[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 107 (Friday, June 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35393-35394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13796]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Notice of Availability of a Draft Agency Handbook on the National 
Environmental Policy Act; Extension of Public Comment Period

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the public comment period for 
Reclamation's draft agency handbook is extended 16 days to end on July 
5, 2000.

DATES: The end of the public comment period, as originally noted in the 
Federal Register (65 FR 21210) on April 20, 2000, was to be June 19, 
2000. The public comment period is now extended to July 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the NEPA Handbook should be addressed to 
Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Policy, Attention: Dr. Darrell Cauley, 
Manager--Environmental and Planning Coordination, D-5100, Denver 
Federal Center, PO Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007.

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    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. There 
also may be circumstances in which we would withhold a respondent's 
identity from public disclosure, as 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 organizations or 
businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety.
    Copies of the NEPA Handbook may also be requested from Theresa 
Taylor at the above address, via the Internet at [email protected], or 
by calling (303) 445-2826. The entire document is available at http://www.usbr.gov/nepa on the Internet.
    Copies of the NEPA Handbook are available for public inspection and 
review at the following locations:
     Bureau of Reclamation, Reclamation Service Center Library, 
Building 67, Room 167, Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, Denver, 
Colorado 80225; telephone: (303) 445-2072
     Natural Resources Library, U.S. Department of the 
Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Main Interior Building, Washington DC 
20240-0001

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theresa Taylor, Bureau of Reclamation, 
Office of Policy, at (303) 445-2826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests for the document have depleted our 
supply. To accommodate requests, more copies are being printed for 
distribution. Reclamation's goal is to give the public a reasonable 
opportunity to review and offer comments on the content of this 
handbook. The NEPA Handbook was developed to assist Reclamation 
employees who are required to comply with the National Environmental 
Policy Act and various other environmental laws as part of their daily 
work. Reclamation's NEPA Handbook was first published in 1984, not in 
1991 as previously reported on April 20, 2000. After Reclamation was 
re-organized in 1994 to reflect a de-centralization of decision making 
and authority, the NEPA Handbook needed major revisions to reflect the 
re-organization and to update the content. The handbook was extensively 
revised and has gone through various stages of review both internally 
and with the Council on Environmental Quality. At the commencement of 
the extended public review period, comments received will be considered 
as part of a final revision of the handbook.

    Dated: May 25, 2000.
Wayne O. Deason,
Associate Director.
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