Appendix A 

Public Notification Materials 

 

81642 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 28, 2010 / Notices 

• Pasco Branch, Mid-Columbia 

Library, 1320 West Hopkins, Pasco, WA 

99301. 

• Quincy Public Library, 108 B Street 

Southwest, Quincy, WA 98848. 

• North Central Regional Library, 

Royal City Library, 136 Camelia Street, 

Royal City, WA 99357. 

• Seattle Public Library, Central 

Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, 

WA 98104. 

• Sprague Public Library, 119 West 

Second Street, Sprague, WA 99032. 

• North Central Regional Library, 

Warden Library, 305 South Main Street, 

Warden WA 98857. 

• Washington State Library, 6880 

Capitol Boulevard South, Olympia, WA 

98504. 

Public Disclosure Statement 

If you wish to comment, you may 

mail or e-mail your comments as 

indicated under the ADDRESSES section. 

Before including your name, address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment (including your 

personal identifying information) may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can request in your comment 

for us to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

Karl E. Wirkus, 

Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32525 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Long-Term North to South Water 

Transfer Program, Sacramento County, 

CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) 

and notice of scoping meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) and the San Luis & DeltaMendota Water Authority propose to 

prepare a joint EIS/EIR to analyze the 

effects of water transfers from water 

agencies in northern California to water 

agencies south of the Sacramento-San 

Joaquin Delta (Delta) and in the San 

Francisco Bay Area. The EIS/EIR will 

address transfers of Central Valley 

Project (CVP) and non-CVP water 

supplies that require use of CVP or State 

Water Project (SWP) facilities to convey 

the transferred water. Water transfers 

would occur through various methods, 

including, but not limited to, 

groundwater substitution and cropland 

idling, and would include individual 

and multiyear transfers from 2012 

through 2022. 

DATES: Submit written comments on the 

scope of the Long-Term Water Transfer 

Program by February 28, 2011. 

Three public scoping meetings have 

been scheduled: 

• Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 6–8 

p.m., Chico, CA. 

• Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 2–4 

p.m., Sacramento, CA. 

• Thursday, January 13, 2011, 6–8 

p.m., Los Banos, CA. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

the scope of the Long-Term Water 

Transfer Program or issues to be 

addressed in the EIS/EIR to Mr. Brad 

Hubbard, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 

Cottage Way, MP–410, Sacramento, CA 

95825. 

Scoping meetings will be held at: 

• Chico at the Chico Masonic Family 

Center, 1110 W. East Avenue. 

• Sacramento at the Best Western 

Expo Inn & Suites, 1413 Howe Avenue. 

• Los Banos at the San Luis & DeltaMendota Water Authority, 842 Sixth 

Street. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Brad Hubbard, Project Manager, Bureau 

of Reclamation, via e-mail at 

bhubbard@usbr.gov or at 916–978–5204, 

or Ms. Frances Mizuno, Assistant 

Executive Director, San Luis & DeltaMendota Water Authority, via e-mail at 

frances.mizuno@sldmwa.org at 209– 

832–6200. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to dry 

hydrological conditions, priority of 

rights, competing needs, and low 

reservoir storage levels, water agencies 

south of the Delta have been using water 

transfers to supplement local and 

imported water supplies. Transfers of 

CVP supplies and transfers that require 

use of CVP or SWP facilities are subject 

to review by Reclamation and/or DWR 

in accordance with the Central Valley 

Project Improvement Act of 1992, 

Reclamation’s water transfer guidelines, 

and California State law. Pursuant to 

Federal and State law and subject to 

separate written agreement, Reclamation 

and DWR would facilitate water 

transfers involving CVP contract water 

supplies and CVP and SWP facilities. 

Buyers and sellers would be responsible 

for negotiating the terms of the transfers, 

including amount of water for transfer, 

method to make water available, and 

price. 

The EIS/EIR will identify potential 

selling parties in northern California, 

methods by which water could be made 

available for transfer, and maximum 

amounts of water available through each 

method. The EIS/EIR will also identify 

potential purchasing agencies south of 

the Delta and the proposed use of 

transfer water. 

The EIS/EIR will investigate 

alternative transfer methods to make 

water available. Groundwater 

substitution and cropland idling have 

been frequent transfer mechanisms in 

the past and will be analyzed in the EIS/ 

EIR. Groundwater substitution transfers 

occur when sellers forego diversion of 

their surface water supplies and pump 

an equivalent amount of groundwater as 

an alternative supply. The purchasing 

agency would receive the foregone 

surface water supply. The quantity of 

water available for transfer would 

account for potential stream flow losses 

as a result of groundwater-surface water 

interaction. Cropland idling would 

make water available for transfer that 

would have been used for agricultural 

irrigation without the transfer. 

Typically, the proceeds from the water 

transfer would pay farmers to idle land 

that they would have placed in 

production. Rice has been the crop idled 

most frequently in previous transfer 

programs. 

Water transfers under the Proposed 

Action involving conveyance through 

the Delta would be implemented within 

the operational parameters of the 

Biological Opinions on the Continued 

Long-term Operations of the CVP/SWP 

and any other regulatory restrictions in 

place at the time of implementation of 

the water transfers. Current operational 

parameters applicable to the transfer 

water include: 

• Conveyance of a maximum of 

600,000 acre feet per year; and 

• Use of the SWP’s Harvey O. Banks 

Pumping Plant and CVP’s C.W. ‘‘Bill’’ 

Jones Pumping Plant during July 

through September only. 

