[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 16340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4707]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV-040-5101-ER-F851; NVN-79734; 6-08807]


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and 
Initiate the Public Scoping Process for Lincoln County Water District 
Proposed Water Production Wells, Water Transmission Pipeline, Electric 
Lines, and Communication Lines in Southwestern Lincoln County; NV

AGENCY:  Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION:  Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement 
and Initiate Scoping.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as amended, notice is hereby given that the Bureau 
of Land Management (BLM), Nevada State Office and Ely Field Office, 
will be initiating the preparation of an environmental impact statement 
(EIS) and conducting public scoping meetings to analyze the proposed 
Kane Springs Valley (KSV) Groundwater Development Project, which will 
include production wells, a water transmission pipeline with lateral 
pipelines, electric lines, and communication lines. The purpose of the 
project is to develop and convey water from Kane Springs Valley to 
private land in the Coyote Springs Valley.

DATES: The scoping comment period will commence with the publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register and will end on May 1, 2006. 
Comments on the scope of the EIS, including concerns, issues, or 
proposed alternatives that should be considered in the EIS must be 
submitted in writing to the address below and will be accepted 
throughout the scoping period. There will also be public meetings 
during the 30-day scoping period. The dates, times, and locations of 
the public meetings will be announced through the local news media.

ADDRESSES: Please mail written comments to the BLM, Ely Field Office, 
HC 33 Box 33500, Ely Nevada 89301, (fax (775) 289-1910). Comments 
submitted during this EIS process, including names and street addresses 
of respondents will be available for public review at the Ely Field 
Office during regular business hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except holidays. Individual respondents may request 
confidentiality. If you wish to withhold your name and address from 
public review or disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you 
must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. Such 
requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. All submissions 
from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
business, will be made available for public inspection in their 
entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Penny Woods, BLM Nevada State Office, 
(775) 861-6466. You may also contact Ms. Woods to have your name added 
to the EIS mailing list.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The KSV Groundwater Development Project, 
which is being proposed by the Lincoln County Water District (LCWD), 
would be located in southwestern Lincoln County. The proposed project 
would develop and convey groundwater in Kane Springs Valley to private 
land (formerly known as the Aerojet land) in the Coyote Springs Valley. 
The volume of water to be transported through the proposed facilities 
would be approximately 5,000 acre-feet per year.
    The proposed facilities include 7 groundwater production wells 
(16'' diameter), 4-mile long water transmission pipeline (24'' 
diameter), and lateral pipelines (12'' diameter) to connect the 
transmission pipeline to the production wells. The pipelines and wells 
would be located along or near the Kane Springs Road. The proposed 
width of the permanent right-of-way for the transmission pipeline and 
lateral pipelines is 20 feet. During construction of the pipelines, a 
temporary width of 60 feet would be needed. Electric and communication 
lines would be located within the permanent right-of-way for the 
pipelines. Access roads approximately 12 feet in width would be needed 
from the Kane Springs Road to each well site. Each well site would 
require a temporary construction area of 100 feet x 200 feet.
    The facilities would be generally located within and/or across the 
following public lands about 65 miles northeast of Las Vegas:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 11 S., R. 63 E.,
    Sections 1, 11, 12, 14 and 15.
T. 11 S., R. 64 E.,
    Section 6.

    A map of the proposed project is available for viewing at the 
Bureau of Land Management, Ely Field Office, 702 North Industrial Way, 
Ely NV 89301.

    Dated: March 27, 2006.
Amy Lueders,
Associate State Director, Nevada.
 [FR Doc. E6-4707 Filed 3-30-06; 8:45 am]
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