Lake Casitas Resource Management Plan, Ventura County, CA, 19990 [2010-8725]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Reclamation

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 73 (Friday, April 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 19990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8725]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Lake Casitas Resource Management Plan, Ventura County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, the Bureau 
of Reclamation (Reclamation) has made available the Final EIS for the 
Lake Casitas Resource Management Plan (RMP). The RMP involves 
alternatives for future use of the project area for recreation and 
resource protection and management.
    A Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS was published in the 
Federal Register on July 28, 2008 (73 FR 43785). The written comment 
period on the Draft EIS ended on October 31, 2008. The Final EIS 
contains responses to all comments received and reflects comments and 
any additional information received during the review period.

DATES: Reclamation will not make a decision on the proposed action 
until at least 30 days after release of the Final EIS. After the 30-day 
waiting period, Reclamation will complete a Record of Decision (ROD). 
The ROD will state the action that will be implemented and will discuss 
all factors leading to the decision.

ADDRESSES: Send requests for a compact disc or a bound copy of the 
Final EIS to Mr. Jack Collins, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 N Street, 
Fresno, CA 93721.
    Copies of the Final RMP/EIS are available at: https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=792. See the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section for locations where copies of the Final EIS are 
available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jack Collins, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., at (559) 349-4544 
(TDD (559) 487-5933) or jwcollins@usbr.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Lake Casitas is an existing reservoir formed 
by Casitas Dam and located in Ventura County, California. The dam, 
which stores water for irrigation, municipal and industrial use within 
the Casitas Municipal Water District (CMWD), was completed in November 
1958. Lake Casitas has a storage capacity of 254,000 acre-feet and 
delivers between 15,000 and 23,000 acre-feet each year. Reclamation, in 
cooperation with the CMWD, developed the Lake Casitas RMP to establish 
management objectives, guidelines, and actions for the Lake Casitas 
Recreation Area (Park) and the 3,500 acres of Open Space Lands north of 
the Park, which together comprise the Plan Area. The RMP will have a 
planning horizon of 25 years.
    The new RMP would: (1) Ensure safe storage and timely delivery of 
high-quality water to users while enhancing natural resources and 
recreational opportunities; (2) protect natural resources while 
educating the public about the value of good stewardship; (3) provide 
recreational opportunities to meet the demands of a growing, diverse 
population; (4) ensure recreational diversity and the quality of the 
experience; and (5) provide the updated management considerations for 
establishing a new management agreement with the managing partner(s).
    The Final EIS is a program-level analysis of the potential 
environmental impacts associated with adoption of the RMP. The Final 
EIS outlines the formulation and evaluation of alternatives designed to 
address these issues by representing the varied interests present at 
the Plan Area and identifies Alternative 2 (Enhancement) as the 
preferred Alternative. The RMP is intended to be predominantly self-
mitigating through implementation of RMP management actions and 
strategies, and the EIS also includes measures intended to reduce the 
adverse effects of the RMP.
    Copies of the Final EIS are available at the following locations:
     Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, Regional 
Library, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825.
     Bureau of Reclamation, South-Central California Area 
Office, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 93721.
     Ojai Ranger District Station, 1190 East Ojai Avenue, Ojai, 
CA 93023.
     E.P. Foster Public Library, 651 Main Street, Ventura, CA 
93001.
     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.
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or other personal identifying information in any correspondence, you 
should be aware that your entire correspondence--including your 
personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any 
time. While you can ask us in your correspondence to withhold your 
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so.

    Dated: January 27, 2010.
Mike Chotkowski,
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2010-8725 Filed 4-15-10; 8:45 am]
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