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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
Caryn Huntt DeCarlo, Bureau of
Reclamation at the phone number or
e-mail address above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since
1882, diversions from the Walker River,
primarily for irrigated agriculture, have
resulted in a steadily declining surface
elevation of Walker Lake with a current
net decrease of 150 feet. The decrease
has resulted in negative impacts to
water quality and lake ecology and
congressional legislation has been
passed to address the concerns. Section
2507 of Public Law 107–171 (Desert
Terminal Lakes Program) appropriated
funds to provide water to at-risk natural
desert terminal lakes. Subsequent
legislation in 2003 specified that the
funding was to be used ‘‘only for the
Pyramid, Summit, and Walker Lakes in
the State of Nevada.’’ Additional
legislation in 2006, Public Law 109–103,
Title II, Section 208(a) allocated $70
million to be provided by Reclamation
to the University of Nevada for
acquisition, from willing sellers, for
land, water appurtenant to the land, and
related interests in the Walker River
Basin, Nevada. The goal of the
Acquisition Program is to acquire water
rights sufficient to increase the longterm average annual inflow to Walker
Lake by 50,000 acre-feet.
The Draft EIS considers the direct,
indirect, and cumulative effects on the
physical, natural, and human
environment that may result from the
Acquisition Program. The Draft EIS
addresses potentially significant
environmental issues. Three acquisition
alternatives as well as the no action
alternative are addressed.
Copies of the Draft EIS are available
for public review at the following
locations:
• Bureau of Reclamation, Denver
Office Library, Building 67, Room 167,
Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling,
Denver, CO 80225
• Natural Resources Library, U.S.
Department of the Interior, 1849 C
Street, NW., Main Interior Building,
Washington, DC 20240–0001;
• Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific
Regional Office Library, 2800 Cottage
Way, W–1825, Sacramento, CA 95825–
1898;
• Bureau of Reclamation, Lahontan
Basin Area Office, 705 N Plaza, Room
320, NV 89701;
• Lyon County Library—Smith
Valley, 32 Day Lane, Smith Valley, NV
89444–0156;
• Lyon County Library—Yerington,
20 Nevin Way, Yerington, NV 89447;
• Mineral County Library—
Hawthorne, P.O. Box 1390, Hawthorne,
NV 89415;
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• Walker River Paiute Tribe—P.O.
Box 220, Schurz, NV 89427;
• Yerington Paiute Tribe—171
Campbell Lane, Yerington, NV 89447.
If special assistance is required at the
public meetings, please contact Caryn
Huntt DeCarlo at 775–884–8352 no less
than five working days before the
meeting to allow Reclamation to secure
the needed services. If a request cannot
be honored, the requestor will be
notified.
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.
Dated: February 27, 2009.
Richard M. Johnson,
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
Editorial Note: This document was
received in the Office of the Federal Register
on July 21, 2009.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLIDI01000–L71220000–PH0000–
LVTF80230000; DDG–07–0010]
Notice of Availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Three Rivers Stone Quarry
Expansion
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Challis Field
Office, announces the availability of the
Three Rivers Stone Quarry Expansion
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS). The FEIS addresses a proposal
submitted by L&W Stone Corporation to
amend the existing Plan of Operations
to allow for expansion of its existing
building stone quarry.
DATES: The FEIS is available for 30 days
following publication of the
Environmental Protection Agency
Notice of Availability (NOA) in the
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Federal Register. The Record of
Decision (ROD) will not be approved by
the BLM for at least 30 days following
publication of the NOA for the FEIS by
the Environmental Protection Agency.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the FEIS are
available upon request from the BLM
Idaho Falls District Office, 1405
Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho,
83401, phone 208–524–7530. You may
request either a paper or an electronic
(CD) copy. A copy of the FEIS is also
available on the Internet at https://
www.blm.gov/id/st/en/fo/challis/nepa/
Three_Rivers.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles Horsburgh, Project Manager,
BLM Idaho Falls District, 1405
Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho
83401, phone 208–524–7530, or fax
208–524–7505.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: L&W
Stone Corporation mines locatable
flagstone on public lands administered
by the BLM’s Challis Field Office in
Custer County, Idaho. L&W Stone
submitted an Amended Plan of
Operations for its quarry under the 43
CFR 3809 Regulations in December
2002. The BLM completed an
Environmental Assessment (EA)
regarding the Amended Plan of
Operations, signed a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) in July 2004,
and approved the project. As a result of
a lawsuit that was filed objecting to that
approval, the BLM was ordered by a
Federal judge to prepare an EIS for the
Amended Plan of Operations.
