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Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of 

November 2024. 

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Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

[Docket No. NRCS–2024–0019] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the North Cache Valley Watershed Plan 

Project in Franklin County, Idaho and 

Cache County, Utah 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent (NOI) to prepare 

an environmental impact statement 

(EIS). 

SUMMARY: The Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS) Idaho 

State Office announces its intent to 

prepare an EIS for the North Cache 

Valley Project Watershed Plan 

(Watershed Plan), located within the 

North Cache Valley Watershed in 

Lewiston, Utah. The proposed 

Watershed Plan will examine alternative 

solutions to provide improved 

agricultural water management and to 

enhance recreational facilities. The 

project is being planned for areas within 

the watershed located in Franklin 

County, Idaho and Cache County, Utah. 

The project area is comprised of the 

irrigation service area within the 

watershed which fits into the watershed 

plan’s primary purpose of Agricultural 

Water Management. The Project Area 

includes developed and undeveloped 

agricultural land and small farm 

communities. The primary purpose for 

this Watershed Plan is to provide more 

reliable management of agricultural 

water in the Project Area and to enhance 

existing recreational opportunities in 

the watershed. This Watershed Plan is 

needed to improve impaired drainage 

infrastructure; provide an efficient and 

reliable irrigation water supply; improve 

water management and measurement; 

reduce seepage loss in existing 

conveyance systems; and to expand the 

limited recreational opportunities in the 

watershed. NRCS is requesting 

comments to identify significant issues, 

potential alternatives, information, and 

analyses relevant to the proposed action 

from all interested individuals, Federal 

and State agencies, and Tribes. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by December 23, 2024. We 

will consider comments received after 

close of the comment period to the 

extent possible. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments in response to this notice. 

You may submit your comments 

through one of the methods below: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for docket ID NRCS–2024–0019. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments; or 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Dan 

Murdock, Water Resources Planning 

Specialist, USDA, NRCS, Idaho State 

Office, 9173 W Barnes Drive, Suite C, 

Boise, Idaho 83709. In your comments, 

specify the docket ID NRCS–2024–0019. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change and made publicly 

available on www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan 

Murdock, telephone: (208) 685–6990; 

email: daniel.murdock@usda.gov. 

Individuals who require alternative 

means for communication should 

contact the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) Target Center at 

(202) 720–2600 (voice and text 

telephone (TTY)) or dial 711 for 

Telecommunications Relay service (both 

voice and text telephone users can 

initiate this call from any telephone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need 

The primary purposes for the 

Watershed Plan is to improve 

agricultural water management and 

recreation development in the Project 

Area. Watershed planning is authorized 

under the Watershed Protection and 

Flood Prevention Act of 1954 (Pub. L. 

83–566), as amended, and the Flood 

Control Act of 1944 (Pub. L. 78–534). 

Franklin County, Idaho is the 

Sponsoring Local Organization for this 

project with Cub River Irrigation 

Company (CRIC) and Cache County, 

Utah as co-sponsors. The project is 

essential to improve agricultural water 

management and enhance recreational 

development in the watershed. 

This action is needed to address 

drainage, water management, and 

recreation issues for the Project Area. 

This action is needed to better manage 

and remove drainage and flood flows in 

a timely manner; provide an efficient, 

reliable irrigation water supply; 

construct a sustainable distribution 

system; increase pumping efficiencies; 

and conserve water. Water conservation 

would be accomplished by reducing 

open channel inefficiencies, seepage 

losses, and evaporation. 

Estimated Federal funds required for 

the construction of the proposed action 

may exceed $25 million and the 

proposed action will, therefore, require 

congressional approval per the 2018 

Agriculture Appropriations Act 

amended funding threshold. In 

accordance with the regulation in 7 CFR 

650.7(a)(2), an EIS is required for 

projects requiring congressional 

approval. 

