[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56264-56265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25662]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR03510000, XXXR0680R1, RR171260120019400]


Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Pure Water San Diego 
Program, North City Project; San Diego County, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation and the City of San Diego have 
completed a draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIR/EIS) to evaluate the effects of the North City Project, 
the first phase of the Pure Water San Diego Program (Pure Water 
Program). The Pure Water Program is a water and wastewater facilities 
plan to produce potable water from recycled water.

DATES: Please submit written comments no later than January 8, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Doug McPherson, Southern California 
Area Office, Bureau of Reclamation, 27708 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 202, 
Temecula, CA 92590; or email to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug McPherson, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Bureau of Reclamation, Southern California Area 
Office, 27708 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 202, Temecula, CA 92590; 
telephone: (951) 695-5310; facsimile: (951) 695-5319; or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pure Water Program consists of the 
design and construction of new advanced water treatment facilities, 
wastewater treatment facilities, pump stations, and pipelines.
    The proposed project will expand the existing North City Water 
Reclamation Plant and construct an adjacent North City Pure Water 
Facility with a purified water pipeline to Miramar Reservoir. A project 
alternative would install a longer pipeline to deliver product water to 
the San Vicente Reservoir.
    Other project components include: A new pump station and forcemain 
to deliver additional wastewater to the North City Water Reclamation 
Plant, a brine discharge pipeline, and upgrades to the existing 
Metropolitan Biosolids Center to accommodate additional biosolids from 
the increased treatment capacity at the North City Water Reclamation 
Plant.
    A new North City Renewable Energy Facility is proposed and would be 
constructed at the North City Water Reclamation Plant to receive 
landfill gas from the City's Miramar Landfill gas collection system via 
a new gas pipeline, providing power to some of the North City Project 
components. The landfill gas line would cross Marine Corps Air Station 
Miramar and the Miramar National Cemetery.
    The Bureau of Reclamation issued a Notice of Intent on August 5, 
2016 (81 FR 51937). The United States Marine Corps, the Veterans 
Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency have each 
accepted cooperating agency status.
    The draft EIR/EIS and technical appendices are available on the 
City of San Diego Web site at: https://

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www.sandiego.gov/water/purewater/purewatersd/reports.

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

    Dated: November 20, 2017.
Jacklynn Gould,
Acting Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region.
[FR Doc. 2017-25662 Filed 11-27-17; 8:45 am]
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