[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26578-26579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10294]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Office of the Assistant Secretary Water and Science; Notice of 
Availability of the Revised Central Utah Water Conservancy District 
National Environmental Policy Act Handbook

AGENCY: Central Utah Project Completion Act Office, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Central Utah Project Completion Act Office and the Central 
Utah Water Conservancy District are announcing the availability of 
their revised National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Handbook. 
Revisions were made to this handbook in response to new requirements 
and practices contained in the Department of the Interior's 2008 NEPA 
Regulations and Council on Environmental Quality guidance issued in 
support of the Administration's efforts to modernize Federal agency 
implementation of NEPA. The revisions were made to improve the process 
for preparing efficient and timely environmental reviews under NEPA.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the NEPA Handbook are available for inspection at 
the following locations:
     Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 355 West 
University Parkway, Orem, Utah 84058-7303.
     Department of the Interior, Central Utah Project 
Completion Act Office, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606.
    In addition, the document is available at www.cuwcd.com and 
www.cupcao.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information may be obtained 
by contacting Mr. W. Russ Findlay, Central Utah Project Completion Act 
Office, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606-7317; by email to 
[email protected]; or by phone at 801-379-1084.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The passage of the Central Utah Project 
Completion Act in 1992 required the Central Water Conservancy District 
(District) to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of the 
Department of the Interior (Interior) allowing them to be considered a 
``Federal Agency'' for the purposes of compliance with all

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Federal fish, wildlife, recreation, and environmental laws. 
Accordingly, the District and Interior entered into a Compliance 
Agreement on August 11, 1993. The Compliance Agreement required the 
development of a NEPA Handbook. The revised NEPA Handbook provides 
guidance in environmental law and NEPA processes and establishes 
District policy and procedures for complying with NEPA.

Reed R. Murray,
Program Director, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office, 
Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2016-10294 Filed 5-2-16; 8:45 am]
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