94-8683. Central Valley Project, California

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[Federal Register: April 12, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 

Central Valley Project, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Withdrawal of notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is canceling plans to 
prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on interim regulations 
to implement the Reclamation Reform Act (RRA) in California's Central 
Valley Project (CVP).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Terry Lynott, Director, Policy and Programs, Bureau of Reclamation, 
Denver Office, PO Box 25007, Denver CO 80225.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of intent was published in the 
Federal Register (57 FR 20288, May 12, 1992) to comply with orders 
dated July 26, 1991, and March 10, 1992, by the United States District 
Court for the Eastern District of California [NRDC v. Duvall, No. Civ. 
S-88-375 LKK] declaring that Reclamation had not complied with the 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 in 
preparing an environmental assessment with a ``Finding of no 
Significant Impact'' in the promulgation of its 1987 regulations for 
the RRA (43 CFR part 426, Rules and Regulations for Projects Governed 
by Federal Reclamation Law). A settlement contract between the 
Departments of Justice and of the Interior and NRDC was entered into on 
September 16, 1993, concerning NRDC, et al. v. Beard. The settlement 
contract eliminates the need for a separate EIS and rulemaking for the 
Central Valley Project, California.


    Dated: April 5, 1994.
J. William McDonald,
Assistant Commissioner--Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 94-8683 Filed 4-11-94; 8:45 am]
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