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Final Environmental Impact Statement
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Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
The Bureau of Reclamation,
in cooperation with the Washington
State Department of Ecology (Ecology),
the joint lead agency, is notifying the
public that they have prepared a final
environmental impact statement and
has made it available to the public for
review.
DATES: The Bureau of Reclamation will
not make a decision on the proposed
action until at least 30 days after filing
of the final environment impact
statement with the Environmental
Protection Agency. After the 30-day
waiting period, the Bureau of
Reclamation may complete a Record of
Decision that identifies a selected action
for implementation and discusses the
rationale upon which the decision was
made.
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the
final environmental impact statement
and comments should be addressed to
Candace McKinley, Environmental
Program Manager, Bureau of
Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area
Office, 1917 Marsh Road, Yakima,
Washington 98901; or by email at
odessa@usbr.gov.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact Candace McKinley,
Environmental Program Manager,
Telephone (509) 575–5848 x603.
Information on this project can also be
found at: https://www.usbr.gov/pn/
programs/ucao_misc/odessa/
index.html.
The final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
was completed pursuant to Section
102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended,
42 U.S.C. 4332, and also will comply
with requirements of the Washington
State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA),
Chapter 43.21C, Revised Code of
Washington (RCW). Reclamation
published a Notice of Availability for
the Draft EIS in the Federal Register on
October 25, 2010 (75 FR 65503) with an
extended public comment period
ending on January 31, 2011.
Reclamation and Ecology have clarified
the FEIS is the initial environmental
analysis within a tiered process under
NEPA and SEPA. Reclamation and
Ecology expect that some projects or
actions advanced out of this first tier EIS
may be subject to subsequent second
tier, project-level, environmental
analysis under NEPA and SEPA before
being approved for implementation.
Tiering refers to the process of
addressing a broad, general program,
policy or proposal in an initial analysis
followed by analyses of a more precisely
defined site-specific proposal related to
the initial program, policy, or proposal
when that proposal is ready to be
carried forward. Any subsequent NEPA
project-level analysis could include a
combination of EIS(s), supplemental
EIS(s), environmental assessments(s),
and/or categorical exclusion(s) along
with corresponding SEPA reviews, as
appropriate, depending on the proposed
action, phasing of implementation, and
potential for adverse impacts. Actions
described in this FEIS that are analyzed
in full, such as canal expansion will not
undergo a second tier NEPA/SEPA
review. Decisions relative to the general
scope of the action alternative which
include acreage, water supply, and
general site locations would also not be
subject to additional review. The FEIS
includes written responses to public
comments received on the Draft EIS.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background Information
The Grand Coulee Dam Project was
authorized for construction by the
Rivers and Harbors Act of August 30,
1935, and reauthorized and renamed in
the Columbia Basin Project Act of
March 10, 1943. The Columbia Basin
Project (CBP) is a multipurpose water
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development project in the central part
of the State of Washington. Congress
authorized the CBP to irrigate a total of
1,029,000 acres; about 671,000 acres are
currently irrigated.
Section 9(a) of the Reclamation
Project Act of 1939 gave authority to the
Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to
approve a finding of feasibility and
thereby authorize construction of a
project upon submitting a report to the
President and the Congress. The
Secretary approved a plan of
development for the CBP, known as
House Document No. 172 in 1945.
House Document No. 172 anticipated
that development of the CBP would
occur in phases over a 70-year period.
The Odessa Subarea Special Study is
conducted under the authority of the
CBP Act of 1943, as amended, and the
Reclamation Project Act of 1939.
In response to the public’s concern
about declining groundwater supplies in
the Odessa aquifer and associated
economic and other effects, Congress
has funded Reclamation to investigate
this problem. Ecology has partnered
with Reclamation by providing funding
and collaborating on various technical
studies. In February 2006, the
Washington State Legislature passed the
Columbia River Water Resource
Management Act (Chapter 90.90 RCW)
that directs Ecology to aggressively
pursue development of water benefiting
both instream and out-of-stream uses
through storage, conservation, and
voluntary regional water management
agreements. The Odessa Subarea Special
Study is one of several activities
identified in the legislation and was
initiated by Reclamation and Ecology in
2008.
