[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 215 (Thursday, November 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65989-65990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26333]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Central Valley Project Improvement Act Water Management Plans

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Standard Criteria for Agricultural and Urban Water 
Management Plans (Criteria) are now available for public comment. To 
meet the requirements of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act of 
1992 and the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, the Bureau of Reclamation 
developed and published the Criteria. The Criteria apply to any Water 
Management Plans submitted to the Bureau of Reclamation as required by 
applicable Central Valley Project water service contracts, settlement 
contracts, or any contracts that specifically invokes the Criteria. 
Note: For the purpose of this announcement, Water Management Plans are 
considered the same as Water Conservation Plans (Plans).

DATES: All public comments must be received by December 8, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Please mail comments to Ms. Angela Anderson, Bureau of 
Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP-410, Sacramento, California 95825; or 
contact at 916-978-5215, or email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To be placed on a mailing list for any 
subsequent information, please contact Ms. Angela Anderson at the email 
address or telephone number above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3405(e) of the Central Valley 
Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) (Title 34 Pub. L.102-575), requires the 
Secretary of the Interior to establish and administer an office on 
Central Valley Project (CVP) water conservation best management 
practices that shall `` . . . develop criteria for evaluating the 
adequacy of all water conservation plans developed by project 
contractors, including those plans required by section 210 of the 
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982.'' Also, according to Section 
3405(e)(1), these criteria must be developed `` . . . with the purpose 
of promoting the highest level of water use efficiency reasonably 
achievable by project contractors using best available cost-effective 
technology and best management practices.'' These criteria state that 
all parties (Contractors) that contract with the Bureau of Reclamation 
(Reclamation) for water supplies (municipal and industrial contracts 
over 2,000 acre-feet and agricultural contracts over 2,000 irrigable 
acres) must prepare Plans that contain the following information:
    1. Description of the District.
    2. Inventory of Water Resources.
    3. Best Management Practices for Agricultural Contractors.
    4. Best Management Practices for Urban Contractors.
    5. Plan Implementation.
    6. Exemption Process.
    7. Five-Year Revisions.
    Reclamation will evaluate Plans based on these criteria. The CVPIA 
requires Reclamation to evaluate and revise, if necessary, the Criteria 
every 3 years. The Criteria were last updated in 2011 and the proposed 
2014 update is currently under review. Public meetings to solicit 
comments on revisions of the Criteria were held in September 2014. 
Comments will be incorporated into the finalized document. A copy can 
be found at the following Web site: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/watershare/documents/2014_Standard_Criteria.pdf.
    A copy can also be obtained by contacting the person at the address 
above.

Public Disclosure

    Before including your address, phone number, email 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

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to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, 
we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Richard J. Woodley,
Regional Resources Manager, Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 2014-26333 Filed 11-5-14; 8:45 am]
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