[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 119 (Thursday, June 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 42056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15525]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[FES 02-18]


American River Pump Station Project, Placer County, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement/ Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR).

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the Placer County 
Water Agency (PCWA) have prepared a Final EIS/EIR for the American 
River Pump Station Project.
    The proposed project would develop a pump station and related 
facilities on the North Fork American River near Auburn, California. 
The project would allow PCWA to convey its Middle Fork Project water 
entitlement to the Auburn Ravine tunnel to meet demands within its 
service area, eliminate safety concerns associated with the Auburn Dam 
construction bypass tunnel, restore the dewatered portion of the North 
Fork American River at the Auburn Dam construction site, and provide 
public river access in the project area. Both facilities and diversion-
related impacts are addressed in the Draft EIS/EIR.
    Notice of the Draft EIS/EIR was published in the Federal Register 
on September 13, 2001 (66 FR 47685). The public hearing was held on 
October 11, 2001. The written comment period ended December 13, 2001. 
The Final EIS/EIR contains responses to all comments received and 
changes made to the text of the Draft EIS/EIR as a result of those 
comments.

DATES: Reclamation will not make a decision on the proposed action 
until 30 days after release of the Final EIS/EIR. After the 30-day 
waiting period, Reclamation will complete a Record of Decision (ROD). 
The ROD will state the action that will be implemented and will discuss 
all factors leading to the decision.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final EIS/EIR in hard copy or on CD may be 
requested from Ms. Carol Brown, Surface Water Resources, Inc., at (916) 
563-6360. The document can also be viewed on Reclamation's web page at 
http://www.mp.usbr.gov/F_projects.html.
    See Supplementary Information section for locations where copies of 
the Final EIS/EIR are available for public inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Roderick Hall, Reclamation, at 
(916) 989-7279, TDD (916) 989-7285, or e-mail [email protected]; or Mr. 
Brent Smith, PCWA, at (530) 823-4886.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the Final EIS/EIR are available 
for public inspection and review at the following locations:

 Auburn-Placer County Library, 350 Nevada Street, Auburn, CA 
95603
 El Dorado County Main Library, 345 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 
95667
 Georgetown Divide Public Utility District, 6425 Main Street, 
Georgetown, CA 95634
 Lincoln Library, 590 5th Street, Lincoln, CA 95648
 Loomis Branch Library, 6050 Library Drive, Loomis, CA 95650
 Penryn Library, 2215 Rippey Road, Penryn, CA 95663
 Placer County Water Agency, 144 Ferguson Road, Auburn, CA 
95604
 Rocklin Library, 5460 5th, Rocklin, CA 95677
 Sacramento Public Library, 828 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
 Bureau of Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630
 Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office Library, Building 67, 
Room 167, Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, Denver, CO 80225, 
telephone: (303) 445-2072
 Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Public Affairs, 2800 Cottage 
Way, Sacramento, CA 95825-1898, telephone (916) 978-5100
 Natural Resources Library, U.S. Department of the Interior, 
1849 C Street, NW., Main Interior Building, Washington, DC 20240-0001

    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 available for public disclosure in their 
entirety.

    Dated: June 3, 2002.
Kirk C. Rodgers,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 02-15525 Filed 6-19-02; 8:45 am]
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