A Notice of Intent to Prepare the EIS
was published in the Federal Register
on October 21, 2005, inviting comments
on the scope of the EIS, concerns,
issues, and proposed alternatives.
Public scoping meetings were held
during the 45-day public comment
period in Challis, Idaho, on November
16, 2005, and in Boise, Idaho, on
November 17, 2005.
The Draft EIS was released for public
review on December 14, 2007. Public
meetings were held during the 45-day
public comment period in Boise, Idaho,
on January 16, 2008, and in Challis,
Idaho, on January 17, 2008. A total of 13
written comments were received during
this process. All comments were
analyzed and appropriate changes or
clarifications were incorporated into the
FEIS. The comments and responses are
appended to the FEIS.
The BLM will prepare a Record of
Decision (ROD) for the proposed project
no earlier than 30 days following the
publication of the NOA by the
Environmental Protection Agency.
Public comments will be accepted on
the FEIS and will be considered as part
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of the BLM decision making process.
However, the BLM will not formally
respond to the comments.
The BLM asks that those submitting
comments make them as specific as
possible with reference to page numbers
and chapters in the FEIS.
Public comments, including the
names and mailing addresses of
respondents, will be available for public
review at the Idaho Falls District Office
in Idaho Falls, Idaho, during regular
business hours from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
holidays. Individual respondents may
request confidentiality. Before including
your address, phone number, e-mail
address, or other personal identifying
information in your comments, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you may ask us in your comments to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so. All submissions from
organizations and businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
available for public inspection in their
entirety.
David Rosenkrance,
BLM Challis Field Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Modification/Removal of the Canal
Diversion Dam in Cuyahoga Valley
National Park, OH
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AGENCY: National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for the
Modification/Removal of the Canal
Diversion Dam in Cuyahoga Valley
National Park, Ohio.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), the
National Park Service (NPS) is
announcing its intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the modification/removal of the
Canal Diversion Dam in Cuyahoga
Valley National Park, Ohio. The Canal
Diversion Dam on the Cuyahoga River is
owned by the Ohio Department of
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Natural Resources (ODNR). The NPS
will be the lead Federal Agency for
preparation of the EIS, and ODNR and
the Ohio Environmental Protection
Agency (OEPA) will be cooperating
agencies. The Canal Diversion Dam
(alternatively known as the Brecksville
Dam, Station Road Dam, SR82 Dam, or
SUM–3253–1) on the Cuyahoga River is
183 feet long, nearly 8 feet high, and
feeds water into the Ohio and Erie Canal
that then drains north through
Cuyahoga Valley National Park and into
Cleveland Metropark’s Ohio and Erie
Canal Reservation. The watered portion
of the canal and its historic features are
a National Historic Landmark.
The OEPA has concluded that the
dam negatively impacts water quality
and interrupts aquatic communities by
restricting fish passage. The NPS has
concluded that maintaining water in the
canal is also critical because of the
important natural, cultural, and
educational values associated with the
watered portion of the canal.
Alternatives that seek to improve river
water quality and habitat values while
maintaining a watered canal segment
are being evaluated.
DATES: To determine the scope of issues
to be addressed in the EIS and to
identify significant issues related to the
modification/removal of the Canal
Diversion Dam, the NPS and
cooperating agencies will conduct a
public scoping meeting in the area of
Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
Representatives of the NPS and the
cooperating agencies will be available to
discuss issues, resource concerns, and
the planning process at the public
meeting. When the public scoping
meeting has been scheduled, its
location, date, and time will be
published in local media and on the
NPS Web site listed below.
ADDRESSES: Information will be
available for public review and
comment, either in person or by written
request, at the headquarters for
Cuyahoga Valley National Park located
at 15610 Vaughn Road, Brecksville,
Ohio 44141; telephone 216–524–1497.
Information will be available at the NPS
Planning, Environment and Public
Comment (PEPC) Web site at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/cuva. Information
will also be available from the OEPA,
2110 East Aurora Road, Twinsburg,
Ohio 44087.
To facilitate sound analysis of
environmental impacts, the NPS and
cooperating agencies are gathering
information necessary for the
preparation of the EIS. Suggestions on
environmental issues to be analyzed and
additional alternatives to consider are
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being sought from other Agencies,
Tribes, organizations, and the public.
Comments and participation in this
scoping process are invited and
encouraged. If you wish to comment on
the scoping materials or on any other
issues associated with the EIS, you may
submit your comments by any one of
several methods. You may submit your
comments online through the PEPC Web
site: Click on the link titled
‘‘Modification/removal of Canal
Diversion Dam on the Cuyahoga River at
Station Road/SR82.’’ You may also mail
comments to the OEPA at the address
given above. To aid in the scoping
process, comments should be received
within 45 days of the beginning of the
public comment period.
