[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62988-62989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25652]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Central Valley Project Improvement Act, Water Management Plans

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The following Water Management Plans are available for review:
    [sbull] Colusa County Water District
    [sbull] Westlands Water District
    To meet the requirements of the Central Valley Project Improvement 
Act of 1992 (CVPIA) and the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, the Bureau 
of Reclamation (Reclamation) developed and published the Criteria for 
Evaluating Water Management Plans (Criteria).

    Note: For the purpose of this announcement, Water Management 
Plans (Plans) are considered the same as Water Conservation Plans. 
The above entities have developed a Plan, which Reclamation has 
evaluated and preliminarily determined to meet the requirements of 
these Criteria. Reclamation is publishing this notice in order to 
allow the public to comment on the preliminary determinations. 
Public comment to Reclamation's preliminary (i.e., draft) 
determination is invited at this time.


DATES: All public comments must be received by November 8, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Please mail comments to Bryce White, Bureau of Reclamation, 
2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825, or contact at 916-978-
5208 (TDD 978-5608), or e-mail at [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 or telephone number above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are inviting the public to comment on our 
preliminary (i.e., draft) determination of Plan adequacy. 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

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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. BMPs for Urban Contractors
5. Plan Implementation
6. Exemption Process
7. Regional Criteria
8. Five-Year Revisions

    Reclamation will evaluate Plans 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 entity.
    A copy of these Plans will be available for review at Reclamation's 
Mid-Pacific Regional Office located in Sacramento, California, and the 
local Area Office. If you wish to review a copy of these Plans, please 
contact Mr. White at the email address or telephone number above.

    Dated: September 30, 2002.
Donna E. Tegelman,
Regional Resources Manager, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 02-25652 Filed 10-8-02; 8:45 am]
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