[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 51837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17838]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Rio Grande and Low Flow Conveyance Channel Between San Acacia 
Diversion Dam, New Mexico, and the Narrows of Elephant Butte Reservoir, 
New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of cancellation.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation is canceling plans to prepare a 
final environmental impact statement (EIS) on the environmental impacts 
of proposed modifications to the main channel of the Rio Grande and Low 
Flow Conveyance Channel system. The reason for canceling is that seven 
years have elapsed since publication of the draft EIS and the recently 
issued final EIS and Record of Decision for the Upper Rio Grande Basin 
Water Operations Review considers the impacts of continuing the 
operation of the Low Flow Conveyance Channel as a passive drain with no 
diversion from the Rio Grande.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Robertson, Bureau of Reclamation, 
Albuquerque Area Office, 55 Broadway NE., Suite 100, Albuquerque, New 
Mexico 87102; e-mail: [email protected]; telephone (505) 462-3594.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 11, 1996, the Bureau of 
Reclamation published a Notice of Intent to prepare a draft EIS in the 
Federal Register. The draft EIS was filed with the Environmental 
Protection Agency on September 8, 2000. The purpose of the document was 
to analyze the environmental impacts of proposed modifications to the 
main channel for the Rio Grande and Low Flow Conveyance Channel system. 
The proposed modifications were to be located downstream from San 
Marcial, New Mexico. The proposed channel system realignment would have 
allowed for efficient conveyance of water to Elephant Butte Reservoir, 
effective valley drainage, and effective sediment management. The 
proposed changes would have also promoted the protection and 
restoration of the riparian and riverine ecosystem in the project area.

    Dated: August 16, 2007.
Dave Sabo,
Acting Regional Director--UC Region, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. E7-17838 Filed 9-10-07; 8:45 am]
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