[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57895-57896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19824]


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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:
     City of Fairfield
     City of Fresno
     Pacheco Water District
     Solano County Water Agency
    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) has 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 districts have developed 
Plans, 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 November 3, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Please mail comments to Leslie Barbre, Bureau of 
Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825, or contact 
at 916-978-5232 (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 Ms. Barbre 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 (BMPs) 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. BMPs for Agricultural Contractors
    4. BMPs for Urban Contractors
    5. BMP Plan Implementation
    6. BMP Exemption Justification
    Reclamation will evaluate Plans based on these Criteria. A copy of 
these Plans will be available for review at

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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 Ms. Barbre to find the office nearest you.

    Dated: August 26, 2005.
Donna E. Tegelman,
Regional Resources Manager, Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 05-19824 Filed 10-3-05; 8:45 am]
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