[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 230 (Wednesday, November 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 74069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30825]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Central Utah Project Completion Act; Finding of No Significant 
Impact Associated With the Environmental Assessment for Block Notice 1A 
Heber Sub-Area Agricultural Water to Municipal Industrial Water 
Conversion

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, 
Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: On September 27, 2011, the Department of the Interior signed a 
Finding of No Significant Impact which documents the selection of the 
Proposed Action as presented in the Final Environmental Assessment for 
the Block Notice 1A Heber Sub-Area Agricultural Water to Municipal & 
Industrial Water Conversion.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of 
No Significant Impact may be accessed on the Internet at http://www.cuwcd.com and http://www.cupcao.gov. CD and paper copies can be 
obtained by contacting Sarah Sutherland, 355 West University Parkway, 
Orem, Utah 84058, [email protected], (801) 226-7146.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Lynn Hansen, Central Utah Project 
Completion Act Office, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606, (801) 
379-1238, or email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Interior (Interior) 
has determined that implementing the Proposed Action described in the 
Environmental Assessment (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 would:
    1. Administratively convert up to 12,100 acre-feet of Central Utah 
Project Bonneville Unit agricultural water, delivered under Block 
Notice 1A and allotted to the Heber Sub-Area, from agricultural to 
municipal & industrial use.
    2. Expand the Heber Sub-area.
    3. Require modifying Block Notice 1A to reflect these 
administrative changes. Completing this EA would allow the 
administrative changes but would not automatically convert the water. 
The actual conversion would be completed by Central Utah Water 
Conservancy District and Interior consistent with Bureau of Reclamation 
law over time as requests are received from petitioners and contract 
holders.
    4. Provide for installation and operation of a temporary water-
delivery system in the event of an emergency that affects the water 
supply to the Jordanelle Special Service District (JSSD) Keetley Water 
Treatment Plant at Jordanelle Reservoir. During an emergency, this 
system would provide JSSD with a temporary method to receive its 
contracted portion of the Block Notice 1A water. Because the temporary 
water-delivery system would be installed on Federal land, Interior 
would need to issue a license agreement to JSSD as part of the process.

    Dated: November 21, 2011.
Reed R. Murray,
Program Director, Central Utah Project Completion Act, Department of 
the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2011-30825 Filed 11-29-11; 8:45 am]
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