[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-31225]
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[Federal Register: December 20, 1994]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Hold
Scoping Meetings for the Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility
Water Reuse Project
AGENCY: Central Utah Water Conservancy District (Interior).
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) and Hold Scoping Meetings on a Proposed Treated Effluent Water
Reuse Project in Central Utah.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and PL 102-575, Section 205(b), which
provides for the Central Utah Water Conservancy District (District) to
be considered a ``Federal Agency'' for the purposes of compliance with
all federal fish, wildlife, recreation, and environmental laws with
respect to the use of funds authorized, the District, along with the
Department of the Interior as joint lead, will be preparing an EIS on
the impacts of the proposed Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility
Water Reuse Project. The project has been submitted to the District for
consideration of funding under Section 207 (Water Management
Improvement) of PL 102-575.
DATES: Written comments will be accepted until February 20, 1995.
Public scoping meetings will be held beginning at 7 p.m. on January 17,
1995 at the Utah Department of Natural Resources auditorium, 1636 W.
North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah; and at 7 p.m. on January 18, 1995
in the Board Room at the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 355
West 1300 South, Orem, Utah.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Karen Ricks, Project Manager,
Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 355 West 1300 South, Orem,
Utah 84058.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Ricks, Telephone 801-226-7226,
801-226-7271, or within Utah 800-281-7103, FAX 801-226-7150.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Central Valley Reuse Project (CVRP) will
be owned and operated by the Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility
Board (Board). Sponsoring agencies include Metropolitan Water District
of Salt Lake City and the Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District.
The Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility is currently discharging
its effluent to the Jordan River. In October of 1991, the Utah
Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Quality notified
the Central Valley Water Reclamation Facility Board that effluent
discharged from their 62.5 million gallon per day (mgd) trickling
filter/solids contact waste water reclamation facility did not comply
with ammonia limits for discharge to the Jordan River. The Board
subsequently contracted for the preparation of a feasibility study on
ways to meet the discharge requirements.
The proposed waste water reuse project would involve pumping
effluent southward from the treatment facility located in Salt Lake
County, Utah for direct irrigation season discharge into existing
agricultural irrigation canals. An estimated 27,600 acre-feet per
irrigation season may be delivered. These deliveries would serve to
substitute for contractual Utah Lake irrigation releases, allowing the
displaced water to be retained in Utah Lake for a variety of possible
environmental enhancement projects.
The EIS will analyze the impacts of several alternative locations
of pipelines required to deliver the effluent, impact of use of the
conserved water, and delivery points for the treated effluent. The
impact of constructing a nitrification unit (no action alternative) at
the treatment plant will also be analyzed.
The public scoping process will be used to identify the significant
issues to be addressed in the EIS, and identify any additional
alternatives or uses of the conserved water that should be considered.
A scoping information summary is available upon request.
Dated: December 8, 1994.
Ron Johnston,
CUP Completion Act Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-31225 Filed 12-19-94; 8:45 am]
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