[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 110 (Friday, June 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32348-32349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12672]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Central Utah Project Completion Act

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

ACTION: Notice of Availability, Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA), 
Hobble Creek Stream Restoration, Utah County, UT.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Central Utah Project Completion Act 
Office proposes to relocate, and restore natural stream sinuosity, and 
fisheries habitat, in Hobble Creek, a tributary to Utah Lake in Utah 
County, Utah, to assist recovery of the endangered June sucker fish 
(Chasmistes liorus). This project has been planned in cooperation with 
the June Sucker Recovery Implementation Program (JSRIP).
    A Proposed Action and No Action Alternative are evaluated in the 
DEA. Under the Proposed Action, approximately the last one mile of 
Hobble Creek, where it enters Utah Lake, will be relocated onto 
property owned by the State of Utah. The project will improve the 
hydrology of the stream, open the upper reaches of Hobble Creek to 
spawning June sucker, which currently exist in Utah Lake. As part of 
the project, adjacent wetlands and connecting side channels will be 
constructed on the property to create backwater habitat for survival 
and rearing of larval stages of June sucker produced in the creek. 
After construction, the project lands would be managed by the Utah 
Division of Wildlife Resources for protection of wetlands and 
conservation of the June sucker. The Utah Transit Authority, State of 
Utah, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are cooperating agencies 
in the NEPA process.

DATES: The DEA will be available for public review and comment for a 
minimum of thirty (30) calendar days following the publication of this 
notice. The deadline for submittal of written comments on the DEA will 
be stated on the cover sheet of the document and noted in the 
transmittal letter to all reviewers.
    Comments on the DEA may also be presented verbally, or in writing, 
at a public meeting to be held in the vicinity of the project. At this 
meeting the Lead Agency will present the evaluation of environmental 
impacts and provide additional opportunity for public comment on the 
project. The place, date, and time of public meeting will be noted in 
the transmittal letter to all reviewers and announced in local 
newspapers.
    The public meeting will be held Thursday, June 26, 2008, at Bureau 
of Reclamation, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606 starting at 6 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the DEA should be addressed to: Mr. Reed R. 
Murray, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office, 302 East 1860 
South, Provo, Utah 84606 or E-mail to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the Draft EA can be obtained

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by contacting Mr. Ralph G. Swanson at the address above, by calling 
801-379-1254 or at [email protected].
    Copies of the DEA are also available for inspection at:
Springville City Library, 50 South Main, Springville, Utah 84663;

Department of the Interior, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office, 
302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606.
    In addition, the complete text of the document is available at the 
JSRIP Web site at http://www.junesuckerrecovery.org or the Utah Transit 
Authority Web site at http://www.rideuta.com.
    Information on other matters related to this notice may be obtained 
by calling or writing Mr. Ralph G. Swanson, Program Coordinator, CUP 
Completion Act Office, Department of the Interior, 302 East 1860 South, 
Provo, UT 84606-6154, (801) 379-1254, E-mail address, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Before including your name, address, phone 
number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in 
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including 
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available 
at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your 
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Reed R. Murray,
CUP Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. E8-12672 Filed 6-5-08; 8:45 am]
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