[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 60266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28763]



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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).

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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:
    <bullet> January 7, 1998 at 7:00 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 355 
Gilmore Road, Red Bluff, California.
    <bullet> January 8, 1998 at 7:00 p.m. at the Tradewinds Lodge, 400 
South Main Street, Fort Bragg, California.
    <bullet> January 13, 1998 at 7:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 2233 
Ventura Street, Fresno, California.
    <bullet> January 14, 1998 at 7:00 p.m. at the Oakland Federal 
Building, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California.
    <bullet> 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:
    <bullet> Bureau of Reclamation, Program Analysis Office, Room 7456, 
1849 C Street NW, Washington DC 20240; telephone: (202) 208-4662.
    <bullet> Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office Library, Building 67, 
Room 167, Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, Denver CO 80225; 
telephone: (303) 236-6963.
    <bullet> Bureau of Reclamation, Regional Director, Attention: MP-
140, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825-1898; telephone: (916) 978-
5100.
    <bullet> 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 City-
San 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]
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