Notice of Availability of the Northwest Area Water Supply Project Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; Burke, Bottineau, Divide, McHenry, McLean, Mountrail, Pierce, Renville, Ward, and Williams Counties, North Dakota, 19347-19348 [2015-08142]
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All comments on the Draft EIS
must be postmarked or transmitted no
later than 60 days after the date the
Environmental Protection Agency
publishes its notice of the filing and
release of the document in the Federal
Register. Immediately upon
confirmation of this date, updated
information—including dates, times,
and locations of public meetings—will
be announced on the project Web site
https://parkplanning.nps.gov/kala, in
local and regional press media, and will
also be available by contacting
Kalaupapa National Historical Park.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted by one of two methods: mail
or hand-deliver comments to Kalaupapa
National Historical Park, Attn: DEIS—
GMP, P.O. Box 2222, Kalaupapa, HI
96742, (808) 567–6802. Or you may
submit comments via the Web site noted
above. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Erika Stein Espaniola, Superintendent,
Kalaupapa National Historical Park,
P.O. Box 2222, Kalaupapa, HI 96742;
(808) 567–6802 x1100.
Ms. Anna Tamura, Project Manager,
NPS Pacific West Regional Office, 909
1st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104; (206)
220–4157.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Kalaupapa
National Historical Park was established
as a unit of the National Park System on
December 22, 1980. The park is oriented
toward patient privacy and maintaining
the patients’ lifestyles, and the patients
are guaranteed they may remain at
Kalaupapa as long as they wish. These
park purposes will continue as long as
there is a resident Hansen’s disease
patient community at Kalaupapa. In
addition, the purpose of Kalaupapa
National Historical Park is to honor the
history of the isolated Hansen’s disease
community by preserving and
interpreting its site and values. The
historical park also tells the story of the
rich Hawaiian culture and traditions at
Kalaupapa that go back at least 900
years.
Kalaupapa NHP encompasses 8,725
acres of land and 2,000 acres of water.
Federally owned land at Kalaupapa
NHP includes only 23 acres. The
remainder of the park land is currently
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in non-Federal ownership, managed
under a lease and cooperative
agreements mandated by legislation.
The NPS has a fifty year lease agreement
for the approximately 1,300 acres of the
Kalaupapa Settlement owned by the
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
(DHHL). The remainder of the land is
owned by the State of Hawaii. Formal
20-year cooperative agreements for
management have been signed with the
State of Hawaii Departments of Health
(DOH), Transportation (DOT), and Land
and Natural Resources (DLNR); the
Roman Catholic Church; and the United
Church of Christ. The State Department
of Health has substantial control over
activities in Kalaupapa.
The legislation establishing the park
specifically directs a reevaluation of
park management: ‘‘At such time when
there is no longer a resident patient
community at Kalaupapa, the Secretary
shall reevaluate the policies governing
the management, administration, and
public use of the park in order to
identify any changes deemed to be
appropriate.’’ (Public Law 95–565,
§ 109). Approximately fifteen Hansen’s
disease patients still reside at
Kalaupapa, either in their own homes or
at Kalaupapa’s hospital/care-home.
Most of these patients are elderly and in
poor health. Thus, a very critical need
is to engage the patients in a dialog
about the future when there no longer
is a patient community residing in the
park. Participation by the patient
community has been a key element to
the overall process.
Kalaupapa NHP has never had a
formal general management plan. The
proposed GMP is intended to addresses
major issues including: Resource
management, visitor use and access,
analysis of potential boundary
modifications, and the expected shift
from co-management with the State of
Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) to
a future when the DOH and the living
patient community are no longer at
Kalaupapa.
Decision Process: All comments
received on the Draft EIS will be duly
considered in preparing the Final EIS.
The Final EIS is expected to be available
during the summer, 2016. Subsequently
a Record of Decision would be prepared
not sooner than 30 days after release of
the Final EIS. Because this is a
delegated EIS, the official responsible
for approving the final plan is the
Regional Director, Pacific West Region,
National Park Service. The official
responsible for implementation of the
approved plan is the Superintendent,
Kalaupapa National Historical Park.
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Dated: February 11, 2015.
Patricia L. Neubacher,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR06230000, 15XR0680A1,
RN.07694998.0000501]
Notice of Availability of the Northwest
Area Water Supply Project Final
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement; Burke, Bottineau, Divide,
McHenry, McLean, Mountrail, Pierce,
Renville, Ward, and Williams Counties,
North Dakota
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) is notifying the public
that Reclamation has prepared a Final
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) for the Northwest Area
Water Supply Project (Project).
Reclamation has evaluated comments
received from the public on the Draft
SEIS and is recommending a preferred
alternative for approval. The Missouri
River and Groundwater Alternative
would provide a high quality and
reliable water supply to meet existing
and future water needs. This alternative
would include conventional treatment
at the biota water treatment plant,
located within the Missouri River Basin,
and the proposed intake for the Project
would be located within Reclamation’s
Snake Creek Pumping Plant on Lake
Sakakawea.
