Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 28, 2010 / Notices 81641 

Hatteras National Seashore, 1401 

National Park Drive, Manteo, NC 27954. 

Telephone: (252) 473–2111 ext. 148. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

selected action, the NPS will propose a 

special regulation based on the ROD 

that provides a balanced distribution of 

beach miles designated as ORV routes 

and vehicle-free areas, while providing 

for the protection of park resources. 

Driving will be prohibited off-road in 

the Seashore except on designated 

routes, and an ORV permit, with a short 

educational component, will be 

required for ORV operators. To operate 

off-road, ORVs must meet required 

vehicle characteristics and carry 

required equipment. The NPS will 

implement measures for pedestrian 

safety. When carrying capacity is 

reached or exceeded on an ORV route, 

it will be temporarily closed to 

additional vehicles. To support access 

to both vehicle-free areas and 

designated ORV routes, the NPS will 

construct new parking areas and 

pedestrian access trails, new or 

relocated ORV ramps, and 

improvements and additions to the 

interdunal road system. The 

Superintendent may issue a special use 

permit in certain limited circumstances 

for ORV use in vehicle-free areas. 

Vehicles operated off-road under the 

terms of a commercial fishing permit or 

commercial use authorization (CUA) 

issued by the superintendent would not 

require a separate ORV permit. 

The NPS will manage for protected 

species using the measures identified in 

the Final EIS. These include pre-nesting 

closures and standard buffers for 

shorebirds and night driving restrictions 

during the sea turtle nesting season. The 

NPS will employ periodic review and 

an adaptive management strategy, using 

monitoring and the systematic 

evaluation of results to determine if 

adjustments in management are 

necessary to reach the desired future 

condition for the threatened, 

endangered, state-listed, and special 

status species as described in the FEIS. 

The ROD briefly discusses the 

selected action, five other alternatives 

considered, the basis for the decision, 

and measures to minimize impacts and 

address public concerns. The requisite 

no-action ‘‘wait period’’ before approval 

of the ROD was initiated November 19, 

2010 with the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s Federal Register 

notification of the filing of the Final EIS. 

As soon as practicable after the 

publication of the Notice of Availability 

and Summary of the ROD in the Federal 

Register, the Seashore will publish in 

the Federal Register for public comment 

a proposed special regulation to 

designate ORV routes and regulate the 

use of ORVs in the Seashore. The ROD 

is not the final agency action for those 

elements of the plan that require 

promulgation of a regulation to be 

effective; promulgation of the regulation 

will constitute the final agency action 

for such elements of the plan. Moreover, 

the Seashore will not begin to 

implement the selected action until after 

promulgation of the final special 

regulation. Once the final special 

regulation is in effect, the Seashore will 

implement the selected action, as 

described in the preferred alternative 

(alternative F) presented in the final 

plan/EIS and in the ROD. 

Interested parties desiring to review 

the ROD may access it on the NPS 

Planning, Environment and Public 

Comment Web site at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/caha or may 

obtain a copy by contacting Mike 

Murray, Superintendent, Cape Hatteras 

National Seashore, 1401 National Park 

Drive, Manteo, NC 27954. Telephone: 

(252) 473–2111 ext. 148. 

Authority: The authority for publishing 

this notice is 40 CFR 1506.6. 

The responsible official for this ROD 

is the Regional Director, Southeast 

Region, National Park Service, 100 

Alabama Street, SW., 1924 Building, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 

Gordon Wissinger, 

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region, 

National Park Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32549 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–X6–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[INT–DES 10–54] 

Odessa Subarea Special Study; 

Adams, Franklin, Grant, and Lincoln 

Counties, WA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice for extension of the 

public comment period for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation is 

extending the comment period for the 

Odessa Subarea Special Study DEIS to 

January 31, 2011. The original notice of 

availability for the DEIS was published 

in the Federal Register on October 25, 

2010. The public review period was 

originally scheduled to end on 

December 31, 2010 (75 FR 65503). 

DATES: Written or e-mailed comments 

on the Draft EIS will be accepted 

through January 31, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

Draft EIS may be submitted to Bureau of 

Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area 

Office, Attention: Charles Carnohan, 

Activity Manager, 1917 Marsh Road, 

Yakima, Washington 98901–2058. 

Comments may also be submitted 

electronically to Odessa@usbr.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact 

Charles Carnohan, Activity Manager, 

Telephone (509) 575–5848 x603. 

Information on this project can also be 

found at http://www.usbr.gov/pn/ 

programs/ucao_misc/odessa/ 

index.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Draft EIS is available for public 

inspection at the following locations: 

• Bureau of Reclamation, ColumbiaCascades Area Office, 1917 Marsh Road, 

Yakima, WA 98901–2058; telephone: 

(509) 575–5848. 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific 

Northwest Regional Office, 1150 North 

Curtis Road, Suite 100, Boise, ID 83706– 

1234; telephone: (208) 378–5012. 

Libraries 

• Ritzville Public Library, 302 West 

Main, Ritzville, WA 99169. 

• Basin City Branch, Mid-Columbia 

Library, Basin City, WA 99343. 

• Benton-Franklin County Regional 

Law Library, Columbia Basin College, L 

Building, 2600 North 10th Avenue, 

Pasco, WA 99301. 

• Big Bend Community College 

Library, Building 1800, 7611 Bolling 

Street, NE., Moses Lake, WA 98837. 

• Columbia Basin College Library, 

2600 North 20th Avenue, Pasco, WA 

99301. 

• Connell Branch, Mid-Columbia 

Library, 118 North Columbia Avenue, 

Connell, WA 99362. 

• Coulee City Public Library, 405 

West Main Street, Coulee City, WA 

99115. 

• Ephrata City Library, 45 Alder 

Street Northwest, Ephrata, WA 98823– 

2420. 

• Grant County Law Library, 35 C 

Street, NW., Ephrata, WA 98823. 

• Kahlotus Branch, Mid-Columbia 

Library, East 225 Weston, Kahlotus, WA 

99335. 

• Moses Lake Community Library, 

418 East 5th Avenue, Moses Lake, WA 

98837–1797. 

• Odessa Public Library, 21 East 1st 

Avenue, Odessa, WA 99159. 

• Othello Branch, Mid-Columbia 

Library, 101 East Main, Othello, WA 

99344. 


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• 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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