Final Environmental Impact Statement; Reconstruction of the Furnace Creek Water Collection System; Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA; Notice of Approval of Record of Decision, 44180 [07-3838]
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Final Environmental Impact Statement;
Reconstruction of the Furnace Creek
Water Collection System; Death Valley
National Park, Inyo County, CA; Notice
of Approval of Record of Decision
Summary: Pursuant to § 102(2)(C) of
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, as amended)
and the implementing regulations
promulgated by the Council on
Environmental Quality (40 CFR part
1505.2), the Department of the Interior,
National Park Service has prepared, and
the Regional Director, Pacific West
Region has approved the Record of
Decision (and Statement of Findings for
Wetlands and Floodplains) for the
reconstruction of the Furnace Creek
water collection system at Death Valley
Natioal Park. Reconstructing the water
collection system affords the park with
the opportunity to provide a reliable
quality and quantity of potable water to
the users in the Furnace Creek area, to
promote conservation of biological and
cultural resources in the TexasTravertine Springs area, and to enhance
water resource protection and
management in the Furnace Creek area.
The no-action ‘‘30-day wait period’’ was
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officially initiated July 14, 2006, with
the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s Federal Register notification
of the filing of the Final Environmental
Impact Statement.
Decision: As soon as practicable the
park will begin to implement the
Preferred Alternative (with minor
modifications from Alternative C as
described in the Draft and Final EIS); as
documented in the EIS, this alternative
was deemed to be the ‘‘environmentally
preferred’’ course of action and it was
further determined that implementation
of the selected actions will not
constitute an impairment of park
resources and values. In doing so, the
park can rebuild the outdated water
collection system in the Furnace Creek
area to supply safe and reliable potable
and nonpotable water to the park’s main
visitor use area, separate the potable and
nonpotable water systems in the project
area, and provide nonpotable water
from the Inn Tunnel and a relocated
Furnace Creek Wash collection gallery.
The selected actions will provide
potable water from two to three new
groundwater wells in the Texas Springs
Syncline, and will treat water collected
for potable purposes using a reverse
osmosis water treatment plant. The
concentrate water generated from the
water treatment process will be
conveyed to the park’s sewage treatment
plant for evaporation. Non-potable
water will be collected from Furnace
Creek Wash and the Inn Tunnel. Water
for riparian restoration purposes will be
released from Texas Springs and
Travertine Springs Lines 1, 2, 3, and 4.
To meet maximum daily flow
requirements, Alternative 3 will collect
600 gallons per minute (GPM) of potable
water and 900 gpm of nonpotable water,
and release approximately 770 gpm of
riparian water.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Based
upon agency comments and refinements
desired by the planning team
collaborative, the selected plan includes
several adjustments from the Preferred
Alternative as detailed in the EIS,
including but not limited to the
determination that reverse osmosis
discharge water will be piped to
wastewater treatment lagoons, thus
eliminating any potential for
unacceptable environmental effects
through other discharge options. The
selected project and three alternatives
were identified and analyzed in the
Final EIS, and previously in the Draft
EIS (the latter was distributed in
October, 2005). A broad spectrum of
foreseeable environmental
consequences were assessed, and
appropriate mitigation measures
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identified, for each alternative.
Beginning with early scoping, through
the preparation of Draft and Final EIS,
a series of public meetings and openhouses were conducted locally. Overall
approximately 10 written comments
were received (as noted above, some
agency comments served as the source
of minor adjustments to the final
selected plan). Key consultations or
other contacts which aided in preparing
the EIS involved (but were not limited
to) the California State Historic
Preservation Office, the Lahotan Region
Water Quality Control Board, the
California Department of
Transportation, the Timbisha Shoshone
Tribe and its Tribal Historic
Preservation Officer, Xanterra Parks and
Resorts, the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Copies: Interested parties desiring to
review the Record of Decision may
obtain a complete copy by contacting
Superintendent James T. Reynolds,
Death Valley National Park, P.O. Box
579, Death Valley, California 92328;
telephone (760) 786–3227 or via e-mail
at deva_superintendent@nps.gov.
Dated: May 21, 2007.