The EIS/EIR is expected to analyze 

the adverse and beneficial effects of 

implementing water transfers on the 

following environmental resources: 

Surface water, water quality, 

groundwater, fisheries, vegetation and 

wildlife, special status species, geology 

and soils, land use, air quality, climate 

change, cultural resources, noise, 

recreation, energy, visual resources, 

socioeconomics, and Indian trust assets. 

The EIS/EIR will also evaluate 

environmental justice and cumulative 

impacts associated with the Long-Term 

Water Transfer Program. 


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Special Assistance for Public Meetings 

If special assistance is required to 

participate in the scoping meeting, 

please contact Mr. Louis Moore at 916– 

978–5106 or via e-mail at 

wmoore@usbr.gov. Please contact Mr. 

Moore at least ten working days prior to 

the meeting. A telephone device for the 

hearing impaired (TDD) is available at 

916–978–5608. 

Public Disclosure 

Before including your name, address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us, in your comment, to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: October 12, 2010. 

Anastasia T. Leigh, 

Acting Regional Environmental Officer, MidPacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32583 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Hydropower Resource Assessment at 

Existing Reclamation Facilities—Draft 

Report 

AGENCIES: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Reopening of comment period 

for review of the Hydropower Resource 

Assessment at Existing Reclamation 

Facilities Draft Report (HRA). 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation is 

reopening the review period for the 

HRA for another 30 days from the date 

of publication of this Notice. The notice 

of availability of the HRA was published 

in the Federal Register on November 4, 

2010 (75 FR 67993). The public review 

period was originally to end on 

December 6, 2010. 

DATES: Submit written comments on the 

Draft Report on or before January 27, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments or 

requests for copies to Mr. Michael 

Pulskamp, Bureau of Reclamation, 

Denver Federal Center, Bldg. 67, P.O. 

Box 25007, Denver, Colorado 80225, or 

e-mail to mpulskamp@usbr.gov. 

The Draft Report is also accessible 

from the following Web site: http:// 

www.usbr.gov/power/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael Pulskamp, 303–445–2931, 

mpulskamp@usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Administration is committed to 

increasing the generation of 

environmentally sustainable, affordable 

hydropower for our national electricity 

supplies. Reclamation has 476 dams and 

8,116 miles of canals, and owns and 

operates 58 hydropower plants. On an 

annual basis, these plants produce an 

average of 40 billion kilowatt hours of 

electricity, enough to meet the entire 

electricity needs of over 9 million 

people on average, and provide the 

energy equivalent of more than 80 

million barrels of crude oil or about 48.4 

billion pounds of coal. Reclamation is 

the second largest producer of 

hydroelectric power in the United 

States, and is actively engaged in 

looking for opportunities to encourage 

development of additional hydropower 

capacity. 

In March 2010 Reclamation signed a 

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 

with the Department of Energy and the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The 

MOU focuses on ways to increase 

renewable energy generation by 

focusing on development of sustainable, 

low impact, and small hydropower 

projects. The MOU committed 

Reclamation to produce an updated list 

of facilities and sites best suited for 

projects to increase sustainable 

hydropower generation by October 

2010. The HRA provides information on 

potential hydropower development at 

existing Reclamation facilities that may 

warrant further study. 

The Draft Report does not make any 

recommendations for development of 

the sites included in the report. Instead, 

it provides an inventory of hydropower 

potential at existing Reclamation sites 

using broad energy and economic 

criteria. Reclamation is not undertaking 

a new dam construction initiative with 

this study, and is focused on identifying 

the hydropower potential of 

Reclamation’s existing structures. This 

resource assessment level study does 

not take the place of a site by site 

feasibility study. 

Public Disclosure 

Before including your name, address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: December 21, 2010. 

Michael R. Gabaldon, 

Director, Technical Resources, Bureau of 

Reclamation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32660 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–729] 

In the Matter of Certain Semiconductor 

Products Made by Advanced 

Lithography Techniques and Products 

Containing Same; Notice of 

Commission Decision Not to Review 

an Initial Determination Terminating 

The Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has determined not to 

review the presiding administrative law 

judge’s initial determination (‘‘ID’’) 

(Order No. 11) granting a joint motion 

to terminate the investigation as to one 

respondent on the basis of a settlement 

agreement, and terminating the 

investigation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sidney A. Rosenzweig, Office of the 

General Counsel, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 

708–2532. Copies of non-confidential 

documents filed in connection with this 

investigation are or will be available for 

inspection during official business 

hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the 

Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436, 

telephone (202) 205–2000. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

Internet server at http://www.usitc.gov. 

The public record for this investigation 

may be viewed on the Commission’s 

electronic docket (EDIS) at http:// 

edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired 

persons are advised that information on 

this matter can be obtained by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal on (202) 205–1810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission instituted this investigation 

on July 27, 2010, based on a complaint 

filed by STC.UNM (Albuquerque, New 

Mexico) (‘‘STC’’), alleging a violation of 

section 337 in the importation, sale for 


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NOTICE OF PREPARATION 

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE LONG-TERM NORTH TO 

SOUTH WATER TRANSFER PROGRAM 

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY 

INTRODUCTION

The San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority (SLDMWA) as the State lead 

agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and the Department of 

the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) as Federal lead agency under the 

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), propose to prepare a joint Environmental 

Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) to analyze the effects of water 

transfers from northern California to purchasers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin 

Delta (Delta) and in the San Francisco Bay Area. The EIS/EIR will address transfers of 

Central Valley Project (CVP) and non-CVP water supplies that require use of CVP or 

State Water Project (SWP) facilities. 

