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[Federal Register: September 17, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 179)]
[Notices]
[Page 47813-47814]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Central Valley Project Improvement Act, Water Management Plans

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: The following Water Management Plans are available for review:
     Colusa County Water District.
     Madera Irrigation District.
     San Benito County Water District.
    To meet the requirements of the Central Valley Project Improvement
Act of 1992 (CVPIA) and the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, the Bureau
of Reclamation (Reclamation) developed and published the Criteria for
Evaluating Water Management Plans (Criteria). For the purpose of this
announcement, Water Management Plans (Plans) are considered the same as
Water Conservation Plans. The above entities have developed a Plan,
which Reclamation has evaluated and preliminarily determined to meet
the requirements of these Criteria. Reclamation is publishing this
notice in order to allow the public to review the plans and comment on
the preliminary determinations. Public comment on Reclamation's
preliminary (i.e., draft) determination is invited at this time.

DATES: All public comments must be received by October 19, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Please mail comments to Ms. Laurie Sharp, Bureau of
Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825, or contact
at 916-978-5232 (TDD 978-5608), or e-mail at lsharp@mp.usbr.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To be placed on a mailing list for any
subsequent information, please contact Ms. Laurie Sharp at the e-mail
address or telephone number above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are inviting the public to comment on our
preliminary (i.e., draft) determination of Plan adequacy. Section
3405(e) of the CVPIA (Title 34 Pub. L. 102-575), requires the Secretary
of the Interior to establish and administer an office on Central Valley
Project water conservation best management practices that shall ``* * *
develop criteria for evaluating the adequacy of all water conservation
plans developed by project contractors, including those plans required
by section 210 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982.'' Also, according
to section 3405(e)(1), these criteria must be developed `` * * * with
the purpose of promoting the highest level of water use efficiency
reasonably achievable by project contractors using best available cost-
effective technology and best management practices.'' These criteria
state that all parties (Contractors) that contract with Reclamation for
water supplies (municipal and industrial contracts over 2,000 acre-feet
and agricultural contracts over 2,000 irrigable acres) must prepare
Plans that contain the following information:

1. Description of the District.
2. Inventory of Water Resources.
3. Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Agricultural Contractors.
4. BMPs for Urban Contractors.
5. Plan Implementation.
6. Exemption Process.
7. Regional Criteria.
8. Five-Year Revisions.

    Reclamation will evaluate Plans based on these criteria. A copy of
these Plans will be available for review at Reclamation's Mid-Pacific
(MP) Regional Office located in Sacramento, California, and the local
area office. Our practice is to make comments, including

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names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review.
    Before including your name, address, phone number, e-mail address,
or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should
be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
    If you wish to review a copy of these Plans, please contact Ms.
Laurie Sharp to find the office nearest you.

    Dated: July 28, 2009.
Richard J. Woodley,
Regional Resources Manager, Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. E9-22395 Filed 9-16-09; 8:45 am]

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