[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 231 (Monday, December 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 67947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23398]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Central Utah Project Completion Act

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary--Water and Science, 
Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) 
and Public Scoping Meeting on the Hobble Creek Habitat Restoration, 
Utah County, Utah, as part of the June Sucker Recovery Implementation 
Program.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, the Council on Environmental 
Quality Regulations at 40 CFR 1501.7, and authorities under the 
Endangered Species Act (15 U.S.C. 1536, et seq.), the Department is 
initiating an environmental impact analysis, with public involvement, 
for the Hobble Creek Habitat Restoration Project. The plan would 
relocate a portion of Hobble Creek onto state-owned land, restore more 
natural stream sinuosity, and improve instream habitat conditions to 
benefit the June sucker (Chasmistes liorus), an endangered fish.
    The June sucker exists naturally only in Utah Lake and spawns only 
in the Provo River, a Utah Lake tributary. Hobble Creek, also a 
tributary to Utah Lake, is believed to be an historic spawning stream 
for the June sucker that has been dredged, straightened and otherwise 
degraded in a manner that renders it no longer suitable for June sucker 
spawning. Restoration of at least one additional Utah Lake tributary as 
spawning habitat for the June sucker is a recovery action in the 
approved Recovery Plan for the species. The Department is acting as 
Lead Agency for NEPA compliance in its capacity as a participating 
partner in the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program.

DATES: A public scoping meeting is scheduled in the local geographic 
area of the project to receive input from affected parties and the 
general public regarding anticipated environmental issues associated 
with the project. The scoping meeting will be held Wednesday, December 
5, 2007, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at: Springville Junior High School, 
School Cafeteria, 165 South 700 East, Springville, Utah 84663.
    Public notice of this meeting will also be announced in local 
media. The details for submitting scoping comments will also be 
announced.

FOR FURTHER INFOMRATION: Additional information on matters related to 
this notice can be obtained by contacting Mr. Ralph G. Swanson, 302 
East 1860 South Provo, Utah 84606-6154, telephone (801) 379-1254, or by 
e-mail at [email protected].

    Dated: November 27, 2007.
Reed R. Murray,
Program Director, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office, Upper 
Colorado Region.
[FR Doc. E7-23398 Filed 11-30-07; 8:45 am]
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