Notice of Public Review and Comment Period Extension for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Central Valley Project Municipal and Industrial Water Shortage Policy, Central Valley, California, 1431 [2015-00155]
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day public comment period was opened
through notification in the Federal
Register (79 FR 68912). In response to
requests from the public, the comment
period is being extended for an
additional 18 days. The comment period
will now officially close on March 13,
2015.
Bryan K. Fuell,
Field Manager, Wells Field Office.
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Background
For background information, see the
November 19, 2014, Federal Register
notice.
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Notice of Public Review and Comment
Period Extension for the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
Central Valley Project Municipal and
Industrial Water Shortage Policy,
Central Valley, California
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Reclamation is
extending the public review and
comment period for the Central Valley
Project Municipal and Industrial Water
Shortage Policy Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS). The Draft EIS
was initially noticed by Reclamation on
November 19, 2014 and public
comments were originally due on
January 12, 2015. In response to public
requests, the comment period is being
extended until March 13, 2015.
DATES: Send written comments on the
Draft EIS on or before March 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments or
requests for copies to Mr. Tim Rust,
Bureau of Reclamation, Resources
Management Division, 2800 Cottage
Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, or via
email to trust@usbr.gov.
To request a compact disc of the Draft
EIS, please contact Mr. Tim Rust as
indicated above, or call (916) 978–5516.
The Draft EIS may be viewed at
Reclamation’s Web site at https://
www.usbr.gov/mp/cvp/mandi/
index.html. See Supplementary
Information section for locations where
copies of the Draft EIS are available for
public review.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Tim Rust, Program Manager, Bureau of
Reclamation, via email at trust@
usbr.gov, or at (916) 978–5516; or Mr.
Michael Inthavong, Natural Resources
Specialist, Bureau of Reclamation, via
email at minthavong@usbr.gov, or at
(559) 487–5295.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
comment period is being extended for
the Central Valley Project Municipal
and Industrial Water Shortage Policy
draft EIS. On November 19, 2014, a 53-
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Public Review of Draft EIS
Copies of the Draft EIS are available
for public review at the following
locations:
1. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific
Region, Regional Library, 2800 Cottage
Way, Sacramento, CA 95825.
2. Natural Resources Library, U.S.
Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street
NW., Main Interior Building,
Washington, DC 20240–0001.
Public Disclosure
Before including your address, phone
number, email 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: December 17, 2014.
Pablo R. Arroyave,
Deputy Regional Director.
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Notice of Availability of a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement and
Notice of Public Meetings for the
Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant
and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess
Reservoir Conveyance, Kittitas and
Yakima Counties, Washington
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Reclamation
and Washington State Department of
Ecology have made available for public
review and comment the Kachess
Drought Relief Pumping Plant and
SUMMARY:
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Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess
Reservoir Conveyance Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
The Draft EIS describes the potential
environmental effects of the No Action
Alternative and five action alternatives.
The action alternatives examine
constructing and operating a pumping
plant to access up to 200,000 acre-feet
of water in Kachess Reservoir during
drought years and conveying it to the
Kachess River for irrigation use within
the Yakima Project, and constructing
and operating a gravity flow tunnel from
Keechelus Reservoir to Kachess
Reservoir that could convey up to 400
cubic feet of water per second to
Kachess Reservoir. The action
alternatives include activities to
enhance the resiliency of bull trout
populations in the Kachess and
Keechelus watersheds as well as
elsewhere in the Yakima River basin.
DATES: Send written comments on the
Draft EIS on or before March 10, 2015.
Two public meetings will be held on
the following dates:
1. Tuesday, February 3, 2015, 4:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Ellensburg, WA.
2. Thursday, February 5, 2015, 4:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Cle Elum, WA.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments or
requests for copies to Ms. Candace
McKinley, Bureau of Reclamation, 1917
Marsh Road, Yakima, WA 98901; or via
email to kkbt@usbr.gov. The Draft EIS is
also accessible on the following Web
sites: https://www.usbr.gov/pn/
programs/eis/kdrpp/ and
https://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/eis/
kkc/.
The public meeting locations are:
1. Ellensburg—Hal Holmes
Community Center, 209 N. Ruby Street,
Ellensburg, Washington 98926;
2. Cle Elum—U.S. Forest Service, Cle
Elum Ranger District, Tom Craven
Conference Room, 803 W. 2nd Street,
Cle Elum, Washington 98922.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Candace McKinley, 509–575–5848, ext.
603; or by email at kkbt@usbr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This EIS
was previously identified in the Notice
of Intent to Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement as ‘‘Keechelus
Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir
Conveyance and Kachess Inactive
Storage.’’ The name was changed to
better reflect the proposed action
evaluated in the EIS.
The Draft EIS documents the potential
direct, indirect, and cumulative
physical, biological, and socioeconomic
environmental effects that may result
from the new pumping plant at Kachess
Reservoir, water conveyance from
Keechelus Reservoir to Kachess
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR02054000, 14XR0680A1, RX021489433320900]
Notice of Public Review and Comment Period Extension for the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Central Valley Project
Municipal and Industrial Water Shortage Policy, Central Valley,
California
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation is extending the public review and
comment period for the Central Valley Project Municipal and Industrial
Water Shortage Policy Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The
Draft EIS was initially noticed by Reclamation on November 19, 2014 and
public comments were originally due on January 12, 2015. In response to
public requests, the comment period is being extended until March 13,
2015.
DATES: Send written comments on the Draft EIS on or before March 13,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments or requests for copies to Mr. Tim
Rust, Bureau of Reclamation, Resources Management Division, 2800
Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, or via email to trust@usbr.gov.
To request a compact disc of the Draft EIS, please contact Mr. Tim
Rust as indicated above, or call (916) 978-5516. The Draft EIS may be
viewed at Reclamation's Web site at https://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvp/mandi/. See Supplementary Information section for locations where
copies of the Draft EIS are available for public review.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tim Rust, Program Manager, Bureau
of Reclamation, via email at trust@usbr.gov, or at (916) 978-5516; or
Mr. Michael Inthavong, Natural Resources Specialist, Bureau of
Reclamation, via email at minthavong@usbr.gov, or at (559) 487-5295.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The comment period is being extended for the
Central Valley Project Municipal and Industrial Water Shortage Policy
draft EIS. On November 19, 2014, a 53-day public comment period was
opened through notification in the Federal Register (79 FR 68912). In
response to requests from the public, the comment period is being
extended for an additional 18 days. The comment period will now
officially close on March 13, 2015.
Background
For background information, see the November 19, 2014, Federal
Register notice.
Public Review of Draft EIS
Copies of the Draft EIS are available for public review at the
following locations:
1. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, Regional Library,
2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825.
2. Natural Resources Library, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849
C Street NW., Main Interior Building, Washington, DC 20240-0001.
Public Disclosure
Before including your address, phone number, email 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: December 17, 2014.
Pablo R. Arroyave,
Deputy Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-00155 Filed 1-8-15; 8:45 am]
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