Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 59 / Wednesday, March 28, 2007 / Notices 14611 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of March 12, 

2007, in FR Doc. E7–4420, on page 

11051, in the first column, correct 

‘‘Parcel 33 T. 4 S., R. 7 E., sec. 4, 

S1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4’’ as follows 

‘‘Parcel 33 T. 4 S., R. 7 E., sec. 4, 

S1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4’’

and in the Federal Register of March 12, 

2007, in FR Doc. E7–4420, on page 

11051, in the second column, in the 

second and third sentences in the first 

paragraph, correct ‘‘parcel 1’’ as follows 

‘‘parcels 1 and 2’’. 

Dated: March 22, 2007. 

John Willoughby, 

Acting Deputy State Director, Natural 

Resources (CA–930). 

[FR Doc. E7–5657 Filed 3–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[FES–07–10] 

Folsom Dam Safety and Flood Damage 

Reduction (DS/FDR) Action—

Sacramento, El Dorado, and Placer 

Counties, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR). 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation), the lead Federal agency; 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(Corps), a cooperating Federal agency; 

the Reclamation Board, the lead State 

agency; and the Sacramento Area Flood 

Control Agency (SAFCA), the local 

sponsor, have prepared a Final EIS/EIR 

for the Folsom DS/FDR Action. The 

Folsom DS/FDR proposed action 

includes features that address 

Reclamation’s DS objectives and the 

Corps’ FDR objectives jointly as well as 

features or increments that exclusively 

address DS, security, or FDR objectives 

and would be constructed by the 

respective agencies. The Final EIS/EIR 

contains responses to comments 

received on the Draft EIS/EIR. 

The Corps intends to adopt the Final 

EIS/EIR to satisfy the requirements of 

National Environmental Policy Act for 

the Joint Federal Project (JFP) 

component and other FDR features as 

appropriate. The Corps has prepared a 

Post Authorization Change (PAC) Report 

which documents recommended 

changes to the authorized Folsom 

Modifications and Folsom Dam Raise 

projects. 

A Notice of Availability of the Draft 

EIS/EIR was published in the Federal 

Register on Tuesday, November 28, 

2006 (71 FR 68837). The public review 

period on the Draft EIS/EIR ended on 

January 22, 2006. The public review 

period was extended via a press release 

to January 26, 2007. 

DATES: Any written comments on the 

Folsom DS/FDR Final EIS/EIR should be 

submitted on or before Monday, April 

30, 2007, to Mr. Shawn Oliver or Mrs. 

Becky Victorine at the addresses below. 

The State Reclamation Board will 

complete a California Environmental 

Quality Act (CEQA) Findings on the 

Final EIS/EIR within 30 days of the 

document’s release. No Federal decision 

will be made on the proposed action 

until 30 days after the release of the 

Final EIS/EIR. After this 30-day waiting 

period, Reclamation and the Corps will 

complete their respective Records of 

Decision (RODs) for the JFP, DS, and 

FDR objectives. The RODs and CEQA 

Findings will identify the recommended 

action to be implemented including any 

measures found necessary to avoid, 

reduce, or mitigate any significant 

adverse project effects. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

the Folsom DS/FDR Final EIS/EIR to Mr. 

Shawn Oliver, Bureau of Reclamation, 

7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 

95630 (e-mail: soliver@mp.usbr.gov) and 

Mrs. Becky Victorine, U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers, 1325 J Street, Sacramento, 

CA 95814, or e-mail: 

rebecca.a.victorine@usace.army.mil. 

Send requests for a compact disk or a 

bound copy of the Final EIS/EIR to Ms. 