Water transfers would occur through various methods, including, for example, 

groundwater substitution and cropland idling. Buyers and sellers, including SLDMWA, 

would be responsible for negotiating the terms of individual transfers, including the 

amount of water for transfer, the method for making water available, transfer period and 

price. Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) will be 

responsible for approving transfers under their jurisdiction and for use of CVP and SWP 

facilities required for the transfers. 

The proposed Long-Term Water Transfer Program would include single and 

multiyear transfers between 2012 and 2022. The EIR/EIS will analyze impacts in the 

sellers’ service areas of making water available for transfer, changes in flow patterns in 
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rivers upstream from the Delta and the Delta from conveying transfer water, and using 

the transferred water in the buyers’ service areas. 

The purpose of this notice is to obtain comments, suggestions, and information 

from other agencies and the public on the scope of issues to be addressed in the LongTerm Water Transfer Program EIR/EIS. 

DATES: Three public scoping meetings will be held: 

 Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Chico, CA 

 Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., Sacramento, CA 

 Thursday, January 13, 2011, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Los Banos, CA 

ADDRESSES: Scoping meetings will be held at: 

 Chico at the Chico Masonic Family Center, 1110 W. East Avenue 

 Sacramento at the Best Western Expo Inn & Suites, 1413 Howe Avenue 

 Los Banos at the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, 842 Sixth Street 

 Written comments on the scope of the Long-Term Water Transfer Program or issues 

to be addressed in the EIR/EIS should be sent to Frances Mizuno, Assistant Executive 

Director, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, via e-mail at 

frances.mizuno@sldmwa.org, by mail to P.O. Box 2157 Los Banos, California 93635 or 

by fax to 209-833-1039. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frances Mizuno, Assistant Executive 

Director, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, via e-mail at 

frances.mizuno@sldmwa.org or at 209-832-6200; or Brad Hubbard, Project Manager, 

Bureau of Reclamation, via e-mail at bhubbard@usbr.gov or at 916-978-5204. 
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BACKGROUND: Hydrologic conditions, climactic variability, and regulatory 

requirements for operation of water projects commonly affect water supply availability in 

California, and advance planning for water shortages has become necessary and routine. 

This hydrologic and climactic variability, as well as environmental regulation, can strain 

water supplies in areas that are dependent on delivery of water supplies to meet most, if 

not all, of the water demand. This is especially true in areas south of the Delta that are 

dependent on CVP operations for delivery of water supplies. In an effort to be more 

prepared to manage for water shortages caused by decreases in water delivery from the 

CVP, various water agencies have requested that Reclamation facilitate water transfers 

from areas of greater supply north of the Delta to areas of need south of the Delta. 

As potential buyers, SLDMWA and other interested water agencies south of the 

Delta would be responsible for finding willing sellers and negotiating water transfer 

terms and price. Transfers of CVP supplies, and transfers of non-CVP supplies that 

require use of CVP facilities, are subject to review by Reclamation under Reclamation’s 

current water transfer guidelines and California State law. Pursuant to Federal and State 

law and subject to separate written agreement(s), Reclamation would facilitate water 

transfers involving CVP supplies and facilities. Water transfers that require the use of the 

SWP facilities would be subject to review by the DWR. 

The EIR/EIS will identify potential selling parties in northern California, methods 

that they could use to make water available for transfer, and maximum amounts of water 

available through each method. The EIR/EIS will also identify potential purchasers south 

of the Delta and their proposed use of transfer water. Figure 1 shows areas where 

transfers could potentially originate and where transfer water could potentially be used. 
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The exact project location will be further defined as selling and buying parties are 

identified during the EIR/EIS process. 

The EIR/EIS will investigate alternative methods to make water available for 

transfer; groundwater substitution and cropland idling have been frequent transfer 

mechanisms in the past and could be analyzed in the EIR/EIS. 

Groundwater substitution transfers occur when sellers forego diversion of their 

surface water supplies and pump an equivalent amount of groundwater as an alternative 

supply. The purchaser would receive the foregone surface water supply. If groundwater 

pumping occurs near a surface water supply, it could result in a depletion of surface water 

flows. In these instances, the volume of water that can be transferred is not the same as 

the volume of groundwater pumped through a substitution action. Rules for accounting 

for the quantity of water available for transfer would address potential stream flow losses 

as a result of groundwater-surface water interaction. Cropland idling makes water 

available for transfer that would have been used for agricultural irrigation without the 

transfer. Typically, the proceeds from the water transfer would pay farmers to idle land 

that they would have placed in production. Rice has been the crop idled most frequently 

in previous transfer programs. 

Water transfers under the Proposed Project involving conveyance through the 

Delta would be implemented within the operational parameters of the Biological 

Opinions on the Continued Long-term Operations of the CVP/SWP (Opinions) and any 

other regulatory restrictions in place at the time of implementation of the water transfers. 

Current operational parameters applicable to conveyance of transfer water include: 
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 Conveyance of a maximum of 600,000 acre feet per year (although the Proposed 

Project will likely involve the transfer of 100,000 to 150,000 acre-feet per year); 

 Use of the SWP’s Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant and CVP’s C.W. “Bill” Jones 

Pumping Plant during July through September only; and 

 Use of California Aqueduct, Delta-Mendota Canal, San Luis Canal, O’Neill 

Pump/Generating and San Luis Reservoir for conveyance and storage. 

