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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Proposed 

Regional Watershed Supply Project in 

Wyoming and Colorado 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (COE) is preparing an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

to analyze the direct, indirect, and 

cumulative effects of a proposed water 

supply project in Wyoming and 

Colorado, referred to as the Regional 

Watershed Supply Project (RWSP). 

Construction of the proposed RWSP is 

expected to require a Clean Water Act 

Section 404 permit. The Project is 

proposed by Million Conservation 

Resource Group (MCRG), which is a 

private water development group. The 

RWSP proposes to provide 

approximately 250,000 acre-feet per 

year of new annual firm yield to meet 

a portion of the projected water supply 

needs of southeastern Wyoming and the 

Front Range of Colorado on a perpetual 

basis through 2030 and beyond. The 

water would be obtained from the Green 

River Basin as part of the unused 

portion of water allocated to the States 

of Wyoming and Colorado under the 

Upper Colorado River Compact. The 

RWSP would be a non-Federal project 

constructed, owned, and operated by 

MCRG. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for meeting dates. 

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for meeting 

addresses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions and comments regarding the 

proposed action and EIS should be 

addressed to Ms. Rena Brand, Project 

Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Denver Regulatory Office, 9307 S. 

Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton, CO 80128– 

6901; (303) 979–4120; 

mcrg.eis@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The COE 

will be conducting public scoping 

meetings at six locations to describe the 

Project, preliminary alternatives, the 

NEPA compliance process, and to solicit 

input on the issues and alternatives to 

be evaluated and other related matters. 

Written comments for scoping will be 

accepted until May 19, 2009. The COE 

has prepared a scoping announcement 

to familiarize agencies, the public and 

interested organizations regarding the 

proposed RWSP and potential 

environmental issues that may be 

involved. Copies of the scoping 

announcement will be made available at 

the public scoping meetings or can be 

requested by mail. 

Scoping meetings will be held on: 

1. April 14, 2009, 6:30 to 9 p.m., 

Green River High School, 1615 Hitching 

Post Drive, Green River, WY. 

2. April 15, 2009, 6:30 to 9 p.m., 

Uintah High School, 1880 West 500 

North, Vernal, UT. 

3. April 16, 2009, 6:30 to 9 p.m., 

Laramie High School, 1257 North 11th 

Street, Laramie, WY. 

4. April 20, 2009, 6:30 to 9 p.m., 

Fossil Ridge High School, 5400 Ziegler 

Road, Fort Collins, CO. 

5. April 21, 2009, 6:30 to 9 p.m. West 

High School, 951 Elati Street, Denver, 

CO. 

6. April 22, 2009, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Risley 

Middle School, 625 N. Monument Ave., 

Pueblo, CO. 

The proponent of the project, MCRG, 

proposes the following configuration of 

the RWSP: Two water withdrawal 

facilities, one on the east side of 

Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Wyoming 

and the other on the east bank of the 

Green River in Wyoming approximately 

200 feet downstream of the Seedskadee 

National Wildlife Refuge; one water 

treatment storage reservoir located near 

the Green River intake system; water 

pipeline system (approximately 560 

miles in length and a diameter of 72 to 

120 inches) from the two withdrawal 

points to southeastern Wyoming and the 

Front Range of Colorado (WyomingColorado State Line to Pueblo); one 

regulating reservoir located along the 

western end of the pipeline system; 

approximately sixteen natural gaspowered pump stations located along 

the pipeline route; temporary 

(construction phase) and permanent 

(operation and maintenance phase) 

access roads; three water storage/flowregulation reservoirs (Lake Hattie in 

Wyoming [available volume of 

approximately 40,000 acre feet]; 

proposed Cactus Hill Reservoir near 

Fort Collins, CO [185,000 acre-foot 

capacity]; and the proposed T-Cross 

Reservoir to be constructed near Pueblo, 

CO [25,000 acre-foot capacity]); outlet 

structures at each reservoir consisting of 

water treatment facilities; on-site 

transformers and overhead power lines 

from local electrical grids for the water 

withdrawal and storage reservoir 

facilities; and water delivery systems 

from the storage reservoirs to water 

users. 

The potential water users for the 

proposed project would include 

agriculture, municipalities, and 

industries in southeastern Wyoming and 

the Front Range of Colorado. In 

Wyoming, approximately 25,000 acrefeet of water would be delivered 

annually to users in the Platte River 

Basin. The remaining 225,000 acre-feet 

of water would be delivered annually to 

the South Platte River and Arkansas 

River basins in Colorado. 

The EIS will be prepared according to 

the COE’s procedures for implementing 

the NEPA of 1969, as amended, 42 

U.S.C. 4232(2)(c), and consistent with 

the COE’s policy to facilitate public 

understanding and review of agency 

proposals. As part of the EIS process, a 

full range of reasonable alternatives, 

including the Proposed Action and No 

Action, will be evaluated. Additional 

alternatives defined at this time by the 

applicant include four alternative 

withdrawal points that would involve 

withdrawal only from the Green River 

(two separate points) or Flaming Gorge 

Reservoir (two separate points). A 

different pipeline segment would 

connect each alternative withdrawal 

point to the mainstem pipeline route. 

Alternative storage reservoirs in the 

Front Range of Colorado also may be 

considered for the Project. 

The COE has invited the U.S. Bureau 

of Reclamation, U.S. Bureau of Land 

Management, the U.S. Forest Service, 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service to be cooperating agencies in the 

preparation of the EIS. Other Federal 

and State agencies will participate in 

the EIS review process to ensure 

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compliance with relevant laws and 

regulations. 

Timothy T. Carey, 

Chief, Denver Regulatory Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–6170 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 20, 

2009. 

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Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

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3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

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opportunity to comment on information 

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Description of the need for, and 

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Respondents and frequency of 

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Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites 

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Dated: March 16, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

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Information Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Protection and Advocacy for 

Assistive Technology (PAAT) Program 

Performance Report, Form RSA 661. 

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eligible individuals with disabilities to 

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401–0920. Please specify the complete 

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Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. E9–6118 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 20, 

2009. 

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be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The Director, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, 

publishes that notice containing 

proposed information collection 

requests prior to submission of these 

requests to OMB. Each proposed 

information collection, grouped by 

office, contains the following: (1) Type 

of review requested, e.g. new, revision, 

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2) 

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4) 

Description of the need for, and 

proposed use of, the information; (5) 

Respondents and frequency of 

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or 

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites 

public comment.