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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation

 

Developing the San Joaquin River Comprehensive Plan and 
Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive plan and 
environmental impact statement and notice of public scoping meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) 
and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 
the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) working jointly with the Fish 
and Wildlife Service (Service) proposes to prepare a San Joaquin River 
Comprehensive Plan (CP) and environmental impact statement (EIS). The 
EIS will analyze the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects 
associated with fish, wildlife, and habitat restoration actions to be 
identified in the CP.

DATES: Comments are requested concerning the scope of analysis in 
developing the CP and associated EIS. Written comments must be 
postmarked no later than July 8, 1994. Scoping meetings will be held on 
dates and at the addresses listed below.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be addressed to Valerie Curley, at 
the Bureau of Reclamation, South-Central California Area Office (SCC-
411), 2666 North Grove Industrial Drive, suite 106, Fresno, California 
93727-1551.
    Four public scoping meetings have been scheduled. The meetings are 
designed to solicit public input to assist Reclamation and the Service 
in identifying issues, concerns and alternatives, and the overall scope 
of the CP and the EIA. The scoping meetings will be held at the 
following locations:
     Monday, June 13, 1994--Scoping session: 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 
p.m., Ramada Inn, 3535 Rosedale Highway, Bakersfield, California.
     Tuesday June 14, 1994--Scoping session: 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 
p.m., Ramada Inn, 324 East Shaw Avenue, Fresno, California.
     Wednesday June 15, 1994--Scoping session: 2 p.m. to 4 
p.m., Sierra Inn, 2600 Auburn Boulevard, Sacramento, California.
     Thursday, June 16, 1994--Scoping session: 7:30 p.m. to 
9:30 p.m., Holiday Inn, 1612 Sisk Road, Modesto, California.
    An information exhibit will be on display for the public to obtain 
general information 1 hour prior to each scoping meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Valerie Curley, Bureau of Reclamation, South-Central California Area 
Office, SCC-411, 2666 North Grove Industrial Drive, suite 106, Fresno, 
California 93727-1551, telephone: (209) 487-5118, faxogram (209) 487-
5397, or Meri Moore, Fish and Wildlife Service, 2800 Cottage Way, E-
1831, Sacramento, California 95825-1898, telephone: (916) 978-4613, 
faxogram: (916) 978-5294. The hearing impaired may call (209) 487-5933.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 3406(c)(1) of the CVPIA, 
an EIS will be prepared which will evaluate the environmental effects 
of the alternative ways of implementing the measures developed in the 
CP. The CP will address fish, wildlife, and habitat concerns on the San 
Joaquin River including but not limited to the improvements that would 
be needed to reestablish where necessary and sustain naturally 
reproducing anadromous fisheries from Friant Dam to its confluence with 
the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary. It will be 
developed in cooperation with the California Department of Fish and 
Game and in coordination with the San Joaquin River Management Program 
under development by the State of California. It will incorporate, 
among other relevant factors, the potential contributions of tributary 
streams as well as the alternatives being investigated in the course of 
preparing the Stanislaus River Basin and Calaveras River Water Use 
Program EIA/Environmental Impact Report, currently underway pursuant to 
CVPIA section 3406(c)(2).
    The alternatives will be developed during the scoping and planning 
process and will be evaluated in the environmental documentation. The 
range of alternatives will include No Action. The CP and draft EIS are 
expected to be completed and available for review and comment early in 
1996. The data generated pursuant to other CVPIA activities may be used 
in the development of the CP and EIS. The data developed and analyzed 
in the CP and EIS may be used in the Friant Water Contract Renewal 
process pursuant to CVPIA section 3404(c)(1) at some future date.

    Note: Anyone requiring special accommodations should contact 
Valerie Curley at the above phone number. Please call as far in 
advance of the meetings as possible, and no later than June 6, 1994, 
to enable the agencies to meet your needs. If a request cannot be 
honored, the requester will be notified.
    Dated: May 9, 1994.
Terry P. Lynott,
Acting Director, Program Analysis Office.
[FR Doc. 94-11636 Filed 5-12-94; 8:45 am]
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