[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 157 (Monday, August 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41453-41454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19714]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Proposed Water Service Contract, El Dorado County Water Agency, 
El Dorado County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act and the 
California Environmental Quality Act, the Bureau of Reclamation 
(Reclamation) and the El Dorado County Water Agency (EDCWA) as lead 
agencies have made available for public review and comment a joint 
Draft EIS/EIR for a Proposed Water Service Contract pursuant to Public 
Law 101-514. The Draft EIS/EIR describes and presents the environmental 
effects of four alternatives, including no action, of entering into a 
long-term Central Valley Project (CVP) water service contract with 
EDCWA.

DATES: Two public meetings have been scheduled to receive oral or 
written comments regarding environmental effects:
     Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Folsom, 
CA.
     Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in El 
Dorado Hills, CA.
    Written comments on the Draft EIS/EIR will be accepted on or before 
October 16, 2009.

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ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be held at:
     City of Folsom Community Center, 52 Natoma Street, Folsom, 
California.
     El Dorado Hills Fire Department, 1050 Wilson Way, El 
Dorado Hills, California.
    Send written comments on the Draft EIS/EIR to Ms. Elizabeth Dyer, 
Bureau of Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, California 95630. 
Copies of the Draft EIS/EIR may be requested from Ms. Dyer at the above 
address, or by calling 916-989-7256. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
section for locations where copies of the Draft EIS/EIR are available 
for public inspection. The Draft EIR/EIS is also available from the 
following Web site: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=26.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Dyer, Natural Resources 
Specialist, Reclamation, at 916-989-7256, [email protected]; or 
Tracey Eden-Bishop, Water Resources Engineer, El Dorado County Water 
Agency, 530-621-5392, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The focus of the Draft EIS/EIR is to 
evaluate the potential environmental and socio-economic impacts of the 
new CVP water service contract authorized under Public Law 101-514. The 
Draft EIS/EIR combines the programmatic and project-level analysis of 
the potential effects. At the project-level, the potential hydrologic 
changes to the American River basin and the CVP/State Water Project 
including the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta are evaluated. At the 
programmatic level, the potential long-term effects and indirect 
effects of this new water contract within the context of existing 
policies, infrastructure, public services, and population demographics 
as supported by the El Dorado County General Plan and EIR are 
evaluated. Since no new facilities or infrastructure are part of this 
new CVP water contracting action, no direct impacts of this new water 
contract are included in the analysis. Copies of the Draft EIS/EIR are 
available for public review at the following locations:
     Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office Library, Building 67, 
Room 167, Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, Denver, CO 80225; 
telephone: 303-445-2072.
     Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Public Affairs, 2800 
Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825-1898; telephone: 916-978-5100.
     Natural Resources Library, U.S. Department of the 
Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Main Interior Building, Washington, DC 
20240-0001.
     Bureau of Reclamation, Central California Area Office, 
7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630.
     El Dorado County Water Agency, 3932 Ponderosa Road Suite 
200, Shingle Springs, CA 95682.
    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.

    Dated: May 15, 2009.
Donald R. Glaser,
Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
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