Preliminary Proposed Action and 

Alternatives, Including No Action 

The EIS objective is to formulate and 

evaluate alternatives for the purposes of 

agricultural water management and 

public recreation in the Franklin 

County, Idaho Project Area. The EIS is 

expected to evaluate three alternatives: 


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two action alternatives and one no 

action alternative. 

The alternatives that may be 

considered for detailed analysis include: 

• Alternative 1—No Action 

Alternative: Taking no action would 

consist of activities conducted if no 

Federal action or funding were 

provided. If the No Action Alternative is 

selected, water flows would pass 

through the same historic channels, 

waterways, and drainage crossings as 

they currently do with issues 

continuing, dependent on the nature, 

timing, and severity of the events. 

Agricultural fields would continue to 

flood during rain-on-snow events, 

including the extensive saturation and 

killing of crops. Irrigation water would 

continue to be lost through seepage and 

evaporation from the earthen canals and 

existing irrigation methods would 

remain unchanged or continue to 

change as farmers choose to install 

pumps and pressurize their own 

irrigation systems. Additionally, the 

soils saturated seasonally by the canal 

seepage would continue to be saturated 

and soured and unusable for 

agricultural production. No new stations 

would be constructed to consolidate the 

system. There would be no recreational 

access points constructed on the Bear 

River. No Federal action or funding 

would be associated with the No Action 

Alternative. 

• Alternative 2—Proposed Action— 

Bear River Two Pump Station. This 

alternative would include various 

actions to provide agricultural water 

management and public recreation 

benefits to the area. The Proposed 

Action would install 19,000 feet of 

conduit and place five pumps for 

drainage management. In many areas, 

the existing canal and ditches will be 

left open and used for flood control 

purposes, as they historically have been, 

including improvements to the Choll’s 

Spill to allow the water flows to pass to 

the Cub River with minimal manual 

regulation and reduced risks. The 

existing canal along 800 West below 800 

South in Lewiston, Utah, would also 

remain open and convey the water 

flows. Irrigation pipelines will be dual 

purposed in locations where it would 

not be cost effective or feasible to build 

conduits and will allow water to be 

pumped out using a mobile pump with 

a quick connection to the irrigation 

system to back pressure the system and 

allow discharge to the system drains 

used to winterize the irrigation system. 

This alternative also includes measures 

to construct two new pump stations, 

relocate one pump station, remove four 

pump stations, and enclose 19.5 miles 

of open canal for agricultural water 

management purposes. This alternative 

would pull Bear River water from two 

pump station (a north and a south site), 

preventing the need to enlarge the 

existing electrical grid. Finally, this 

alternative would construct a public 

recreational access site to the Bear River 

adjacent to 2000 South in Lewiston, 

Utah, along the banks of the Bear River. 

This site would consist of public 

parking and a boat ramp for nonmotorized watercraft. 

• Alternative 3—Proposed Action— 

Bear River One Pump Station. The 

Proposed Action would include all the 

same project measures as Alternative 2 

with the following difference: under this 

alternative, all the Bear River water used 

by CRIC would be pulled from a single 

pump station rather than from two, 

requiring larger pipeline diameters and 

bigger pumps. This alternative would 

also require an enlargement of the 

electrical grid expected to cost around 

$1 million dollars. 

Summary of Expected Impacts 

As mentioned above, the estimated 

Federal contribution to construction 

cost will exceed $25 million. 

The EIS will be prepared as required 

by section 102(2)(C) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA); the Council on Environmental 

Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500– 

1508); and NRCS regulations that 

implement NEPA in 7 CFR part 650. 

Resource concerns for scoping were 

identified and categorized as relevant or 

not relevant to the proposed action. 

Franklin County, Idaho and NRCS 

evaluated the current conditions for 

resources in the Project Area including 

soil, water, air, plants, animals, and 

humans along with relevant resource 

concerns for each proposed solution. 

