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Date: October 12, 2010Contact: Joan Moody (Interior) 202-208-6416;

Louis Moore (Reclamation) 916-978-5100

Secretary Salazar to Hold Groundbreaking for

Delta-Mendota Canal/California Aqueduct Intertie Project

--Event Open to Credentialed Media--

On Thursday, October 14 at 11 a.m., Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will lead a groundbreaking for theconstruction of the Delta-Mendota Canal/California Aqueduct Intertie Project. The linking of these two canals bya new underground pipeline and pumping plant will improve the reliability of water supplies in a part ofCalifornia hardest hit by dry conditions and loss of jobs.

The Administration has committed $15.8 million of Interior Department funds from the American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act for the completion of the Intertie. CALFED funding is $8.8 million. The remaining fundingwill come from contributed funds and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation budget. The total project cost isapproximately $28 million. The new facility will be located approximately five miles west of the City of Tracy,California. The San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and the California Department of Water Resourcesare project partners.

WHO: Secretary of the Interior Ken SalazarDeputy Secretary of the Interior David J. HayesMichael Connor, Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of ReclamationSenator Dianne FeinsteinCongressman Dennis CardozaCongressman Jim Costa

Congressman Jerry McNerneyLester Snow, California Secretary for Natural ResourcesMark Cowin, Director, California Department of Water ResourcesMike Stearns, Chairman of the Board, San Luis and Delta Mendota Water AuthorityBrent H. Ives, Mayor, City of Tracy

Members of the State Senate and AssemblyOther Leaders from the,San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors, Byron-Bethany Irrigation

District, Banta-Carbona Irrigation District, West Stanislaus Irrigation District

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Western Area Power Administration, San Luis Water District, Friant Water Authorityand Shimmick Construction Company

WHAT: Delta-Mendota Canal/California Aqueduct Intertie Groundbreaking

WHEN: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 11 a.m.

WHERE: Off Grant Line Road near Highway 580, between the Delta-Mendota Canal and CaliforniaAqueduct near Tracy, Calif.

Be advised: Media credentials are required. Please wear shoes for rough terrain.

Directions: Westbound I-580: Take Exit 63 for Grant Line Rd. toward Byron, turn right at W Grant Line Rd. Beprepared to turn right immediately after crossing the California Aqueduct.Eastbound I-580: Take exit 63 for Grant Line Rd. toward Byron, turn left at W Grant Line Rd. Be prepared toturn right immediately after crossing the California Aqueduct.

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