Rosemary Stefani, Bureau of 

Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, 

Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone: (916) 

978–5309, or e-mail: 

rstefani@mp.usbr.gov. The Folsom DS/ 

FDR Final EIS/EIR will also be available 

on the Web at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ 

nepa/ 

nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=1808 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for locations where the Folsom 

DS/FDR Final EIS/EIR is available for 

public review. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Shawn Oliver, Bureau of Reclamation at 

the above address, or Mrs. Becky 

Victorine, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

at the above address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Folsom Facility consists of 12 structures 

(dams and dikes), which impound the 

American River forming the Folsom 

Reservoir. Both Reclamation and the 

Corps share in the responsibility of 

ensuring that the Folsom Facility is 

maintained and operated under their 

respective agency dam safety 

regulations and guidelines, as defined 

by Congress. As a part of their 

responsibilities, Reclamation and the 

Corps have determined that the Folsom 

Facility requires structural 

improvements to increase overall public 

safety above existing conditions by 

improving the facilities’ ability to 

reduce flood damages and address dam 

safety issues posed by hydrologic 

(flood), seismic (earthquake), and static 

(seepage) events. While these events 

have a low probability of occurrence in 

a given year, due to the large population 

downstream of Folsom Dam, modifying 

the facilities is prudent and required to 

improve public safety above current 

baseline conditions. 

The Folsom DS/FDR Final EIS/EIR 

discusses the project background, 

purpose and need, project description, 

and related projects. Responses to all 

comments received from interested 

organizations and individuals on the 

Draft EIS/EIR during the public review 

period and at the public hearing are 

addressed in the Final EIS/EIR. The 

Final EIS/EIR addresses the impacts of 

project construction on aquatic 

resources, terrestrial vegetation and 

wildlife, hydrology, water quality, 

groundwater, water supply, hydropower 

resources, socioeconomics, soils, 

minerals, geological resources, visual 

resources, agricultural resources, 

transportation and circulation, noise, 

cultural resources, land use, planning 

and zoning, recreation resources, public 

services and utilities, air quality, 

population and housing, public health 

and safety, environmental justice, and 

Indian trust assets. There is the 

potential for significant impacts to air 

quality, water quality, soils, visual 

resources, noise, transportation, 

terrestrial vegetation and wildlife, 

cultural resources, socioeconomics, and 

recreation including utilizing recreation 

areas for staging and construction 

purposes, re-routing recreation trails, 

and potential excavation of borrow 

material at Beal’s Point, Folsom Point, 

and Mooney Ridge. 

The Folsom DS/FDR proposed action 

considered by the lead agencies is the 

alternative that includes: 

• Joint Federal Project (JFP) auxiliary 

spillway with a six submerged tainter 

gate control structure and concrete-lined 

chute, stilling basin, and approach 

channel; 

• Potential 3.5-foot parapet concrete 

wall raise and replacement of three 

emergency spillway gates for FDR; 

• DS features including jet grouting 

the foundation of Mormon Island 

Auxiliary Dam (MIAD) for seismic 

stability; toe drains and full-height 

filters at the Left and Right Wing Dams, 


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MIAD, Dikes 4, 5, and 6 to address static 

risks; and security upgrades at Folsom 

Dam and Appurtenant Structures (the 

Folsom Facility). 

The Folsom Reservoir currently 

provides water supply, flood control, 

hydropower, fish and wildlife, and 

recreational benefits. The proposed 

action will not change operations 

relative to water supply, flood control, 

hydropower, and fish and wildlife 

benefits, but will result in temporary 

disruptions of recreational activities at 

and near construction and staging sites. 

Availability of Copies of Folsom DS/ 

FDR Final EIS/EIR 

Copies of the Folsom DS/FDR 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. 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific 

Regional Office Library, 2800 Cottage 

Way, W–1825, Sacramento, CA 95825–

1898. 

• El Dorado County Library, 345 Fair 

Lane, Placerville, CA 95667–5699. 

• Folsom Public Library, 300 Persifer 

Street, Folsom, CA 95630. 

• Natural Resources Library, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street 

NW., Main Interior Building, 

Washington, DC 20240–0001. 

• Roseville Public Library, 311 

Vernon Street, Roseville, CA 95678. 

• Sacramento Central Library, 828 I 

Street, Sacramento, CA 95814–2589. 

Additional Information 

Correspondence received in response 

to this notice will become part of the 

administrative record and is subject to 

public inspection. Our practice is to 

make correspondence including names, 

home addresses, home phone numbers, 

and email addresses of respondents, 

available for public review. Individuals 

may request that we withhold their 

names and/or home addresses, etc., but 

if you wish us to consider withholding 

this information, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

correspondence. In addition, you must 

present a rationale for withholding this 

information. This rationale must 

demonstrate that disclosure would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of privacy. Unsupported 

assertions will not meet this burden. In 

the absence of exceptional, 

documentable circumstances, this 

information will be released. We will 

always make submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Dated: March 13, 2007. 