Reclamation and Ecology are studying
the potential to replace the current and
increasingly unreliable groundwater
supplies used for irrigation in the
Odessa Subarea Special Study Area
(Study Area) within the CBP authorized
boundary with a surface water supply as
part of continued phased development
of the CBP.
The alternatives being considered
include the No Action Alternative as
required by NEPA and SEPA, and six
action alternatives that address the
Purpose and Need. The six action
alternatives rely on several different
water supply and delivery options, and
fall within the following three
categories:
Partial Replacement: This group of
delivery alternatives focuses on
enlarging the existing East Low Canal
and providing CBP surface water to
approximately 57,000 acres in the Study
Area that currently are irrigated with
groundwater. Nearly all of the acreage
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served would be south of Interstate 90
(I–90). A small portion of the remaining
groundwater-irrigated acres in the Study
Area north of I–90, nearest the East Low
Canal, may also be served.
Full Replacement: This group of
delivery alternatives would provide CBP
surface water to most groundwaterirrigated acreage in the Study Area
(approximately 102,600 acres), both
north and south of I–90. Lands south of
I–90 would be served by enlarging the
East Low Canal. Lands north of I–90
would be served by constructing a new
East High Canal system.
Modified Partial Replacement: This
group of delivery alternatives would
provide replacement water for
approximately 70,000 acres of existing
groundwater-irrigated lands both north
and south of I–90. Approximately
25,000 acres of 70,000 acres would be
located north of I–90, while the
remaining 45,000 acres would be south
of I–90.
The two modified partial replacement
alternatives were developed in response
to comments received on the draft EIS.
These two alternatives include lands,
facilities, and quantities of water that
are within the range of alternatives and
alternative impacts considered in the
Draft EIS.
Two water supply options are being
considered that would use storage from
Banks Lake reservoir and Lake
Roosevelt either individually or in
combination, as follows: Option A—
Banks Lake reservoir, would use storage
through additional drawdowns from
Banks Lake reservoir, exclusively; and
Option B—Banks Lake and Lake
Roosevelt, would use existing storage in
Banks Lake and Lake Roosevelt,
resulting in additional drawdowns from
both reservoirs. Reclamation and
Ecology have identified the Modified
Partial Replacement Alternative with
water supply option A (Banks Only) as
their preferred alternative.
The FEIS is available for public
inspection at the following locations:
• Bureau of Reclamation, ColumbiaCascades Area Office, 1917 Marsh
Road, Yakima, Washington;
telephone: (509) 575–5848
• Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific
Northwest Regional Office, 1150
North Curtis Road, Suite 100, Boise,
Idaho; telephone: (208) 378–5012
• Bureau of Reclamation, Ephrata Field
Office, 32 C Street Northwest,
Ephrata, Washington; telephone (509)
754–0214
• Washington State Department of
Ecology, 15 W. Yakima Avenue, Suite
200, Yakima, Washington; telephone
(509) 575–2490
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• Washington State Department of
Ecology, 4601 North Monroe,
Spokane, Washington; telephone
(509) 329–3400
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
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Dated: August 27, 2012.
