[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 18589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08942]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR03510000, XXXR0680R1, RR171260120019400]


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

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation and the City of San Diego have 
completed a final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact 
Statement for the North City Project, the first phase of the Pure Water 
San Diego Program--a water and wastewater facilities plan to produce 
potable water from recycled water. The Bureau of Reclamation is 
recommending the Miramar Alternative as the preferred alternative for 
approval.

DATES: The Bureau of Reclamation will not make a decision on the 
proposed project until at least 30 days after the Notice of 
Availability is published by the Environmental Protection Agency.

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 Miramar Alternative 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 larger San Vicente Reservoir 
instead.
    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, upgrades to the existing 
Metropolitan Biosolids Center, and a renewable energy facility with a 
landfill gas pipeline crossing 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 each accepted 
cooperating agency status. Notice of Availability for the draft EIR/EIS 
was published by the Environmental Protection Agency on November 24, 
2017 (82 FR 55831) and by the Bureau of Reclamation on November 28, 
2017 (82 FR 56264). The comment period on the draft EIR/EIS ended on 
January 8, 2018. The final EIR/EIS contains responses to all comments 
received.
    The final EIR/EIS is available on the City of San Diego website at: 
https://www.sandiego.gov/water/purewater/purewatersd/reports.

    Dated: April 23, 2018.
 Terrance J. Fulp,
Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region.
[FR Doc. 2018-08942 Filed 4-26-18; 8:45 am]
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