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lower American River approximately 1⁄4

mile downstream from Nimbus Dam in 

Rancho Cordova, CA. The Hatchery is a 

mitigation facility that was constructed 

by Reclamation in 1955 to compensate 

for the loss of spawning habitat for 

Chinook salmon and steelhead trout 

inundated by the construction of 

Nimbus Dam. The Hatchery annually 

produces about 4 million fall-run 

Chinook salmon smolts and 430,000 

winter-run American River steelhead 

yearlings. A fish weir is currently used 

to prevent adult salmon from continuing 

upstream and allows them to locate and 

enter the fish ladder and hatchery. 

The Project is needed because the 

existing weir is aging, susceptible to 

periodic significant damage from high 

flows, and its operation requires annual 

flow reductions to perform maintenance 

which affect protected steelhead 

populations in the river. Annual shortterm flow reductions when steelheads 

are rearing in the lower American River 

are required to install the weir. Flow 

reductions of longer duration are 

periodically required to repair 

significant flood damage to the existing 

structure and scouring around its 

foundation. This scouring is harmful 

because it destabilizes the weir and 

creates large holes that upstream 

migrant fish can pass through and 

therefore fail to enter into the hatchery 

ladder. 

The primary objective of the Project is 

to maintain a fully functional system of 

collecting adult fish sufficient to meet 

mitigation goals. Secondary objectives 

are to minimize operation and 

maintenance costs, avoid reducing river 

flows, and improve safety. Reclamation 

has evaluated a broad set of potential 

solutions in a series of planning 

evaluations beginning in the mid-1990s. 

Two approaches to solving the problems 

that were advanced through the 

planning process are: (1) Constructing a 

new fish diversion weir with a concrete 

foundation and air bladder control gates 

and pickets; and (2) extending the fish 

ladder upstream to Nimbus Dam and 

removing the existing fish diversion 

weir. The EIS/EIR evaluates each of 

these alternative approaches and a no 

action alternative. 

CDFG has continuously operated and 

maintained the Hatchery under contract 

with Reclamation since it was originally 

constructed in 1955. CDFG operates and 

maintains all salmon and steelhead 

hatcheries within the State of California 

and is responsible for the management 

of statewide fisheries resources. As 

manager of the State fisheries resources, 

CDFG is also responsible for 

recommending and implementing 

fishing regulations. One alternative 

under consideration would result in 

changes to the fishing opportunities 

immediately downstream from Nimbus 

Dam pursuant to CDFG Regulation 

Section 2.35, ‘‘Taking Fish near Dams, 

Screens, and Egg-taking Stations,’’ and 

likely would result in significant 

impacts to the Chinook salmon 

population. CDFG is also considering 

modification to the seasonal fishing 

regulations between the Hatchery and 

Nimbus Dam as part of the evaluation of 

this alternative. 

A Notice of Availability of the Draft 

EIS/EIR and a schedule for public 

meetings was published in the Federal 

Register on October 01, 2010 (75 FR 

60804). The formal comment period on 

the Draft EIS/EIR ended on November 

30, 2010. The Final EIS/EIR contains 

responses to all comments received and 

reflects comments and any additional 

information received during the review 

period. 

Copies of the Final EIS/EIR are 

available for public review at the 

following locations: 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Denver 

Office Library, Building 67, Room 167, 

Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, 

Denver, CO 80225. 

• Natural Resources Library, 

Department of the Interior, 1849 C 

Street, NW., Main Interior Building, 

Washington, DC 20240–0001. 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific 

Region, Regional Library, 2800 Cottage 

Way, Sacramento, CA 95825. 

• Central California Area Office, 

Bureau of Reclamation, 7794 Folsom 

Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630. 

• Nimbus Fish Hatchery, 2001 

Nimbus Road, Gold River, CA 95670. 

Dated: July 25, 2011. 

Pablo R. Arroyave, 

Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20393 Filed 8–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Rural Water Supply Program Approved 

Appraisal Reports; Availability 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: Reclamation provides 

assistance for appraisal investigations 

and feasibility studies for rural water 

supply projects intended to serve a 

community or group of communities 

with domestic, industrial, and 

municipal water. This assistance helps 

rural communities assess their potable 

water needs and identify options to 

address those needs. 