The EIR/EIS will evaluate potential project-level and cumulative environmental 

effects associated with implementation of water transfers of CVP supplies and transfers 

that require use of CVP, SWP or CVP/SWP joint use facilities. Some potential 

environmental effects are described below. 

Surface water and water quality – The maximum amount of potential water transfers is 

small compared to the total amount of water moved through the Sacramento and San 

Joaquin River systems. The EIR/EIS will analyze whether the proposed water transfers 

could potentially affect flows in the river systems and Delta. Changes in flows could also 

potentially affect water temperatures and water quality. 

Groundwater – Groundwater substitution pumping could lower the groundwater table 

near participating wells, which could potentially affect nearby third party wells and 

change groundwater-surface water interaction of adjacent water bodies. Changes in 

groundwater levels could also induce subsidence near participating wells or water quality 

concerns. 

Fisheries – The EIR/EIS will analyze whether changes in flows could affect fish 

migration and habitat in rivers upstream from the Delta and the Delta. 
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Vegetation, wildlife, and special status species – Cropland idling transfers could 

potentially affect habitat for special status species listed under the Federal and California 

Endangered Species Acts, and commercially and recreationally important species. 

Air quality – Groundwater substitution transfers could increase the use of diesel-fueled 

engines, which would increase air pollutant emissions. The EIR/EIS will also evaluate 

potential increases of PM10 emissions from conversion of cropland to bare fields. 

Other resource areas and issue areas that will be addressed in the EIR/EIS 

include: agricultural resources, cultural resources, energy, geology and soils, greenhouse 

gas emissions, Indian trust assets, land use, noise, population and housing, recreation, and 

visual resources. 
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Figure 1 Project Location
Media Contact: Pete Lucero 

916-978-5100

Released On: January 05, 2011

Update: Scoping Meetings Scheduled on Proposed Long

-Term 'North-to-South' Water Transfer Program

The Bureau of Reclamation and the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority have 

scheduled public scoping meetings for a joint Environmental Impact 

Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) on the effects of proposed water transfers 

from willing sellers in northern California to buyers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin 

Delta and in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

The EIS/EIR will address transfers of Central Valley Project (CVP) water through CVP or 

State Water Project facilities, and transfers of non-CVP water supplies that require the use of 

CVP facilities. Individual and multi-year water transfers could occur through various 

methods, including groundwater substitution and cropland idling, from 2012 through 2022. 

Currently, the only available document for review is the Notice of Intent. This document is 

published in the Federal Register and can be found at the following website address: 

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-32583.pdf

Meetings to solicit comment on topics to be addressed in the EIS/EIR have been scheduled 

for: 

• Chico: Tuesday, January 11, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., 1110 W. East Avenue, Chico Masonic Family 

Center 

• Sacramento: Wednesday, January 12, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., 1413 Howe Avenue, Best Western 

Expo Inn 

• Los Banos: Thursday, January 13, 6 p.m-8 p.m., 842 Sixth Street, Los Banos, San Luis &

Delta-Mendota Water Authority 

Written scoping comments should be received by close of business Monday, February 28, 

2011, and should be sent to Brad Hubbard, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP410, Sacramento CA 95825, via e-mail to bhubbard@usbr.gov, or faxed to 916-978-5290. 

For additional information, please contact Mr. Hubbard at 916-978-5204 (TTY 916-978-

5608) or Frances Mizuno, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, P.O. Box 2157, Los 

Banos CA, 93635, at 209-832-6200. 

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Public Meetings Scheduled on Proposed Long-Term 

'North-to-South' Water Transfers Environmental 

Document Preparation

Public Meetings Scheduled on Proposed Long-Term 'North-to-South' Water Transfers 

Environmental Document Preparation

The Bureau of Reclamation and the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority have 

scheduled public meetings on topics to address in a joint Environmental Impact 

Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) on the effects of proposed water transfers 

from willing sellers in northern California to buyers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin 

Delta and in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

The EIS/EIR will address transfers of Central Valley Project (CVP) water through CVP or 

State Water Project facilities, and transfers of non-CVP water supplies that require the use of 

CVP facilities. Individual and multi-year water transfers could occur through various 

methods, including groundwater substitution and cropland idling, from 2012 through 2022. 

Meetings to solicit comment on topics to be addressed in the EIS/EIR have been scheduled 

for: 

z Chico: Tuesday, January 11, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., 1110 W. East Avenue, Chico Masonic 

Family Center 

z Sacramento: Wednesday, January 12, 2 p.m.-4 p.m., 1413 Howe Avenue, Best 

Western Expo Inn 

z Los Banos: Thursday, January 13, 6 p.m-8 p.m., 842 Sixth Street, Los Banos, San Luis 

& Delta-Mendota Water Authority 

Written comments on the scope of the EIS/EIR should be received by close of business 

Friday, February 11, 2011, and should be sent to Brad Hubbard, Bureau of Reclamation, 

2800 Cottage Way, MP-410, Sacramento CA 95825, via e-mail to bhubbard@usbr.gov, or 

faxed to 916-978-5290. For additional information, please contact Mr. Hubbard at 916-978-

Media Contacts:

Reclamation Pete Lucero 916-978-5100

SLDMWA Frances Mizuno 209-832-6200

For Release On: December 28, 2010

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SACRAMENTO (AP)

— In calling California

lawmakers back for an

eighth special session in

seven years, Gov. Arnold

Schwarzenegger said the

next governor will inherit a

budget mess “just like I did

the first year when I came

into office.”

