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variable shortages and annual 

differences in farming decisions north 

and south of the Delta. 

The EIS/EIR analyzes four alternative 

actions. Alternative 1 is No Action. 

Alternative 2, Full Range of Transfers, is 

the Proposed Action. This alternative 

combines all potential transfer measures 

that met the purpose and need and were 

carried forward through the screening 

process. Alternative 3, No Cropland 

Modifications, includes conservation, 

groundwater substitution, and reservoir 

release. Alternative 4, No Groundwater 

Substitution, includes conservation, 

cropland idling transfers— rice, field 

and grains, crop shifting, and reservoir 

release. 

Transfers of CVP supplies and 

transfers that require use of CVP 

facilities are subject to review by the 

Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) in 

accordance with the Central Valley 

Project Improvement Act of 1992, 

Reclamation’s water transfer guidelines, 

and California State law. Pursuant to 

Federal and State law and subject to 

separate written agreement, Reclamation 

and the Department of Water Resources 

would facilitate water transfers 

involving CVP contract water supplies 

and CVP and SWP facilities. Buyers and 

sellers would be responsible for 

negotiating the terms of the transfers, 

including amount of water for transfer, 

method to make water available, and 

price. 

The EIS/EIR identifies potential 

selling parties in northern California, 

methods by which water could be made 

available for transfer, and maximum 

amounts of water available through each 

method. The EIS/EIR also identifies 

potential purchasing agencies south of 

the Delta and the proposed use of 

transfer water. 

The EIS/EIR analyzes alternative 

transfer methods to make water 

available through operational flexibility 

of the existing system. Groundwater 

substitution transfers occur when sellers 

forego diversion of their surface water 

supplies and pump an equivalent 

amount of groundwater as an alternative 

supply. The purchasing agency would 

receive the foregone surface water 

supply. The quantity of water available 

for transfer would account for potential 

stream flow losses as a result of 

groundwater-surface water interaction. 

Cropland idling would make water 

available for transfer that would have 

been used for agricultural irrigation 

without the transfer. Typically, the 

proceeds from the water transfer would 

pay farmers to idle land that they would 

have placed in production. Reservoir 

release transfers would involve 

releasing water from non-Project entities 

(not part of the CVP or SWP) for transfer 

that would have otherwise remained in 

storage. Conservation transfers involve 

actions to reduce the diversion of 

surface water by the transferring entity 

by reducing irrecoverable water losses. 

Water transfers under the Proposed 

Action involving conveyance through 

the Delta would be implemented within 

the operational parameters of the 

existing system, which includes 

Biological Opinions on the Continued 

Long-term Operations of the CVP/SWP 

and any other regulatory restrictions in 

place at the time of implementation of 

the water transfers. Current operational 

parameters applicable to the transfer 

water include use of the SWP’s Harvey 

O. Banks Pumping Plant and CVP’s 

C.W. ‘‘Bill’’ Jones Pumping Plant during 

July through September only. 

A Notice of Availability of the Draft 

EIS/EIR was published in the Federal 

Register on September 30, 2014 (79 FR 

58802). The comment period on the 

Draft EIS/EIR ended on December 1, 

2014. 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: 

1. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific 

Region, Regional Library, 2800 Cottage 

Way, Sacramento, CA 95825. 

2. Natural Resources Library, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street 

NW., Main Interior Building, 

Washington, DC 20240–0001. 

3. San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water 

Authority, 842 6th Street, Los Banos, CA 

93635. 

Public Disclosure 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in any 

correspondence, you should be aware 

that your entire correspondence— 

including your personal identifying 

information—may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

us in your correspondence to withhold 

your personal identifying information 

from public review, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

Dated: February 23, 2015. 

Pablo R Arroyave, 

Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCO956000 L14400000.BJ0000] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; 

Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plats of 

Survey; Colorado 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Colorado State 

Office is publishing this notice to 

inform the public of the intent to 

officially file the survey plat listed 

below and afford a proper period of time 

to protest this action prior to the plat 

filing. During this time, the plat will be 

available for review in the BLM 

Colorado State Office. 

DATES: Unless there are protests of this 

action, the filing of the plat described in 

this notice will happen on April 20, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: BLM Colorado State Office, 

Cadastral Survey, 2850 Youngfield 

Street, Lakewood, CO 80215–7093. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Randy Bloom, Chief Cadastral Surveyor 

for Colorado, (303) 239–3856. 

Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FIRS is 

available 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to leave a message or question 

with the above individual. You will 

receive a reply during normal business 

hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The plat 

and field notes of the dependent 

resurvey and survey in Township 19 

South, Range 71 West, Sixth Principal 

Meridian, Colorado, were accepted on 

March 5, 2015. 

Randy Bloom, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Colorado. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06395 Filed 3–19–15; 8:45 am] 

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