Three appraisal reports were 

approved in Fiscal Year 2010 and two 

were approved in Fiscal Year 2011. The 

initial appraisal investigations were 

submitted by the participants for review 

to assess technical adequacy and 

completeness. Once reviewed, 

Reclamation prepared these reports to 

document the findings and conclusions 

of the appraisal investigations that 

identified the water supply problems, 

needs, and opportunities in the 

planning study areas. The approval of 

an appraisal report indicates that there 

is a viable alternative that warrants a 

more detailed investigation through a 

feasibility study. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

approved appraisal reports can be 

downloaded from our Web site: http:// 

www.usbr.gov/ruralwater. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Joseph Wilson by telephone at (303) 

445–2856, or by e-mail at 

jwilson@usbr.gov. Copies are also 

available for public review at the 

following locations: 

• Dry-Redwater Rural Water System 

Appraisal Report, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Montana Area Office, 2900 

Fourth Avenue North, Billings, MT 

59101, (406) 247–7300 

• Douglas County Rural Water Project 

Appraisal Report, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Eastern Colorado Area 

Office, 11056 W. County Rd 18E, 

Loveland, CO 80537–9711, (970) 667– 

4410 

• Lower Niobrara Natural Resource 

District Appraisal Report, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Nebraska Kansas Area 

Office, 203 West 2nd Street, Grand 

Island, NE 68801–5907, (308) 389–5301 

• Musselshell-Judith Rural Water 

System Appraisal Report, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Montana Area Office, 2900 

Fourth Avenue North, Billings, MT 

59101, (406) 247–7300 

• Southern Black Hills Regional 

Water System Appraisal Report, Bureau 

of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, 

304 E. Broadway Avenue, Bismarck, ND 

58501, (701) 250–4242 x3101 

Authority 

Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act 

of December 22, 2006 (Pub. L. 109–451, 

Title I, 120 Stat. 3346, 43 U.S.C. 2401, 

et seq.) authorizes Reclamation to 

establish a program to work with rural 

communities, including Indian tribes, in 

the 17 Western States to assess rural 

water supply needs and identify options 

to address those needs through 

appraisal investigations and feasibility 

studies. 


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Background 

The Douglas County Rural Water 

Project Appraisal Report addresses the 

County’s extremely low recharge into 

and high withdrawal amounts from the 

Denver Basin aquifers and proposes to 

resolve this issue by replacing current 

groundwater supplies with an 

alternative source of water. The 

proposed alternative includes water 

treatment, raw and finished water 

transmission, finished water storage, 

and aquifer storage and recovery for 

delivery of surface water from existing 

diversions and water impoundments on 

the South Platte River to this large rural 

region of central Colorado. 

The Dry-Redwater Rural Water 

System project would serve a 

population of about 15,000 people in 

the project area, including the towns of 

Circle, Richey, Jordan, and Fairview; the 

unincorporated town of Lambert; the 

water districts of Highland Park, Forrest 

Park, Spring Grove, and Whispering 

Tree; and rural users in the service area. 

It examines opportunities to provide 

communities, unincorporated areas, and 

rural areas in east-central Montana with 

a present and future source of high 

quality water from North Rock Creek in 

the Big Dry Arm of Fort Peck Reservoir. 

The Musselshell-Judith Rural Water 

System Appraisal Investigation was 

conducted by the Central Montana 

Regional Water Authority to assess the 

viability of developing a rural water 

system to serve about 4,500 people in 15 

incorporated and unincorporated towns 

in central Montana. The proposed 

alternative would supply water to the 

system from a field of groundwater 

wells in the Utica, Montana area. Water 

pumped from the Madison Aquifer, a 

deep underground aquifer, would be 

distributed from the well field by a 

branch type system of pipelines, booster 

pump stations, and storage tanks. 

The Lower Niobrara project area is 

located in Knox County in northeast 

Nebraska. There is a growing need for 

an improved water source because of 

rising nitrate levels in some areas. The 

proposed study area comprises 

approximately the central one-third of 

Knox County, which includes the West 

Knox Rural Water System (RWS), the 

Santee Sioux Reservation, and the 

towns of Creighton, Niobrara, and 

Center. The preferred alternative for 

Lower Niobrara consists of expanding 

the West Knox RWS Well Field to 

supply Creighton, Niobrara, Center, and 

the Santee Sioux Reservation. 

