Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement for the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District South County Ag Water Recycling Program, 66933-66934 [2015-27716]
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BILLING CODE 4310–EH–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR02030700, XXXR0680R1,
RR.17529652.MP70012]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Report/
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Sacramento Regional County
Sanitation District South County Ag
Water Recycling Program
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Reclamation,
the lead Federal agency, and the
Sacramento Regional County Sanitation
District (Regional San), the lead state
agency, will prepare a joint
Environmental Impact Report/
Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/
EIS) for the South County Ag Water
Recycling Program (Project). The Project
would deliver approximately 45,000
acre-feet per year of Title 22 disinfected
tertiary treated recycled water to about
16,000 acres of irrigated lands in
southern Sacramento County for
agricultural and urban landscape uses
and to the Stone Lakes National Wildlife
Refuge. The Project could also provide
an additional 5,000 acre-feet per year of
recycled water for groundwater
recharge, for a total recycled water
delivery of 50,000 acre-feet per year.
DATES: Submit written comments on the
scope of the EIR/EIS by November 30,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
the scope of the EIR/EIS to Mr. Jose
Ramirez, Project Manager, Sacramento
County Regional Sanitation District
(Regional San), 10060 Goethe Road,
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Sacramento, California 95827; or by
email to ramirezj@sacsewer.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jose Ramirez, Regional San at (916) 879–
6059, email at ramirezj@sacsewer.com;
or Mr. Douglas Kleinsmith, Bureau of
Reclamation, (916) 978–5034, email at
dkleinsmith@usbr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Project water comes from the Regional
San Sacramento Regional Water
Treatment Plant (SRWTP) located in Elk
Grove, California. Presently, the SRWTP
treats and discharges secondary effluent
into the Sacramento River and operates
a 5-million-gallon-per-day (mgd) Water
Recycling Facility to produce tertiary
effluent. In December 2010, the Central
Valley Regional Water Quality Control
Board adopted new Waste Discharge
Requirements (WDRs) for Regional San.
The new WDRs require treatment
upgrades to be operational by December
2023, and have prompted Regional San
to evaluate a multitude of technologies
to produce up to 181 mgd of Title 22
disinfected tertiary recycled water or
‘equivalent’ quality effluent. Following
a pilot study of various technologies,
one technology has been selected to
treat wastewater to Title 22 disinfected
tertiary level, which is suitable for
agriculture.
Title 22 disinfected tertiary recycled
water generated at the SRWTP would be
conveyed to agricultural and urban
customers using a new pump station at
the SRWTP and through a new network
of recycled water pipelines
(transmission, distribution, and laterals)
located within public road rights-ofway, private roads, and agricultural
land. The proposed Project would also
include a potential recharge area to
increase recycled water usage and
benefit the local groundwater basin
through increasing groundwater table
levels and recharging the basin; with the
potential recharge area, the delivery of
recycled water could increase by
approximately 5,000 acre-feet per year.
In addition, the Project includes
provision of recycled water to support
wetland habitat at the Stone Lakes
National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) to
protect the sensitive resources at the
refuge during drought conditions.
The average annual recycled water
delivered to potential customers is
approximately 50,000 acre-feet per year.
Recycled water would be delivered to
approximately 16,000 acres of irrigated
lands (and some limited recharge areas)
and to managed wetlands at Stone Lakes
NWR. The actual monthly demand
would vary seasonally with the
maximum demand occurring during the
irrigation season, from May through
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September. The project is designed to
deliver up to two-thirds of the
maximum month demand during the
irrigation season. The remaining
demand would be met by groundwater
pumping, the existing source of water
supply. As treated wastewater would be
beneficially reused, there would be a
commensurate reduction in the
discharge of treated wastewater into the
Sacramento River.
Project Objectives
The objectives of the proposed Project
are as follows:
• Reduce groundwater pumping in
the Central Basin by supplying recycled
water to agricultural and urban
customers in south Sacramento County.
• Minimize conveyance costs while
maximizing demand served.
