Delta-Mendota Canal Recirculation Project, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kings, Merced, San Benito, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties, CA, 15161-15162 [E7-5889]
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Dated: March 22, 2007.
Rick L. Gold,
Regional Director—Bureau of Reclamation,
Upper Colorado Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Delta-Mendota Canal Recirculation
Project, Calaveras, Contra Costa,
Fresno, Kings, Merced, San Benito,
San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Stanislaus,
and Tuolumne Counties, CA
Bureau of Reclamation, Interior
Notice of intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR)
and notice of public scoping meetings.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA), the Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) and the California
Department of Water Resources (DWR)
intend to prepare an EIS/EIR for the
Delta-Mendota Canal (DMC)
Recirculation Project. Reclamation is the
Federal lead agency for NEPA and DWR
is the State lead agency for CEQA.
The purpose of the project is to
prepare a feasibility study of the DMC
Recirculation Project that will evaluate
the costs, benefits, feasibility, and
impacts of possibly recirculating water
from the DMC Canal for release to the
San Joaquin River. Recirculation may
provide additional flows for fishery
objectives and may help to meet San
Joaquin River water quality objectives,
while reducing the reliance on the New
Melones Reservoir for water releases. As
part of the feasibility study process, a
Draft EIS/EIR is expected to be available
in 2008.
DATES: Public scoping meetings will be
held to solicit public input on the
alternatives, concerns, and issues to be
addressed in the EIS/EIR. The meetings
dates and times are as follows:
• Monday, April 16, 2007, 10 a.m.–12
p.m, Sacramento, CA.
• Monday, April 16, 2007, 6 p.m.–8
p.m., Los Banos, CA.
• Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 6 p.m.–8
p.m., Modesto, CA.
Written comments on the scope of the
EIS/EIR should be mailed to the Bureau
of Reclamation at the address below by
May 9, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The public scoping meeting
locations are:
• Sacramento at the Federal Building,
2800 Cottage Way, Cafeteria Conference
Rooms C–1001 and C–1002.
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• Los Banos at the Miller and Lux
Senior Center Building, 830 6th Street.
• Modesto at the Modesto Centre
Plaza, 1000 L Street, Pistache Room.
Written comments on the scope of the
EIS/EIR should be sent to: Ms. Sammie
Cervantes, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800
Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, via
e-mail scervantes@mp.usbr.gov, or faxed
to 916–978–5094.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Maury Kruth, Reclamation Project
Manager, at the above address, at 916–
978–5078, TDD 916–978–5608, via fax
at 916–978–5094, or e-mail at
mkruth@mp.usbr.gov.
The DMC
is located on the western side of Central
California’s San Joaquin Valley and runs
for approximately 120 miles, beginning
near the City of Tracy at the southern
edge of the Sacramento River and San
Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin
Delta Estuary (Delta) and terminating at
the Mendota Pool of the San Joaquin
River. The project study area can be
defined as the lower main stem of the
San Joaquin River below its confluence
with the Merced River, the areas served
by the Merced, Tuolumne, and
Stanislaus Rivers on the western side of
the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and the
areas served by the DMC, including
approximately 30 water agencies.
Immediately downstream from the
confluence with the Stanislaus River,
the San Joaquin River becomes part of
the Delta, which serves as a source of
water supply for agricultural,
environmental, municipal, and urban
uses. The south Delta will be considered
part of the project study area.
The SWRCB has established Delta
water quality and flow objectives that
are to be met as a condition of the
operation of the C.W. ‘‘Bill’’ Jones
Pumping Plant (formerly the Tracy
Pumping Plant) and the State Water
Project Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant.
The current objectives for operation of
the Central Valley Project and the State
Water Project facilities in the Delta are
the SWRCB’s 1995 Water Quality
Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary,
and the SWRCB’s Water Rights D–1641,
as amended.
In D–1641, SWRCB required
Reclamation to prepare a Plan of Action
(POA) to evaluate the potential impacts
of recirculating water from DMC
through the Newman Wasteway, in
consultation with National Marine
Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, California Department of Fish
and Game, DWR, and the South Delta
Water Agency. The POA has been
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completed and is being implemented by
this feasibility study.
Federal authorization comes from
Public Law 108–361, Section
103(d)(2)(D)(ii) of the CALFED BayDelta Authorization Act, which states in
part that ‘‘* * * the Secretary [of the
Interior] shall include, to the maximum
extent feasible, the measures described
in clauses (iii) through (vii).’’ Section
103(d)(2)(D)(iii) states ‘‘the Secretary
shall incorporate into the program a
recirculation program to provide flow,
reduce salinity concentrations in the
San Joaquin River, and reduce the
reliance on the New Melones Reservoir
for meeting water quality and fishery
flow objectives through the use of
excess capacity in export pumping and
conveyance facilities.’’ Section
103(f)(1)(G) states ‘‘* * * funds may be
used to conduct feasibility studies,
evaluate, and if feasible, implement the
recirculation of export water to reduce
salinity and improve dissolved oxygen
in the San Joaquin River.’’
