[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)] [Notices] [Pages 2428-2429] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 00-895] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Reclamation Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and New Mexico, INT-DES-00-02 AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Availability and Notice of Public Hearings for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement to the 1996 Final Supplement to the Final Environmental Statement for the Animas-La Plata Project. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 (as amended), the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), has prepared a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) to the 1996 Final Supplement to the Final Environmental Statement for the Animas-La Plata Project (ALP). The DSEIS will evaluate the environmental impacts of various alternatives for final implementation of the Colorado Ute Settlement Act. One of the alternatives analyzed is the Administration Proposal, which was announced on August 11, 1998, and is limited to a smaller dam and reservoir designed to supply municipal and industrial water to the Colorado Ute Tribes, Navajo Nation, and non-Indian entities in the local area. This modified project deviates from those previously evaluated for ALP, thus necessitating the need for supplemental environmental review. The proposal also contains a nonstructural element as part of the settlement implementation which has not been the subject of any previous analysis under NEPA. Three public hearings will be held to receive comments from interested individuals and organizations on the environmental impacts of the proposal. DATES: A 60-day public review period commences with the publication of this notice. Written comments on the DSEIS are due by March 17, 2000 and should be submitted to the Four Corners Division Manager, Bureau of Reclamation. Public hearings on the DSEIS will be held during the month of February in Durango, Farmington, and Denver. The public hearings schedule is as follows: February 15, 2000, 7-9 p.m., Double Tree Hotel, Main Ballroom, 501 Camino Del Rio, Durango, Colorado February 16, 2000, 7-9 p.m., Farmington Civic Center, Exhibition Hall 1, 200 West Arrington, Farmington, New Mexico. February 17, 2000, 7-9 p.m., Denver Convention Center, Room A-209, 700 14th Street, Denver, Colorado. ADDRESSES: Written comments on the DSEIS should be addressed to Pat Schumacher, Four Corners Division Manager, Four Corners Division of the Western Colorado Area Office, 835 East Second Avenue, Suite 300, Durango, Colorado 81301-5475; telephone (970) 385-6590; faxogram (970) 385-6539; E-mail ALPDSEISC[email protected]. The document is available on the Internet at http://www.uc.usbr.gov under the Environmental Studies, Summaries & Reports heading. If requesting copies of the DSEIS, contact Mr. Schumacher using any of the methods noted above. Our practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home address from public disclosure, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will make all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of [[Page 2429]] organizations or businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety. Copies of the DSEIS are also available for public review and inspection at the following locations:Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior, Room 7455, 18th and C Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office Library, Denver Federal Center, Building 67, Room 67, Denver, Colorado 80225. Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, 125 South State Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138. Bureau of Reclamation, Four Corners Division of the Western Colorado Area Office, 835 East Second Avenue, Suite 300, Durango, Colorado 81301-5475. Bureau of Reclamation, Western Colorado Area Office, 2764 Compass Drive, Suite 106, Grand Junction, Colorado 81506. Local Affairs Department/Division of Local Government, Attention: Charles Unseld, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 521, Denver, Colorado 80203. Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, Attention: Jennifer A. Salisbury, Secretary, 2040 South Pacheco Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505. Libraries Copies will also be available for public review and inspection at the following public libraries: Colorado Colorado State University Library, Ft. Collins Cortez City Library Denver City Library Durango High School Library Durango Public Library Ft. Lewis College Library, Durango University of Northern Colorado Library, Greeley University of Denver, Penrose Library, Denver University of Colorado, Norlin Library, Boulder New Mexico Albuquerque Public Library Alturian Public Library, Aztec Bloomfield City Library Farmington Public Library Navajo Community College Library, Shiprock New Mexico State Library, Santa Fe New Mexico State University Library, Las Cruces San Juan College Library, Farmington University of New Mexico Library, Albuquerque Zimmerman Library, Albuquerque FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Beck, Team Leader, Bureau of Reclamation, Four Corners Division of the Western Colorado Area Office, 835 East Second Avenue, Suite 300, Durango, Colorado 81301-5475, telephone (970) 385-6558. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For supplementary information please see the Federal Register notice of January 4, 1999, 64 FR 176-179. Dated: January 10, 2000. Eluid Martinez, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation. [FR Doc. 00-895 Filed 1-13-00; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-94-P