Termination of Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, New Mexico Unit of the Central Arizona Project; Catron, Grant, and Hidalgo Counties, New Mexico, 21763 [2021-08511]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR03240000, XXXR4079V4,
RX122562102010000]
Termination of Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement, New Mexico Unit of the
Central Arizona Project; Catron, Grant,
and Hidalgo Counties, New Mexico
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of termination.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) is terminating preparation
of an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the New Mexico Unit of the
Central Arizona Project (CAP) (NM
Unit). A Notice of Intent to prepare an
EIS was published on June 12, 2018.
Reclamation, as the lead Federal agency,
and the New Mexico Interstate Stream
Commission (ISC), as joint lead agency,
issued a Draft EIS for public review on
April 24, 2020. On October 15, 2020, the
ISC, Reclamation, and the New Mexico
CAP Entity terminated the Interim
Advance Funding Agreement, which
funded the NM Unit EIS process.
DATES: The preparation of the EIS for
the NM CAP is discontinued as of the
date of publication of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Leslie Meyers, Bureau of Reclamation,
Phoenix Area Office, 6150 West
Thunderbird Road, Glendale, AZ
85306–4001; telephone (623) 773–6211;
facsimile (623) 773–6480; email
lmeyers@usbr.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
may call the Federal Relay Service at 1
(800) 877–8339 TTY/ASCII to contact
the above individual during normal
business hours or to leave a message or
question(s) after hours. You will receive
a reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Arizona Water Settlements Act, Public
Law 108–451 (AWSA), amended the
Colorado River Basin Project Act of
1968, Public Law 90–537, 43 U.S.C. Ch.
32, authorizing the Secretary of the
Interior (Secretary) to contract with
water users in New Mexico for water
from the Gila River, its tributaries and
underground water sources. Water use
under the AWSA is conditioned on
satisfying a variety of laws and
agreements related to its use in New
Mexico and Arizona.
The AWSA authorized the Secretary
to design, build, operate, and maintain
a NM Unit to divert Gila River water in
New Mexico for this purpose. The
Secretary was further directed to carry
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out all necessary environmental
compliance required by Federal law in
implementing the Consumptive Use and
Forbearance Agreement and the New
Mexico Unit Agreement, which would
enable an exchange of CAP water to
downstream Gila River water users in
Arizona, for diversion and use of the
Gila River in the NM Unit project area
in southwestern New Mexico.
On November 18, 2016, an Interim
Advance Funding Agreement was
executed among the ISC, Reclamation,
and the New Mexico CAP Entity (action
proponent) for the purposes of paying
Reclamation’s costs associated with
preparation of the EIS.
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4231–4347,
a Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS for
the NM Unit was published in the
Federal Register on June 12, 2018 (83
FR 27347).
Publication of the Federal Register
notice was followed by a public scoping
period that ended on July 20, 2018. The
Draft EIS was made available for public
review and comment from April 24 to
June 8, 2020.
On June 18, 2020, the ISC voted to
terminate the NEPA process for the NM
Unit, and not fund Reclamation to
complete the NEPA process.
The parties went through a dispute
resolution process for termination of the
Interim Advance Funding Agreement,
following the ISC’s decision. On
October 15, 2020, the ISC, Reclamation,
and the New Mexico CAP Entity
terminated the Interim Advance
Funding Agreement, which funded the
NM Unit EIS process.
Karl Stock,
Acting Regional Director, Interior Region 8:
Lower Colorado Basin, Bureau of
Reclamation.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR03240000, XXXR4079V4, RX122562102010000]
Termination of Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement, New Mexico Unit of the Central Arizona Project;
Catron, Grant, and Hidalgo Counties, New Mexico
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of termination.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is terminating
preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the New
Mexico Unit of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) (NM Unit). A Notice of
Intent to prepare an EIS was published on June 12, 2018. Reclamation,
as the lead Federal agency, and the New Mexico Interstate Stream
Commission (ISC), as joint lead agency, issued a Draft EIS for public
review on April 24, 2020. On October 15, 2020, the ISC, Reclamation,
and the New Mexico CAP Entity terminated the Interim Advance Funding
Agreement, which funded the NM Unit EIS process.
DATES: The preparation of the EIS for the NM CAP is discontinued as of
the date of publication of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Leslie Meyers, Bureau of
Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, 6150 West Thunderbird Road, Glendale,
AZ 85306-4001; telephone (623) 773-6211; facsimile (623) 773-6480;
email [email protected]. Persons who use a telecommunications device for
the deaf may call the Federal Relay Service at 1 (800) 877-8339 TTY/
ASCII to contact the above individual during normal business hours or
to leave a message or question(s) after hours. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Arizona Water Settlements Act, Public
Law 108-451 (AWSA), amended the Colorado River Basin Project Act of
1968, Public Law 90-537, 43 U.S.C. Ch. 32, authorizing the Secretary of
the Interior (Secretary) to contract with water users in New Mexico for
water from the Gila River, its tributaries and underground water
sources. Water use under the AWSA is conditioned on satisfying a
variety of laws and agreements related to its use in New Mexico and
Arizona.
The AWSA authorized the Secretary to design, build, operate, and
maintain a NM Unit to divert Gila River water in New Mexico for this
purpose. The Secretary was further directed to carry out all necessary
environmental compliance required by Federal law in implementing the
Consumptive Use and Forbearance Agreement and the New Mexico Unit
Agreement, which would enable an exchange of CAP water to downstream
Gila River water users in Arizona, for diversion and use of the Gila
River in the NM Unit project area in southwestern New Mexico.
On November 18, 2016, an Interim Advance Funding Agreement was
executed among the ISC, Reclamation, and the New Mexico CAP Entity
(action proponent) for the purposes of paying Reclamation's costs
associated with preparation of the EIS.
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969,
as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4231-4347, a Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS
for the NM Unit was published in the Federal Register on June 12, 2018
(83 FR 27347).
Publication of the Federal Register notice was followed by a public
scoping period that ended on July 20, 2018. The Draft EIS was made
available for public review and comment from April 24 to June 8, 2020.
On June 18, 2020, the ISC voted to terminate the NEPA process for
the NM Unit, and not fund Reclamation to complete the NEPA process.
The parties went through a dispute resolution process for
termination of the Interim Advance Funding Agreement, following the
ISC's decision. On October 15, 2020, the ISC, Reclamation, and the New
Mexico CAP Entity terminated the Interim Advance Funding Agreement,
which funded the NM Unit EIS process.
Karl Stock,
Acting Regional Director, Interior Region 8: Lower Colorado Basin,
Bureau of Reclamation.
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