[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 218 (Friday, November 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58648-58649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27285]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Proposed New Central Valley Project Water Service Contract, El 
Dorado County Water Agency, El Dorado County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Reopening of comment period for review of the Draft 
Environmental

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Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR).

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation is reopening the comment period for 
the Draft EIS/EIR to December 31, 2009. The notice of availability of 
the Draft EIS/EIR was published in the Federal Register on August 17, 
2009 (74 FR 41453). The public review period ended on Friday October 
16, 2009.

DATES: Written comments on the Draft EIS/EIR will be accepted on or 
before December 31, 2009.

ADDRESSES: 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 Central Valley Project (CVP) water service contract authorized 
under Public Law 101-514. At the project-level, the EIS/EIR addresses 
the potential hydrologic changes to the American River basin and the 
CVP/State Water Project including the Sacramento-San Joaquin River 
Delta. At the programmatic level, the EIS/EIR addresses 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. 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 inspection and 
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.
     Georgetown Branch Library, 6680 Orleans Street, P.O. Box 
55, Georgetown, CA 95634.
    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: November 2, 2009.
Pablo R. Arroyave,
Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. E9-27285 Filed 11-12-09; 8:45 am]
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