While he can’t hide the

state’s persistent deficit,

Schwarzenegger is seeking

to spread the blame for

California’s ongoing fiscal

problems. The departing

governor has faulted a

steep drop in tax revenue

on the deepest economic

downturn since the Great

Depression, lamented how

a broken political system

has resulted in gridlock

over budget reforms and

even chastised the media

for the way they report on

the problem.

“I think that it has a lot

to do with that you guys

are confusing them, too,”

he told reporters after

announcing his special

session, citing reports that

said the budget deficit was

estimated at $25 billion

over the next 18 months

rather than focusing on the

$6 billion shortfall in the

current fiscal year.

Next month, the

celebrity governor who

swept into office in 2003

after the only recall of a

sitting governor in California history will step down

without accomplishing his

main goal: fixing California’s structural budget

problems.

He said he wanted California government to live

within its means, but the

annual imbalance between

what the state collects in

taxes and its spending

commitments persists.

He said he wanted to

“end the crazy deficit

spending,” but the deficit

is as high as ever and has

plagued Schwarzenegger

through most of his two

terms.

And he said he would

“tear up the credit cards,”

but he leaves office with

the state owing some $91

billion in total bond debt

compared to $34 billion

the year he took office,

according to the state treasurer’s office. Bond debt

as a percentage of the

state’s general fund has

roughly doubled in that

timeframe, to just less than

7 percent.

California taxpayers

still have $7.4 billion left

to pay on the $15 billion in

so-called Economic Recovery Bonds that

Schwarzenegger persuaded them to approve in 2004

to close that year’s deficit.

“He discovered what

others have discovered,”

said Fred Silva, senior fiscal adviser at California

Forward, a bipartisan

group of business and

political leaders that is

seeking solutions to the

state’s fiscal and political

problems. “If you’re finding it difficult to raise

taxes or cut programs, the

release valve was to borrow money. He fell into

that kind of fiscal trap.”

Schwarzenegger says

he has made important

structural changes that will

take time to pay dividends,

such as banning future

borrowing to cover budget

deficits and persuading

lawmakers to place a rainy

day fund on the 2012 ballot.

He also has overseen

tens of billions of dollars

in program cuts as the

recession wiped out tax

revenue and left California

with an unemployment

rate above 12 percent.

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Deer in roadway cause injury crash 

ORLAND — An Orland woman suffered minor injuries

Saturday when the car in which she was riding hit a deer

on Highway 32, and was then struck from behind by

another vehicle.

Susan Phillips, 57, of Canyonville, Ore., was driving a

2002 Cadillac El Dorado east on 32, west of County

Road Q, when three deer ran onto the roadway.

Her car struck one of the deer in the eastbound lane,

causing her to brake. The driver of the car behind her,

Daniel Turner, 29, of Chico was unable to stop on the wet

road and struck the rear of the Cadillac.

One of three passengers in the Cadillac, Christina

Phillips, 26, was taken to Glenn Medical Center for treatment.

That vehicle, and Turner’s 2005 Nissan Altima, sustained major damage, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The CHP located the deceased deer nearby. The other

two animals escaped being hit.

Alleged burglar of vet’s office caught 

CHICO — A Chico man wanted on warrants in

Tehama County was arrested early Thursday morning on

suspicion of burglarizing Mangrove Veterinary Hospital on

Mangrove Avenue.

A Chico police officer was approaching the business

in an alley about 2:44 a.m. and saw a man riding toward

him on a bicycle.

The officer stopped the rider, who identified himself as

Gary Delmont Marley, 28.

Property belonging to the veterinary hospital, including

syringes, was reportedly found in his pockets.

An investigation showed the hospital had been

entered through a window above an air-conditioning unit.

Marley has outstanding arrest warrants in Tehama

County for failure to appear on drug possession charges

and driving under the influence.

It wasn’t immediately determined if he may be connected to other area burglaries.

Man says sister’s home burgled 

ORLAND — The Orland-area home of a woman

arrested by Glenn Interagency Narcotics Task Force

agents last week was burglarized while she was in jail,

her brother reported to law enforcement Monday.

Martin Paez, 42, said he was watching over the home

of his sister, Maria Delrosario Paez, 37, after she was

arrested along with her husband, Abraham Rocha, 56, on

multiple drug charges and child endangerment.

Bail for each was set at $112,000.

Glenn County sheriff’s deputies responded to the

home on County Road E and were told two television

sets and a laptop computer were missing. The exact time

of the break-in is unknown.

The arrest of Rocha and Paez took place after agents

served search warrants on two Orland area residences,

and had already arrested two other suspects.

Chico creeks calendar available 

CHICO — The fourth edition of Chico Clean Creeks

Calendar is now available at several places around town.

The calendar celebrates the city’s watershed

resources and encourages residents to take a role in

keeping waterways free of pollution.

Providing tips and resources, the calendar photographs of local creeks were submitted by community

members, and the calendars were produced with the help

of a clean-water grant.

Free of charge, copies of the calendar are available

while supplies last at the city offices, 411 Main St.; Chico

library, East First and Sherman avenues; and Chico Area

Recreation and Park District, 545 Vallombrosa Ave.

Information on fighting pollution is also available on

the website www.keepchicoclean.org after Dec. 31.

