&G), Reclamation directives and standards, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and other pertinent Federal, State of California (State), and local laws and policies.
The SLWRI is one of five surface water storage studies recommended in the July 2000 CALFED Bay-Delta Program (CALFED) Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement/Report (PEIS/R) and August 2000
Programmatic Record of Decision (ROD). Preliminary studies in support of the CALFED PEIS/R considered more than 50 surface water storage sites throughout California and recommended more detailed study of the five sites identified in the CALFED Programmatic ROD.
The Final EIS, accompanying this Final Feasibility Report, tiers to the CALFED PEIS/R.

Keywords

Central Valley Project (CVP), storage