Interested Agencies and organizations
are also invited to arrange meetings to
provide input directly. Such meetings
can be arranged by contacting the OEPA
at the address and telephone above.
Before including your address,
telephone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information
in your comments, 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
comments to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information concerning the scope of the
EIS and to arrange Agency meetings,
requests should be directed to: William
J. Zawiski, Environmental Scientist,
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency,
2110 East Aurora Road, Twinsburg,
Ohio 44087; e-mail:
bill.zawiski@epa.state.oh.us; telephone
330–963–1134. Information can also be
obtained from the Project Contact, Meg
Plona, Biologist, Cuyahoga Valley
National Park, telephone 330–342–0764,
extension 2.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Cuyahoga River upstream of the dam
does not meet aquatic community goals
set forth in Ohio’s Water Quality
Standards. The Lower Cuyahoga River
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
report, as well as previous OEPA water
quality surveys, has indicated that a
cause of nonattainment of the standards
is the dam. The TMDL report
recommends that the Canal Diversion
Dam be modified or removed to restore
water quality in the Cuyahoga River
upstream of the structure. Public and
stakeholder scoping regarding
modification or removal of the dam was
initiated by the OEPA in August 2002,
and included public meetings August
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLIDI01000-L71220000-PH0000-LVTF80230000; DDG-07-0010]
Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement for the Three Rivers Stone Quarry Expansion
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), Challis Field Office, announces the availability
of the Three Rivers Stone Quarry Expansion Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS). The FEIS addresses a proposal submitted by L&W Stone
Corporation to amend the existing Plan of Operations to allow for
expansion of its existing building stone quarry.
DATES: The FEIS is available for 30 days following publication of the
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Availability (NOA) in the
Federal Register. The Record of Decision (ROD) will not be approved by
the BLM for at least 30 days following publication of the NOA for the
FEIS by the Environmental Protection Agency.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the FEIS are available upon request from the BLM
Idaho Falls District Office, 1405 Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho,
83401, phone 208-524-7530. You may request either a paper or an
electronic (CD) copy. A copy of the FEIS is also available on the
Internet at https://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/fo/challis/nepa/Three_Rivers.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Horsburgh, Project Manager,
BLM Idaho Falls District, 1405 Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho
83401, phone 208-524-7530, or fax 208-524-7505.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: L&W Stone Corporation mines locatable
flagstone on public lands administered by the BLM's Challis Field
Office in Custer County, Idaho. L&W Stone submitted an Amended Plan of
Operations for its quarry under the 43 CFR 3809 Regulations in December
2002. The BLM completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) regarding the
Amended Plan of Operations, signed a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI) in July 2004, and approved the project. As a result of a
lawsuit that was filed objecting to that approval, the BLM was ordered
by a Federal judge to prepare an EIS for the Amended Plan of
Operations.
A Notice of Intent to Prepare the EIS was published in the Federal
Register on October 21, 2005, inviting comments on the scope of the
EIS, concerns, issues, and proposed alternatives. Public scoping
meetings were held during the 45-day public comment period in Challis,
Idaho, on November 16, 2005, and in Boise, Idaho, on November 17, 2005.
The Draft EIS was released for public review on December 14, 2007.
Public meetings were held during the 45-day public comment period in
Boise, Idaho, on January 16, 2008, and in Challis, Idaho, on January
17, 2008. A total of 13 written comments were received during this
process. All comments were analyzed and appropriate changes or
clarifications were incorporated into the FEIS. The comments and
responses are appended to the FEIS.
The BLM will prepare a Record of Decision (ROD) for the proposed
project no earlier than 30 days following the publication of the NOA by
the Environmental Protection Agency. Public comments will be accepted
on the FEIS and will be considered as part
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of the BLM decision making process. However, the BLM will not formally
respond to the comments.
The BLM asks that those submitting comments make them as specific
as possible with reference to page numbers and chapters in the FEIS.
Public comments, including the names and mailing addresses of
respondents, will be available for public review at the Idaho Falls
District Office in Idaho Falls, Idaho, during regular business hours
from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.
Individual respondents may request confidentiality. Before including
your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your comments, you should be aware that your
entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be
made publicly available at any time. While you may ask us in your
comments to withhold your personal identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. All
submissions from organizations and businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations
or businesses, will be available for public inspection in their
entirety.
David Rosenkrance,
BLM Challis Field Manager.
[FR Doc. E9-17677 Filed 7-23-09; 8:45 am]
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