[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 78 (Monday, April 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 20115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10014]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Tucson Aqueduct System Reliability Investigation, Pima County, AZ
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and notice of public hearings on draft
environmental impact statement (DEIS); DES 95-16, filed April 18, 1995.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Reclamation (Reclamation), has prepared a draft environmental impact
statement (EIS) for the Tucson Aqueduct System Reliability
Investigation, Tucson Division, Central Arizona Project (CAP). The
draft EIS addresses alternatives that have been studied to incorporate
short-term delivery reliability into the Central Arizona Project (CAP)
system for the Tucson area. This short-term reliability would ensure
the delivery of CAP water to Tucson area users during periods of
planned maintenance outages of the CAP. Reclamation proposes the
construction of a 15,000 acre-foot surface storage reservoir to provide
reliability to Tucson area CAP water users.
DATES: Two public hearings will be held on the draft EIS:
Wednesday, June 7, 1995, 7-10 p.m., Tucson, Arizona.
Thursday, June 8, 1995, 7-10 p.m., Drexel Heights,
Arizona.
ADDRESSES:
Tucson Convention Center, Coconino/Apache Rooms, 260 South
Church, Tucson, Arizona.
Southwest Community Center, 5950 South Cardinal, Drexel
Heights, Arizona.
Written comments should be addressed to the Area Manager, Bureau of
Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, PO Box 9980, Phoenix, AZ 85068-0980.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Bruce D. Ellis, Chief,
Environmental Division, Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, PO
Box 9980, Phoenix, AZ 85068-0980; telephone (602) 870-6767.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAP, authorized as part of the Colorado
River Basin Project Act of 1968, is a multipurpose water project which
develops water for municipal and industrial use, as well as for Indian
uses and non-Indian agricultural uses in central and southern Arizona.
Because of Tucson's greater exposure to water service interruptions,
the Tucson Aqueduct System Reliability Investigation was initiated in
1986 to study alternatives that would provide as ``reasonably
reliable'' a supply of Central Arizona Project (CAP) water to the
Tucson area as is available to Phoenix area cities. The draft EIS
analyzes the environmental consequences of the construction and
operation of a 15,000 acre-foot surface storage reservoir (the Agency
Proposed Action), two additional alternatives, and a no Federal action
alternative.
Oral comments regarding the proposed action are welcome at the
public hearing. Reclamation also solicits written comments on the draft
EIS. To ensure consideration in the preparation of the final EIS, all
written comments must be received at the above address by July 14,
1995. Copies of the draft EIS are available from Mr. Bruce Ellis at the
same address.
Dated: April 18, 1995.
Lawrence F. Hancock,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 95-10014 Filed 4-21-95; 8:45 am]
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