{"content":[{"text":"NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A \n MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION","bbox":{"left":0.237467,"top":0.202599,"width":0.47197100000000003,"height":0.052821000000000035}},{"text":"DATE:","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.278129,"width":0.070228,"height":0.02348699999999998}},{"text":"JUNE 28, 2021","bbox":{"left":0.205907,"top":0.278129,"width":0.16753,"height":0.02348699999999998}},{"text":"PROJECT: MUD SLOUGH RESTORATION PROJECT","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.324348,"width":0.5589740000000001,"height":0.02348699999999998}},{"text":"LEAD AGENCY: SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY \n The San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority (Water Authority) is the California Environmental \n Quality Act (CEQA) lead agency and project sponsor. It is responsible for implementation and \n operation of the Mud Slough Restoration Project.","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.370486,"width":0.744701,"height":0.08640000000000003}},{"text":"CONTACT \n Joseph C. McGahan, Drainage Coordinator, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, at \n jmcgahan@summerseng.com","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.479644,"width":0.691387,"height":0.06799799999999995}},{"text":"PROJECT LOCATION \n The Proposed Project is located on the Newman Land Company property and on the state wildlife \n refuge known as the China Island Unit of the North Grasslands Wildlife Management Area, east of \n Route 33 and northwest of Highway 140. It is located east of Newman in an area designated as \n Agricultural land use in Merced County, California. The Project Area includes the area of evaluation \n for potential direct and indirect impacts, an area that includes approximately 368 acres, mostly in \n the China Island Unit of the North Grasslands Wildlife Management Area. \n Assessor’s Parcel Numbers: Merced County, APN 054-030-001, 054-070-001 and 054-080-008","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.570401,"width":0.759348,"height":0.16782399999999997}},{"text":"PROJECT DESCRIPTION \n Project Objective: The Mud Slough Restoration Project (Proposed Project) objective is to restore \n and enhance wildlife habitat on the China Island Unit of the North Grasslands Wildlife Management \n Area and on the Newman Land Company property by reestablishing Mud Slough flows to portions \n of those lands that were isolated from Mud Slough as a result of the Grassland Bypass Project \n (GBP). The Proposed Project would replace the water supplies to Newman Lake through the \n restoration of the hydrologic connection between Mud Slough and the Lake. Natural erosion","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.761007,"width":0.764327,"height":0.14185000000000003}},{"text":"SLDMWA \n Mud Slough Restoration Project","bbox":{"left":0.088234,"top":0.933344,"width":0.18075,"height":0.030194000000000054}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.438431,"top":0.081515,"width":0.121961,"height":0.093333}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.438431,"top":0.081515,"width":0.121961,"height":0.093333}]}