[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35996-35997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16925]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Central Valley Project Improvement Act, Criteria for Evaluating 
Water Management Plans

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: To meet the requirements of the Central Valley Project 
Improvement Act (CVPIA) of 1992 and the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, 
the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) developed and published the 
Criteria for Evaluating Water Conservation Plans (Criteria). Contra 
Costa Water District has developed a Water Management Plan (Plan), 
which Reclamation has evaluated and preliminarily determined to meet 
the requirements of these Criteria. Reclamation is publishing this 
notice to allow the public to comment on the preliminary 
determinations. Public comment on Reclamation's preliminary (i.e., 
draft) determination of Contra Costa Water District's Plan is invited 
at this time.

DATES: All public comments must be received by August 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Please e-mail comments to Lucille Billingsley, Bureau of 
Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California, or 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To be placed on a mailing list for any 
subsequent information, please contact Lucille Billingsley at the e-
mail address above, or by telephone at (916) 978-5215 (TDD 978-5608).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are inviting the public to comment on our 
preliminary (i.e., draft) determination of the adequcy of Contra Costa 
Water District's Plan. Section 3405(e) of the CVPIA (Title 34 Public 
Law 102-575), requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish and 
administer an office on Central Valley Project water conservation best 
management practices that shall * * * develop criteria for evaluating 
the adequacy of all water conservation plans developed by project 
contractors, including those plans required by section 210 of the 
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982. ``Also, according to section 3405 
(e)(1), these criteria will be developed * * *  with the purpose of 
promoting the highest level of water use efficiency reasonably 
achievable by project contractors using best available cost-effective 
technology and best management practices.''
    These Criteria states that all parties (Contractors) that contract 
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Reclamation for water supplies (municipal and industrial contracts over 
2,000 acre-feet and agricultural contracts over 2,000 irrigable acres) 
must prepare Plans that contain the following information:
    1. Description of the District
    2. Inventory of Water Resources
    3. Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Agricultural Contractors
    4. BMP's for Urban Contractors
    5. Plan Implementation
    6. Exemption Process
    7. Regional Criteria
    8. Five Year Revisions
    Reclamation will evaluate Contra Costa Water District's Plan based 
on these Criteria. 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 allowably 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.
    A copy of the Plan will be available for review at Reclamation's 
Mid-Pacific (MP) Regional Office located in Sacramento, California, and 
MP's South-Central California Area Office located in Fresno, 
California. If you wish to review a copy of the plan, please contact 
Ms. Billingsley to find the office nearest you.

    Dated: May 30, 2001.
John F. Davis,
Regional Resources Manager.
[FR Doc. 01-16925 Filed 7-9-01; 8:45 am]
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