[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55587-55588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27024]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for 
a Proposed Lease To Construct and Operate an Integrated Waste 
Management Facility on the Cortina Indian Rancheria, Colusa County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent and Public Scoping Meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, in cooperation with the Cortina Indian Rancheria of Wintun 
Indians, intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for 
a proposed lease to construct and operate an integrated waste 
management facility on the Cortina Rancheria of the Cortina Band of 
Wintun Indians in Colusa County, California. A description of the 
proposed project, location, and environmental issues to be addressed in 
the EIS are provided below (supplementary information). In addition to 
this notice, a public meeting will be held to describe the proposed 
action and to receive public comments regarding the scope of the EIS. 
The public will be invited to participate in the scoping process, 
review of the draft EIS, and a public meeting.
    This notice is published in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations found in 40 CFR 1501.7. The 
purpose of this notice is to solicit suggestions and information from 
other agencies and the public on the scope of issues to be addressed in 
the EIS. Comments and participation in this scoping process are 
encouraged.

DATES: Comments should be received by November 29, 1995. A public 
scoping meeting will be held on November 16, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Mr. Ronald Jaeger, Area 
Director, Sacramento Area Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2550, 
Sacramento, California 95825. A public scoping meeting will be held on 
November 16, 1995, at 7:30 p.m. at the Cortina Indian Rancheria 
Satellite Office 

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located at 570 Sixth Street, Williams, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Eckart, Area Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Sacramento Area 
Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2550, Sacramento, California 95825, 
telephone number (916) 979-2575.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cortina Integrated Waste Management, Inc. 
proposes to lease 443 acres of the Cortina Indian Rancheria for the 
purpose of constructing and operating an integrated waste management 
facility for recycling or disposal of a variety of non-hazardous 
wastes. The project will be required to meet all applicable 
environmental standards and regulations.
    The proposed project includes a 200-acre sanitary landfill, a non-
source separated materials recovery facility, an organic waste 
composting area, and a petroleum-contaminated (PC) soils bioremediation 
facility. The facility would receive daily shipments of municipal solid 
waste, compostable organic wastes, and PC soils from nearby counties. 
Approximately 400 to 1,500 tons per day of waste materials would be 
delivered to the facility by truck. Offsite roadway improvements would 
be necessary.
    The Cortina Indian Rancheria is located in the foothills that form 
the west side of the Sacramento Valley in southwestern Colusa County 
approximately 50 miles northwest of the city of Sacramento. The 
Rancheria is in a sparsely populated area with cattle grazing being the 
predominant land use in the vicinity. The project site has moderately 
to steeply sloping terrain covered with oak woodland and chaparral and 
is currently undeveloped.
    The EIS will assess alternatives to the proposed project, 
including: (1) A smaller project; (2) a project without composting, 
recycling, or PC soils remediation; and (3) no project. The EIS will 
address numerous environmental issues, including: geology, topography, 
soils, water resources, air quality, living resources, cultural 
resources, traffic, land use, visual resources, socioeconomic, public 
health and safety, and noise. The range of issues addressed may be 
expanded based on comments received during the scoping process.

    Dated: October 25, 1995.
Ada E. Deer,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 95-27024 Filed 10-31-95; 8:45 am]
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