SUMMARY:
Reclamation will not make a
decision on the proposed action until at
least 30 days after filing of the Final
SEIS. After the 30-day waiting period,
Reclamation will complete a Record of
Decision. The Record of Decision will
identify the selected action for
implementation and will discuss factors
and rationale used in making the
decision.
DATES:
Ms.
Alicia Waters, Project Manager, (701)
221–1206; or by email at awaters@
usbr.gov. The Final SEIS and additional
information is available at https://
www.usbr.gov/gp/dkao. Send requests
for an executive summary and compact
disc to Ms. Alicia Waters, Bureau of
Reclamation, P.O. Box 1017, Bismarck,
North Dakota 58502, or at the email
address above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Pursuant
to the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, the Final SEIS documents
the potential direct, indirect, and
cumulative environmental and
socioeconomic effects of the proposed
action to construct a municipal, rural
and industrial (MR&I) water system to
provide drinking water to local
communities and rural water systems in
northwestern North Dakota. The Project
is sized to serve projected population
growth through the year 2060. Water
provided by the Project would be
treated to meet the primary drinking
water standards established by the Safe
Drinking Water Act. The Project would
supply water to specific delivery points.
Each community or rural water system
would be responsible for connecting to
the distribution line and delivering
water through their water system to end
users. The Project was authorized by the
Garrison Diversion Reformulation Act of
1986 and the Dakota Water Resources
Act of 2000 as part of the MR&I Grant
Program.
Four action alternatives were
evaluated in the Final SEIS. These
alternatives fall into two categories—
those using only inbasin water sources
(Souris River and groundwater) and
those proposing to use water from the
Missouri River (Lake Sakakawea). The
preferred alternative, Missouri River
and Groundwater Alternative, would
use Lake Sakakawea as the primary
water source. This water would be
conveyed to the biota water treatment
plant where it would be treated using
conventional treatment processes. After
treatment at the biota water treatment
plant, the water would be conveyed in
a buried pipeline to the Minot water
treatment plant and blended with water
from the Minot and Sundre aquifers.
Following this treatment, water would
be supplied to Project members through
a distribution pipeline system.
Some of the resources potentially
affected by the proposed action that are
evaluated in the Final SEIS include:
Surface water and groundwater
resources, water quality, aquatic
invasive species, threatened and
endangered species, socioeconomics,
environmental justice and historic
properties. The geographic scope of
analysis generally covers the Missouri
and Souris river basins, and carries
analysis into Canada as directed by the
U.S. District Court.
A Notice of Availability of the Draft
SEIS was published in the Federal
Register on June 27, 2014 (79 FR 36556).
The written comment period for the
Draft SEIS was extended 30 days and
concluded on September 10, 2014 (79
FR 45459). The Final SEIS contains
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responses to all substantive comments
received, and reflects comments and
additional information received during
the review period.
Copies of the Final SEIS are available
for public review at the following
locations:
• Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas
Area Office, 304 East Broadway Avenue,
Bismarck, ND 58501.
• Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains
Regional Office, 316 North 26th Street,
Billings, MT 59101.
• 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.
• Bismarck Public Library, 515 North
5th Street, Bismarck, ND 58501.
• Bottineau City Hall, 115 West 6th
Street, Bottineau, ND 58318.
• Minot Public Library, 516 2nd
Avenue SW., Minot, ND 58701.
• Mohall Public Library, 115 Main
Street West, Mohall, ND 58761.
• North Dakota State Library, 604 East
Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND
58505.
Dated: April 2, 2015.
John F. Soucy,
Deputy Regional Director, Great Plains
Region.
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Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement
[Docket ID BSEE–2015–0003; OMB Control
Number 1014–0016; 15XE1700DX
EX1SF0000.DAQ000 EEEE500000]
Information Collection Activities:
Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way
(ROW); Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
ACTION:
60-day notice.
To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), BSEE is inviting comments on a
collection of information that we will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
The information collection request (ICR)
concerns a revision to the paperwork
requirements in the regulations under
Subpart J, Pipelines and Pipeline Rightsof-Way (ROW).
DATES: You must submit comments by
June 9, 2015.
SUMMARY:
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You may submit comments
by either of the following methods listed
below.
• Electronically go to https://
www.regulations.gov. In the Search box,
enter BSEE–2015–0003 then click
search. Follow the instructions to
submit public comments and view all
related materials. We will post all
comments.
• Email cheryl.blundon@bsee.gov.
Mail or hand-carry comments to the
Department of the Interior; Bureau of
Safety and Environmental Enforcement;
Regulations and Standards Branch;
ATTN: Cheryl Blundon; 45600
Woodland Rd., Sterling, VA 20166.
Please reference ICR 1014–0016 in your
comment and include your name and
return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch at (703) 787–1607 to
request additional information about
this ICR.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR part 250, subpart J,
Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way
(ROW).
Form(s): BSEE–0149.
