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[FR Doc. 05–12029 Filed 6–17–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Lower Yuba River Accord, Yuba
County, CA
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR)
and to hold public scoping meetings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, as amended, the Bureau of
Reclamation (Reclamation) proposes to
participate and serve as the lead agency
under NEPA in the preparation of a joint
EIS/EIR on the Lower Yuba River
Accord (Yuba Accord). The Yuba
County Water Agency (YCWA), a local
public water agency, is proposing the
project and will serve as the lead agency
under the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA). The purpose of the
Yuba Accord is to resolve instream flow
issues associated with operation of the
Yuba River Development Project (Yuba
Project) in a way that protects and
enhances lower Yuba River fisheries
and local water-supply reliability, while
providing revenues for local floodcontrol and water-supply projects, water
for the CALFED Program to use for
protection and restoration of
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta)
fisheries, and improvements in statewide water supply management,
including supplemental water for the
Central Valley Project (CVP) and the
State Water Project (SWP).
This notice is published in
accordance with NEPA regulations
found in 40 CFR 1501.7. The purpose of
this notice is to obtain suggestions and
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information from other agencies and the
public on the scope of issues to be
addressed in the EIS/EIR. A similar
notice is being published by YCWA in
accordance with CEQA. Comments and
participation in the scoping process are
encouraged.
DATES: Four public scoping meetings
will be held on the following dates:
• July 19, 2005–1 p.m., Sacramento,
CA
• July 19, 2005–6:30 p.m.,
Sacramento, CA
• July 20, 2005–1 p.m., Marysville,
CA
• July 20, 2005–6:30 p.m., Marysville,
CA
ADDRESSES: The public scoping meeting
locations are:
• Sacramento—Doubletree Hotel,
2001 Point West Way, Sacramento, CA
• Marysville—Yuba County
Government Center, 915 8th Street,
Marysville, CA
Written comments on the scope of the
Yuba Accord or issues to be addressed
in the EIR/EIS must be received no later
than August 4, 2005. Send written
comments to Mary Grim, Bureau of
Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP–
400, Sacramento, CA 95825. Grim,
Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage
Way, MP–400, Sacramento, CA 95825.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Grim, Environmental Specialist,
Reclamation, at the above address;
telephone number 916–978–5204.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: YCWA is
a public agency created and existing
pursuant to the provisions of the Yuba
County Water Agency Act of 1959.
YCWA owns and operates the Yuba
Project, which includes New Bullards
Bar Dam and Reservoir on the North
Yuba River. YCWA operates the Yuba
Project in accordance with a Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission License,
flood control rules promulgated by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, state
water rights permit terms, and an
agreement with the California
Department of Fish and Game (CDFG)
for instream flows.
In March of 1991, CDFG released a
‘‘Lower Yuba River Fisheries
Management Plan’’, which contained
recommendations regarding fishery
protection and enhancement measures
in the lower 24-mile section of the Yuba
River. CDFG requested that the State
Water Resources Control Board
(SWRCB) consider modifying YCWA’s
water rights permits to implement the
recommendations contained in CDFG’s
Plan. Based on CDFG’s request, and to
address various allegations raised by a
coalition of non-governmental fisheries
organizations (NGOs) against several
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water agencies in 1989 filings, the
SWRCB initiated a proceeding to
consider fishery protection and water
right issues on the lower Yuba River in
early 1992.
The SWRCB held hearings on these
issues in 1992 and 2000. The SWRCB
adopted Water Rights Decision 1644 (D–
1644) on March 1, 2001. D–1644
established new instream flow
requirements for the lower Yuba River
in YCWA’s water right permits, required
YCWA to take actions to address
potential concerns regarding water
temperatures for Chinook salmon and
steelhead, and required studies and
consultation on various other issues.
YCWA, several local water districts in
Yuba County, and a collective of
fisheries NGOs all initiated legal actions
challenging D–1644 on a variety of
issues. After considering some new
evidence, the court remanded D–1644 to
the SWRCB for reconsideration in light
of the new evidence. After a brief
hearing in 2003, the SWRCB issued
Revised Water Rights Decision 1644
(RD–1644), which contains only minor
changes from D–1644. The same parties
that had challenged D–1644 then
initiated new legal proceedings
challenging RD–1644 on most of the
same issues.
