[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 16568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8748]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Assistant Secretary--Water and Science
[DES 98-13]
Central Utah Project Completion Act; Spanish Fork Canyon-Nephi
Irrigation System, Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project
AGENCIES: The Department of the Interior (Department); the Central Utah
Water Conservancy District (CUWCD); and the Utah Reclamation Mitigation
and Conservation Commission (Mitigation Commission).
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (Draft EIS).
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the Department, the CUWCD, and
the Mitigation Commission have issued a Draft EIS for the Spanish Fork
Canyon-Nephi Irrigation System (SFN System). The Draft EIS analyzes
alternatives and impacts associated with construction, operation, and
delivery of water for irrigation and municipal and industrial (M&I)
uses in southern Utah County and irrigation uses in eastern Juab
County. The Draft EIS also discusses proposed changes in the operation
of the partially constructed Diamond Fork System. The two systems are
interdependent in layout and operation. Since NEPA was completed on the
Diamond Fork System in 1990, the operation and components of the
Diamond Fork System have changed slightly.
With the filing of this Draft EIS, related draft technical reports
are incorporated into the Draft EIS by reference and are available for
review. These reports provide detailed information in support of the
Draft EIS. Also available for review, although not part of the Draft
EIS, is the draft supplement to the 1988 Bonneville Unit Definite Plan
Report (Draft DPR Supplement) and associated appendices. The Draft DPR
Supplement and appendices are prepared pursuant to the Central Utah
Project Completion Act and present the completion plan for the
Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project.
Public participation has occurred throughout the Draft EIS process.
A Notice of Intent was filed in the Federal Register on December 31,
1992. Since that time, scoping meetings, open houses, public meetings,
tours, and mailouts have been conducted to solicit comments and ideas.
Any comments received throughout the process have been considered.
DATES: Written comments on the Draft EIS must be submitted or
postmarked no later than June 15, 1998. Comments on the Draft EIS may
also be presented verbally or submitted in writing at the public
hearings to be held at the following times and locations:
May 11, 1998 6:30 p.m., Salt Lake County Commission Chambers,
2001 South State Street, Room N1100, Salt Lake City, Utah.
May 12, 1998 6:30 p.m., Santaquin City Seniors Center, 65 West
100 South, Santaquin, Utah.
In order to be included as part of the hearing record, written
testimony must be submitted at the time of the hearing. Verbal
testimony will be limited to 5 minutes. Those wishing to give testimony
at a hearing should submit a registration form, included at the end of
the Draft EIS, to the address listed below by May 8, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the Draft EIS should be addressed to: Sheldon
Talbot, Project Manager, Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 355
West University Parkway, Orem, Utah 84058
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional copies of the Draft EIS
or for information on matters related to this notice please contact:
Ms. Nancy Hardman, Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 355 West
University Parkway, Orem, Utah 84058, Telephone: (801) 226-7187, Fax:
(801) 226-7150.
Copies of the Draft DEIS are available for review at:
Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 355 West University Parkway,
Orem, Utah 84058.
Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission, 102 West 500
South, Suite 315, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101.
Department of the Interior, Natural Resource Library, Serials Branch,
18th and C Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20240.
Department of the Interior, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office,
302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606.
Copies of the Draft EIS technical reports and Draft DPR Supplement
and appendices are available for review at:
Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 355 West University Parkway,
Orem, Utah 84058.
Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission, 102 West 500
South, Suite 315, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101.
Department of the Interior, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office,
302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606.
Dated: March 31, 1998.
Ronald Johnston,
CUPCA Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 98-8748 Filed 4-2-98; 8:45 am]
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