[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 4790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2728]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation


Narrows Project, Small Reclamation Project Act (SRPA) Loan 
Program, Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a draft environmental impact 
statement.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) intends to prepare a 
draft environmental impact statement (EIS), pursuant to section 
102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 4332. The draft EIS will address the effects of 
various alternatives considered for the Narrows Project (Project), SRPA 
Application.
    The purpose of the Project would be to provide water for irrigation 
and municipal use in north Sanpete County, Utah. The proposed project 
would include construction of a dam on Gooseberry Creek to impound and 
store water and construction of a tunnel/pipeline to deliver Project 
water to irrigation and municipal water users in northern Sanpete 
County, Utah. This provides notice that a new Draft and subsequent 
Final EIS will be prepared which will supersede the contractor-prepared 
Final EIS.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: No formal scoping meetings are planned. Those 
interested in the Project are invited to submit comments. These 
comments should relate to potential environmental issues and impacts or 
reasonable alternatives to the proposed action. These comments should 
be submitted in writing by March 15, 1996, to Kerry Schwartz, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Bureau of Reclamation, Provo Area 
Office, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84604-7317; or Michael Stuver, 
Regional Loan Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional 
Office, 125 South State Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
To be placed on a mailing list for subsequent information concerning 
this EIS, either write Kerry Schwartz at the address above, or call 
(801) 379-1000. For answers to questions concerning the project please 
write Michael Stuver at the address above, or call (810) 524-3305 
extension 3.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 2, 1995, Reclamation filed a 
contractor-prepared final EIS for the proposed Narrows Project. On May 
8, 1995, the Upper Colorado Regional Director executed a Record of 
Decision for the Project based on this EIS. On September 11, 1995, 
Reclamation filed a Federal Register Notice to rescind this Record of 
Decision. Reclamation intends to prepare a new EIS to replace the 
previous contractor-prepared EIS. The previous EIS material will be 
treated as environmental information submitted by the applicant for use 
by the agency in preparing an EIS, pursuant to 40 CFR, Section 
1506.5(a).

    Dated: February 2, 1996.

Charles A. Calhoun,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 96-2728 Filed 2-7-96; 8:45 am]

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