[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 175 (Monday, September 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 47180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22498]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Recision of the Record of Decision on the Final Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Narrows Project, Small Reclamation Loan 
Program, Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 
1969, as amended, the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation 
(Reclamation), has prepared a final environmental impact statement 
(EIS) on the proposed Narrows Project. The EIS describes and presents 
the environmental effects of three alternatives, including no action, 
for a multiple purpose water development project that would provide 
water for irrigation and municipal use in north Sanpete County, Utah. 
This notice is for the purpose of rescinding the Record of Decision for 
this FEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles A. Calhoun, Regional Director, 
Upper Colorado Region, Bureau of Reclamation, UC-100, Mail Room 6107, 
125 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138-1102; Telephone: 
(801) 524-5592.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 28, 1995, the Carbon Water 
Committee, et. al., filed an action in the United States District Court 
against Reclamation for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. The 
primary assertion in the complaint is that Reclamation failed to comply 
with NEPA, in the preparation of the final environmental impact 
statement (EIS) for the proposed Narrows Project.
    The complaint alleges a conflict of interest on the part of the 
contractor that Sanpete Water Conservancy District hired to prepare the 
EIS and the Loan application. By this recision action, Reclamation 
intends to initiate a close review of the NEPA document, specifically 
in light of a possible conflict of interest, to determine whether the 
contractor accurately portrayed the environmental consequences of the 
proposed action, both for the public and the decision makers.
    Any further action under NEPA or processing of the loan application 
will await the outcome of this review.

    Dated: September 6, 1995.
Charles A. Calhoun,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 95-22498 Filed 9-8-95; 8:45 am]
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