[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71153-71154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34025]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[FES 98-41]
Bureau of Reclamation


Proposed Sacramento County Water Agency and San Juan Water 
District Central Valley Project Water Service Contracts Under Public 
Law 101-514, Sacramento County, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of final environmental impact statement/
final environmental impact report (FEIS/FEIR).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 
the California Environmental Policy Act (CEQA), the Bureau of 
Reclamation (Reclamation) and the Sacramento County Water Agency 
(Agency) as lead agencies have prepared a joint FEIS/FEIR for the 
proposed Agency and San Juan Water District (District) Central Valley 
Project water service contracts for use in Sacramento County, 
California, and construction and operation of a temperature control 
device (TCD) on the water supply intake at Folsom Dam. Reclamation and 
the Agency prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Draft 
Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/DEIR) for the proposed contracts in 
July 1997. The Agency sent out a recirculated DEIR in August 1998 for a 
45-day review.
    The purpose of the FEIS/FEIR is to address the potential 
environmental and socioeconomic impacts resulting from the execution of 
water service contracts with the Agency and the District, and from the 
TCD. The FEIS/FEIR includes all comments received on the DEIS/DEIR 
(including the recirculated DEIR) and responses to those comments.

DATES: No Federal decision will be made on the proposed action until 
January 22, 1999. After this 30-day waiting period, Reclamation will

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complete a Record of Decision. It is expected that the Board of 
Directors of the Agency will adopt a Notice of Determination pursuant 
to CEQA in December 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the FEIS/FEIR may be requested from Mr. Tad 
Berkebile, Sacramento County Water Agency, 827 Seventh Street, Room 
301, Sacramento CA 95814; telephone: (916) 874-6851. See Supplementary 
Information section for locations where the FEIS/FEIR is available for 
public inspection and review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tad Berkebile at (916) 874-6851 or 
Mr. Cecil Lesley, Bureau of Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom 
CA 95630, telephone: (916) 989-7221 or TDD (916) 989-7285.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Law 101-514, Section 206, authorizes 
and directs the Secretary of the Interior to enter into long-term 
municipal and industrial water supply contracts to meet the immediate 
water needs of Sacramento County. Contracts under Public Law 101-514, 
Section 206, are not subject to the prohibition on new Reclamation 
contracts of Public Law 102-575, Title XXXIV. However, any contracts 
under Public Law 101-514 are required to have terms and conditions that 
allow the Secretary to amend the contracts as necessary to meet the 
obligations of applicable State and Federal laws. The law specifically 
directs the Secretary to enter into contracts up to 22,000 acre-feet 
per year with Sacramento County and up to 13,000 acre-feet per year 
with the San Juan Water District (serving a part of northeastern 
Sacramento County). Water delivered annually under these contracts is 
at the discretion of the Secretary, who will make a determination of 
the amount to be made available ``based upon the quantity of water 
actually needed after considering reasonable efforts to (i) promote 
full utilization of existing water entitlement within Sacramento 
County, (ii) implement water conservation and metering programs within 
areas served by the contract, and (iii) implement programs to maximize 
to the extent feasible conjunctive use of surface water and 
groundwater'' (Public Law 101-514, Section 206 [b][(1)]. Of its annual 
allocation of 22,000 acre-feet per year, the Agency intends to provide 
up to 7,000 acre-feet per year to the City of Folsom through a 
subcontract.
    No potentially affected Indian Trust Assets (ITA's) have been 
identified by Reclamation for the proposed project or alternatives.
    Copies of the FEIS/FEIR are available for public inspection and 
review at the following locations:
     Bureau of Reclamation, Central California Area Office at 
7794 Folsom Dam Road in Folsom, CA.
     Bureau of Reclamation at 2800 Cottage Way, Room E-1704 in 
Sacramento, CA.
     Sacramento County Water Agency at 827 Seventh Street, Room 
301 in Sacramento, CA.
     Sacramento County Clerk-Recorder's Office at 600 Eighth 
Street in Sacramento, CA.
     San Juan Water District at 9935 Auburn-Folsom Road in 
Granite Bay, CA.
     Sacramento Central Library at 828 I Street in Sacramento, 
CA.
     Folsom Library at 300 Purcifer Street in Folsom, CA.
     City of Folsom, Public Works Department at 50 Natoma 
Street in Folsom, CA.

    Dated: December 14, 1998.
Kirk C. Rodgers,
Deputy Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 98-34025 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 am]
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