[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4102-4103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1501]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Folsom Lake State Recreation Area and Folsom Power House State 
Historic Park General Plan/Resource Management Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 
1969 (as amended) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), 
the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the California Department 
of Parks and Recreation (State Parks) as lead agencies have made 
available for public review and comment a joint Final EIS/EIR for the 
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area and Folsom Power House State Historic 
Park General Plan/Resource Management Plan (GP/RMP). The GP/RMP 
involves alternatives for future use of the project area for recreation 
and resource protection and management.
    A Notice of Availability of the joint Draft EIS/EIR was published 
in the Federal Register on February 5, 2008 (73 FR 6736). The written 
comment period on the Draft EIS/EIR ended on May 30, 2008. The Final 
EIS/EIR contains responses to all comments received and reflects 
comments and any additional information received during the review 
period.

DATES: Reclamation will not make a decision on the proposed action 
until at least 30 days after release of the Final EIS/EIR. After the 
30-day waiting period, Reclamation will complete a Record of Decision 
(ROD). The ROD will state the action that will be implemented and will 
discuss all factors leading to the decision.

ADDRESSES: Send requests for a compact disk or a bound copy of the 
Final EIS/EIR to Jim Micheaels, Senior Park and Recreation Specialist, 
State Parks, 7806 Folsom-Auburn Road, Folsom, CA 95630; telephone: 916-
988-0513.
    Copies of the Final GP/RMP and EIS/EIR will be available for review 
at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?PROJECT_ID=543 
and at the State Parks Web site at http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=22322.
    See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for locations where copies of 
the Final EIS/EIR are available for public review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walter Clevenger, Natural Resources 
Specialist, Reclamation, at 916-989-7173; or Jim Micheaels, Senior Park 
and Recreation Specialist, State Parks, at 916-988-0513.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GP/RMP is being prepared for the Folsom 
Lake State Recreation Area through a cooperative agreement between 
Reclamation and State Parks.
    This planning activity encompasses approximately 20,000 acres of 
publicly accessible water and land owned by Reclamation and managed by 
State Parks' Gold Fields District. The GP/RMP will be the primary 
management document for the park unit, providing a defined purpose, 
vision, long-term goals, and management guidelines. It will be used by 
State Parks as a framework for guiding decision-making related to 
future development potential, on-going management, and public use of 
the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area.
    The GP/RMP attempts to enhance and expand the recreation 
opportunities while also providing more active protection and 
management of natural and cultural resources. The GP/RMP is intended to 
be implemented over an extended period as determined by both user 
demand and need. To do so, the GP/RMP provides both park wide goals and 
guidelines relating to natural, cultural and visual resources, water 
quality, circulation, visitor services, interpretation and operations 
as well as direction for specific zones of the park. The GP/RMP 
designates 34 geographic management zones, with 12 on Lake Natoma and 
22 on Folsom Lake. Each zone has a specific management emphasis and is 
designated with one of five land use designations: Recreation-High, 
Recreation-Medium, Low Intensity Recreation/Conservation, Preservation, 
or Administration.
    The EIS/EIR is a program-level analysis of the potential 
environmental impacts associated with adoption of the GP/RMP. The GP/
RMP is intended to be predominantly self-mitigating through 
implementation of GP/RMP policies and management strategies, and the 
EIS/EIR also includes measures intended to reduce the adverse effects 
of the GP/RMP.
    Copies of the Final EIS/EIR are available for public review at the 
following locations:
     California State Parks, Folsom Lake SRA Office, 7755 
Folsom Auburn Road, Folsom, CA 95630.
     Sacramento Central Library, 828 I Street, Sacramento, CA 
95542.
     Folsom Public Library, Georgia Murray Building, 411 
Stafford Street, Folsom, CA 95630.
     El Dorado County Main library, 345 Fair Lane, Placerville, 
CA 95667.
     El Dorado County Library/El Dorado Hills Branch, 7455 
Silva Valley Parkway, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762.

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     Placer County Library, Auburn Branch, 350 Nevada Street, 
Auburn, CA 95603.
     Placer County Library, Granite Bay Branch, 6475 Douglas 
Boulevard, Granite Bay, CA 95746 .
    Before including your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, 
or other personal identifying information in any correspondence, you 
should be aware that your entire correspondence--including your 
personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any 
time. While you can ask us in your correspondence to withhold your 
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so.

    Dated: October 23, 2009.
Pablo R. Arroyave,
Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
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