60266 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 216 / Friday, November 7, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Central Valley Project Improvement

Act, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Department of the Interior

ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft

programmatic environmental impact

statement (DPEIS).

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of

1969 (as amended), the Bureau of

Reclamation (Reclamation) as lead

agency has prepared a DPEIS for the

Central Valley Project Improvement Act

(CVPIA). The proposed alternatives

provide a means for implementing the

CVPIA. The proposed alternatives

exercise the provisions of several federal

laws as applicable to Reclamation.

Public hearings will be held in a

number of sessions to receive written or

verbal comments on the DPEIS from

interested organizations and individuals

on the environmental impacts of the

proposal.

DATES: Public comments on the DPEIS

should be submitted on or before

February 6, 1998. Public hearings to

receive comments on the PDEIS will be

held as follows:

• January 7, 1998 at 7:00 p.m. at the

Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road, Red

Bluff, California.

• January 8, 1998 at 7:00 p.m. at the

Tradewinds Lodge, 400 South Main

Street, Fort Bragg, California.

• January 13, 1998 at 7:00 p.m. at the

Holiday Inn, 2233 Ventura Street,

Fresno, California.

• January 14, 1998 at 7:00 p.m. at the

Oakland Federal Building, 1301 Clay

Street, Oakland, California.

• January 15, 1998 at 7:00 p.m. at the

Sacramento Inn, Yosemite Room, 1401

Arden Way, Sacramento, California.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the

DPEIS should be addressed to Mr. Alan

Candlish, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800

Cottage Way, MP–120, Sacramento CA

95825. Requests for either a printed

copy or a compact disk version of the

DPEIS should be addressed to Ms.

Alisha Sterud, Bureau of Reclamation,

2800 Cottage Way, MP–120, Sacramento

CA 95825, telephone: (916) 978–5190.

Copies of the DPEIS are also available

for public inspection and review at the

following locations:

• Bureau of Reclamation, Program

Analysis Office, Room 7456, 1849 C

Street NW, Washington DC 20240;

telephone: (202) 208–4662.

• Bureau of Reclamation, Denver

Office Library, Building 67, Room 167,

Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling,

Denver CO 80225; telephone: (303) 236–

6963.

• Bureau of Reclamation, Regional

Director, Attention: MP–140, 2800

Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825–

1898; telephone: (916) 978–5100.

• Natural Resources Library, U.S.

Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street

NW, Main Interior Building,

Washington DC 20240–0001.

Copies will also be available for

inspections at the following public

libraries: Alum Rock Library, Alturas

Public Library, Amador County Library,

Auburn-Placer County Library,

Bakersfield Library, Burbank Public

Library, Butte County Library, Calaveras

County Library, California State Library,

College of the Redwoods, Colusa County

Free Library, Concord Library, Contra

Costa Library, CSU—Chico, Meriam

Library-Government Publications, CSU

Long Beach, Library-Government

Documents, CSU—Stanislaus, Del Norte

County Library District, Dixon Unified

School District Library, E.P. Foster and

H.P. Wright Library, El Dorado County

Library, Fresno County Public Library,

Grass Valley-Sierra County Library,

Humboldt County Library, Kern County

Public Library, Kings County Library,

Lake County Library, Lassen County

Free Library, Lodi Public Library, Los

Angeles Public Library, Los Banos City

Library, Madera County Library, Marin

County Civic Center Library, Mariposa

County Library, Mendocino County

Library, Mendota Unified School

District, Merced Library, Modesto City

Library, Monterey County Free Library,

Napa City and County Library, Nevada

City Library, Northwestern University,

Oakland Public Library, Orange County

Public Library, Plumas County Library,

Red Bluff City Library, Redwood CitySan Mateo County Library, Riverside

City and County Library, Sacramento

County Library, Sacramento Public

Library, San Benito County Free Library,

San Bernadino County Library, San

Diego Public Library, San Diego State

University, San Francisco Public

Library, San Jose State University, San

Luis Obispo City and County Library,

San Rafael Civic Center Library, Santa

Barbara Public Library, Santa Cruz

Public Library, Shasta County Library,

Siskiyou County Library, Solano County

Library, Sonoma County Library,

Stanford University Libraries, Stanislaus

County Free Library, Stockton City

Library, Stockton-San Joaquin County

Public Library, Sutter County Library,

Tehama County Library, Trinity County

Library, Tulare County Free Library,

Tulare Public Library, Tuolumne

County Library, U.C. Berkeley Library,

U.C. Davis Library, U.C., Hastings

College of Law, U.C. Los Angeles,

University Research Library, U.C. San

Diego, Government Documents/Maps

Department, U.C. Santa Barbara,

Library-Government Publications

Section, U.C. Water Resources Center,

Willows Public Library, Yolo County

Library, Yuba County Library.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If

requesting copies of the DPEIS, contact

Ms. Alisha Sterud, Bureau of

Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP–

120, Sacramento CA 95825, telephone:

(916) 978–5190. For additional

information contact Mr. Alan Candlish,

Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage

Way, MP–120, Sacramento CA 95825,

telephone: (916) 978–5190.

Dated: October 17, 1997.

Kirk C. Rodgers,

Deputy Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 97–28763 Filed 11–06–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–94–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Westland Irrigation District Boundary

Adjustment, Hermiston, OR

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of

1969, as amended, the Bureau of

Reclamation (Reclamation) intends to

prepare an environmental impact

statement (EIS) for a proposed boundary

adjustment to include additional lands

into the Westland Irrigation District.

Westland Irrigation District (WID)

proposes the addition of 21,100 acres, of

which 9,912 acres are currently

irrigated, into their boundaries.

The NEPA process was initiated in

late 1993 and, as a result of comments

received then, has been on hold until

additional information was obtained.

This notice is to inform the public of the

resumption of the NEPA process and the

preparation of an EIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. John Tiedeman, UCA–1607, Upper

Columbia Area Office, Bureau of

Reclamation, PO Box 1749, Yakima, WA

98907–1749; Telephone (509) 575–5848

extension 238.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: WID is

one of several districts in the Umatilla

basin either served by federally owned

facilities or receiving federally

controlled water. A Federal repayment

contract with WID requires that changes