Since RD–1644 was issued, the parties
to the litigation and the state and
Federal fisheries agencies have been
engaged in a collaborative, interestbased initiative to try to resolve the flow
and other fisheries issues on the lower
Yuba River. The potential settlement
has become known as the Yuba Accord.
If implemented, the Yuba Accord would
resolve issues associated with operation
of the Yuba Project in a way that would
protect and enhance lower Yuba River
fisheries, protect local water supply
reliability, provide revenues for local
flood-control and water-supply projects,
provide water for protection and
restoration of Delta fisheries, and
increase state-wide water supplies.
The Yuba Accord would include three
major elements:
• The first element would be an
agreement (Yuba Accord Fisheries
Agreement) between YCWA, CDFG and
the collective of NGOs, with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine
Fisheries Service supporting the
agreement. Under the Yuba Accord
Fisheries Agreement, YCWA would
revise the operation of the Yuba Project
to provide higher flows in the lower
Yuba River to protect and enhance
fisheries and to increase downstream
water supplies.
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• The second element of the Yuba
Accord would be an agreement between
YCWA and water districts within Yuba
County (Yuba Accord Conjunctive Use
Agreement) for the implementation of a
comprehensive program of conjunctive
use of surface water and groundwater
supplies and actions to improve water
use efficiencies.
• The third element would be an
agreement between YCWA and the
California Department of Water
Resources (DWR) and Reclamation
(Yuba Accord Transfer Agreement),
which would put water released from
the Yuba Project to beneficial uses
through the Environmental Water
Account and in the CVP and SWP
service areas.
All three of these agreements would
need to be in place for the Yuba Accord
to be implemented.
The draft EIS/EIR will analyze the
adverse and beneficial effects of
implementing the Yuba Accord on
surface water hydrology, groundwater
hydrology, water supply, hydropower,
flood control, water quality, fisheries,
wildlife, vegetation, special-status
species, recreation, visual, cultural and
Indian Trust Assets, air quality, land
use, socioeconomic, growth
inducement, and environmental justice
resources and conditions. Alternatives
to be evaluated in the draft EIS/EIR
include the No Action Alternative,
Proposed Action Alternative, and others
as appropriate. In addition, the draft
EIS/EIR will address the cumulative
impacts of implementation of the Yuba
Accord in conjunction with other past,
present, and reasonably foreseeable
actions.
Our practice is to make comments on
a Notice of Intent, including names and
home addresses of respondents,
available for public review. Individual
respondents may request that we
withhold their home addresses from
public disclosure, which we will honor
to the extent allowable by law. There
also may be circumstances in which we
would withhold a respondent’s identity
from public disclosure, as allowable by
law. If you wish us to withhold your
name and/or address, you must state
this prominently at the beginning of
your comment. We will make all
submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public disclosure in their entirety.
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Dated: June 10, 2005.
Frank Michny,
Regional Environmental Officer, Mid-Pacific
Region.
[FR Doc. 05–11975 Filed 6–17–05; 8:45 am]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Inv. No. 337–TA–542]
In the Matter of Certain DVD/CD
Players and Recorders, Color
Television Receivers and Monitors,
and Components Thereof; Notice of
Investigation
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Institution of investigation
pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a
complaint was filed with the U.S.
International Trade Commission on May
17, 2005, under section 337 of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C.
1337, on behalf of BenQ Corporation of
Taiwan and BenQ America Corporation
of Irvine, California. The complaint
alleges violations of section 337 in the
importation into the United States, the
sale for importation, and the sale within
the United States after importation of
certain DVD/CD players and recorders,
color television receivers and monitors,
and components thereof, by reason of
infringement of claims 7–11 and 13–15
of U.S. Patent No. 5,270,821 and claims
1, 2, 4, and 5 of U.S. Patent No.
6,683,842. The complaint further alleges
that an industry in the United States
exists as required by subsection (a)(3) of
section 337.
The complainants request that the
Commission institute an investigation
and, after the investigation, issue an
exclusion order and a cease and desist
order.
ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for
any confidential information contained
therein, is available for inspection
during official business hours (8:45 a.m.
to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the
Secretary, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Room
112, Washington, DC 20436, telephone
202–205–2000. Hearing impaired
individuals are advised that information
on this matter can be obtained by
contacting the Commission’s TDD
terminal on 202–205–1810. Persons
with mobility impairment who will
need special assistance in gaining access
to the Commission should contact the
Office of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
General information concerning the
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Commission may be obtained by
accessing its Internet server (https://
www.usitc.gov). The public record for
this investigation may be reviewed on
the Commission’s electronic docket
(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay
H. Reiziss, Esq., Office of Unfair Import
Investigations, U.S. International Trade
Commission, telephone 202–205–2579.
Authority: The authority for institution of
this investigation is contained in section 337
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and
in section 210.10 of the Commission’s Rules
of Practice and Procedures, 19 CFR
210.10(2004).
Scope of Investigation: Having
considered the complaint, the U.S.
International Trade Commission, on
June 13, 2005, ordered that—
(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, an investigation be instituted
to determine whether there is a
violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of
section 337 in the importation into the
United States, the sale for importation,
or the sale within the United States after
importation of certain DVD/CD players
or recorders, color television receivers
or monitors, or components thereof, by
reason of infringement of one or more of
claims 7–11 and 13–15 of U.S. Patent
No. 5,270,821, or claims 1, 2, 4, or 5 of
U.S. Patent No. 6,683,842, and whether
an industry in the United States exists
as required by subsection (a)(3) of
section 337.
(2) For the purpose of the
investigation so instituted, the following
are hereby named as parties upon which
this notice of investigation shall be
served:
(a) The complainants are—
BenQ Corporation, 157 Shan-Ying Rd,
Gueishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
BenQ Corporation, 53 Discovery, Irvine,
California 92618.
(b) The respondent is the following
company alleged to be in violation of
section 337, and is the party upon
which the complaint is to be served:
Thomson Inc., 10330 N. Meridian
Street, Indianapolis, IN 46290–1024.
(c) Jay H. Reiziss, Esq., Office of
Unfair Import Investigations, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street, SW., Suite 401, Washington, DC
20436, who shall be the Commission
investigative attorney, party to this
investigation; and
For the investigation so instituted, the
Honorable Robert L. Barton, Jr. is
designated as the presiding
administrative law judge.
A response to the complaint and the
notice of investigation must be
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Lower Yuba River Accord, Yuba County, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) and to hold public scoping
meetings.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, as amended, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) proposes to
participate and serve as the lead agency under NEPA in the preparation
of a joint EIS/EIR on the Lower Yuba River Accord (Yuba Accord). The
Yuba County Water Agency (YCWA), a local public water agency, is
proposing the project and will serve as the lead agency under the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The purpose of the Yuba
Accord is to resolve instream flow issues associated with operation of
the Yuba River Development Project (Yuba Project) in a way that
protects and enhances lower Yuba River fisheries and local water-supply
reliability, while providing revenues for local flood-control and
water-supply projects, water for the CALFED Program to use for
protection and restoration of Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta)
fisheries, and improvements in state-wide water supply management,
including supplemental water for the Central Valley Project (CVP) and
the State Water Project (SWP).
This notice is published in accordance with NEPA regulations found
in 40 CFR 1501.7. The purpose of this notice is to obtain suggestions
and information from other agencies and the public on the scope of
issues to be addressed in the EIS/EIR. A similar notice is being
published by YCWA in accordance with CEQA. Comments and participation
in the scoping process are encouraged.
DATES: Four public scoping meetings will be held on the following
dates:
July 19, 2005-1 p.m., Sacramento, CA
July 19, 2005-6:30 p.m., Sacramento, CA
July 20, 2005-1 p.m., Marysville, CA
July 20, 2005-6:30 p.m., Marysville, CA
ADDRESSES: The public scoping meeting locations are:
Sacramento--Doubletree Hotel, 2001 Point West Way,
Sacramento, CA
Marysville--Yuba County Government Center, 915 8th Street,
Marysville, CA
Written comments on the scope of the Yuba Accord or issues to be
addressed in the EIR/EIS must be received no later than August 4, 2005.
Send written comments to Mary Grim, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage
Way, MP-400, Sacramento, CA 95825. Grim, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800
Cottage Way, MP-400, Sacramento, CA 95825.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Grim, Environmental Specialist,
Reclamation, at the above address; telephone number 916-978-5204.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: YCWA is a public agency created and existing
pursuant to the provisions of the Yuba County Water Agency Act of 1959.