BLM adds parcel to public area 

Red Bluff Daily News

BEND — The Bureau of Land Management acquired

226 acres of private land Wednesday to add to the

Sacramento River Bend Area adjoining Jellys Ferry Road

and the Sacramento River.

The BLM intends to open this acquisition to public use

very soon after the removal of no trespassing and other

private ownership signs and the installation of a temporary access gate near an existing parking area, according

to a BLM release issued Thursday. Additional parking is

being planned.

The parcel is closed to hunting and the use of

firearms due to the proximity of private residences and

public roads.

This purchase is the latest in a string of acquisitions

the BLM has made during the last three decades, which

has increased the acreage of public land to nearly 18,000

acres from around 4,000 original public land acres, the

release said.

Police: Fire in home possibly arson

WOODLAND (AP) — Officials said a fire in the home

of a 102-year-old Woodland woman may have been

caused by a Molotov cocktail.

Police Sgt. Ron Cordova told KCRA-TV that a firebomb was apparently thrown into Georgia Traynham’s

front window late Sunday, igniting a couch.

Two police officers reportedly kicked down Traynham’s

door to rescue her and her caretaker, who has not been

identified. They were not injured.

Staff Reports

OROVILLE — A motorcyclist was

injured Monday afternoon after hitting

a stopped car from behind on Highway 70.

California Highway Patrol officer

Shane Schilperoort said the motorcyclist was traveling north on the highway and didn’t realize the car in front

of him had stopped for a red light at

the intersection of Georgia Pacific

Way. The driver, identified as Donald

Johnson, 21, rear-ended a 2007 Honda

CRV that was stopped behind several

cars waiting at the stoplight.

Schilperoort said Johnson, driving

a Suzuki SV-650, appeared to have

been driving without “due regard” for

everyone on the road.

“He just wasn’t paying attention,”

said the officer. “He didn’t see the

vehicle stop ahead of him.”

No one in the Honda was injured.

Oroville Fire Department spokesman Bud Englund said Johnson’s

injuries initially appeared to be worse

they were, and ended up being minor.

Johnson was taken to Oroville Hospital. His condition was unknown at

deadline.

An ambulance responding to the

scene of the crash was sideswiped on

Oro Dam Boulevard near Fifth Avenue. Officials said no one was

injured.

Biker escapes serious injury in crash

Barbara Arrigoni/Staff Photo

Emergency personnel attend to an accident victim on Highway 70 on

Monday.

By GREG WELTER 

Staff Writer 

PARADISE — A Chico pastor delivered his own son

Monday in the parking lot of Edward Jones Investments

on the Skyway. 

Jeremy Rhodes, 30, said he was driving his wife, Elizabeth, 30, to Feather River Hospital’s Birthing Place

when it became obvious their third child was going to

arrive before they did. 

Driving up the Skyway, Rhodes was understandably

in a hurry and was actually pulled over by police. “When

I explained what was happening, the officer just let us

go,” he said. 

Rhodes said his wife gave birth in the front seat of

their car moments later. Although he’s a chaplain for the

Chico Fire Department, Rhodes said he has had absolutely no medical training. 

“We recently took a Bradley class that teaches the

mother how to give birth without any medication, and we

put that into practice,” Rhodes aid. 

After the baby was delivered, Rhodes said he handed

him to his wife and proceeded on to the hospital. He said

there didn’t seem to be a need to call 9-1-1. 

Rhodes is pastor for Fusion Church, which meets at

the Boys & Girls Club in Chico. 

Baby Titus weighs in a nine pounds. He and the mother are doing well, but Feather River Hospital is doing

blood tests for infection, just in case. “A car isn’t the

most sterile place to deliver a child,” Rhodes said. 

The Rhodeses are expected to bring their son home

today.

Parking lot becomes delivery room for parents

Schwarzenegger departs without major budget reform

LOCAL & STATE



NATION/FROM THE COVER

The state delivered 35 

percent of the water requested in 2008, 40 percent in 2009 and 50 percent 

this year. The last time the 

state was able to deliver 

100 percent of allocation 

was in 1996.

Even in wet years, allocations are hard to achieve 

because of pumping restrictions in the Sacramento San 

Joaquin Delta to protect a 

threatened fi sh.

Frank Gehrke, the department’s snow survey 

section chief, warned 

that while the initial 

results look great, it’s 

too soon to tell how the 

season will end because 

of the climate phenomenon known as La Niña. 

La Niña usually brings 

drier months later in the 

season.

“We don’t know if this 

is a wrinkle in the pattern, or if we’re going to 

get lower storm activity 

later on in the winter,” 

Gehrke said.

Most of the state’s 

major reservoirs are near 

or above normal levels 

for this time of year. Lake 

Oroville, the State Water 

Project’s principal reservoir in Butte County, is at 

95 percent of normal, holding 2.1 million acre-feet of 

water. The lake last fi lled 

to its 3.5 million acre-foot 

capacity in 2003.

The latest survey found 

water content in the overall snowpack at 198 percent of normal. Electronic 

readings showed northern 

mountains at 169 percent 

of normal for this time of 

year, central mountains at 

180 percent and southern 

mountains at 261 percent.

A manual survey conducted near Lake Tahoe at 

Philips Station registered 

158 percent of normal 

water content in 56 inches 

of snow.

The statewide snowpack 

was 85 percent of normal 

this time last year. 

