[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 242 (Monday, December 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66059-66060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31862]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation


Interim South Delta Program, Central Valley, California, INT-DES 
96-35

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation (Interior).

ACTION: Notice to extend the review and comment period and to hold an 
additional public hearing on the draft

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environmental impact report/draft environmental impact statement.

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SUMMARY: On August 14, 1996, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) 
and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) released a joint 
draft environmental impact report/draft environmental impact statement 
(DEIR/DEIS) for the Interim South Delta Program (ISDP). The review and 
comment period was to end on December 6, 1996. Reclamation and DWR are 
extending the review and comment period to allow more extensive review 
by interested parties. Also, an additional public hearing has been 
scheduled.

DATES: The review and comment period has been extended to January 31, 
1997. The additional public hearing will be held on January 22, 1997, 
from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the Tracy Inn, 30 West 
11th Street, Tracy, California. Requests for copies of either the 
Executive Summary or the entire DEIR/DEIS should be sent to Ms. Judy 
Fong, Department of Water Resources, 1416 Ninth Street, Room 215-28, 
Sacramento, CA 95814; Telephone: (916) 653-3496; Fax: (916) 653-6077. 
Written comments on the DEIR/DEIS should be addressed to Mr. Stephen 
Roberts, Department of Water Resources, 1416 Ninth Street, Room 215-
20A, Sacramento, CA 95814; Telephone: (916) 653-2118.
    Copies of the DEIR/DEIS are also available for public inspection 
and review at the following locations:
     Bureau of Reclamation, Regional Director, Attn: MP-152, 
2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825-1898; Telephone: (916) 979-2482
     Bureau of Reclamation, Central California Area Office, 
Attn: CC-102, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom CA 95630; Telephone: (916) 
989-7255
     The Resources Building--Water Information Center, 1416 
Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95610-7632; Telephone: (916) 653-2118
     Department of Water Resources, Delta Field Division, West 
Kelso Road, Byron, CA
     Department of Fish and Game, Bay-Delta Division 
Headquarters, 4001 North Wilson Way, Stockton, CA
    Copies of the DEIR/DEIS are also available for inspections at the 
following public libraries:
     Natural Resources Library, U.S. Department of the 
Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Main Interior Building, Washington DC 
20240-0001
     Library, Bureau of Reclamation, 6th Avenue and Kipling, 
Room 167, Building 67, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0007
     Sacramento Main Library, 8th and I Street, Sacramento, CA 
95814
     Stockton Main Library, 605 N. El Dorado Street, Stockton, 
CA 95205
     San Joaquin Delta College, Goleman Library, 5151 Pacific 
Avenue, Stockton, CA 95205
     Tracy Public Library, 20 E. Eaton Avenue, Tracy, CA 95376

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, please 
contact Mr. Alan R. Candlish, Study Manager, CC-102, Bureau of 
Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom CA 95630, Telephone: (916) 
989-7255; Mr. Stephen Roberts at (916) 653-2118; or Lee Kerin, DWR, 
(916) 654-6515.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ISDP facilities are designed to improve 
water levels and circulation in the south Delta channels to benefit 
local agriculture and fish habitat and to allow the State Water Project 
(SWP) to increase winter water diversions into Clifton Court Forebay 
(Forebay). The Forebay is adjacent to the SWP's Harvey O. Banks Delta 
Pumping Plant, where water is pumped into the California Aqueduct. The 
proposed project would enable the Banks plant to take advantage of high 
winter flows and expand pumping from 6,700 to 10,300 cubic feet per 
second. These surplus flows could then be stored in reservoirs south of 
the Delta for delivery later in the year.
    The basic components of the program are:
     Three permanent flow control structures in the south 
Delta, one on Middle River \1/2\ mile upstream of the confluence of 
Middle River, Trapper Slough, and North Canal; one on Old River \1/2\ 
mile upstream of the Delta-Mendota Canal intake; and one on Grant Line 
Canal \1/2\ mile east of Old River.
     A fish control structure on Old River \1/2\ mile 
downstream of the confluence with San Joaquin River;
     A new intake structure at the north end of Clifton Court 
Forebay; and
     Dredging of approximately 5 miles of Old River, north of 
the forebay.

    Dated: December 9, 1996.
Roger K. Patterson,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 96-31862 Filed 12-13-96; 8:45 am]
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