[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28056-28057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Cachuma Lake Resource Management Plan, Santa Barbara County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, the Bureau 
of Reclamation (Reclamation) has made available the Final EIS for the 
Cachuma Lake Resource Management Plan (RMP). The RMP involves 
alternatives for future use of the project area for recreation and 
resource protection and management.
    A Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS was published in the 
Federal Register on July 25, 2008 (73 FR 43472). The written comment 
period on the Draft EIS ended on September 23, 2008. On October 9, 2008 
a notice was published in the Federal Register (73 FR 59669) extending 
the comment period on the Draft EIS until October 31, 2008. The Final 
EIS contains responses to all comments received and reflects comments 
and any additional information received during the Draft EIS review 
period.

DATES: Reclamation will not make a decision on the proposed action 
until at least 30 days after release of the Final EIS. After the 30-day 
wait 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 disc copy of the Final EIS to 
Mr. Jack Collins, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 N Street, Fresno, CA 
93721.
    Copies of the Final RMP/EIS will be available at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=283. See the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for locations where copies of the 
Final EIS are available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jack Collins, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., at (559) 349-4544 
(TDD (559) 487-5933) or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cachuma Lake is an existing reservoir formed 
by Bradbury Dam, and located in Santa Barbara County, California. The 
dam, which provides irrigation, domestic, and municipal and industrial 
water supplies to the City of Santa Barbara, Goleta Water District, 
Montecito Water District, Carpinteria Valley Water District, and Santa 
Ynez River Water Conservation District, was constructed in the 1950s. 
The Cachuma Project has delivered an average of 25,000 acre-feet per 
year over the past 45 years and encompasses approximately 9,250 acres. 
In 1956, operation and maintenance of the Cachuma project was 
transferred from Reclamation to the Cachuma Operation and Maintenance 
Board. Reclamation still retains ownership of all project facilities 
and is responsible for the operation of the dam. The RMP will have a 
planning horizon of 20 years.
    The new RMP would: (1) Ensure safe storage and timely delivery of 
high-quality water to users while enhancing natural resources and 
recreational opportunities; (2) protect natural resources while 
educating the public about the value of good stewardship; (3) provide 
recreational opportunities to meet the demands of a growing, diverse 
population; (4) ensure recreational diversity and the quality of the 
experience; and (5) provide the updated management considerations for 
establishing a new management agreement with the managing partner.
    The Final EIS is a program-level analysis of the potential 
environmental impacts associated with adoption of the RMP. The Final 
EIS outlines the formulation and evaluation of alternatives designed to 
address these issues by representing the varied interests present at 
the Plan Area and identifies Alternative 2 (Enhancement) as the 
Preferred Alternative. The RMP is intended to be predominately self-
mitigating through implementation of RMP management actions and 
strategies, and the EIS also includes

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measures intended to reduce the adverse effects of the RMP.
    Copies of the Final EIS are available at the following locations:
     Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, Regional 
Library, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 94825.
     Bureau of Reclamation, South-Central California Area 
Office, 1243 N. Street, Fresno, CA 93721.
     Cachuma Lake State Recreation Area, Highway 154, Santa 
Barbara, CA 93454.
     Santa Maria Public Library, Central Location, 420 South 
Broadway Avenue, Santa Maria, CA 93454.
     Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street, 
Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
     Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office Library, Building 67, 
Room 167, Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, Denver, CO 80225.
     Natural Resources Library, U.S. Department of the 
Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., Main Interior Building, Washington, DC 
20240-0001.
    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 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: April 21, 2010.
David W. Gore,
Assistant Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
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