Lorri J. Lee,
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• Basin City Branch, Mid-Columbia
Library, Basin City, Washington
• Benton-Franklin County Regional Law
Library, Columbia Basin College, L
Building, 2600 North 10th Avenue,
Pasco, Washington
• Big Bend Community College Library,
Building 1800, 7611 Bolling Street
NE., Moses Lake, Washington
• Columbia Basin College Library, 2600
North 20th Avenue, Pasco,
Washington
• Connell Branch, Mid-Columbia
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Connell, Washington
• Coulee City Public Library, 405 West
Main Street, Coulee City, Washington
• Ephrata City Library, 45 Alder Street
Northwest, Ephrata, Washington
• Grant County Law Library, 35 C Street
NW., Ephrata, Washington
• Kahlotus Branch, Mid-Columbia
Library, East 225 Weston, Kahlotus,
Washington
• Moses Lake Community Library, 418
East 5th Avenue, Moses Lake,
Washington
• Odessa Public Library, 21 East 1st
Avenue, Odessa, Washington
• Othello Branch, Mid-Columbia
Library, 101 East Main, Othello,
Washington
• Pasco Branch, Mid-Colombia Library,
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Southwest, Quincy, Washington
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Main, Ritzville, Washington
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City Library, 136 Camelia Street,
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Warden Library, 305 South Main
Street, Warden Washington
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Capitol Boulevard South, Olympia,
Washington
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[Investigation No. 332–534]
Renewable Energy and Related
Services: Recent Developments
United States International
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ACTION: Institution of investigation and
scheduling of public hearing.
AGENCY:
Following receipt of a request
on July 30, 2012 from the U.S. Trade
Representative (USTR) under section
332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1332(g)), the U.S. International
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instituted investigation No. 332–534,
Renewable Energy and Related Services:
Recent Developments.
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November 15, 2012: Deadline for
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hearing.
November 19, 2012: Deadline for
filing pre-hearing briefs and statements.
November 29, 2012: Public hearing.
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post-hearing briefs and statements.
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including the Commission’s hearing
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Building, 500 E Street SW., Washington,
DC. All written submissions should be
addressed to the Secretary, United
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20436. The public record for this
investigation may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov/edis3-internal/
app.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Project Leader Lisa Alejandro (202–205–
3486 or Lisa.Alejandro@usitc.gov) or
Deputy Project Leader Samantha Brady
Pham (202–205–3459 or
Samantha.Pham@usitc.gov) for
information specific to this
investigation. For information on the
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contact William Gearhart of the
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william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media
should contact Margaret O’Laughlin,
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Hearing-impaired individuals may
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access to the Commission should
contact the Office of the Secretary at
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Background: In his letter the USTR
requested that the Commission prepare
two reports, one on environmental and
related services, and a second on
renewable energy and related services,
and deliver the reports in 8 and 11
months, respectively, after receipt of the
letter. This notice announces the
institution of an investigation and
schedule, including the date for a public
hearing, relating to the preparation of
the second report, on renewable energy
and related services; the Commission
published notice of the institution of the
first investigation, No. 332–533,
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As requested by the USTR, the
Commission will provide a report on
renewable energy and related services
that, to the extent practicable:
• Defines types of renewable energy
and related services, identifies leading
suppliers, and generally describes the
relationship of renewable energy
services to the development of
renewable energy projects worldwide;
• Estimates the size of the U.S. and
global markets for certain renewable
energy services, identifies key export
and import markets for such services,
and describes factors affecting supply
and demand;
• Examines U.S. and global
renewable energy services trade during
2007–11, and highlights recent trends in
investment in renewable energy projects
and firms, including new business
strategies or practices;
• Identifies barriers to U.S. trade and
investment in renewable energy
services, and examines recent efforts to
liberalize trade in leading markets for
such services; and
• Examines the role of clean energy
incentive programs in encouraging
investment in and creating markets for
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[INT-FES 12-40]
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Odessa Subarea
Special Study--Columbia Basin Project Adams, Franklin, Grant, and
Lincoln Counties, WA
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with the Washington
State Department of Ecology (Ecology), the joint lead agency, is
notifying the public that they have prepared a final environmental
impact statement and has made it available to the public for review.
DATES: The Bureau of Reclamation will not make a decision on the
proposed action until at least 30 days after filing of the final
environment impact statement with the Environmental Protection Agency.
After the 30-day waiting period, the Bureau of Reclamation may complete
a Record of Decision that identifies a selected action for
implementation and discusses the rationale upon which the decision was
made.
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the final environmental impact
statement and comments should be addressed to Candace McKinley,
Environmental Program Manager, Bureau of Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades
Area Office, 1917 Marsh Road, Yakima, Washington 98901; or by email at
odessa@usbr.gov.
