[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 7260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3200]


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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:
     Corning Water District.
     Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District.
     Feather Water District.
     Orland-Artois Water District.
     Proberta Water District.
     Westside 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 review the plans and comment on 
the preliminary determinations. Public comment on Reclamation's 
preliminary (i.e., draft) determination is invited at this time.

DATES: All public comments must be received by March 15, 2004.

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 Pub. L. 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. 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. A copy of 
these Plans will be available for review at Reclamation's Mid-Pacific 
(MP) Regional Office located in Sacramento, California, and the local 
area office.
    Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual 
respondents may request that Reclamation withhold their home address 
from public disclosure, and we will honor such request to the extent 
allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which Reclamation 
would elect to 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 
comments. We will make all submissions from organizations, businesses, 
and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or 
officials of organizations or businesses available for public 
disclosure in their entirety. If you wish to review a copy of these 
Plans, please contact Mr. White to find the office nearest you.

    Dated: January 27, 2004.
Donna E. Tegelman,
Regional Resources Manager, Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 04-3200 Filed 2-12-04; 8:45 am]
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