The Southern Black Hills Water 

System (SBHWS) project is designed to 

provide a regional water supply and 

water delivery system for rural users, 

special use needs, and community 

needs for southern Pennington County, 

all of Custer County, and all of Fall 

River County, in southwestern South 

Dakota. The SBHWS appraisal 

investigation evaluated a number of 

alternatives ranging from purchasing 

water from an existing entity, 

developing new infrastructure, and 

some non-structural alternatives which 

include water use polices (e.g., prohibit 

rural residential growth) and water 

conservation (e.g., leak detection 

surveys). 

Dated: July 11, 2011. 

Roseann Gonzales, 

Director, Policy and Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20392 Filed 8–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

Exemptions From Certain Prohibited 

Transaction Restrictions 

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Labor. 

ACTION: Grant of Individual Exemptions. 

SUMMARY: This document contains 

exemptions issued by the Department of 

Labor (the Department) from certain of 

the prohibited transaction restrictions of 

the Employee Retirement Income 

Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) 

and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 

1986 (the Code). This notice includes 

the following: D–11468 and D–11469, 

The Krispy Kreme Doughnut 

Corporation Retirement Savings Plan 

(the Savings Plan) and the Krispy Kreme 

Profit-Sharing Stock Ownership Plan 

the KSOP (together, the Plans), 2011–10; 

D–11634, The United Brotherhood of 

Carpenters Pension Fund (the Plan), 

2011–11; and L–11651 and L–11652, 

Verizon Communications, Inc. (Verizon 

and Cellco Partnership, doing business 

as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless; 

collectively the Applicants), 2011–12 et 

al. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice 

was published in the Federal Register of 

the pendency before the Department of 

a proposal to grant such exemption. The 

notice set forth a summary of facts and 

representations contained in the 

application for exemption and referred 

interested persons to the application for 

a complete statement of the facts and 

representations. The application has 

been available for public inspection at 

the Department in Washington, DC. The 

notice also invited interested persons to 

submit comments on the requested 

exemption to the Department. In 

addition the notice stated that any 

interested person might submit a 

written request that a public hearing be 

held (where appropriate). The applicant 

has represented that it has complied 

with the requirements of the notification 

to interested persons. No requests for a 

hearing were received by the 

Department. Public comments were 

received by the Department as described 

in the granted exemption. 

The notice of proposed exemption 

was issued and the exemption is being 

granted solely by the Department 

because, effective December 31, 1978, 

section 102 of Reorganization Plan No. 

4 of 1978, 5 U.S.C. App. 1 (1996), 

transferred the authority of the Secretary 

of the Treasury to issue exemptions of 

the type proposed to the Secretary of 

Labor. 

Statutory Findings 

In accordance with section 408(a) of 

the Act and/or section 4975(c)(2) of the 

Code and the procedures set forth in 29 

CFR Part 2570, Subpart B (55 FR 32836, 

32847, August 10, 1990) and based upon 

the entire record, the Department makes 

the following findings: 

(a) The exemption is administratively 

feasible; 

(b) The exemption is in the interests 

of the plan and its participants and 

beneficiaries; and 

(c) The exemption is protective of the 

rights of the participants and 

beneficiaries of the plan. 

The Krispy Kreme Doughnut 

Corporation Retirement Savings Plan 

(the Savings Plan) and the Krispy Kreme 

Profit-Sharing Stock Ownership Plan 

the KSOP; together, the Plans) 

[Prohibited Transaction Exemption 

2011–10; Located in Winston-Salem, 

North Carolina [Exemption Application 

Nos. D–11468 and D–11469, 

respectively] 

Exemption 

The restrictions of section 

406(a)(1)(A),(D),(E), section 406(a)(2), 

section 406(b)(2) and section 407(a) of 

the Act and the sanctions resulting from 

the application of section 4975 of the 

Code, by reason of section 4975(c)(1)(A) 

and (D) of the Code, shall not apply, 

effective January 16, 2007, to (1) the 

release by the Plans of their claims 

against Krispy Kreme Doughnut 

Corporation (KKDC), the sponsor of the 

Plans, Michael Phalen and Price

waterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), parties 

in interest with respect to the Plan, in 

exchange for cash, shares of common 

stock (the Common Stock) and warrants 

(the Warrants) issued by Krispy Kreme 


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