[[Page 53232]]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Candace McKinley,
Environmental Program Manager, Telephone (509) 575-5848 x603.
Information on this project can also be found at: https://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/ucao_misc/odessa/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final environmental impact statement
(FEIS) was completed pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4332,
and also will comply with requirements of the Washington State
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), Chapter 43.21C, Revised Code of
Washington (RCW). Reclamation published a Notice of Availability for
the Draft EIS in the Federal Register on October 25, 2010 (75 FR 65503)
with an extended public comment period ending on January 31, 2011.
Reclamation and Ecology have clarified the FEIS is the initial
environmental analysis within a tiered process under NEPA and SEPA.
Reclamation and Ecology expect that some projects or actions advanced
out of this first tier EIS may be subject to subsequent second tier,
project-level, environmental analysis under NEPA and SEPA before being
approved for implementation. Tiering refers to the process of
addressing a broad, general program, policy or proposal in an initial
analysis followed by analyses of a more precisely defined site-specific
proposal related to the initial program, policy, or proposal when that
proposal is ready to be carried forward. Any subsequent NEPA project-
level analysis could include a combination of EIS(s), supplemental
EIS(s), environmental assessments(s), and/or categorical exclusion(s)
along with corresponding SEPA reviews, as appropriate, depending on the
proposed action, phasing of implementation, and potential for adverse
impacts. Actions described in this FEIS that are analyzed in full, such
as canal expansion will not undergo a second tier NEPA/SEPA review.
Decisions relative to the general scope of the action alternative which
include acreage, water supply, and general site locations would also
not be subject to additional review. The FEIS includes written
responses to public comments received on the Draft EIS.
Background Information
The Grand Coulee Dam Project was authorized for construction by the
Rivers and Harbors Act of August 30, 1935, and reauthorized and renamed
in the Columbia Basin Project Act of March 10, 1943. The Columbia Basin
Project (CBP) is a multipurpose water development project in the
central part of the State of Washington. Congress authorized the CBP to
irrigate a total of 1,029,000 acres; about 671,000 acres are currently
irrigated.
Section 9(a) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 gave authority
to the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to approve a finding of
feasibility and thereby authorize construction of a project upon
submitting a report to the President and the Congress. The Secretary
approved a plan of development for the CBP, known as House Document No.
172 in 1945. House Document No. 172 anticipated that development of the
CBP would occur in phases over a 70-year period. The Odessa Subarea
Special Study is conducted under the authority of the CBP Act of 1943,
as amended, and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939.
In response to the public's concern about declining groundwater
supplies in the Odessa aquifer and associated economic and other
effects, Congress has funded Reclamation to investigate this problem.
Ecology has partnered with Reclamation by providing funding and
collaborating on various technical studies. In February 2006, the
Washington State Legislature passed the Columbia River Water Resource
Management Act (Chapter 90.90 RCW) that directs Ecology to aggressively
pursue development of water benefiting both instream and out-of-stream
uses through storage, conservation, and voluntary regional water
management agreements. The Odessa Subarea Special Study is one of
several activities identified in the legislation and was initiated by
Reclamation and Ecology in 2008.
Reclamation and Ecology are studying the potential to replace the
current and increasingly unreliable groundwater supplies used for
irrigation in the Odessa Subarea Special Study Area (Study Area) within
the CBP authorized boundary with a surface water supply as part of
continued phased development of the CBP.
The alternatives being considered include the No Action Alternative
as required by NEPA and SEPA, and six action alternatives that address
the Purpose and Need. The six action alternatives rely on several
different water supply and delivery options, and fall within the
following three categories:
Partial Replacement: This group of delivery alternatives focuses on
enlarging the existing East Low Canal and providing CBP surface water
to approximately 57,000 acres in the Study Area that currently are
irrigated with groundwater. Nearly all of the acreage served would be
south of Interstate 90 (I-90). A small portion of the remaining
groundwater-irrigated acres in the Study Area north of I-90, nearest
the East Low Canal, may also be served.