Kirk C. Rodgers, 

Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. E7–5559 Filed 3–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[DES–07–17] 

North Sonoma County Agricultural 

Reuse Project (NSCARP)—Sonoma 

County, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of 

the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement/Environmental Impact Report 

(EIS/EIR) and notice of public hearings. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (NEPA), and Public 

Resources Code, sections 21000–21177 

of the California Environmental Quality 

Act (CEQA), the Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation), the lead Federal agency, 

and the Sonoma County Water Agency 

(SCWA), the local sponsor and CEQA 

lead agency, have made available for 

public review and comment a Draft EIS/ 

EIR for the NSCARP. 

The NSCARP Draft EIS/EIR describes 

a no action alternative (Alternative 1) 

and three action alternatives 

(Alternative 2, Alternative 3, and 

Alternative 4) that include numerous 

features that would create an 

agricultural irrigation system comprised 

of 19 recycled water storage reservoirs 

totaling about 11,200 acre-feet in storage 

capacity. In addition, NSCARP would 

involve the design and construction of 

approximately 112 miles of 

transmission pipeline and numerous 

pumping stations for conveying water 

from the Geysers Pipeline to the storage 

reservoirs, and for distribution of the 

storage recycled water from the 

reservoirs to approximately 21,500 acres 

of agricultural lands. 

As part of the NEPA/CEQA process, 

one public hearing will be held to 

provide interested individuals and 

organizations with an opportunity to 

comment verbally and in writing on the 

NSCARP Draft EIS/EIR. 

DATES: Comments on the NSCARP Draft 

EIS/EIR should be submitted on or 

before May 18, 2007 to Mr. David 

Cuneo, Senior Environmental Specialist, 

at the address below. 

The public hearing will be held on 

May 15, 2007 at 10 a.m. at Santa Rosa, 

CA. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be 

held at: Sonoma County Board of 

Supervisors Meeting Room, 575 

Administration Drive, Santa Rosa, 

California 95403. 

Send written comments on the 

NSCARP Draft EIS/EIR to Mr. David 

Cuneo, Sonoma County Water Agency, 

P.O. Box 11628, Santa Rosa, CA 95406–

1628 (e-mail: david@scwa.ca.gov). Send 

requests for a compact disk or a bound 

copy of the Draft EIS/EIR to Mr. David 

Cuneo at the address above, telephone: 

(707) 547–1935, or e-mail: 

david@scwa.ca.gov. The NSCARP Draft 

EIS/EIR will also be available on the 

Web at: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/ 

nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=2152 

and http:// 

www.sonomacountywater.org/projects/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Douglas Kleinsmith, Reclamation, 

Environmental Specialist, telephone: 

(916) 978–5034 or e-mail: 

dkleinsmith@mp.usbr.gov; or Mr. David 

Cuneo, Sonoma County Water Agency, 

telephone (707) 547–1935 or e-mail: 

david@scwa.ca.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NSCARP Draft EIS/EIR discusses the 

project background, purpose and need, 

project description and alternatives, and 

related projects. The Draft EIS/EIR 

addresses the impacts of project 

construction and operation on 

aesthetics, agricultural resources, air 

quality, biological resources, cultural 

resources, environmental justice, 

geology and soils, hydrology/water 

quality, land use, noise, population and 

housing, public health and safety, 

public services/utilities, recreation, and 

transportation and circulation. 

The NSCARP area encompasses 

portions of Sonoma County involving 

four geographical sub areas within the 

Russian River watershed: Alexander 

Valley, Dry Creek Valley, North 

Alexander Valley, and Russian River 

Valley, comprising about 46,000 acres. 

These four sub areas correspond to 

discrete service areas that would be 

served recycled water by sub areaspecific water storage and transmission 

facilities. 

Federal and state regulatory agencies 

have expressed concerns regarding the 

potential impacts to fisheries resources 

and habitat within the Russian River 

and its tributaries. These concerns have 

and will continue to result in increased 

scrutiny of future diversion of water for 

all uses. In 1996, NOAA Fisheries listed 

the coho salmon as threatened in the 

Russian River watershed and adjacent 


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