Previous recirculation studies have
consisted of modeling and physically
discharging water from the DMC to the
San-Joaquin River via one of the
wasteways that connect the DMC to the
river. Ongoing studies that might affect
the DMC Recirculation Project include
Vernalis Adaptive Management Plan,
CALFED Conveyance Program—South
Delta Improvements Program, the New
Melones Revised Plan of Operations,
and the West Side Regional Drainage
Plan. A recent litigation settlement
regarding the San Joaquin River from
Friant Dam to the Merced River may
also affect the DMC Recirculation
Project.
If special assistance is required at the
scoping meetings, please contact Ms.
Sammie Cervantes at 916–978–5189,
TDD 916–978–5608, or via e-mail at
scervantes@mp.usbr.gov. Please notify
Ms. Cervantes as far in advance of the
meetings as possible to enable
Reclamation to secure the needed
services. If a request cannot be honored,
the requestor will be notified. A
telephone device for the hearing
impaired (TDD) is available at 916–978–
5608.
Comments received in response to
this notice will become part of the
administrative record and are subject to
public inspection. Our practice is to
make comments, including names,
home addresses, home phone numbers,
and e-mail addresses of respondents,
available for public review. Individual
respondents may request that we
withhold their names and/or home
addresses, etc., but if you wish us to
consider withholding this information,
you must state this prominently at the
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beginning of your comments. In
addition, you must present a rationale
for withholding this information. This
rationale must demonstrate that
disclosure would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of privacy.
Unsupported assertions will not meet
this burden. In the absence of
exceptional, documentable
circumstances, this information will be
released. We will always make
submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
Dated: February 23, 2007.
Kenneth Lentz,
Acting Regional Environmental Officer, MidPacific Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for 1029–0089
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing
that the information collection request
for 30 CFR part 702, Exemption for Coal
Extraction Incidental to the Extraction
of Other Minerals has been forwarded to
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395–6566 or via e-mail to
OIRA_Docket@omb.eop.gov. Also,
please send a copy of your comment to
John A. Trelease, Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
1951 Constitution Ave, NW., Room
202—SIB, Washington, DC 20240, or
electronically to jtrelease@osmre.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the information
collection request contact John A.
Trelease at (202) 208–2783. You may
also contact Mr. Trelease at
jtrelease@osmre.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork
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require that interested members of the
public and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
[see 5 CFR 320.8(d)]. OSM has
submitted a request to OMB to renew its
approval for the collection of
information found at 30 CFR Part 702.
OSM is requesting a 3-year term of
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activity.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
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OMB Control Number: 1029–0089.
Summary: This part implements the
requirement in Section 701(28) of the
Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA),
which grants an exemption from the
requirements of SMCRA to operators
extracting not more than 162⁄3
percentage tonnage of coal incidental to
the extraction of other minerals. This
information will be used by the
regulatory authorities to make that
determination.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Frequency of Collection: Once and
annually thereafter.
Description of Respondents:
Producers of coal and other minerals
and the State regulatory authorities.
Total Annual Responses: 120.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 535.
Total Non-wage Costs: $200.
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ADDRESSES. Please refer to OMB control
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Dated: February 8, 2007.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Delta-Mendota Canal Recirculation Project, Calaveras, Contra
Costa, Fresno, Kings, Merced, San Benito, San Joaquin, Santa Clara,
Stanislaus, and Tuolumne Counties, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) and notice of public scoping
meetings.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Bureau of
Reclamation (Reclamation) and the California Department of Water
Resources (DWR) intend to prepare an EIS/EIR for the Delta-Mendota
Canal (DMC) Recirculation Project. Reclamation is the Federal lead
agency for NEPA and DWR is the State lead agency for CEQA.
The purpose of the project is to prepare a feasibility study of the
DMC Recirculation Project that will evaluate the costs, benefits,
feasibility, and impacts of possibly recirculating water from the DMC
Canal for release to the San Joaquin River. Recirculation may provide
additional flows for fishery objectives and may help to meet San
Joaquin River water quality objectives, while reducing the reliance on
the New Melones Reservoir for water releases. As part of the
feasibility study process, a Draft EIS/EIR is expected to be available
in 2008.
DATES: Public scoping meetings will be held to solicit public input on
the alternatives, concerns, and issues to be addressed in the EIS/EIR.
The meetings dates and times are as follows:
Monday, April 16, 2007, 10 a.m.-12 p.m, Sacramento, CA.
Monday, April 16, 2007, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Los Banos, CA.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Modesto, CA.