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Donnell Ewert, the director of Shasta County’s 

public health department, 

cautioned that some of the 

fi gures could be misleading, because the numbers 

OSHPD provided for some 

of the conditions appear to 

move up-and-down drastically from year to year.

He said that could be 

because Shasta County’s 

population is so small it 

makes the fi gures “a little 

more volatile” because 

there aren’t many hospitalizations to track.

Even so, he said the fi gures demonstrate how 

unnecessary hospitalizations are caused by county’s long-standing lack of 

health insurance.

He said close to 30 percent of the adult population doesn’t have health 

insurance. Large segments 

of the population also are 

covered by Medi care, 

which many outpatient 

clinics don’t accept.

The result is that more 

patients end up delaying 

treatment or seek care in a 

hospital emergency room. 

And that means more hospital stays.

“The reality is here, we 

struggle with that,” Ewert 

said.

He said representatives 

from north state hospitals, 

clinics and public health 

departments have begun 

meeting to discuss ways to 

improve the north state’s 

health systems, particularly 

for the area’s disabled residents and seniors, the largest consumers of health care 

services.

“How can we manage 

them better so they can stay 

healthier, so they don’t consume as much health care as 

they do now,” Ewert said.

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■ He knew the 

president as a kid

MARK NIESSE

Associated Press

HONOLULU — Democratic 

Gov. Neil Abercrombie 

wants to fi nd a way to release more information 

about President Barack 

Obama’s birth and dispel 

conspiracy theories that he 

was born elsewhere.

Abercrombie was a 

friend of Obama’s parents 

and knew him as a child, 

and is deeply troubled by 

the eff ort to cast doubt on 

the president’s citizenship.

The newly elected Democrat will ask the state attorney general’s offi ce and 

health offi cials about how 

he can make public more of 

Obama’s birth documentation from Aug. 4, 1961, 

spokeswoman Donalyn 

Dela Cruz said Tuesday.

“He had a friendship 

with Mr. Obama’s parents, 

and so there is a personal 

issue at hand,” Dela Cruz 

said. “Is it going to be done 

immediately? No, the fi rst 

thing on our list is the 

economy.”

It’s unclear what Abercrombie could do because 

Hawaii’s privacy laws have 

long barred the release of a 

certifi ed birth certifi cate to 

anyone who doesn’t have a 

tangible interest.

Hawaii’s health director 

said last year and in 2008 

that she had seen and verifi ed Obama’s original vital 

records, and birth notices 

in two Honolulu newspapers were published within days of Obama’s birth at 

Kapiolani Maternity and 

Gynecological Hospital in 

Honolulu.

So-called “birthers” 

claim Obama is ineligible 

to be president because 

they say there’s no proof 

he was born in the United States, with many of 

the skeptics questioning 

whether he was actually 

born in Kenya, his father’s 

home country.

“What bothers me is that 

some people who should 

know better are trying to 

use this for political reasons,” Abercrombie told 

the Los Angeles Times last 

week. “Maybe I’m the only 

one in the country that 

could look you right in the 

eye right now and tell you, 

‘I was here when that baby 

was born.’ ”

The Obama campaign 

issued a certificate of live 

birth in 2008, an official 

document from the state 

showing the president’s 

birth date, city and name, 

along with his parents’ 

names and races. The certifi cate doesn’t list the name 

of the hospital where he was 

born or the physician who 

delivered him, information 

collected by the state as part 

of its vital records.

Abercrombie, 72, originally from New York, befriended Obama’s parents at 

the University of Hawaii.

Governor of Hawaii 

wants information out ■ Obama’s 

pick vital to 

re-election 

JULIE PACE

Associated Press

HONOLULU — Change is soon 

coming to the White House 

economic team, with President Barack Obama set to 

announce a new top adviser 

who will have broad infl uence over the administration’s efforts to jumpstart 

the struggling economy.

Obama is expected to announce a replacement for 

departing National Economic Council Director 

Lawrence Summers early in 

the new year, soon after he 

returns to Washington from 

his Hawaiian vacation. 

The president’s choice is 

being closely watched for 

signs of where he wants to 

take his economic agenda 

in the second half of his 

term, and how he looks 

to bring down the almost 

double-digit unemployment rate. 

Will he tap the business 

world for a figure such as 

Roger Altman, an investment banker and Clinton 

administration alumnus 

who might carry too 

much baggage from his 

association with Wall 

Street? Will he turn to 

academia instead, calling 

on a scholar such Yale 

President Richard Levin? 

Or will he go with deeply 

experienced insiders 

such as deficit hawk Gene 

Sperling at the Treasury 

Department or Jason Furman, the council’s deputy 

director?

With the unemployment 

rate at 9.8 percent, the private sector struggling to 

maintain steady growth 

and the public ranking the 

economy as the top concern, Obama’s handling of 

the issue over the coming 

months is certain to play a 

central role in his expected 

re-election bid.

The selection process for 

the council post has dragged 

on for months. Summers announced his resignation in 

September, and many in the 

administration knew well 

before then that he planned 

to return to Harvard University after serving two 

years at the White House. 

Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said he expects 

Obama to make an announcement in early January, and blamed any delay 

on the frenzied legislative 

session that consumed the 

White House through the 

end of the year. 

The administration’s 

thinking on how to fi ll the 

job has evolved since Summers announced his resignation. The initial view — 

both inside and outside the 

White House — was that 

Obama should name a business leader to the post, in an 

attempt to give the private 

sector a greater voice in the 

administration and ease the 

perception that the president is anti-business. 

