[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2157-2158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-778]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Humboldt Project Conveyance, Pershing and Lander Counties, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public scoping meetings for the environmental impact 
statement.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) published a Notice of 
Intent on February 26, 2003, to prepare a draft environmental impact 
statement (DEIS) for the Humboldt Project Conveyance (FR 68 8924). 
Reclamation will be conducting two public scoping meetings to elicit 
comments on the scope and issues to be addressed in the DEIS. The DEIS 
is expected to be issued in the fall of 2004.

DATES: Two public scoping meetings will be held:
    [sbull] Wednesday, February 18, 2004, 7-9 p.m. in Battle Mountain, 
Nevada.

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    [sbull] Thursday, February 19, 2004, 7-9 p.m. in Reno, Nevada.
    Written comments on the scope of alternatives and impacts to be 
considered should be sent to Reclamation at the address below by March 
22, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The scoping meetings will be held at:
    [sbull] Battle Mountain, Nevada, at the Battle Mountain Civic 
Center at 6255 Broad Street.
    [sbull] Reno, Nevada, at the Washoe County Bartley Ranch Park at 
6000 Bartley Ranch Road.
    Written comments on the scope of the proposed action should be sent 
to Caryn Huntt DeCarlo, Bureau of Reclamation, Lahontan Basin Area 
Office, 705 N Plaza, Room 320, Carson City, NV 89701; or by telephone 
at (775) 884-8352; or faxed to (775) 882-7592 (TDD 775-487-5933).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caryn Huntt DeCarlo, Bureau of 
Reclamation, at the above address and telephone number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Humboldt Project (Project) is located 
along the Humboldt River in northwestern Nevada. Project features 
include Battle Mountain Community Pasture, Rye Patch Dam and Reservoir, 
and the Humboldt Sink. Reclamation is preparing a DEIS to analyze the 
action of conveying title of the Humboldt Project and associated lands 
to several entities. The conveyance is authorized under Title VIII of 
Public Law 107-282.
    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 
may also 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.

    Dated: December 17, 2003.
Frank Michny,
Regional Environmental Officer, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 04-778 Filed 1-13-04; 8:45 am]
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