[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47516-47517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19580]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Colorado River Interim Surplus Criteria

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of revised dates for public hearings on the proposed 
adoption of Colorado River Interim Surplus Criteria: INT-DES 00-25.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the Council on Environmental 
Quality's Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of 
NEPA, the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), has issued a Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the proposed adoption of 
specific criteria under which surplus water conditions may be 
determined in the Lower Colorado River Basin during the next 15 years.
    This notice updates the Federal Register notice published on July 
7, 2000 (65 FR 42028) and provides notice of revised dates for public 
hearings on the proposed adoption of Colorado River Interim Surplus 
Criteria. Information on revised dates and locations for public 
hearings may be found below in the DATES section.

ADDRESSES: The comment period on the DEIS remains unchanged. Send 
comments on the DEIS to Ms. Jayne Harkins, Attention BCOO-4600, PO Box 
61470, Boulder City, Nevada, 89006-1470, or fax comments to Ms. Harkins 
at (702) 293-8042. As provided in the Federal Register notice published 
on July 7, 2000 (65 FR 42028), comments on the DEIS must be received no 
later than September 8, 2000.
    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.

DATES: The public comment period on the DEIS remains unchanged and 
comments on this DEIS must be received no later than September 8, 2000.
    Public hearings will be held to receive written or verbal comments 
on the DEIS from interested organizations and individuals on the 
environmental impacts of the proposal. The public hearings identified 
in the Federal Register notice published on July 7, 2000 (65 FR 42028) 
will not be held. Instead, a revised schedule for the hearings follows. 
The hearings will be held at the following times and locations:
     August 21, Big Bear Room, Doubletree Hotel, 222 N. 
Vineyard Ave., Ontario, CA, 7 p.m.
     August 22, Comfort Dental Conference Room, Las Vegas 
Chamber of Commerce, 3720 Howard Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas, NV, 7 p.m.
     August 23, Jazz Room, Salt Lake City International 
Airport, 765 Terminal Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah, 7 p.m.
     August 24, Meeting Room 1 on Level 3, Terminal 4, Phoenix 
Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, Arizona, 7 p.m.
    In addition to the public hearings, a separate hydrologic modeling 
meeting will be held in Las Vegas, NV. Reclamation will provide 
detailed assumptions and respond to questions regarding the model runs, 
use schedules, and post-processing analysis that was completed for this 
DEIS. The time and location for the hydrologic modeling meeting has not 
changed from the information provided in the Federal Register notice 
published on July 7, 2000 (65 FR 42028). The time and location for this 
technical meeting is as follows:
     August 15, Comfort Dental Conference Room, Las Vegas 
Chamber

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of Commerce, 3720 Howard Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas, NV, 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m.
    The hearings and the hydrologic modeling meeting will accommodate 
those with hearing impairments or other special requirements upon 
request by calling Janet Steele at (702) 293-8551 at least 48 hours 
prior to the hearing.
    The DEIS remains available for viewing on the Internet at http://www.lc.usbr.gov and http://www.uc.usbr.gov. Copies of the DEIS, in the 
form of a printed document or on compact disk, remain available upon 
written request to the following address: Ms. Janet Steele, Attention 
BCOO-4601, PO Box 61470, Boulder City, Nevada 89006-1470, Telephone: 
(702) 293-8785, or by fax at (702) 293-8042.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, contact 
Ms. Jayne Harkins at the above address or telephone Ms. Harkins at 
(702) 293-8785.

    Dated: July 28, 2000.
Erica Petacchi,
Federal Register Liaison.
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