But the administration 

now believes the relationship between Obama and 

the business community has 

started to thaw. The White 

House has grown more willing to fi nd another prominent job for a private sector 

appointee while leaving the 

council post to an economic 

heavyweight who can coordinate the advice Obama is 

receiving from throughout 

the administration.

“To get a business person 

in there, it seems like an odd 

place,” said Dean Baker, codirector of the Center for 

Economic and Policy Research in Washington.It’s 

that Wall Street connection 

that’s been a knock against 

one of the leading candidates 

for the job, Altman, founder 

of Evercore Partners. Altman does have government 

experience, though, having 

served as deputy treasury 

secretary under President 

Bill Clinton. 

Sperling, another top contender, also has dabbled in 

Wall Street , though he’s most 

well-known for his work in 

the Clinton and Obama administrations . 

Sperling helped craft the 

1993 Defi cit Reduction Act, 

and his appointment could 

show Obama is serious 

about his pledge to address 

the mounting debt and defi -

cit . 

Levin, who as president 

of Yale shares Summers’ 

academic pedigree, is likely to favor stepped-up Wall 

Street regulation. 

Economic adviser post a harbinger 

 Summers is 

the outgoing 

National 

Economic 

Council 

director. 

 Sperling is 

seen as a 

potential 

choice for 

Obama’s top 

economic 

adviser 

post.

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LEGAL NOTICE

If you own a home in California with Monier roofing tiles, 

a class action lawsuit may affect your rights.

You could be affected by a class action lawsuit involving 

Monier roofing tiles. The lawsuit claims that Monier failed to 

disclose to California home owners that the color and exterior 

surface of Monier brand slurry-coated roofing tiles would not 

remain on the tiles for the expressly warranted life of the product. 

The case is now pending in the Placer County Superior Court and 

is called McAdams v Monier, Case No. SCV 16410.

The Court has given approval for this case to proceed as a 

class action on behalf of a “Class” or group that could include 

you. This notice summarizes what the case is about and your 

rights and options. If you are a member of the Class, which is 

described below, you have to decide whether to stay in the Class 

and be bound by the results of the case, or exclude yourself and 

retain your right to pursue your own lawsuit. This notice is only 

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Plaintiff claims that Monier, a manufacturer and marketer of 

roof tiles until August 14, 1997, has made false and misleading 

representations over a period of years that its tiles: 

(1) are free from manufacturing defects and will remain 

structurally sound for a period of 50 years; are warranted for 

50 years; and will last a lifetime and do not wear out;

(2) have a permanent color glaze that requires no resurfacing; 

have a virtually impenetrable color glaze; have color that 

will last as long as the tile, with red tiles remaining red 

and brown tiles remaining brown (with some softening of 

color to a uniform finish); will always look good and have 

permanent color; and never lose their basic aesthetic appeal; 

and 

(3) need no care at all; and require no maintenance 

Monier denies the claims and allegations in the lawsuit and says 

it has no liability for any of these issues. The Court has not 

ruled on the merits of the case. The Plaintiff will be required 

to prove his claims and the claims of the Class. 

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As certified by the Court, the Class is defined as: 

UCL CLASS: (i) all individuals or entities in the State of 

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by Monier Company, Monier Roof Tile, Inc., or Monier Inc. 

between January 1, 1978, and August 14, 1997 (the “Tiles”); and 

(ii) all California individuals and entities who paid to replace or 

repair such Tiles. Membership in the Class is limited to those 

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product, were exposed to a statement along the lines that the 

Tiles would have a 50 year life, permanent color, or would be 

maintenance free. The Class excludes the trial judge and his 

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Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 9:32 AM

To: Moore, Wilbert L

Cc: Hubbard, Bradley C; Hatleberg, Shelly; frances.mizuno@sldmwa.org; Veronese, Gina; Buckman, 

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Subject: Reminder - Long-Term Water Transfer EIS/EIR Scoping Comments Due COB Monday February 

28, 2011

Greetings, 

Reminder - Long-Term Water Transfer EIS/EIR Scoping Comments Due COB Monday February 28, 2011

This is a reminder that Reclamation and San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority are soliciting scoping 

comments on the proposed Long-Term Water Transfer EIS/EIR. Written scoping comments should be 

received by close of business Monday, February 28, 2011, and should be sent to Brad Hubbard, Bureau 

of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP-410, Sacramento CA 95825, via e-mail to bhubbard@usbr.gov, 

or faxed to 916-978-5290 or to Frances Mizuno, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, PO Box 

2157, Los Banos, CA 93635, via email to frances.mizuno@sldmwa.org or faxed to 209-833-1034. 

The EIS/EIR will address transfers of Central Valley Project (CVP) water through CVP or State Water 

Project facilities, and transfers of non-CVP water supplies that require the use of CVP facilities. Individual 

and multi-year water transfers could occur through various methods, including groundwater 

substitution and cropland idling, from 2012 through 2022. Information concerning the project is 

available for review at the following website: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/cvp/ltwt/. 

Thank you, 

Brad Hubbard

Bureau of Reclamation

Division of Resources Management

916-978-5204

bhubbard@usbr.gov

Frances Mizuno

San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority

209-832-6200

Frances.Mizuno@sldmwa.org

Wilbert Louis Moore

Public Affairs Specialist

Bureau of Reclamation

2800 Cottage Way, MP-140

Sacramento, CA 95825

916-978-5106 desk

916-335-9755 cell

916-978-5114 fax