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Landholding Agency: VA

Property Number: 979010012

Status: Underutilized

Reason: Secured Area

Tract 4

VA Medical Center

Bath Co: Steuben NY 14810–

Location: Exit 38 off New York State Route

17.

Landholding Agency: VA

Property Number: 979010014

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area

Oregon

Cherry Creek Property Disposal

1.56 acres of land

Madras Co: Jefferson OR 97741–

Landholding Agency: Interior

Property Number: 61920008

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Within airport runway clear zone

Portion/Oregon Landfill

3 acres

Ontario Co: Malheur OR 97914–

Landholding Agency: Interior

Property Number: 619630002

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Other

Comment: landlocked

Puerto Rico

119.3 acres

Culebra Island PR 00775–

Landholding Agency: Interior

Property Number: 619210001

Status: Excess

Reason: Floodway

Destino Tract

Eastern Maneuver Area

Vieques PR 00765–

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779240016

Status: Excess

Reason: Other

Comment: Inaccessible

Punta Figueras—Naval Station

Ceiba PR 00735–

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779240017

Status: Excess

Reson: Floodway

Virginia

50′×50′ site

Naval Air Station Norfolk

SP area

Norfolk VA

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779630002

Status: Underutilized

Reason: Within 2000 ft. of flammable or

explosive material, Floodway

50′×50′ site

Naval Air Station Norfolk

NM area

Norfolk VA

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779630003

Status: Underutilized

Season: Within 2000 ft. of flammable or

explosive material

50′×50′ site

Naval Base Norfolk

SDA area

Norfolk VA

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779630004

Status: Underutilized

Reason: Within 2000 ft. of flammable or

explosive material, Floodway

2—Water Tower Sites

Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek

D/3rd St.

Virginia Beach VA

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779630007

Status: Underutilized

Reason: Floodway

50′×50′ site

Fleet Combat Training Center Atlantic

Loon Court

Virginia Beach VA

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779630008

Status: Underutilized

Reason: Within 2000 ft. of flammable or

explosive material

50′×50′ site

Fleet Combat Training Center Atlantic

Regulus Avenue

Virginia Beach VA 23461–

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779630009

Status: Underutilized

Reason: Within 2000 ft. of flammable or

explosive material

50′×50′ site

Naval Weapons Station Yorktown

Barracks/Railroad Rd

Yorktown VA

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779630010

Status: Underutilized

Reason: Within 2000 ft. of flammable or

explosive material

50′×50′ site

Naval Weapons Station Yorktown

Cheesecake/Burma Rd.

Yorktown VA

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779630011

Status: Underutilized

Reason: Within 2000 ft. of flammable or

explosive material

50′×50′ site

Naval Weapons Station Yorktown

W. Beachwood/Burma Rd.

Yorktown VA

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779630012

Status: Underutilized

Reason: Within 2000 ft. of flammable or

explosive material

50′×50′ site

Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth

Victory Blvd.

Norfolk VA

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779630013

Status: Underutilized

Reason: Within 2000 ft. of flammable or

explosive material, Secured Area

Washington

Land (Report 2), 234 acres

Naval Supply Center, Puget Sound

Manchester Co: Kitsap WA 98353–

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779010231

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Secured Area

Land-Port Hadlock Detachment

Naval Ordnance Center Pacific Division

Port Hadlock Co: Jefferson WA 98339–

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779640019

Status: Underutilized

Reason: Within 2000 ft. of flammable or

explosive material, Secured Area

[FR Doc. 97–6135 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Assistant Secretary—

Water and Science; Central Utah

Project Completion Act, Upalco Unit

Replacement Project

AGENCIES: The Department of the

Interior (Department) and the Central

Utah Water Conservancy District

(District).

ACTION: Notice of the draft

environmental impact statement

extension of comment period: DES

96–51.

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

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, as amended, the

Department and the District have issued

a joint Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (Draft EIS) on the Upalco

Unit Replacement Project (Upalco). The

Draft EIS was filed with the

Environmental Protection Agency on

December 27, 1996. Informal requests

have been received from Federal

agencies to extend the written comment

period. Therefore, the date for submittal

of written comments is being extended.

DATES: Written comments on the Draft

EIS must be submitted or postmarked no

later than March 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the Draft EIS

should be addressed to: Terry

Holzworth, Project Manager, Central

Utah Water Conservancy District, 355

West 1300 South, Orem, Utah 84058.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Additional copies of the Draft EIS, or

copies of the feasibility studies, the

resources technical reports, or

information on matters related to this

notice can be obtained on request from:

Ms. Nancy Hardman, Central Utah

Water Conservancy District, 355 West

1300 South, Orem, Utah 84058,

Telephone: (801) 226–7187, Fax: (801)

226–7150.

Copies are also available for

inspection at:

Central Utah Water Conservancy

District, 355 West 1300 South, Orem,

Utah 84058

Department of the Interior, Natural

Resource Library, Serials Branch, 18th
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and C Streets, NW, Washington, DC

20240

Department of the Interior, Central Utah

Project Completion Act Office, 302

East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Uintah and

Ouray Agency, 988 South 7500 East,

Fort Duchesne, Utah 84026.

Dated: March 10, 1997.

Ronald Johnston,

CUPCA Program Director, Department of the

Interior.