Written comments on the scope of the EIS/EIR should be mailed to
the Bureau of Reclamation at the address below by May 9, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The public scoping meeting locations are:
Sacramento at the Federal Building, 2800 Cottage Way,
Cafeteria Conference Rooms C-1001 and C-1002.
Los Banos at the Miller and Lux Senior Center Building,
830 6th Street.
Modesto at the Modesto Centre Plaza, 1000 L Street,
Pistache Room.
Written comments on the scope of the EIS/EIR should be sent to: Ms.
Sammie Cervantes, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento,
CA 95825, via e-mail scervantes@mp.usbr.gov, or faxed to 916-978-5094.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Maury Kruth, Reclamation Project
Manager, at the above address, at 916-978-5078, TDD 916-978-5608, via
fax at 916-978-5094, or e-mail at mkruth@mp.usbr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DMC is located on the western side of
Central California's San Joaquin Valley and runs for approximately 120
miles, beginning near the City of Tracy at the southern edge of the
Sacramento River and San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Estuary (Delta) and terminating at the Mendota Pool of the San Joaquin
River. The project study area can be defined as the lower main stem of
the San Joaquin River below its confluence with the Merced River, the
areas served by the Merced, Tuolumne, and Stanislaus Rivers on the
western side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and the areas served by
the DMC, including approximately 30 water agencies. Immediately
downstream from the confluence with the Stanislaus River, the San
Joaquin River becomes part of the Delta, which serves as a source of
water supply for agricultural, environmental, municipal, and urban
uses. The south Delta will be considered part of the project study
area.
The SWRCB has established Delta water quality and flow objectives
that are to be met as a condition of the operation of the C.W. ``Bill''
Jones Pumping Plant (formerly the Tracy Pumping Plant) and the State
Water Project Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant. The current objectives for
operation of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project
facilities in the Delta are the SWRCB's 1995 Water Quality Control Plan
for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary, and the
SWRCB's Water Rights D-1641, as amended.
In D-1641, SWRCB required Reclamation to prepare a Plan of Action
(POA) to evaluate the potential impacts of recirculating water from DMC
through the Newman Wasteway, in consultation with National Marine
Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California
Department of Fish and Game, DWR, and the South Delta Water Agency. The
POA has been completed and is being implemented by this feasibility
study.
Federal authorization comes from Public Law 108-361, Section
103(d)(2)(D)(ii) of the CALFED Bay-Delta Authorization Act, which
states in part that ``* * * the Secretary [of the Interior] shall
include, to the maximum extent feasible, the measures described in
clauses (iii) through (vii).'' Section 103(d)(2)(D)(iii) states ``the
Secretary shall incorporate into the program a recirculation program to
provide flow, reduce salinity concentrations in the San Joaquin River,
and reduce the reliance on the New Melones Reservoir for meeting water
quality and fishery flow objectives through the use of excess capacity
in export pumping and conveyance facilities.'' Section 103(f)(1)(G)
states ``* * * funds may be used to conduct feasibility studies,
evaluate, and if feasible, implement the recirculation of export water
to reduce salinity and improve dissolved oxygen in the San Joaquin
River.''
Previous recirculation studies have consisted of modeling and
physically discharging water from the DMC to the San-Joaquin River via
one of the wasteways that connect the DMC to the river. Ongoing studies
that might affect the DMC Recirculation Project include Vernalis
Adaptive Management Plan, CALFED Conveyance Program--South Delta
Improvements Program, the New Melones Revised Plan of Operations, and
the West Side Regional Drainage Plan. A recent litigation settlement
regarding the San Joaquin River from Friant Dam to the Merced River may
also affect the DMC Recirculation Project.
If special assistance is required at the scoping meetings, please
contact Ms. Sammie Cervantes at 916-978-5189, TDD 916-978-5608, or via
e-mail at scervantes@mp.usbr.gov. Please notify Ms. Cervantes as far in
advance of the meetings as possible to enable Reclamation to secure the
needed services. If a request cannot be honored, the requestor will be
notified. A telephone device for the hearing impaired (TDD) is
available at 916-978-5608.
Comments received in response to this notice will become part of
the administrative record and are subject to public inspection. Our
practice is to make comments, including names, home addresses, home
phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of respondents, available for
public review. Individual respondents may request that we withhold
their names and/or home addresses, etc., but if you wish us to consider
withholding this information, you must state this prominently at the
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beginning of your comments. In addition, you must present a rationale
for withholding this information. This rationale must demonstrate that
disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy.
Unsupported assertions will not meet this burden. In the absence of
exceptional, documentable circumstances, this information will be
released. We will always make submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
Dated: February 23, 2007.
Kenneth Lentz,
Acting Regional Environmental Officer, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. E7-5889 Filed 3-29-07; 8:45 am]
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