Jonathan B. Jarvis,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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Systems Conveyance and Operations
Program, Lake Mead National
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Notice of Approval of Record of
Decision
Summary: Pursuant to section
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, as
amended) and the implementing
regulations promulgated by the Council
on Environmental Quality (40 CFR
1505.2), the Department of the Interior,
National Park Service has prepared, and
the Regional Director, Pacific West
Region has approved, the Record of
Decision for the Clean Water Coalition’s
proposed System Conveyance and
Operations Program. The formal noaction period was officially initiated
February 23, 2007, with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency’s
Federal Register notification of the
filing of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS).
Decision: The Final EIS analyzed a
no-action alternative, a process
improvement alternative, and three
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Final Environmental Impact Statement; Reconstruction of the
Furnace Creek Water Collection System; Death Valley National Park, Inyo
County, CA; Notice of Approval of Record of Decision
Summary: Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended) and the implementing
regulations promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR
part 1505.2), the Department of the Interior, National Park Service has
prepared, and the Regional Director, Pacific West Region has approved
the Record of Decision (and Statement of Findings for Wetlands and
Floodplains) for the reconstruction of the Furnace Creek water
collection system at Death Valley Natioal Park. Reconstructing the
water collection system affords the park with the opportunity to
provide a reliable quality and quantity of potable water to the users
in the Furnace Creek area, to promote conservation of biological and
cultural resources in the Texas-Travertine Springs area, and to enhance
water resource protection and management in the Furnace Creek area. The
no-action ``30-day wait period'' was officially initiated July 14,
2006, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Federal Register
notification of the filing of the Final Environmental Impact Statement.
Decision: As soon as practicable the park will begin to implement
the Preferred Alternative (with minor modifications from Alternative C
as described in the Draft and Final EIS); as documented in the EIS,
this alternative was deemed to be the ``environmentally preferred''
course of action and it was further determined that implementation of
the selected actions will not constitute an impairment of park
resources and values. In doing so, the park can rebuild the outdated
water collection system in the Furnace Creek area to supply safe and
reliable potable and nonpotable water to the park's main visitor use
area, separate the potable and nonpotable water systems in the project
area, and provide nonpotable water from the Inn Tunnel and a relocated
Furnace Creek Wash collection gallery. The selected actions will
provide potable water from two to three new groundwater wells in the
Texas Springs Syncline, and will treat water collected for potable
purposes using a reverse osmosis water treatment plant. The concentrate
water generated from the water treatment process will be conveyed to
the park's sewage treatment plant for evaporation. Non-potable water
will be collected from Furnace Creek Wash and the Inn Tunnel. Water for
riparian restoration purposes will be released from Texas Springs and
Travertine Springs Lines 1, 2, 3, and 4. To meet maximum daily flow
requirements, Alternative 3 will collect 600 gallons per minute (GPM)
of potable water and 900 gpm of nonpotable water, and release
approximately 770 gpm of riparian water.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Based upon agency comments and refinements
desired by the planning team collaborative, the selected plan includes
several adjustments from the Preferred Alternative as detailed in the
EIS, including but not limited to the determination that reverse
osmosis discharge water will be piped to wastewater treatment lagoons,
thus eliminating any potential for unacceptable environmental effects
through other discharge options. The selected project and three
alternatives were identified and analyzed in the Final EIS, and
previously in the Draft EIS (the latter was distributed in October,
2005). A broad spectrum of foreseeable environmental consequences were
assessed, and appropriate mitigation measures identified, for each
alternative. Beginning with early scoping, through the preparation of
Draft and Final EIS, a series of public meetings and open-houses were
conducted locally. Overall approximately 10 written comments were
received (as noted above, some agency comments served as the source of
minor adjustments to the final selected plan). Key consultations or
other contacts which aided in preparing the EIS involved (but were not
limited to) the California State Historic Preservation Office, the
Lahotan Region Water Quality Control Board, the California Department
of Transportation, the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe and its Tribal Historic
Preservation Officer, Xanterra Parks and Resorts, the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Copies: Interested parties desiring to review the Record of
Decision may obtain a complete copy by contacting Superintendent James
T. Reynolds, Death Valley National Park, P.O. Box 579, Death Valley,
California 92328; telephone (760) 786-3227 or via e-mail at deva_
superintendent@nps.gov.
Dated: May 21, 2007.
Jonathan B. Jarvis,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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