[FR Doc. 97–6495 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P

Office of the Secretary

Notice of Intent (Notice) To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

and Hold Public Scoping Workshops

on Water Resource Management

Proposals in Churchill, Douglas, Lyon,

Storey, and Washoe Counties, Nevada

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary—Water and Science, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Interior plans to hold four public

scoping workshops to gather

information that can be used to prepare

an EIS on actions related to water

resources in the Truckee and Carson

Rivers. The purpose of this EIS is to

review, in a comprehensive manner,

four proposed actions and consider the

environmental effects of those and other

actions. The Truckee-Carson

Coordination Office, acting on behalf of

the Department of the Interior, will

serve as lead agency and supervise

preparation of the EIS. Cooperating

federal agencies include Bureau of

Indian Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation,

and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

DATES: Public scoping workshops will

be held at the following locations

beginning at 7:00 pm and ending no

later than 9:00 pm on the dates

indicated:

Date Location

March 11, 1997 .. Fallon Convention Center,

Fallon, Nevada.

March 13, 1997 .. Fernley Town Building,

Fernley, Nevada.

March 18, 1997 .. U.S. Geological Survey

Conference Room, Carson City, Nevada.

March 20, 1997 .. Washoe County Commissioners Chambers,

Reno, Nevada.

Interested persons are encouraged to

attend the workshops to identify and

discuss major issues, concerns,

opportunities, and alternatives that

should be considered in the EIS. The

workshops will begin with a brief

presentation describing the proposed

action followed by an opportunity for

interested citizens to provide

information relevant to the EIS

preparation process. The primary

purpose of the scoping workshops is to

identify issues and information related

to the proposed project rather than to

debate those issues.

These meetings supplement scoping

meetings held in September 1995 on

three of the four proposed actions.

Scoping comments submitted following

those meetings will also be considered

in preparing this EIS.

The scoping period will begin on the

date of the first scoping meeting and

remain open through preparation of the

EIS. Interested agencies, organizations,

and individuals are asked to submit

written comments on the scope of the

environmental document on or before

April 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are

requested to send their written

commnets on the scope of the

environmental document, significant

issues that should be addressed, and

alternatives that should be considered to

the following address: EIS Scoping

Comments, Truckee-Carson

Coordination Office, 1000 William

Street, Suite 100, Carson City, Nevada

89701.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Truckee and Carson Rivers flow

eastward out of the Sierra Nevada

mountains and drain to interior basins.

The Truckee River terminates in

Pyramid Lake; the Carson River

terminates in the Stillwater wetlands

and Carson Sink. Water rights disputes

over waters of the Truckee and Carson

Rivers date back to the 1860’s during a

period of booming regional mining and

lumbering activity. Consumptive use of

water from the two rivers increased

significantly during the late 1880’s and

early 1900’s with the advent of various

irrigation developments, including the

Newlands Irrigation Project, one of the

first Federally funded irrigation

projects. With the increasing growth and

urbanization of the 20th Century,

additional demands were placed on the

Region’s water supply. In addition,

issues brought forward by the

establishment of the Pyramid Lake

Paiute Indian Reservation in 1859, and

the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribes

Indian Reservation in 1902 played a

major role in the evolution of waterrights disputes in the region.

Before the mid-1800’s, all water in the

Truckee River flowed into Pyramid Lake

with overflows forming Winnemucca

Lake, supporting fish populations

essential to the life and economy of the

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. In Lahontan

Valley, the Carson River flowed into

vast wetlands that sustained major

populations of waterfowl, shorebirds

and other wildlife. A substantial

population of Native Americans

inhabited the wetlands and were

dependent on its resources. Gradually,

upstream consumptive use and changes

to water quality in the two rivers

contributed to the degradation of

wetland and lake habitats and the

species that depended on them.

Substantial change was caused by the

development of the Newlands Irrigation

Project, authorized by the Reclamation

Act of 1902.

A majority of the Newlands Project

acreage, known as the Carson Division,

is located in the Carson River

watershed. However, in most years,

water entitlements in the Carson

Division cannot be satisfied solely by

Carson River flows. Varying quantities

of Truckee River water are annually

diverted out of the Truckee River

watershed and away from Pyramid Lake

to serve agriculture, wetlands, and other

water rights in Lahontan Valley and in

the Truckee Division of the Newlands

Project. Primarily as a result of

diversions for the Newlands Project, the

level of Pyramid Lake began to decline

and today, the lake is more than 65 feet

lower than it was 100 years ago. In

addition, primary wetlands in Lahontan

Valley, which historically fluctuated

between 100,000 and 300,000 acres in

size, were reduced to a current average

of 9,800 acres as a consequence of water

use on the Carson River and prolonged

drought. Today, remaining wetlands are

primarily sustained by irrigation return

flows, a portion of which can be of poor

quality.

Public Law 101–618, the TruckeeCarson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights

Settlement Act, was enacted in 1990.

The Act assigned numerous diverse

responsibilities to the Department of the

Interior for initiating actions addressing,

in part, wetlands, endangered species,

and water resource management. The

Department of the Interior also has

responsibilities to satisfy settlement

agreements, meet Newlands Project

water rights, and properly protect

resources held in trust for Indian tribes

in the region.

Proposed Actions

The EIS will consider the potential

impacts of the proposed water resource

management actions described above

and the interrelationships of these

waters.