• Improve environmental resources
and benefit habitats and ecosystems to
Æ Reduce streamflow losses in the
Cosumnes River by raising groundwater
levels.
Æ Support improved riparian habitat
along the Cosumnes River as a result of
elevated groundwater levels along the
stream margins.
Æ Provide recycled water to wetlands.
The proposed Project consists of the
following proposed project elements
and their level of environmental
evaluation in the joint EIR/EIS:
• New pump station at the SRWTP
(project-level evaluation)
• 30- to 60-inch transmission pipeline
from the pump station to Twin Cities
Road (project-level evaluation)
• Distribution mainlines from the
transmission pipeline and lateral service
connections to potential customers
(agriculture and Stone Lakes NWR)
(program-level evaluation)
• Potential Recharge Area and wells
to produce water to the meet the
dilution requirements for groundwater
recharge (program-level evaluation)
The EIR/EIS will also evaluate the No
Project Alternative, an alternative that
does not include funding by
Reclamation, and a smaller-scale project
alternative that would supply less
recycled water to a smaller area in
South Sacramento County.
Previous Scoping
Regional San mailed a notice of
preparation of a Draft EIR regarding the
proposed Project to the public on
January 30, 2015 and held a scoping
meeting on February 18, 2015 at the
Sacramento Farm Bureau in Elk Grove,
California.
Public Disclosure
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
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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: September 21, 2015.
Jason Phillips,
Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2015–27716 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Inv. No. 337–TA–968]
Certain Radiotherapy Systems and
Treatment Planning Software, and
Components Thereof; Institution of
Investigation
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that a
complaint was filed with the U.S.
International Trade Commission on
September 25, 2015, under section 337
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended,
19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Varian
Medical Systems, Inc. of Palo Alto,
California and Varian Medical Systems
International AG of Switzerland.
Supplements were filed on October 13,
2015. The complaint, as supplemented,
alleges violations of section 337 based
upon the importation into the United
States, the sale for importation, and the
sale within the United States after
importation of certain radiotherapy
systems and treatment planning
software, and components thereof by
reason of infringement of certain claims
of U.S. Patent No. 7,945,021 (‘‘the ’021
patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 8,116,430 (‘‘the
’430 patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 8,867,703
(‘‘the ’703 patent’’); U.S. Patent No.
7,880,154 (‘‘the ’154 patent’’); U.S.
Patent No. 7,906,770 (‘‘the ’770 patent’’);
and U.S. Patent No. 8,696,538 (‘‘the ’538
patent’’). The complaint further alleges
that an industry in the United States
exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of
section 337.
The complainants request that the
Commission institute an investigation
and, after the investigation, issue a
limited exclusion order and cease and
desist orders.
ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for
any confidential information contained
therein, is available for inspection
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during official business hours (8:45 a.m.
to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the
Secretary, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW., Room
112, Washington, DC 20436, telephone
(202) 205–2000. Hearing impaired
individuals are advised that information
on this matter can be obtained by
contacting the Commission’s TDD
terminal on (202) 205–1810. Persons
with mobility impairments who will
need special assistance in gaining access
to the Commission should contact the
Office of the Secretary at (202) 205–
2000. General information concerning
the Commission may also be obtained
by accessing its internet server at
https://www.usitc.gov. The public record
for this investigation may be viewed on
the Commission’s electronic docket
(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Office of Unfair Import Investigations,
U.S. International Trade Commission,
telephone (202) 205–2560.
Authority: The authority for institution of
this investigation is contained in section 337
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and
in section 210.10 of the Commission’s Rules
of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10
(2015).
Scope of Investigation: Having
considered the complaint, the U.S.
