[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 175 (Monday, September 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 47180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22498]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Recision of the Record of Decision on the Final Environmental
Impact Statement for the Narrows Project, Small Reclamation Loan
Program, Utah
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, as amended, the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation), has prepared a final environmental impact statement
(EIS) on the proposed Narrows Project. The EIS describes and presents
the environmental effects of three alternatives, including no action,
for a multiple purpose water development project that would provide
water for irrigation and municipal use in north Sanpete County, Utah.
This notice is for the purpose of rescinding the Record of Decision for
this FEIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles A. Calhoun, Regional Director,
Upper Colorado Region, Bureau of Reclamation, UC-100, Mail Room 6107,
125 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138-1102; Telephone:
(801) 524-5592.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 28, 1995, the Carbon Water
Committee, et. al., filed an action in the United States District Court
against Reclamation for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. The
primary assertion in the complaint is that Reclamation failed to comply
with NEPA, in the preparation of the final environmental impact
statement (EIS) for the proposed Narrows Project.
The complaint alleges a conflict of interest on the part of the
contractor that Sanpete Water Conservancy District hired to prepare the
EIS and the Loan application. By this recision action, Reclamation
intends to initiate a close review of the NEPA document, specifically
in light of a possible conflict of interest, to determine whether the
contractor accurately portrayed the environmental consequences of the
proposed action, both for the public and the decision makers.
Any further action under NEPA or processing of the loan application
will await the outcome of this review.
Dated: September 6, 1995.
Charles A. Calhoun,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 95-22498 Filed 9-8-95; 8:45 am]
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