Central Valley Project Improvement Act, Water Management Plans, 47069-47070 [E7-16616]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 162 / Wednesday, August 22, 2007 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA–930–5410–EU–B230; CACA 48686]
Notice of Application for Recordable
Disclaimer of Interest in Lands; Lake
County, CA
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: An application has been filed
with the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) by Isabelle Brown, Attorney-atLaw on behalf of April Jackson-DiWald
(personal representative of the estate of
Amerdine Snow McCloud, deceased),
for a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest
from the United States for certain land
in Lake County, California.
DATES: Comments to this action should
be received by November 20, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments or protests must
be filed with: State Director (CA930),
Bureau of Land Management, 2800
Cottage Way, Rm. W 1834, Sacramento,
CA 95825.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Gary, BLM California State Office,
at the above address or by phone at 916–
978–4677.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Section 315 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1745), Isabelle Brown has filed
an application on behalf of April
Jackson-DiWald (personal representative
of the estate of Amerdine Snow
McCloud, deceased) requesting the
United States issue a Recordable
Disclaimer of Interest for the following
described land:
jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES
Mount Diablo Meridian
T. 15 N., R. 10 W.,
Being that parcel situated in lot 10, sec. 1,
more particularly described as Parcel Five
(5), as shown on the record of survey for the
Upper Lake Rancheria recorded in the
Records of Lake County, California, on June
17, 1961 in Book 2 at pages 6 to 11, inclusive.
The area described contains 1.83 acres,
more or less, in Lake County.
The above described land belongs to
Amerdine Snow McCloud a member of
the Upper Lake Rancheria, a federally
recognized Indian Tribe. Pursuant to the
California Rancheria Termination Act of
August 18, 1958, (Pub. L. 85–671, 72
Stat. 69, as amended by the Act of
August 11, 1964, 78 Stat. 390), the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) issued a
deed conveying fee simple title from the
United States to Amerdine Snow
McCloud on July 20, 1961. In 1998
Amerdine Snow McCloud recorded her
deed in Lake County and attempted to
VerDate Aug<31>2005
16:26 Aug 21, 2007
Jkt 211001
deed her real property back to the
United States to be held in trust by the
BIA. The deed was never accepted by
the BIA. April Jackson-DiWald,
daughter of the deceased Amerdine
Snow McCloud is seeking to clear title
to demonstrate that the land was never
taken into trust by the United States.
The United States has no claim to or
interest in the land described and
issuance of a Recordable Disclaimer of
Interest will be approved if no valid
objection is received.
Comments, including names and
street addresses of respondents will be
available for public review at the BLM
California State Office (see address
above) during regular business hours
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. Before
including your 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.
Authority: 43 CFR 1864.2(a).
Dated: May 10, 2007.
J. Anthony Danna,
Deputy State Director, Natural Resources.
[FR Doc. E7–16486 Filed 8–21–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–40–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Central Valley Project Improvement
Act, Water Management Plans
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The following Water
Management Plans are available for
review:
• West Stanislaus Irrigation District.
• Contra Costa Water District.
• Stockton East Water District.
• City of Vallejo.
• Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District.
• Dunnigan 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
PO 00000
Frm 00118
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
47069
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 September 21, 2007.
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 email 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
E:\FR\FM\22AUN1.SGM
22AUN1
47070
Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 162 / Wednesday, August 22, 2007 / Notices
Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific (MP)
Regional Office located in Sacramento,
California, and the local area office. Our
practice is to make comments, including
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: August 10, 2007.
Richard J. Woodley,
Regional Resources Manager, Mid-Pacific
Region, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. E7–16616 Filed 8–21–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Quarterly Status Report of Water
Service, Repayment, and Other WaterRelated Contract Negotiations
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of
contractual actions that have been
proposed to the Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) and are new, modified,
discontinued, or completed since the
last publication of this notice on May
15, 2007. This notice is one of a variety
of means used to inform the public
about proposed contractual actions for
capital recovery and management of
project resources and facilities
consistent with section 9(f) of the
Reclamation Project Act of 1939.
Additional announcements of
individual contract actions may be
published in the Federal Register and in
newspapers of general circulation in the
areas determined by Reclamation to be
affected by the proposed action.
ADDRESSES: The identity of the
approving officer and other information
pertaining to a specific contract
proposal may be obtained by calling or
writing the appropriate regional office at
the address and telephone number given
for each region in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section.
