[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 213 (Friday, November 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64737-64738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18579]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Contra Costa Water District Alternative Intake Project, Contra 
Costa and San Joaquin Counties, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Report/ Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS).

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the Contra Costa 
Water District (CCWD) have prepared a Final EIR/EIS for the proposed 
Contra Costa Water District Alternative Intake Project. The Draft EIR/
EIS evaluated the potential environmental effects of five alternatives: 
the No-Action Alternative and four action alternatives. The Final EIR/
EIS contains responses to comments received on the Draft EIR/EIS.
    A Notice of Availability of the Draft EIR/EIS was published in the 
Federal Register on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 (71 FR 27275). The public 
review period on the Draft EIR/EIS ended on Monday, June 26, 2006.

DATES: Reclamation will not make a decision on the Proposed Action 
until at least 30 days after release of the Final EIR/EIS. 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.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final EIR/EIS may be requested from Ms. 
Samantha Salvia, Project Manager, Contra Costa Water District, P.O. Box 
H2O, Concord, CA 94524-2099; telephone: 925-688-8057; e-mail: 
[email protected]. Copies of the Final EIR/EIS are 
available for public inspection at:
     Bureau of Reclamation, Regional Library, 2800 Cottage Way, 
Sacramento, CA.
     Contra Costa Water District, 1331 Concord Ave., Concord, 
CA.
     Antioch Public Library, 501 W. 18th Street, Antioch, CA .
     Brentwood Public Library, 751 Third Street, Brentwood, CA.
     Concord Public Library, 2900 Salvio Street, Concord, CA.
    The Final EIR/EIS and related documents are also available at 
Reclamation's Web site at www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=1818 and CCWD's project Web site at http://www.ccwater-alternativeintake.com.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Katrina Chow, Project Manager, 
Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, 2800 Cottage Way, MP-730, 
Sacramento, CA 95825-1898, 916-978-5067, [email protected]; or Ms. 
Samantha Salvia, Project Manager, Contra Costa Water District, P.O. Box 
H2O, Concord, CA 94524-2099, 925-688-8057, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The project purpose is to protect and 
improve the quality of water delivered to CCWD's untreated- and 
treated-water customers. Project objectives are to improve delivered 
water quality, especially during drought periods; protect and improve 
health and/aesthetic benefits to customers; improve operational 
flexibility; and protect delivered water quality during emergencies. 
Water quality problems for CCWD result from elevated concentrations of 
salinity (chloride and bromide), minerals, organic carbon, and 
turbidity at CCWD's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta intakes. The 
Proposed Action includes the construction of a new intake and fish 
screen in the Delta on Victoria Canal, a pumping plant, and an 
associated 2- to 4-mile-long pipeline from the new intake across 
Victoria Island to CCWD's existing Old River conveyance system. 
Reclamation actions associated with the Proposed Action are agreeing to 
a change in point of diversion of Central Valley Project (CVP) water 
under Contract No. I75r-3401A-LTR1 and petitioning the California State 
Water Resources Control Board for necessary water right changes 
regarding point of diversion. Through the Proposed Action, CCWD is 
seeking to relocate some of its diversions to a Delta location with 
better water quality and would not seek to increase its water rights, 
CVP contract amounts, or permitted Los Vaqueros Reservoir filling 
rates.
    Comments received in response to this notice will become part of 
the administrative record and are subject to public inspection. Our 
practice is to make comments, including names, home addresses, home 
phone numbers, and email addresses of respondents, available for public 
review. Individual respondents may request that we

[[Page 64738]]

withhold their names and/or home addresses, etc., but if you wish us to 
consider withholding this information, you must state this prominently 
at the beginning of your comments. In addition, you must present a 
rationale for withholding this information. This rationale must 
demonstrate that disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted 
invasion of privacy. Unsupported assertions will not meet this burden. 
In the absence of exceptional, documentable circumstances, this 
information will be released. We will always make submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.

Kirk C. Rodgers,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. E6-18579 Filed 11-2-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-MN-P