[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 7467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3357]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Central Utah Project Completion Act

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

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact 
associated with the Environmental Assessment for the Block Notice 1A 
Francis Sub-Area Municipal and Industrial Water Conversion.

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SUMMARY: On December 24, 2008, the Department of the Interior 
(Interior), signed a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) which 
documents the selection of the Proposed Action as presented in the 
Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Block Notice 1A Francis 
Sub-Area Municipal and Industrial (M&I) Water Conversion. Interior has 
determined that implementing the Proposed Action described in the EA 
will not have a significant impact on the quality of the human 
environment and that an environmental impact statement is not required.
    The proposed action consists of conversion of Central Utah Project 
(CUP) Bonneville Unit water, delivered under Development Block Notice 
No. 1A to the Francis Sub-Area, from irrigation to municipal and 
industrial use, and to expand the area to which the project water may 
be delivered (Expanded Francis Sub-Area). The conversion will be 
limited to 3,000 acre-feet of irrigation water that has been delivered 
to agricultural tracts that have been deemed irrigable under Bureau of 
Reclamation (Reclamation) law and policy. The irrigation water would be 
converted incrementally to M&I use over a period of up to 25 years. The 
Expanded Francis Sub-Area would be restricted to lands within the 
District boundary, in the upper Provo River drainage, upstream of 
Jordanelle Reservoir.
    The proposed action is an administrative procedure that will allow 
the available Bonneville Unit water to be utilized for M&I purposes as 
the Francis Sub-Area becomes more residential. All water supply 
commitments to the existing agricultural irrigation will continue to be 
met.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information pertaining to 
this action may be obtained by contacting Mr. Lee Baxter, Program 
Coordinator, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office, 302 East 1860 
South, Provo, Utah 84606, by calling (801) 379-1174, or e-mail at 
[email protected].

    Dated: February 11, 2009.
Reed R. Murray,
Program Director, Central Utah Project Completion Act, Department of 
the Interior.
[FR Doc. E9-3357 Filed 2-13-09; 8:45 am]
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