Central Utah Project Completion Act; East Hobble Creek Restoration Project Final Environmental Assessment, 26063-26064 [2013-10458]
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(1) Title: National Blueways System
Application.
OMB Control Number: 1093–NEW.
Current Expiration Date: Not
applicable, this is a new collection.
Type of Review: New information
collection request.
Affected Entities: Watershed
stakeholder partnerships.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: maximum of 25.
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Frequency of responses: maximum of
2 per year.
(2) Annual reporting and
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Total annual reporting per response:
The National Blueways Committee will
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Those partnerships not invited to
submit a nomination will be able to
submit another application during the
second application window for that
calendar year. The time required to resubmit the application for the second
application window would be much
reduced; we estimate 20 hours per
application for second responses.
Total number of estimated responses:
40.
Total annual reporting: 3250 hours
[3250 hours = (25 × 118 hours) + (15 ×
20 hours)].
Total non-labor burden: estimated at
$750 per application for the first
response and $0 per application for
second responses.
Total annual non-labor burden:
$18,750 (= 25 × $750).
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used to assess whether a given river and
watershed and its partnership are likely
to meet the criteria for recognition as a
National Blueway.
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Dated: April 25, 2013.
Rebecca Wodder,
Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Office of
the Secretary—Department of the Interior.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UTAH RECLAMATION MITIGATION
AND CONSERVATION COMMISSION
[A1R–17549897–100–00–0–0, CUPCA00]
Central Utah Project Completion Act;
East Hobble Creek Restoration Project
Final Environmental Assessment
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Water and Science,
Interior; Utah Reclamation Mitigation
and Conservation Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On April 2, 2013, the
Department of the Interior and the Utah
Reclamation Mitigation and
Conservation Commission each signed a
Finding of No Significant Impact
associated with the Final Environmental
Assessment—East Hobble Creek
Restoration Project. These two agencies
have determined that the proposed
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action as detailed in the Final
Environmental Assessment will not
have a significant impact on the quality
of the human environment, and that an
environmental impact statement is not
required.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final
Environmental Assessment and Finding
of No Significant Impact are available
for inspection at:
• Central Utah Water Conservancy
District, 355 West University Parkway,
Orem, Utah 84058–7303
• Department of the Interior, Central
Utah Project Completion Act Office, 302
East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606
• Utah Reclamation Mitigation and
Conservation Commission, 230 South
500 East, Suite 230, Salt Lake City, Utah
84102
The documents are also available at
www.cuwcd.com,
www.mitigationcommission.gov, and
www.cupcao.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Lee Baxter, Central Utah Project
Completion Act Office, at (801) 379–
1174; or email at lbaxter@usbr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of the Interior, the Utah
Reclamation Mitigation and
Conservation Commission, and the
Central Utah Water Conservancy District
have completed evaluating the impacts
of the proposed East Hobble Creek
Restoration Project. The Final
Environmental Assessment has been
completed in conjunction with the June
Sucker Recovery Implementation
Program, and provides an analysis of the
anticipated environmental effects of a
proposed restoration effort on a portion
of lower Hobble Creek, near Springville,
Utah. This restoration effort is intended
to facilitate the recovery of the June
sucker, a federally listed endangered
species, through improvement of
spawning habitat and maintenance of
stream flow. The effort analyzed
included the potential restoration of
approximately 2 miles of stream
channel, modification or removal of
several existing barriers to fish passage,
use of the Utah Lake System Hobble
Creek Valve Station for supplemental
stream-flow releases, and enhancement
of the existing water supply.
Dated: April 15, 2013.
Reed R. Murray,
Program Director, Central Utah Project
Completion Act, Department of the Interior.
Dated: April 15, 2013.
Michael C. Weland,
Executive Director, Utah Reclamation
Mitigation and Conservation Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R6–ES–2013–N064; 60120–1113–
0000–C2]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Draft Conservation
Strategy for the Northern Continental
Divide Ecosystem Grizzly Bear
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of document availability;
request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service) announces the
availability of a draft Conservation
Strategy for the Northern Continental
Divide Ecosystem grizzly bear (Ursus
arctos horriblis) population for public
review and input. The strategy will be
the post-delisting management plan for
the NCDE grizzly bears and their
habitat. This document is necessary to
demonstrate the adequacy of regulatory
mechanisms in order to delist this
grizzly population.
