[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 194 (Friday, October 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 58744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20187]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[FES 05-29]


Humboldt Project Conveyance, Pershing, Churchill and Lander 
Counties, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the final environmental impact 
statement (FEIS).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 102(2) of 
1969, the Bureau of Reclamation has prepared a FEIS for the Humboldt 
Project Conveyance, Pershing, Churchill, and Lander Counties, Nevada. 
The FEIS assesses the impacts of conveying title of the Humboldt 
Project (Project) and associated lands to the Pershing County Water 
Conservation District (PCWCD), State of Nevada, Lander County and 
Pershing County. The action is needed to comply with Title VIII of Pub. 
L. 107-282 which directs Reclamation to transfer title of the Project 
to the entities listed above.

DATES: Reclamation will not make a decision on the proposed action 
until at least 30 days after release of the FEIS. At the end of the 30-
day period, Reclamation will complete a Record of Decision (ROD). The 
ROD will state the action that will be implemented and will discuss all 
factors leading to the decision.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the document, 
please call (775) 884-8352, or write or e-mail Caryn Huntt DeCarlo, 
Bureau of Reclamation, Lahontan Basin Area Office, 705 N Plaza, Room 
320, Carson City, NV 89701, or e-mail [email protected]. The 
FEIS is accessible from the following Web site: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=550.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Intent to prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement was published in the Federal Register on 
February 26, 2003. A Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement (DEIS) was published in the Federal Register on 
January 28, 2005 (70 FR 4149). The written comment period on the DEIS 
ended on March 28, 2005. The FEIS contains responses to all comments 
received and reflects comments and any additional information received 
during the review period.
    The Project is located along the Humboldt River in northwestern 
Nevada. Reclamation began Project construction in 1935 and in 1941 the 
first water was delivered to agricultural lands in the Lovelock Valley 
from storage in Rye Patch Reservoir. PCWCD assumed operation of the 
Project in 1941. PCWCD has had several Project repayment contracts with 
Reclamation that have all been repaid. Project features include Battle 
Mountain Community Pasture, Rye Patch Dam and Reservoir, and the 
Humboldt Sink. Battle Mountain Community Pasture, located near Battle 
Mountain, is approximately 30,000 acres and is managed for grazing by 
the PCWCD under a lease agreement with Reclamation. Rye Patch Reservoir 
is located 26 miles upstream from Lovelock, is 21 miles in length, and 
has a capacity of 190,000 acre-feet. The State of Nevada manages the 
recreation at the reservoir under a management agreement with 
Reclamation and the PCWCD. The Humboldt Sink is also part of the 
Project and is managed by the State of Nevada under a management 
agreement with Reclamation.

Public Comment Availability

    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: August 30, 2005.
Kirk C. Rodgers,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
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