International Trade Commission, on
October 26, 2015, ordered that—
(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, an investigation be instituted
to determine whether there is a
violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of
section 337 in the importation into the
United States, the sale for importation,
or the sale within the United States after
importation of certain radiotherapy
systems and treatment planning
software, and components thereof by
reason of infringement of one or more of
claims 1, 2, 4–9, 11–16, 53–56, and 58–
62 of the ’021 patent; claims 1–4, 6–10,
12, 18, and 19 of the ’430 patent; claims
1–10, 12–15, and 17–21 of the ’703
patent; claims 19–28 and 33–36 of the
’154 patent; claims 61–63, 65, and 67–
70 of the ’770 patent; and claims 23, 25,
26, 39–42, 45, and 50 of the ’538 patent,
and whether an industry in the United
States exists as required by subsection
(a)(2) of section 337;
(2) Pursuant to Commission Rule
210.50(b)(1), 19 CFR 210.50(b)(1), the
presiding administrative law judge shall
take evidence or other information and
hear arguments from the parties and
other interested persons with respect to
the public interest in this investigation,
as appropriate, and provide the
Commission with findings of fact and a
recommended determination on this
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issue, which shall be limited to the
statutory public interest factors set forth
in 19 U.S.C. 1337(d)(1), (f)(1), (g)(1);
(3) For the purpose of the
investigation so instituted, the following
are hereby named as parties upon which
this notice of investigation shall be
served:
(a) The complainants are:
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., 3100
Hansen Way, Palo Alto, CA 94304.
Varian Medical Systems International
AG, Hinterbergstrasse 14, 6330 Cham,
ZG, Switzerland.
(b) The respondents are the following
entities alleged to be in violation of
section 337, and are the parties upon
which the complaint is to be served:
Elekta AB, Kungstensgatan 18, SE–103
93 Stockholm, Sweden.
Elekta Ltd., Linac House, Fleming Way,
RH10 9RR Crawley, United Kingdom.
Elekta GmbH, Borsteler Chaussee 49,
22453 Hamburg, Germany.
Elekta Inc., 400 Perimeter Center
Terrace, Suite 50, Atlanta, GA 30346.
IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc., 100
Mathilda Place, 5th Floor, Sunnyvale,
CA 94086 .
Elekta Instrument (Shanghai) Limited,
Room 3202 & 3203, Pangu Plaza,
Office Building, Block A, No. 27
Fourth Ring Mid Road, Chaoyang
District, 100101 Shanghai, China.
Elekta Beijing Medical Systems Co. Ltd.,
No. 21, Chuang Xin Road, Science, &
Technology Park, Chang Ping, Beijing,
102200, China.
(c) The Office of Unfair Import
Investigations, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW., Suite
401, Washington, DC 20436; and
(4) For the investigation so instituted,
the Chief Administrative Law Judge,
U.S. International Trade Commission,
shall designate the presiding
Administrative Law Judge.
Responses to the complaint and the
notice of investigation must be
submitted by the named respondents in
accordance with section 210.13 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to
19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), such
responses will be considered by the
Commission if received not later than 20
days after the date of service by the
Commission of the complaint and the
notice of investigation. Extensions of
time for submitting responses to the
complaint and the notice of
investigation will not be granted unless
good cause therefor is shown.
Failure of a respondent to file a timely
response to each allegation in the
complaint and in this notice may be
deemed to constitute a waiver of the
right to appear and contest the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR02030700, XXXR0680R1, RR.17529652.MP70012]
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Report/
Environmental Impact Statement for the Sacramento Regional County
Sanitation District South County Ag Water Recycling Program
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation, the lead Federal agency, and the
Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (Regional San), the lead
state agency, will prepare a joint Environmental Impact Report/
Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the South County Ag Water
Recycling Program (Project). The Project would deliver approximately
45,000 acre-feet per year of Title 22 disinfected tertiary treated
recycled water to about 16,000 acres of irrigated lands in southern
Sacramento County for agricultural and urban landscape uses and to the
Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. The Project could also provide an
additional 5,000 acre-feet per year of recycled water for groundwater
recharge, for a total recycled water delivery of 50,000 acre-feet per
year.
DATES: Submit written comments on the scope of the EIR/EIS by November
30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on the scope of the EIR/EIS to Mr.