VerDate Aug<31>2005
16:26 Aug 21, 2007
Jkt 211001
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sandra L. Simons, Manager, Contract
Services Office, Bureau of Reclamation,
PO Box 25007, Denver, Colorado 80225–
0007 telephone 303–445–2902.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent
with section 9(f) of the Reclamation
Project Act of 1939 and the rules and
regulations published in 52 FR 11954,
April 13, 1987 (43 CFR 426.22),
Reclamation will publish notice of
proposed or amendatory contract
actions for any contract for the delivery
of project water for authorized uses in
newspapers of general circulation in the
affected area at least 60 days prior to
contract execution. Announcments may
be in the form of news releases, legal
notices, official letters, memorandums,
or other forms of written material.
Meetings, workshops, and/or hearings
may also be used, as appropriate, to
provide local publicity. The public
participation procedures do not apply to
proposed contracts for the sale or
surplus or interim irrigation water for a
term of 1 year or less. Either of the
contracting parties may invite the public
to observe contract proceedings. All
public participation procedures will be
coordinated with those involved in
complying with the National
Environmental Policy Act. Pursuant to
the ‘‘Final Revised Public Participation
Procedures’’ for water resource-related
contract negotiations, published in 47
FR 7763, February 22, 1982, a tabulation
is provided of all proposed contractual
actions in each of the five Reclamation
regions. When contract negotiations are
completed, and prior to execution, each
proposed contract form must be
approved by the Secretary of the
Interior, or pursuant to delegated or
redelegated authority, the Commissioner
of Reclamation or one of the regional
directors. In some instances,
congressional review and approval of a
report, water rate, or other terms and
coditions of the contract may be
invovled.
Public participation in and receipt of
comments on contract proposals will be
facilitated by adherence to the following
procedures:
1. Only persons authorized to act on
behalf of the contracting entities may
negotiate the terms and conditions of a
specific contract proposal.
2. Advance notice of meetings or
hearings will be furnished to those
parties that have made a timely written
request for such notice to the
approproate regional or project office of
Reclamation.
3. Written correspondence regarding
contracts may be made available to the
general public pursuant to the terms and
PO 00000
Frm 00119
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
procedures of the Freedom of
Information Act, as needed.
4. Written comments on a proposed
contract or contract action must be
submitted to the appropriate regional
officials at the locations and within the
time limits set forth in the advance
public notices.
5. All written comments received and
testimony presented at any public
hearing will be reviewed and
summarized by the appropriate regional
office for use by the contract approving
authority.
6. Copies of specific proposed
contracts may be obtained from the
appropriate regional director or his
designated public contact as they
become available for review and
comment.
7. In the event modifications are made
in the form of a proposed contract, the
appropriate regional director shall
determine whether republication of the
notice and/or extension of the comment
period is necessary.
Factors considered in making such a
determination shall include, but are not
limited to (i) The significance of the
modification, and (ii) the degree of
public interest which has been
expressed over the course of the
negotiations. At a minimum, the
regional director shall furnish revised
contracts to all parties who requested
the contract in response to the initial
public notice.
Definitions of Abbreviations Frequently
Used in This Document
BCP Boulder Canyon Project
Reclamation Bureau of Reclamation
CAP Central Arizona Project
CVP Central Valley Project
CRSP Colorado River Storage Project
FR Federal Register
IDD Irrigation and Drainage District
ID Irrigation District
M&I Municipal and Industrial
NMISC New Mexico Interstate Stream
Commission
O&M Operation and Maintenance
P–SMBP Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin
Program
PPR Present Perfected Right
RRA Reclamation Reform Act of 1982
SOD Safety of Dams
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
WD Water District
Pacific Northwest Region: Bureau of
Reclamation, 1150 North Curtis Road,
Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706–1234,
telephone 208–378–5344.
Discontinued Contract Actions
9. Burley ID, Minidoka Project, IdahoWyoming: Supplemental and
amendatory contract providing for the
transfer of O&M of the headworks of the
Main South Side Canal and works
incidental thereto.
E:\FR\FM\22AUN1.SGM
22AUN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47069-47070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16616]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Central Valley Project Improvement Act, Water Management Plans
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The following Water Management Plans are available for review:
West Stanislaus Irrigation District.
Contra Costa Water District.
Stockton East Water District.
City of Vallejo.
Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District.
Dunnigan 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 September 21, 2007.
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
[[Page 47070]]
Reclamation's Mid-Pacific (MP) Regional Office located in Sacramento,
California, and the local area office. Our practice is to make
comments, including 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: August 10, 2007.
Richard J. Woodley,
Regional Resources Manager, Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. E7-16616 Filed 8-21-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-MN-P
