[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9003-9004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4678]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Central Valley Project Improvement Act, Water Management Plans
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The following Water Management Plans are available for review:
Panoche Water District
Madera Irrigation District
Goleta Water District
Mercy Springs Water District
Arvin-Edison Water District
West Side Irrigation District
To meet the requirements of the Central Valley Project Improvement
Act of 1992 (CVPIA) and the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, the Bureau
of Reclamation (Reclamation) developed and published the Criteria for
Evaluating Water Management Plans (Criteria). Note: For the purpose of
this announcement, Water Management Plans are considered the same as
Water Conservation Plans. The above entitie(s) have developed a Water
Management Plan (Plan), which reclamation has evaluated and
preliminarily determined to meet the requirements of these Criteria.
Reclamation is publishing this notice to allow the public to comment on
the preliminary determinations. Public comment on Reclamation's
preliminary (i.e., draft) determination is invited at this time.
DATES: All public comments must be received by March 29, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Please mail comments to Bryce White, Bureau of Reclamation,
2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, California 95825, or contact at (916)
978-5208, or e-mail at [email protected]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To be placed on a mailing list for any
subsequent information, please contact Bryce White at the e-mail
address above, or by telephone at 916-978-5208 (TDD 978-5608).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are inviting the public to comment on our
preliminary (i.e., draft) determination of Water Management Plan
adequacy. Section 3405(e) of the CVPIA (Title 34 Public Law 102-575),
requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish and administer an
office on Central Valley Project water conservation best management
practices that shall * * * develop criteria for evaluating the adequacy
of all water conservation plans developed by project contractors,
including those plans required by section 210 of the Reclamation Reform
Act of 1982.'' Also, according to section 3405(e)(1), these criteria
must be developed ``* * *with the purpose of promoting the highest
level of water use efficiency reasonably achievable by project
contractors using best available cost-effective technology and best
management practices.'' These criteria state that all parties
(Contractors) that contract with Reclamation for water supplies
(municipal and industrial contracts over 2,000 acre-feet and
agricultural contracts over 2,000 irrigable acres) must prepare Plans
that contain the following information:
1. Description of the District
2. Inventory of Water Resources
3. Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Agricultural Contractors
4. BMPs for Urban Contractors
5. Plan Implementation
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6. Exemption Process
7. Regional Criteria
8. Five-Year Revisions
Reclamation will evaluate Water Management Plans based on these
criteria. Our practice is to make comments, including names and home
addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual
respondents may request that we withhold their home address from public
disclosure, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There
also may be circumstances in which we would withhold a respondent's
identity from public disclosure, as allowable by law. If you wish us to
withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at
the beginning of your comment. We will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety.
A copy of these Plans will be available for review at Reclamation's
Mid-Pacific (MP) Regional Office located in Sacramento, California, and
MP's South-Central California Area Office located in Fresno,
California. If you wish to review a copy of these Plans, please contact
Mr. White to find the office nearest you.
Dated: November 5, 2001.
John F. Davis,
Regional Resources Manager.
[FR Doc. 02-4678 Filed 2-26-02; 8:45 am]
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