Jose Ramirez, Project Manager, Sacramento County Regional Sanitation
District (Regional San), 10060 Goethe Road, Sacramento, California
95827; or by email to ramirezj@sacsewer.com.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jose Ramirez, Regional San at
(916) 879-6059, email at ramirezj@sacsewer.com; or Mr. Douglas
Kleinsmith, Bureau of Reclamation, (916) 978-5034, email at
dkleinsmith@usbr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Project water comes from the Regional
San Sacramento Regional Water Treatment Plant (SRWTP) located in Elk
Grove, California. Presently, the SRWTP treats and discharges secondary
effluent into the Sacramento River and operates a 5-million-gallon-per-
day (mgd) Water Recycling Facility to produce tertiary effluent. In
December 2010, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
adopted new Waste Discharge Requirements (WDRs) for Regional San. The
new WDRs require treatment upgrades to be operational by December 2023,
and have prompted Regional San to evaluate a multitude of technologies
to produce up to 181 mgd of Title 22 disinfected tertiary recycled
water or `equivalent' quality effluent. Following a pilot study of
various technologies, one technology has been selected to treat
wastewater to Title 22 disinfected tertiary level, which is suitable
for agriculture.
Title 22 disinfected tertiary recycled water generated at the SRWTP
would be conveyed to agricultural and urban customers using a new pump
station at the SRWTP and through a new network of recycled water
pipelines (transmission, distribution, and laterals) located within
public road rights-of-way, private roads, and agricultural land. The
proposed Project would also include a potential recharge area to
increase recycled water usage and benefit the local groundwater basin
through increasing groundwater table levels and recharging the basin;
with the potential recharge area, the delivery of recycled water could
increase by approximately 5,000 acre-feet per year. In addition, the
Project includes provision of recycled water to support wetland habitat
at the Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) to protect the
sensitive resources at the refuge during drought conditions.
The average annual recycled water delivered to potential customers
is approximately 50,000 acre-feet per year. Recycled water would be
delivered to approximately 16,000 acres of irrigated lands (and some
limited recharge areas) and to managed wetlands at Stone Lakes NWR. The
actual monthly demand would vary seasonally with the maximum demand
occurring during the irrigation season, from May through September. The
project is designed to deliver up to two-thirds of the maximum month
demand during the irrigation season. The remaining demand would be met
by groundwater pumping, the existing source of water supply. As treated
wastewater would be beneficially reused, there would be a commensurate
reduction in the discharge of treated wastewater into the Sacramento
River.
Project Objectives
The objectives of the proposed Project are as follows:
Reduce groundwater pumping in the Central Basin by
supplying recycled water to agricultural and urban customers in south
Sacramento County.
Minimize conveyance costs while maximizing demand served.
Improve environmental resources and benefit habitats and
ecosystems to
[cir] Reduce streamflow losses in the Cosumnes River by raising
groundwater levels.
[cir] Support improved riparian habitat along the Cosumnes River as
a result of elevated groundwater levels along the stream margins.
[cir] Provide recycled water to wetlands.
The proposed Project consists of the following proposed project
elements and their level of environmental evaluation in the joint EIR/
EIS:
New pump station at the SRWTP (project-level evaluation)
30- to 60-inch transmission pipeline from the pump station
to Twin Cities Road (project-level evaluation)
Distribution mainlines from the transmission pipeline and
lateral service connections to potential customers (agriculture and
Stone Lakes NWR) (program-level evaluation)
Potential Recharge Area and wells to produce water to the
meet the dilution requirements for groundwater recharge (program-level
evaluation)
The EIR/EIS will also evaluate the No Project Alternative, an
alternative that does not include funding by Reclamation, and a
smaller-scale project alternative that would supply less recycled water
to a smaller area in South Sacramento County.
Previous Scoping
Regional San mailed a notice of preparation of a Draft EIR
regarding the proposed Project to the public on January 30, 2015 and
held a scoping meeting on February 18, 2015 at the Sacramento Farm
Bureau in Elk Grove, California.
Public Disclosure
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other
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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: September 21, 2015.
Jason Phillips,
Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 2015-27716 Filed 10-29-15; 8:45 am]
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