Environmental resources in the Project 

Area consist of the natural and humanmade environment. Resource concerns 

to be identified and addressed in the 

Watershed Plan-EIS include: soils; 

prime and unique farmland; upland 

erosion; surface and groundwater 

quality and quantity; wetlands and 

Waters of the United States; floodplains; 

air quality; climate change; endangered 

and threatened plant and animal 

species; riparian areas; invasive species; 

fish and wildlife; migratory birds; 

cultural and historic resources; 

environmental justice; public health and 

safety; and transportation, among 

others. 

Anticipated Permits and Authorizations 

The following permits and 

authorizations are anticipated to be 

required: 

• Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, Floodplain Development 

Permit. Implementation of the proposed 

action would require coordination with 

the local floodplain administrator and 

may require a Floodplain Development 

Permit to ensure all development and 

engineering requirements for 

construction within the Special Flood 

Hazard Areas are implemented. 

• Clean Water Act (CWA) and 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES). The 

project would require water quality 

certification under section 401 of the 

CWA, permitting under section 402 of 

the NPDES, and section 404 of the CWA 

for potential wetland impacts. 

• Encroachment Permit. The 

proposed action would require 

coordination and permitting with the 

Idaho Transportation Department and 

the Utah Department of Transportation 

for temporary construction work within 

State and Federal roadway rights-ofway. 

• Utah Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (UPDES) 

Construction Permit. A construction 

permit will be required through the 

UPDES. 

• Stream Alteration Permit. The 

proposed action will require 

coordination and permits with the Idaho 

Department of Water Resources and 

Utah Division of Water Rights for bank 

alterations of the Bear River for the 

pump stations and recreational access. 

This permit is typically done jointly by 

both Idaho and Utah with the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers to get State and 

section 404 of the Clean Water Act 

approval and authorization through a 

single application. 

• National Historic Preservation Act 

(NHPA) Section 106. Consultation with 

Tribal Nations and interested parties 

would be conducted as required by the 

NHPA. 

• Local Encroachment. Consultation 

and potential encroachment permits 

would be required with Franklin 

County, Idaho; Lewiston City, Utah; and 

Cache County, Utah, for all construction 

work within the local roadway rights-ofway. 

Schedule of Decision-Making Process 

A Draft EIS (DEIS) will be prepared 

and circulated for review and comment 

by agencies, Tribes, consulting parties, 

and the public for 45 days as required 

by the regulations in 40 CFR 1503.1, 

1502.20, 1506.11, and 1502.17, and 7 

CFR 650.13. The DEIS is anticipated to 

be published in the Federal Register, 

approximately 24 months after 

publication of this NOI. A Final EIS is 

anticipated to be published within 3 


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months of completion of the public 

comment period for the DEIS. 

NRCS will decide whether to 

implement one of the action alternatives 

as evaluated in the EIS. A Record of 

Decision will be completed after the 

required 30-day waiting period and will 

be publicly available. The responsible 

Federal official and decision maker for 

NRCS is the Idaho NRCS State 

Conservationist. The Responsible 

Federal Official (RFO) and decision 

maker for NRCS is the Idaho State 

Conservationist. 

Public Scoping Process 

A public scoping meeting was held on 

November 19, 2020. Comments 

received, including the names and 

addresses of those who commented, 

were part of the public record. Scoping 

meeting presentation materials were 

available for review and comment for 30 

days from November 19, 2020, through 

December 18, 2020. 

Federal, State, Tribal, local agencies 

and representatives, and the public were 

invited to take part in the watershed 

plan scoping period. Franklin County, 

Idaho, and NRCS organized the public 

scoping meeting to provide an 

opportunity to review and evaluate the 

project alternatives, express concern, or 

support, and gain further information 

regarding the project. To determine the 

most viable alternatives for the EIS, 

Franklin County, Idaho, used input 

obtained during public scoping 

discussions to focus on relevant 

resource concerns and issues and 

eliminated those that were not relevant 

from further detailed study. 

NRCS will coordinate the scoping 

process to correspond with section 106 

of the National Historic Preservation Act 

(NHPA) (54 U.S.C. 306108) as allowed 

in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3) and 800.8. 

