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Available for Commenting
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Draft documents for which the comment period is closed.
Final Documents
The following documents are available for public viewing.
Westlands Water District (District), as Lead Agency, has completed a Final Program Environmental Impact Report (Final PEIR) for the proposed Valley Clean Infrastructure Plan (VCIP) in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
The VCIP would be located in the Fresno County portion of the District on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. The proposed VCIP provides a blueprint for the development of clean energy facilities and supporting infrastructure with an overall generating and delivery capacity of up to 21,000 MW on approximately 136,000 acres of repurposed farmland.
Final Program Environmental Impact Report
Draft Program Environmental Impact Report
- Notice of Availability (PDF)
- ES. Executive Summary (PDF)
- Volume I – PEIR – Table of Contents – 1 (PDF)
- 0.1 – Cover – NOA – Table of Contents (PDF)
- 0.2 – ES Executive Summary (PDF)
- 1.0 – Introduction (PDF)
- 2.0 – Project Description (PDF)
- 3.0 – Environmental Setting (PDF)
- 4.0 – Environmental Impact Analysis (PDF)
- 4.1 – Aesthetics (PDF)
- 4.2 – Agriculture and Forestry Resources (PDF)
- 4.3 – Air Quality (PDF)
- 4.4 – Biological Resources (PDF)
- 4.5 – Cultural and Tribal Cultural Resources (PDF)
- 4.6 – Energy (PDF)
- 4.7 – Geology, Soils and Paleontological Resources (PDF)
- 4.8 – Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF)
- 4.9 – Hazards and Hazardous Materials (PDF)
- 4.10 – Hydrology and Water Quality (PDF)
- 4.11 – Land Use and Planning (PDF)
- 4.12 – Mineral Resources (PDF)
- 4.13 – Noise (PDF)
- 4.14 – Population and Housing (PDF)
- 4.15 – Public Services (PDF)
- 4.16 – Transportation (PDF)
- 4.17 – Utilities and Service Systems (PDF)
- 4.18 – Wildfire (PDF)
- 5.0 – Effects Found Not To Be Significant (PDF)
- 6.0 – Alternatives to the Proposed Project (PDF)
- 7.0 – Other CEQA Considerations (PDF)
- 8.0 – PEIR Author and Consultants (PDF)
- Volume II – VCIP DPEIR
- Download – Complete Volume I (PDF)
- Download – Complete Volume II (PDF)
This document is available for public inspection at the District’s office located Copies of the document can be reviewed at the District office, located at 286 W. Cromwell Avenue, Fresno, CA 93711, or online following the links below.
- Westside Subbasin Ephemeral Creeks Recharge Projects Final IS/MND (PDF)
- Appendix A. Biological Resources Evaluation (Cantua Creek) (PDF)
- Appendix B. Biological Resources Evaluation (Arroyo Pasajero) (PDF)
- Appendix C. California Emissions Modeling Results (PDF)
- Appendix D. Response to Comments – May 2025 (PDF)
- Appendix E. MMRP – May 2025 (PDF)
For more information, copies of the Final EIS/EIR are available to the public at: Westlands Water District, 286 W. Cromwell Ave., Fresno, CA 93711 or online at USBR’s Website.
Not Accepting comments.
- Final Program EIR on Westlands Solar Park Master Plan and Gen-Tie Corridors Plan (PDF)
- Final Program EIR on Westlands Solar Park Master Plan and Gen-Tie Corridors Plan (PDF)
- Westlands Solar Park Draft Program EIR – Executive Summary (PDF)
- WSP-DraftPEIR-Vol1
- 0.1.WSP-DraftPEIR.Cover-TofC.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 0.2.WSP-DraftPEIR.Acronyms and Abbreviations.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 0.3.WSP-DraftPEIR.ES-Executive Summary.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 1.0.WSP-DraftPEIR.Introduction.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 2.0.WSP-DraftPEIR.ProjectDescription.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 3.1.WSP-DraftPEIR.Aesthetics.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 3.2.WSP-DraftPEIR.AgriculturalResources.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 3.3.WSP-DraftPEIR.AirQuality ClimateChange.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 3.4.WSP-DraftPEIR.BiologicalResources.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 3.5.WSP-DraftPEIR.CulturalResources.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 3.6.WSP-DraftPEIR.Geology-Soils.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 3.7.WSP-DraftPEIR.Hazards-Hazmat.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 3.8.WSP-DraftPEIR.Hydrology-WaterQuality.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 3.9.WSP-DraftPEIR.LandUse-Planning.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 3.10.WSP-DraftPEIR.Noise.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 3.11.WSP-DraftPEIR.Paleontological Resources.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 3.12.WSP-DraftPEIR.PublicServices.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 3.13.WSP-DraftPEIR.Transportation-Traffic.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 3.14.WSP-DraftPEIR.Utilities-ServiceSystems.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 4.0.WSP-DraftPEIR.EffectsFoundNotSignificant.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 5.0.WSP-DraftPEIR.AlternativesToProposedProject.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 6.0.WSP-DraftPEIR.Other CEQA Considerations.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- 7.0.WSP-DraftPEIR.EIR Author+Consultants.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- WSP-DraftPEIR-App.A-MasterPlan.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- WSP-DraftPEIR-App.B-1.RevNOP.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- WSP-DraftPEIR-App.B-2.OrigNOP.Pt1.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- WSP-DraftPEIR-App.B-2.OrigNOP.Pt2.Oct-2017 (PDF)
- WSP-DraftPEIR-Volume2-AppC-G
- Download – Complete Volume 1 (PDF)
- Download – Complete Volume 2 (PDF)
- WSP-DraftPEIR-Vol1
NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A MIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION BASED ON AN INITIAL STUDY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Westlands Water District solicits public comment on the proposed adoption of a mitigated negative declaration for the Agricultural Aquifer Storage and Recovery Program proposed within Westlands Water District Boundary located in Fresno and Kings counties.
The WWD Board of Directors will conduct a public hearing to receive oral comments at a special Board meeting on October 3, 2019, beginning at 3:00 p.m. The Board will consider adoption of the Mitigated Negative Declaration immediately following the hearing.
The analysis of the regulatory basis for this proposed action is available for public inspection at the District’s office located at the address below or online.
Written comments on this project must be submitted within 30 days of the publication date of this notice to RUSS FREEMAN, DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER-RESOURCES, WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT, by mail to P.O. Box 6056 Fresno, CA 93703, or by courier to the District Office at 3130 N Fresno St, Fresno, CA 93703.