YCWA owns and operates the Yuba Project, which includes New Bullards
Bar Dam and Reservoir on the North Yuba River. YCWA operates the Yuba
Project in accordance with a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
License, flood control rules promulgated by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, state water rights permit terms, and an agreement with the
California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) for instream flows.
In March of 1991, CDFG released a ``Lower Yuba River Fisheries
Management Plan'', which contained recommendations regarding fishery
protection and enhancement measures in the lower 24-mile section of the
Yuba River. CDFG requested that the State Water Resources Control Board
(SWRCB) consider modifying YCWA's water rights permits to implement the
recommendations contained in CDFG's Plan. Based on CDFG's request, and
to address various allegations raised by a coalition of non-
governmental fisheries organizations (NGOs) against several water
agencies in 1989 filings, the SWRCB initiated a proceeding to consider
fishery protection and water right issues on the lower Yuba River in
early 1992.
The SWRCB held hearings on these issues in 1992 and 2000. The SWRCB
adopted Water Rights Decision 1644 (D-1644) on March 1, 2001. D-1644
established new instream flow requirements for the lower Yuba River in
YCWA's water right permits, required YCWA to take actions to address
potential concerns regarding water temperatures for Chinook salmon and
steelhead, and required studies and consultation on various other
issues.
YCWA, several local water districts in Yuba County, and a
collective of fisheries NGOs all initiated legal actions challenging D-
1644 on a variety of issues. After considering some new evidence, the
court remanded D-1644 to the SWRCB for reconsideration in light of the
new evidence. After a brief hearing in 2003, the SWRCB issued Revised
Water Rights Decision 1644 (RD-1644), which contains only minor changes
from D-1644. The same parties that had challenged D-1644 then initiated
new legal proceedings challenging RD-1644 on most of the same issues.
Since RD-1644 was issued, the parties to the litigation and the
state and Federal fisheries agencies have been engaged in a
collaborative, interest-based initiative to try to resolve the flow and
other fisheries issues on the lower Yuba River. The potential
settlement has become known as the Yuba Accord. If implemented, the
Yuba Accord would resolve issues associated with operation of the Yuba
Project in a way that would protect and enhance lower Yuba River
fisheries, protect local water supply reliability, provide revenues for
local flood-control and water-supply projects, provide water for
protection and restoration of Delta fisheries, and increase state-wide
water supplies.
The Yuba Accord would include three major elements:
The first element would be an agreement (Yuba Accord
Fisheries Agreement) between YCWA, CDFG and the collective of NGOs,
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries
Service supporting the agreement. Under the Yuba Accord Fisheries
Agreement, YCWA would revise the operation of the Yuba Project to
provide higher flows in the lower Yuba River to protect and enhance
fisheries and to increase downstream water supplies.
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The second element of the Yuba Accord would be an
agreement between YCWA and water districts within Yuba County (Yuba
Accord Conjunctive Use Agreement) for the implementation of a
comprehensive program of conjunctive use of surface water and
groundwater supplies and actions to improve water use efficiencies.
The third element would be an agreement between YCWA and
the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and Reclamation
(Yuba Accord Transfer Agreement), which would put water released from
the Yuba Project to beneficial uses through the Environmental Water
Account and in the CVP and SWP service areas.
All three of these agreements would need to be in place for the
Yuba Accord to be implemented.
The draft EIS/EIR will analyze the adverse and beneficial effects
of implementing the Yuba Accord on surface water hydrology, groundwater
hydrology, water supply, hydropower, flood control, water quality,
fisheries, wildlife, vegetation, special-status species, recreation,
visual, cultural and Indian Trust Assets, air quality, land use,
socioeconomic, growth inducement, and environmental justice resources
and conditions. Alternatives to be evaluated in the draft EIS/EIR
include the No Action Alternative, Proposed Action Alternative, and
others as appropriate. In addition, the draft EIS/EIR will address the
cumulative impacts of implementation of the Yuba Accord in conjunction
with other past, present, and reasonably foreseeable actions.
Our practice is to make comments on a Notice of Intent, including
names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review.
Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home
addresses from public disclosure, which we will honor to the extent
allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we would
withhold a respondent's identity from public disclosure, as allowable
by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must
state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will make
all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations
or businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety.
Dated: June 10, 2005.
Frank Michny,
Regional Environmental Officer, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 05-11975 Filed 6-17-05; 8:45 am]
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