Full Replacement: This group of delivery alternatives would provide
CBP surface water to most groundwater-irrigated acreage in the Study
Area (approximately 102,600 acres), both north and south of I-90. Lands
south of I-90 would be served by enlarging the East Low Canal. Lands
north of I-90 would be served by constructing a new East High Canal
system.
Modified Partial Replacement: This group of delivery alternatives
would provide replacement water for approximately 70,000 acres of
existing groundwater-irrigated lands both north and south of I-90.
Approximately 25,000 acres of 70,000 acres would be located north of I-
90, while the remaining 45,000 acres would be south of I-90.
The two modified partial replacement alternatives were developed in
response to comments received on the draft EIS. These two alternatives
include lands, facilities, and quantities of water that are within the
range of alternatives and alternative impacts considered in the Draft
EIS.
Two water supply options are being considered that would use
storage from Banks Lake reservoir and Lake Roosevelt either
individually or in combination, as follows: Option A--Banks Lake
reservoir, would use storage through additional drawdowns from Banks
Lake reservoir, exclusively; and Option B--Banks Lake and Lake
Roosevelt, would use existing storage in Banks Lake and Lake Roosevelt,
resulting in additional drawdowns from both reservoirs. Reclamation and
Ecology have identified the Modified Partial Replacement Alternative
with water supply option A (Banks Only) as their preferred alternative.
The FEIS is available for public inspection at the following
locations:
Bureau of Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area Office, 1917
Marsh Road, Yakima, Washington; telephone: (509) 575-5848
Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific Northwest Regional Office, 1150
North Curtis Road, Suite 100, Boise, Idaho; telephone: (208) 378-5012
Bureau of Reclamation, Ephrata Field Office, 32 C Street
Northwest, Ephrata, Washington; telephone (509) 754-0214
Washington State Department of Ecology, 15 W. Yakima Avenue,
Suite 200, Yakima, Washington; telephone (509) 575-2490
[[Page 53233]]
Washington State Department of Ecology, 4601 North Monroe,
Spokane, Washington; telephone (509) 329-3400
Libraries
Basin City Branch, Mid-Columbia Library, Basin City,
Washington
Benton-Franklin County Regional Law Library, Columbia Basin
College, L Building, 2600 North 10th Avenue, Pasco, Washington
Big Bend Community College Library, Building 1800, 7611
Bolling Street NE., Moses Lake, Washington
Columbia Basin College Library, 2600 North 20th Avenue, Pasco,
Washington
Connell Branch, Mid-Columbia Library, 118 North Columbia
Avenue, Connell, Washington
Coulee City Public Library, 405 West Main Street, Coulee City,
Washington
Ephrata City Library, 45 Alder Street Northwest, Ephrata,
Washington
Grant County Law Library, 35 C Street NW., Ephrata, Washington
Kahlotus Branch, Mid-Columbia Library, East 225 Weston,
Kahlotus, Washington
Moses Lake Community Library, 418 East 5th Avenue, Moses Lake,
Washington
Odessa Public Library, 21 East 1st Avenue, Odessa, Washington
Othello Branch, Mid-Columbia Library, 101 East Main, Othello,
Washington
Pasco Branch, Mid-Colombia Library, 1320 West Hopkins, Pasco,
Washington
Quincy Public Library, 108 B Street Southwest, Quincy,
Washington
Ritzville Public Library, 302 West Main, Ritzville, Washington
North Central Regional Library, Royal City Library, 136
Camelia Street, Royal City, Washington
Seattle Public Library, Central Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue,
Seattle, Washington
Sprague Public Library, 119 West Second Street, Sprague,
Washington
North Central Regional Library, Warden Library, 305 South Main
Street, Warden Washington
Washington State Library, 6880 Capitol Boulevard South,
Olympia, Washington
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Dated: August 27, 2012.
Lorri J. Lee,
Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2012-21572 Filed 8-30-12; 8:45 am]
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