[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50213-50214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18558]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[INT-DES-04-3]


Platte River Recovery Implementation Program

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Extension of review and comment period for draft environmental 
impact statement (DEIS).

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SUMMARY: The notice of availability for the DEIS was published in the 
Federal Register on January 26, 2004 (69 FR 3600), with the public 
review and comment period originally scheduled to end April 2, 2004. At 
the request of the State of Colorado, the public review and comment 
period is being extended to September 20, 2004.

DATES: Submit comments on the DEIS on or before September 20, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on, or requests for copies of, the DEIS 
should be addressed to the Platte River EIS Office (PL-100), PO Box 
25007, Denver, Colorado, 80225-0007, telephone 303-445-2096, or by 
sending an email to [email protected]. A copy of the DEIS Summary, 
and/or technical reports or appendices may also be obtained by calling 
303-445-2096. The DEIS and Summary is also accessible at http://www.platteriver.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn Holt, Platte River EIS Office 
303-445-2096, or by sending an email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Reclamation and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service (Service) have prepared this DEIS to analyze the impacts of the 
First Increment (13 years) of a proposed Recovery Implementation 
Program (Program) to benefit the target species (whooping crane, 
interior least tern, piping plover, and pallid sturgeon) and their 
habitat in the Platte River Basin and to provide compliance with the 
Endangered Species Act (ESA) for

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certain historic and future water uses in the Platte River Basin in 
Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming. The habitat objectives of the proposed 
Program include: improving flows in the Central Platte River through 
water re-regulation and conservation/supply projects; and protecting, 
restoring, and maintaining at least 10,000 acres of habitat in the 
Central Platte River area between Lexington and Chapman, Nebraska. The 
DEIS analyzes the impacts of four alternatives to implement the 
Program.
    The programmatic DEIS focuses on impacts that the Program may have 
on hydrology, water quality, land, target species and their habitat, 
other species, hydropower, recreation, economics, and social and 
cultural resources. Subsequent National Environmental Policy Act and 
ESA documents required for implementation of specific Program actions 
will be tiered off of this document.

Public Disclosure Statement

    Comments received in response to this notice will become part of 
the administrative record for this project and are subject to public 
inspection. Comments, including names and home addresses of 
respondents, will be available for public review. Individual 
respondents may request that Reclamation withhold their home address 
from public disclosure, which will be honored to the extent allowable 
by law. There also may be circumstances in which Reclamation would 
withhold a respondent's identity from public disclosure, as allowable 
by law. If you wish to have your name and/or address withheld, you must 
state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. Reclamation 
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: July 29, 2004.
Mary Josie Blanchard,
Deputy Director, Environmental Policy & Compliance.
[FR Doc. 04-18558 Filed 8-12-04; 8:45 am]
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