Truckee Canal XM EIS

About the Truckee Canal XM EIS

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Lahontan Basin Area Office, the lead Federal agency, intends to prepare an Extraordinary Operation and Maintenance (XM) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Truckee Canal (Canal). The Truckee Canal XM EIS will evaluate opportunities to reduce the risk to public safety from a Canal breach. Reclamation proposes to take action to evaluate alternatives that will enable the Canal operator – the Truckee Carson Irrigation District – to safely operate the Canal and deliver Project water in compliance with operating criteria and procedures. Additional restrictions on Canal operations may be necessary without taking actions or initiating risk-reducing repairs.

Status of the Truckee Canal XM EIS - May 2016

Next steps in the XM EIS include:

The May Cooperating Agency Meeting will include a review of the purpose and need, Federal action, and screening criteria. There will be a discussion of the alternatives under consideration for the EIS and the proposed screening criteria for the alternatives.
Reclamation will be meeting one-to-one with the Cooperating Agencies in June, July, and August 2016.
Next Cooperating Agency Meeting will be in September 2016.
The Scoping Report will be posted to the Truckee Canal XM EIS website by May 13, 2016.
Memorandum of Understandings between Reclamation and the Cooperating Agencies should be finalized by end of May.
Biological and cultural surveys for the Truckee Canal will be started in May and expected to be completed by June 2016.