[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12823-12824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6593]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation
[DES 98 09]


Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental 
Impact Report (Draft EIS/EIR), CALFED Bay-Delta Program, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 
1969 (as amended) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), 
the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Fish and Wildlife Service, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Army Corps of Engineers, and 
the California Resources Agency, as co-lead agencies, have prepared a 
Draft EIS/EIR for the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. The CALFED Bay-Delta 
Program is a cooperative effort by 15 State and Federal agencies with 
regulatory and management responsibilities in the San Francisco Bay-
Sacramento/San Joaquin River Bay-Delta to develop a long-term plan to 
restore ecosystem health and improve water management for beneficial 
uses of the Bay-Delta system. The objective of this collaborative 
planning process is to identify comprehensive solutions to the problems 
of ecosystem quality, water supply reliability, water quality, and 
Delta levee and channel integrity. The Draft EIS/EIR identifies 12 
alternative methods to achieve this objective and analyzes the 
environmental impacts of each of those alternatives. Public hearings 
will be held in 12 cities throughout California to receive written or 
verbal comments on the Draft EIS/EIR from interested organizations and 
individuals on the environmental impacts of the proposal.

DATES: Public comments on the Draft EIS/EIR should be submitted in 
writing on or before June 1, 1998. Public hearings to receive oral 
comments on the Draft EIS/EIR will be held in various locations in 
California. See Supplementary Information section for hearing dates.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the Draft EIS/EIR should be addressed to 
Mr. Rick Breitenbach, CALFED Bay-Delta Program, 1416 Ninth Street, 
Suite 1155, Sacramento, California 95814. Requests for a printed copy 
of the Draft EIS/EIR should be addressed to Mr. Rick Breitenbach, 
CALFED Bay-Delta Program, 1416 Ninth Street, Suite 1155, Sacramento, 
California 95814; telephone: (800) 900-3587. When requesting a copy, 
please specify whether you would like the Executive Summary or a 
complete set of the Draft EIS/EIR with 11 Appendices. Copies of the 
Draft EIS/EIR are also available for public inspection and review. See 
Supplementary Information section for locations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request copies of the Draft EIS/EIR 
or for additional information, contact Mr. Rick Breitenbach, CALFED 
Bay-Delta Program, 1416 Ninth Street, Suite 1155, Sacramento, CA 95814; 
telephone: (800) 900-3587.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Hearing Dates

     April 21, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. in Ontario, California
     April 22, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. in Fresno, California
     April 23, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. in Oakland, California
     April 28, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. in Burbank, California
     April 29, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. in Bakersfield, California
     April 30, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. in Santa Cruz, California
     May 5, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. in Irvine, California
     May 6, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. in Walnut Grove, California
     May 7, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. in Chico, California
     May 12, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. in Encinitas, California
     May 13, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. in Pittsburg, California
     May 14, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. in Redding, California

Hearing Locations

     Holiday Inn, 3400 Shelby Street, Ontario, California

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     Ramada Inn, 324 E. Shaw Avenue, Fresno, California
     Oakland Masonic Center, 3903 Broadway, Oakland, California
     Fire Training Center, 1845 N. Ontario, Burbank, California
     Kern Agricultural Pavillion, 501 S. Mount Vernon, 
Bakersfield, California
     Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright, Santa Cruz, 
California
     University High School, 4771 Campus Drive, Irvine, 
California
     Gean Harvie Center, 14273 River Road, Walnut Grove, 
California
     Chico Community Center, 545 Vallombrosa Avenue, Chico, 
California
     Encinitas City Council Center, 505 S. Vulcan Avenue, 
Encinitas, California
     Marina Center, 340 Marina Center, Pittsburg, California
     The Doubletree, 1830 Hilltop Drive, Redding, California
    Copies of the Draft/EIR are available for public inspection at:
     Bureau of Reclamation, Program Analysis Office, Room 7456, 
1849 C Street NW, Washington DC; telephone: (202) 208-4662
     Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office Library, Building 67, 
Room 167, Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, Denver CO; telephone: 
(303) 236-6963
     Bureau of Reclamation, Regional Director, Attention: MP-
140, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA; telephone: (916) 978-5100
     Natural Resources Library, U.S. Department of the 
Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Main Interior Building, Washington DC
    Copies will also be available for inspection at the following 
libraries: Amador County Library; Auburn-Placer County Library; 
Berkeley Public Library; Butte County Library; Calaveras County 
Library; California State Archives; California State Library; 
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; California State 
Resources Library; California State University, Bakersfield; California 
State University, Chico; California State University, Fresno; 
California State University, Long Beach; California State University, 
Sacramento; California State University, San Diego; California State 
University, San Francisco; California State University, San Jose; 
California State University, Stanislaus; Colusa County Free Library; 
Contra Costa County Library; Contra Costa Library; The Council of State 
Governments; County of Los Angeles Public Library, Government 
Publications; County of Los Angeles Public Library, Lancaster Library; 
Dixon Unified School District Library; El Dorado County Library; Fresno 
County Public Library; Golden Gate University; Grass Valley Library, 
Nevada County Library; Humboldt County Library; Inyo County Free 
Library; Kern County Library; Kings County Library; Lake County 
Library; Library of Congress; Lodi Public Library; Los Angeles County 
Law Library; Los Angeles Public Library; Los Banos Branch Library, 
Merced County Library; Madera County Library; Marin County Library; 
Mariposa County Library; Mendicino County Library; Merced County 
Library; Mono County Free Library; Monterey County Free Libraries, Napa 
City-County Library; Natural Resources Library; Nevada County Library; 
Oakland Public Library; Orange County Public Library; Orland Free 
Library; Plumas County Library; Quincy Library Group; Sacramento County 
Law Library; Sacramento Public Library; San Diego County Library; San 
Diego Public Library; San Francisco Public Library; San Jose Public 
Library; San Luis Obispo City-County Library; Santa Barbara Public 
Library; Santa Clara County Library; Santa Cruz Public Library; Shasta 
County Library; Solano County Library; Sonoma County Library; Stanford 
University; Stanislaus County Free Library; Stockton-San Joaquin County 
Public Library; Sutter County Library; Tehama County Library; Tulare 
County Free Library; Tulare Public Library; Tuolumne County Free 
Library; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, 
Davis; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, 
San Diego; University of California, Santa Barbara Library; Willows 
Public Library; Yolo County Library; Yuba County Library.

    Dated: March 4, 1998.
Roger K. Patterson,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 98-6593 Filed 3-13-98; 8:45 am]
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