[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 4790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2728]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Narrows Project, Small Reclamation Project Act (SRPA) Loan
Program, Utah
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a draft environmental impact
statement.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) intends to prepare a
draft environmental impact statement (EIS), pursuant to section
102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 4332. The draft EIS will address the effects of
various alternatives considered for the Narrows Project (Project), SRPA
Application.
The purpose of the Project would be to provide water for irrigation
and municipal use in north Sanpete County, Utah. The proposed project
would include construction of a dam on Gooseberry Creek to impound and
store water and construction of a tunnel/pipeline to deliver Project
water to irrigation and municipal water users in northern Sanpete
County, Utah. This provides notice that a new Draft and subsequent
Final EIS will be prepared which will supersede the contractor-prepared
Final EIS.
DATES AND ADDRESSES: No formal scoping meetings are planned. Those
interested in the Project are invited to submit comments. These
comments should relate to potential environmental issues and impacts or
reasonable alternatives to the proposed action. These comments should
be submitted in writing by March 15, 1996, to Kerry Schwartz,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Bureau of Reclamation, Provo Area
Office, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84604-7317; or Michael Stuver,
Regional Loan Engineer, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional
Office, 125 South State Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
To be placed on a mailing list for subsequent information concerning
this EIS, either write Kerry Schwartz at the address above, or call
(801) 379-1000. For answers to questions concerning the project please
write Michael Stuver at the address above, or call (810) 524-3305
extension 3.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 2, 1995, Reclamation filed a
contractor-prepared final EIS for the proposed Narrows Project. On May
8, 1995, the Upper Colorado Regional Director executed a Record of
Decision for the Project based on this EIS. On September 11, 1995,
Reclamation filed a Federal Register Notice to rescind this Record of
Decision. Reclamation intends to prepare a new EIS to replace the
previous contractor-prepared EIS. The previous EIS material will be
treated as environmental information submitted by the applicant for use
by the agency in preparing an EIS, pursuant to 40 CFR, Section
1506.5(a).
Dated: February 2, 1996.
Charles A. Calhoun,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 96-2728 Filed 2-7-96; 8:45 am]
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