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To: Tom Birmingham[tbirmingham@westlandswater.org] From: Scott Cameron Sent: 2017-06-14T11:40:48-04:00 Importance: Normal Subject: Re: Checking in on WaterFix Received: 2017-06-14T11:41:00-04:00 Ok. Sounds good. Thanks, Scott Scott J. Cameron Acting Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget Department of the Interior Phone: 202 208 0969 Cell service 202 706 9031 Sent from my iPhone On Jun 14, 2017, at 10:30 AM, Tom Birmingham <tbirmingham@westlandswater.org> wrote: Scott, Thank you for checking in. Discussions with the state continue to progress well. I believe we have conceptual agreement on the use of the Banks Pumping Plant if required for CVP participants to realize benefits of the tunnels. (Kern County Water Agency has yet to give final approval of this agreement, but I expect it will ultimately approve the plan.) Reclamation staff continue to work diligently to finalize the cost recovery plan for CVP participation, and I am informed the biological opinions will be released at the end of this week. I don't know that there is anything you need to do at this time. Please call me if you would like to discuss things further. Tom From: Cameron, Scott [mailto:scott cameron@ios.doi.gov] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 3:20 PM To: Tom Birmingham <tbirmingham@westlandswater.org> Subject: Checking in on WaterFix Tom, How are things going? Anything I should know? Anything I need to do? Thanks, Scott Scott J. Cameron Acting Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget Office of the Secretary of the Interior Desk 202 208 0969 Cell 202 706 9031