[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 48 (Thursday, March 12, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 12068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6364]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

43 CFR Part 414

RIN 1006-AA40


Public Meeting on Proposed Rule and Draft Programmatic 
Environmental Assessment for Offstream Storage of Colorado River Water 
and Interstate Redemption of Storage Credits in the Lower Division 
States

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) published a notice of 
proposed rulemaking on December 31, 1997 (62 FR 68491), which included 
the text of a proposed rule titled, ``Offstream Storage of Colorado 
River Water and Interstate Redemption of Storage Credits in the Lower 
Division States.'' Reclamation also published a notice of availability 
of a draft programmatic environmental assessment on December 31, 1997 
(62 FR 68465).

DATES: The public meeting will be held on March 27, 1998, at 2 p.m., 
Ontario, California.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Marriott Hotel 
Airport, 2200 East Holt Boulevard, Ontario, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any person with questions concerning 
the public meeting can contact Mr. Dale Ensminger at telephone (702) 
293-8659 or fax (702) 293-8402.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This public meeting will be conducted as an 
open house where Reclamation will discuss and answer questions from the 
public on various aspects of its proposed rule and draft programmatic 
environmental assessment. The meeting will commence at 2 p.m. and will 
conclude when all persons wishing to speak have had an opportunity to 
do so or 6 p.m., whichever is earlier. Each individual who wishes to 
participate will be initially allotted 20 minutes in which to make a 
statement or ask questions. After all persons wishing to speak have had 
a chance to be heard, if requested, Reclamation will consider allowing 
additional time.
    Any person, whether or not that individual attends the public 
meeting or submits oral testimony at the meeting, may submit written 
comments on the proposed rule and the draft programmatic environmental 
assessment. There is no limit to the length of written comments. 
However, written comments should be specific, confined to the issues 
pertinent to the proposed rule or the draft programmatic environmental 
assessment, and should explain the reason for any recommended change. 
Reclamation will accept written comments through April 3, 1998 (63 FR 
9992, February 27, 1998 and 63 FR 10039, February 27, 1998), in 
accordance with the criteria set forth in the notice of proposed 
rulemaking published in the Federal Register on December 31, 1997 (62 
FR 68491).

    Dated: March 6, 1998.
Steven C. Hvinden,
Water Administration Manager, Boulder Canyon Operations Office.
[FR Doc. 98-6364 Filed 3-11-98; 8:45 am]
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