[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41267-41268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19697]


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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). Fresno 
Irrigation 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 Fresno Irrigation District's Plan is invited at this time.

DATES: All public comments must be received by September 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Please mail comments to Bryce White, Bureau of Reclamation, 
2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento California, 95825, or e-mail them to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To be placed on a mailing list for any 
subsequent information, please contact Bryce White at the e-mail 
address above, or by telephone at (916) 978-5208 (TDD 978-5608).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are inviting the public to comment on our 
preliminary (i.e., draft) determination of the adequacy of Fresno 
Irrigation 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 must 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 state that all parties (Contractors) that contract 
with 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 Fresno Irrigation 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 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.
    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 
Mr. White to find the office nearest you.


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    Dated: July 17, 2001.
John F. Davis,
Regional Resources Manager.
[FR Doc. 01-19697 Filed 8-6-01; 8:45 am]
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