Grizzly bears are currently federally
listed as threatened in the lower 48
States under the Endangered Species
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as
amended (Act). The Service solicits
review and comment from the public on
this draft document.
DATES: Comments on the draft revised
recovery plan must be received on or
before August 1, 2013.
ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the
draft Conservation Strategy for the
Northern Continental Divide grizzly
bear population is available at https://
www.fws.gov/endangered/species/
recovery-plans.html. Hard copies of the
draft strategy are available by request
from the Grizzly Bear Recovery
Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, University Hall, Room 309,
University of Montana, Missoula, MT
59812; telephone 406–243–4903.
Submit comments on the draft
Conservation Strategy for the Northern
Continental Divide grizzly bear
population to the Grizzly Bear Recovery
Coordinator at this same address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Project Leader, at the above address, or
telephone 406–243–4903.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Restoring an endangered or
threatened animal or plant to the point
where it is again a secure, selfsustaining member of its ecosystem is a
primary goal of the Service’s
endangered species program.
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Conservation Strategy for the Northern
Continental Divide Ecosystem of the
grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
demonstrates the adequacy of regulatory
mechanisms that will remain in place
post-delisting to assure the health of this
grizzly population. The Conservation
Strategy describes the management and
monitoring direction to maintain a
recovered grizzly bear population in the
NCDE and documents the commitment
of signatory agencies to the
Memorandum of Understanding
implementing the Strategy to continue
to manage the grizzly and its habitat as
per the specifics in the Strategy
document. The NCDE Conservation
Strategy is the post-delisting
management plan for this population
and its habitat.
Request for Public Comments
The Service hereby solicits public
comments on a draft Northern
Continental Divide Ecosystem
Conservation Strategy. All comments
received by the date specified in DATES
will be considered prior to approval of
the final Northern Continental Divide
Ecosystem Conservation Strategy.
Written comments and materials
regarding the Strategy should be
addressed to the Grizzly Bear Recovery
Coordinator (see ADDRESSES section).
Comments and materials received will
be available, by appointment, for public
inspection during normal business
hours at the above address. All public
comment information provided (e.g.,
names, addresses, letters of comment,
input recorded during meetings)
becomes part of the official public
record. If requested under the Freedom
of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) by a
private citizen or organization, the
Service may provide copies of such
information.
Authority
The authority for this action is section
4(f) of the Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(f).
Dated: April 17, 2013.
Noreen E. Walsh,
Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UTAH RECLAMATION MITIGATION AND CONSERVATION COMMISSION
[A1R-17549897-100-00-0-0, CUPCA00]
Central Utah Project Completion Act; East Hobble Creek
Restoration Project Final Environmental Assessment
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science,
Interior; Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: On April 2, 2013, the Department of the Interior and the Utah
Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission each signed a
Finding of No Significant Impact associated with the Final
Environmental Assessment--East Hobble Creek Restoration Project. These
two agencies have determined that the proposed
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action as detailed in the Final Environmental Assessment will not have
a significant impact on the quality of the human environment, and that
an environmental impact statement is not required.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact are available for inspection at:
Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 355 West
University Parkway, Orem, Utah 84058-7303
Department of the Interior, Central Utah Project
Completion Act Office, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606
Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission,
230 South 500 East, Suite 230, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102
The documents are also available at www.cuwcd.com,
www.mitigationcommission.gov, and www.cupcao.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Lee Baxter, Central Utah Project
Completion Act Office, at (801) 379-1174; or email at lbaxter@usbr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Interior, the Utah
Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission, and the Central
Utah Water Conservancy District have completed evaluating the impacts
of the proposed East Hobble Creek Restoration Project. The Final
Environmental Assessment has been completed in conjunction with the
June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program, and provides an analysis
of the anticipated environmental effects of a proposed restoration
effort on a portion of lower Hobble Creek, near Springville, Utah. This
restoration effort is intended to facilitate the recovery of the June
sucker, a federally listed endangered species, through improvement of
spawning habitat and maintenance of stream flow. The effort analyzed
included the potential restoration of approximately 2 miles of stream
channel, modification or removal of several existing barriers to fish
passage, use of the Utah Lake System Hobble Creek Valve Station for
supplemental stream-flow releases, and enhancement of the existing
water supply.
Dated: April 15, 2013.
Reed R. Murray,
Program Director, Central Utah Project Completion Act, Department of
the Interior.
Dated: April 15, 2013.
Michael C. Weland,
Executive Director, Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation
Commission.
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