Central Valley Project Improvement Act, California

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Fish and Wildlife Service

Central Valley Project Improvement Act, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation and Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Programmatic Environmental

Impact Statement (FPEIS). FES-99-36.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of

1969 (as amended), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the Fish

and Wildlife Service (Service) as co-lead agencies have prepared an

FPEIS for the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA). The

alternatives provide a variety of means for implementing the CVPIA. The

FPEIS includes comments received on the Draft Programmatic

Environmental Impact Statement (DPEIS) and its supplement, and

responses to these comments. Two appendices have been revised and

errata sheets have been prepared for other appendices.

DATES: Reclamation and the Service will not make a decision on the

proposed action until 30 days after release of the FPEIS. After the 30-

day waiting period, Reclamation and the Service will complete a Record

of Decision (ROD). The ROD will state the action that will be

implemented and will discuss all factors leading to the decision.

ADDRESSES: For a copy of the FPEIS, contact Ms. Alisha Sterud, Bureau

of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP-120, Sacramento CA 95825,

telephone: (916) 978-5190. Copies of the original appendices which were

not revised are also available.

See Supplementary Information section for locations where copies of

the FPEIS are available for public inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information contact Mr.

Alan Candlish, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP-120,

Sacramento CA 95825, telephone: (916) 978-5190; or James McKevitt, Fish

and Wildlife

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Service, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento CA 95825, telephone: (916) 414-

6535.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Preferred Alternative represents broad

actions and policies that may be implemented within a range of actions.

These actions were included in alternatives evaluated in the DPEIS and

its supplement. The Preferred Alternative was developed through a

review of impact assessments of the DPEIS alternatives, comments

received concerning the DPEIS, and its supplement and interim

implementation actions assisted by an administrative process.

The Preferred Alternative includes provisions of the CVPIA that

have been recognized as either ``Core'' Programs which were included in

all of the alternatives evaluated or programs with multiple options

which formed the basis for differentiating between the alternatives.

Some of the Core Programs are renewal of CVP water service contracts,

construction of the Shasta Temperature Control Device, fish and

wildlife non-flow related habitat restoration, and improvements to

Coleman National Fish Hatchery. Multiple Implementation Programs

include the dedication of CVP yield and supplemental water acquisition

to meet fish and wildlife needs, including the provision of Level 2 and

4 water supplies to refuges, and implementation of levels of tiered

water pricing for CVP water contracts.

Copies of the FPEIS are available for public inspection and review

at the following locations:

Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Policy, Room 7456,

1849 C Street NW, Washington DC 20240; telephone: (202) 208-4662.

Bureau of Reclamation, Reclamation Service Center

Library, Building 67, Room 167, Denver Federal Center, 6th and

Kipling, Denver CO 80225; telephone: (303) 445-2072.

Bureau of Reclamation, Public Affairs Office, 2800

Cottage Way, Sacramento CA 95825-1898; telephone: (916) 978-5100.

Natural Resources Library, U.S. Department of the

Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Main Interior Building, Washington DC

20240-0001.

Copies will also be available for inspection at the following

public libraries:

Alum Rock Library, Alturas Public Library, Amador County Library,

Auburn-Placer County Library, Bakersfield Library, Burbank Public

Library, Butte County Library, Calaveras County Library, California

State Library, College of the Redwoods, Colusa County Free Library,

Concord Library, Contra Costa Library, CSU--Chico, Meriam Library-

Government Publications, CSU Long Beach, Library-Government

Documents, CSU-Stanislaus, Del Norte County Library District, Dixon

Unified School District Library, E.P. Foster and H.P. Wright

Library, El Dorado County Library, Fresno County Public Library,

Grass Valley-Sierra County Library, Humboldt County Library, Kern

County Public Library, Kings County Library, Lake County Library,

Lassen County Free Library, Lodi Public Library, Los Angeles Public

Library, Los Banos City Library, Madera County Library, Marin County

Civic Center Library, Mariposa County Library, Mendocino County

Library, Mendota Unified School District, Merced Library, Modesto

City Library, Monterey County Free Library, Napa City and County

Library, Nevada City Library, Northwestern University, Oakland

Public Library, Orange County Public Library, Plumas County Library,

Red Bluff City Library, Redwood City-San Mateo County Library,

Riverside City and County Library, Sacramento County Library,

Sacramento Public Library, San Benito County Free Library, San

Bernadino County Library, San Diego Public Library, San Diego State

University, San Francisco Public Library, San Jose State University,

San Luis Obispo City and County Library, San Rafael Civic Center

Library, Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Cruz Public Library,

Shasta County Library, Siskiyou County Library, Solano County

Library, Sonoma County Library, Stanford University Libraries,

Stanislaus County Free Library, Stockton City Library, Stockton-San

Joaquin County Public Library, Sutter County Library, Tehama County

Library, Trinity County Library, Tulare County Free Library, Tulare

Public Library, Tuolumne County Library, U.C. Berkeley Library, U.C.

Davis Library, U.C. Hastings College of Law, U.C. Los Angeles,

University Research Library, U.C. San Diego Government Documents/

Maps Department, U.C. Santa Barbara, Library-Government Publications

Section, U.C. Water Resources Center, Willows Public Library, Yolo

County Library, Yuba County Library.

Dated: October 22, 1999.

Kirk C. Rodgers,

Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of Reclamation.

Dated: October 21, 1999.

Wayne White,

Operations Manager, California and Nevada Operations Office, Fish and

Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 99-28425 Filed 10-28-99; 8:45 am]

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