Identification of Potential Alternatives, 

Information, and Analyses 

NRCS invites agencies, Tribes, 

consulting parties, and individuals that 

have special expertise, legal 

jurisdiction, or interest in the North 

Cache Valley Watershed Plan-EIS to 

provide written comments concerning 

the scope of the analysis and 

identification of potential alternatives, 

information, and analyses relevant to 

the Proposed Action. 

The information about historic and 

cultural resources within the area 

potentially affected by the proposed 

project will assist NRCS in identifying 

and evaluating impacts to such 

resources in the context of both NEPA 

and NHPA. 

NRCS will consult with Native 

American Tribes on a government-togovernment basis in accordance with 

the regulations in 36 CFR 800.2 and 

800.3, Executive Order 13175, and other 

policies. Tribal concerns, including 

impacts on Indian trust assets and 

potential impacts to cultural resources 

and historic properties, will be given 

due consideration. 

Authorities 

This document is published as 

specified by the NEPA regulations 

regarding publication of an NOI to issue 

an EIS (40 CFR 1501.9(d)). Watershed 

planning is authorized under the 

Watershed Protection and Flood 

Prevention Act of 1954, as amended and 

the Flood Control Act of 1944. 

Federal Assistance Programs 

The title and number of the Federal 

Assistance Program as found in the 

Assistance Listing 1 to which this 

document applies is 10.904, Watershed 

Protection and Flood Prevention. 

Executive Order 12372 

Executive Order 12372, 

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs,’’ requires consultation with 

State and local officials that would be 

directly affected by proposed Federal 

financial assistance. The objectives of 

the Executive order are to foster an 

intergovernmental partnership and a 

strengthened federalism, by relying on 

State and local processes for State and 

local government coordination and 

review of proposed Federal financial 

assistance and direct Federal 

development. This project is subject to 

the provisions of Executive Order 

12372, which requires 

intergovernmental consultation with 

State and local officials. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Policy 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and USDA civil rights 

regulations and policies, USDA, its 

agencies, offices, and employees, and 

institutions participating in or 

administering USDA programs are 

prohibited from discriminating based on 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity (including gender 

expression), sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family or 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, political 

beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior 

civil rights activity, in any program or 

activity conducted or funded by USDA 

(not all bases apply to all programs). 

Remedies and complaint filing 

deadlines vary by program or incident. 

Individuals who require alternative 

means of communication for program 

information (for example, braille, large 

print, audiotape, American Sign 

Language, etc.) should contact the 

responsible Agency or USDA TARGET 

Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and 

telephone) or dial 711 for 

Telecommunications Relay Service 

(both voice and text telephone users can 

initiate this call from any phone). 

Additionally, program information may 

be made available in languages other 

than English. 

To file a program discrimination 

complaint, complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, AD– 

3027, found online at: https://

www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-aprogram-discrimination-complaint and 

at any USDA office or write a letter 

addressed to USDA and provide in the 

letter all the information requested in 

the form. To request a copy of the 

complaint form, call (866) 632–9992. 

Submit your completed form or letter to 

USDA by: (1) mail to: U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410; (2) Fax: (202) 690– 

7442; or (3) email: program.intake@

usda.gov. 

USDA is an equal opportunity 

provider, employer, and lender. 

Loretta Kassib, 

Acting Idaho State Conservationist, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service. 

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Notice of Public Meetings of the 

Indiana Advisory Committee to the 

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of virtual panel briefings. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, that 

the Indiana Advisory Committee 

(Committee) to the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights will hold three additional 

panel briefings via Zoom. The purpose 

of these briefings is to hear testimony on 

hate crimes nationally and in Indiana. 

DATES: 

• PANEL V: Monday, November 18, 

2024, from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. eastern time; 

• PANEL VI: Tuesday, November 19, 

2024, from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. eastern time; 


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