OMB Control Number: 1014–0016.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Lands Act at (43 U.S.C. 1334),
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior
to prescribe rules and regulations to
necessary for the administration of the
leasing provisions of the Act related to
mineral resources on the OCS. Such
rules and regulations apply to all
operations conducted under a lease,
pipeline right-of-way (ROW), or a rightof-use and easement. Section 1334(e)
authorizes the Secretary to grant ROWs
through the submerged lands of the OCS
for pipelines ‘‘. . . for the transportation
of oil, natural gas, sulphur, or other
minerals, or under such regulations and
upon such conditions as may be
prescribed by the Secretary, . . .
including (as provided in Section
1347(b) of this title) assuring maximum
environmental protection by utilization
of the best available and safest
technologies, including the safest
practices for pipeline burial. . . .’’
In addition to the general rulemaking
authority of the OCSLA at 43 U.S.C.
1334, section 301(a) of the Federal Oil
and Gas Royalty Management Act
(FOGRMA), 30 U.S.C. 1751(a), grants
authority to the Secretary to prescribe
such rules and regulations as are
reasonably necessary to carry out
FOGRMA’s provisions. While the
majority of FOGRMA is directed to
royalty collection and enforcement,
some provisions apply to offshore
operations. For example, section 108 of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR06230000, 15XR0680A1, RN.07694998.0000501]
Notice of Availability of the Northwest Area Water Supply Project
Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; Burke, Bottineau,
Divide, McHenry, McLean, Mountrail, Pierce, Renville, Ward, and
Williams Counties, North Dakota
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is notifying the
public that Reclamation has prepared a Final Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Northwest Area Water Supply Project
(Project). Reclamation has evaluated comments received from the public
on the Draft SEIS and is recommending a preferred alternative for
approval. The Missouri River and Groundwater Alternative would provide
a high quality and reliable water supply to meet existing and future
water needs. This alternative would include conventional treatment at
the biota water treatment plant, located within the Missouri River
Basin, and the proposed intake for the Project would be located within
Reclamation's Snake Creek Pumping Plant on Lake Sakakawea.
DATES: Reclamation will not make a decision on the proposed action
until at least 30 days after filing of the Final SEIS. After the 30-day
waiting period, Reclamation will complete a Record of Decision. The
Record of Decision will identify the selected action for implementation
and will discuss factors and rationale used in making the decision.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Alicia Waters, Project Manager,
(701) 221-1206; or by email at awaters@usbr.gov. The Final SEIS and
additional information is available at https://www.usbr.gov/gp/dkao.
Send requests for an executive summary and compact disc to Ms. Alicia
Waters, Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 1017, Bismarck, North Dakota
58502, or at the email address above.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, the Final SEIS documents the potential direct,
indirect, and cumulative environmental and socioeconomic effects of the
proposed action to construct a municipal, rural and industrial (MR&I)
water system to provide drinking water to local communities and rural
water systems in northwestern North Dakota. The Project is sized to
serve projected population growth through the year 2060. Water provided
by the Project would be treated to meet the primary drinking water
standards established by the Safe Drinking Water Act. The Project would
supply water to specific delivery points. Each community or rural water
system would be responsible for connecting to the distribution line and
delivering water through their water system to end users. The Project
was authorized by the Garrison Diversion Reformulation Act of 1986 and
the Dakota Water Resources Act of 2000 as part of the MR&I Grant
Program.
Four action alternatives were evaluated in the Final SEIS. These
alternatives fall into two categories--those using only inbasin water
sources (Souris River and groundwater) and those proposing to use water
from the Missouri River (Lake Sakakawea). The preferred alternative,
Missouri River and Groundwater Alternative, would use Lake Sakakawea as
the primary water source. This water would be conveyed to the biota
water treatment plant where it would be treated using conventional
treatment processes. After treatment at the biota water treatment
plant, the water would be conveyed in a buried pipeline to the Minot
water treatment plant and blended with water from the Minot and Sundre
aquifers. Following this treatment, water would be supplied to Project
members through a distribution pipeline system.
Some of the resources potentially affected by the proposed action
that are evaluated in the Final SEIS include: Surface water and
groundwater resources, water quality, aquatic invasive species,
threatened and endangered species, socioeconomics, environmental
justice and historic properties. The geographic scope of analysis
generally covers the Missouri and Souris river basins, and carries
analysis into Canada as directed by the U.S. District Court.
A Notice of Availability of the Draft SEIS was published in the
Federal Register on June 27, 2014 (79 FR 36556). The written comment
period for the Draft SEIS was extended 30 days and concluded on
September 10, 2014 (79 FR 45459). The Final SEIS contains responses to
all substantive comments received, and reflects comments and additional
information received during the review period.
Copies of the Final SEIS are available for public review at the
following locations:
Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, 304 East
Broadway Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58501.
Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Regional Office, 316
North 26th Street, Billings, MT 59101.
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.
Bismarck Public Library, 515 North 5th Street, Bismarck,
ND 58501.
Bottineau City Hall, 115 West 6th Street, Bottineau, ND
58318.
Minot Public Library, 516 2nd Avenue SW., Minot, ND 58701.
Mohall Public Library, 115 Main Street West, Mohall, ND
58761.
North Dakota State Library, 604 East Boulevard Avenue,
Bismarck, ND 58505.
Dated: April 2, 2015.
John F. Soucy,
Deputy Regional Director, Great Plains Region.
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