The Bureau of Reclamation will hold a public meeting on the status of the ongoing Cost Allocation Study for the Central Valley Project (CVP). The meeting will cover four topics: (1) background and purpose of the study, (2) current activities, (3) study assumptions, and (4) schedule. The meeting will be held:
Friday, April 28, 2017, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Federal Building, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825
Cafeteria Conference Rooms C1001-C1002
To participate by phone: 888-322-5810, code 8540760#
In 2010, Reclamation began a process to develop a new cost allocation for the CVP. Cost allocation is a process to determine and distribute the costs of the multi-purpose CVP facilities among the seven congressionally authorized purposes: water supply, flood control, navigation, power, fish and wildlife, recreation, and water quality. The cost obligation for each authorized purpose is being determined and will be the basis for repayment requirements for irrigation contractors, municipal and industrial contractors, and commercial power contractors. Reclamation is leading the study in coordination with other federal organizations including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Western Area Power Administration.
The last major CVP cost allocation was completed in 1970 with a minor update in 1975 and has been subject to minimal annual changes since then. The new allocation will replace the 1975 allocation in its entirety. Since 2010, Reclamation has hosted 21 public meetings and workshops, with the most recent in March 2016. To date, accomplishments include preparing construction, interest, and operation and maintenance cost estimates for 320 existing facilities indexed to 2013; developing appraisal-level designs and estimates for single purpose alternative projects; and documenting the analysis in numerous technical memos, consideration papers, and decision documents for cost and benefit estimating.
For questions, please contact Michael Mosley at 916-978-5119 or mmosley@usbr.gov. For special assistance to attend the meeting or to be added to the email group, please contact Lisa Navarro at 916-978-5111 or lnavarro@usbr.gov. For information on the study, please visit the project website at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvp/cvp-cost-allocation.html.
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