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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Grassland Bypass Project, 2010–2019, 

Fresno and Merced Counties, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability and 

Notice of Public Hearing for the joint 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (Draft 

EIS/EIR). 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) is the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

Federal lead agency and the San Luis 

and Delta-Mendota Water Authority 

(Authority) is the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 

State lead agency. Together, these 

agencies have made available for public 

review and comment the Draft EIS/EIR. 

The joint Draft EIS/EIR evaluates the 

effects of continuing the Grassland 

Bypass Project until December 31, 2019 

(Project). The actions analyzed in the 

Draft EIS/EIR include continued use of 

the Grassland Bypass Channel and a 28- 

mile segment of the San Luis Drain 

(Drain); continued discharges to Mud 

Slough until December 31, 2019; 

management of accumulated sediments 

within the Drain segment; ongoing use 

and development of areas utilized for 

application of subsurface drainage on 

salt tolerant crops; and programmatic 

consideration of future phases of the 

treatment and disposal program. 

DATES: A public hearing will be held on 

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 from 1:30 to 

3:30 p.m. to provide the public an 

opportunity to comment on the Draft 

EIS/EIR. Written comments will also be 

accepted at the public hearing. 

Submit written comments on the Draft 

EIS/EIR on or before March 16, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearing location 

is the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water 

Authority, Boardroom, 842 Sixth Street, 

Suite 7, Los Banos, CA. 

Written comments on the Draft EIS/ 

EIR should be addressed to Ms. Judi 

Tapia, Bureau of Reclamation, 1243 ‘N’ 

Street, Fresno, CA 93721–1831 or Mr. 

Joseph C. McGahan, Drainage 

Coordinator, San Luis & Delta-Mendota 

Water Authority, P.O. Box 2157, Los 

Banos, CA 93635, fax 209–826–9698, email: jmcgahan@summerseng.com. 

Copies of the draft document may be 

requested from Ms. Judi Tapia at the 

above address, by calling 559–487– 

5138, TDD 559–487–5933, or at 

jtapia@mp.usbr.gov. Copies may also be 

requested from Mr. Joseph C. McGahan, 

at the above address. The Draft EIS/EIR 

is also accessible from the following 

Web sites: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ 

nepa/index.cfm. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for locations where 

copies of the Draft EIS/EIR are available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Judi Tapia, Bureau of Reclamation or 

Mr. Joseph C. McGahan, San Luis & 

Delta-Mendota Water Authority at the 

phone numbers or e-mail addresses 

above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Project and the Grassland Drainage Area 

are located in Merced and Fresno 

Counties in the Central Valley of 

California. Prior to 1996 when the 

interim project was implemented, 

subsurface agricultural drainage water 

was conveyed through channels used to 

deliver water to wetland habitat areas 

which limited Reclamation’s ability to 

deliver fresh water to the wetlands. The 

Project now consolidates subsurface 

drainage flows on a regional basis (from 

the 97,400-acre Grassland Drainage 

Area), applies the drainage to salt 

tolerant crops to reduce the volume, 

utilizes a 4-mile channel to place it into 

the Drain at a point near Russell Avenue 

(Milepost 105.72, Check 19) and then 

utilizes a 28-mile segment of the Drain 

to convey the remaining drainage flows 

around wetland habitat areas and after 

which it is discharged to Mud Slough 

and subsequently reaches the San 

Joaquin River. 

The original Grassland Bypass Project 

was implemented in November 1995 

through an ‘‘Agreement for Use of the 

San Luis Drain’’ (Agreement No. 6–07– 

20–w1319) between Reclamation and 

the Authority. A Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI No. 96–1– 

MP) was adopted by Reclamation for the 

original project, and environmental 

commitments set forth in the FONSI 

were made an integral component of the 

initial Use Agreement. The Use 

Agreement and its renewal in 1999 

allowed for use of the Drain for a 5-year 

period that concluded September 30, 

2001. A new Use Agreement (Agreement 

No. 01–WC–20–2075) was completed on 

September 28, 2001 for the period 

through December 31, 2009. 

The original Grassland Bypass 

Project’s use of the Drain was only 

authorized until December 31, 2009, 

and subsurface drainage flows 

discharged to Mud Slough (North) were 

to have met water quality objectives by 

October 1, 2010 as required by the 

Regional Water Quality Control Board, 

Central Valley Region’s (CVRWQCB) 

1998 Water Quality Control Plan (Basin 

Plan) for the Sacramento River and San 

Joaquin River Basins. However, delay in 

the acquisition of funding has delayed 

the development and availability of 

treatment and disposal technology to 

reduce selenium loads to meet that 2010 

deadline. It is anticipated that the 

proposed extension would allow 

enough time to acquire funds and 

develop feasible treatment technology in 

order to meet the Basin Plan objectives 

and Waste Discharge Requirements. 

In order to continue to discharge into 

Mud Slough (North) in the State’s China 

Island Wildlife Area, the Authority 

would need to extend or amend a 

Memorandum of Understanding with 

the California Department of Fish and 

Game, Reclamation would need to 

extend the Use Agreement with the 

Authority for the continued use of the 

Drain after 2009, the CVRWQCB would 

need to revise their Basin Plan 

objectives for 2010 and amend the 

existing Waste Discharge Requirements 

in order to allow for anticipated 

drainage discharge into Mud Slough, 

and Reclamation and the Authority 

would need to remove existing and 

future sediments from the affected 

portion of the Drain. 

The actions analyzed in the Draft EIS/ 

EIR include continued use of the 

Grassland Bypass Channel and a 28- 

mile segment of the Drain; continued 

discharges to Mud Slough until 

December 31, 2019; management of 

accumulated sediments within that 

Drain segment; ongoing use and 

development of areas utilized for 

application of subsurface drainage on 

salt tolerant crops; and programmatic 

consideration of future phases of the 

treatment and disposal program. The 

Draft EIS/EIR considers the direct, 

indirect, and cumulative effects on the 

physical, natural, and human 

environment that may result from the 

Project actions above. The Draft EIS/EIR 

addresses potentially significant 

environmental issues and recommends 

adequate and feasible mitigation 

measures to reduce or eliminate 

significant environmental impacts, 

where possible. No project/no action 

alternative and one other action 

alternative are addressed. 

Copies of the Draft EIS/EIR are 

available for public review at the 

following locations: 

• Bureau of Reclamation, SouthCentral California Area Office, 1243 ‘N’ 

Street, Fresno, CA 93721–1831 

• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, MidPacific Regional Office Library, 2800 

Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825 

• San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water 

Authority, 842 Sixth Street, Los Banos, 

CA 93635 

• San Francisco Public Library, 100 

Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94012 


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• University of California-Davis, 

Shields Library, Documents 

Department, 100 NW Quad University 

of California, Davis, CA 95616–5292 

• Merced County Public Library, 1312 

South 7th Street, Los Banos, CA 93635– 

4757 

• Fresno County Public Library 

Government Publications, 2420 

Mariposa Street, Fresno, CA 93721– 

2204 

• Stanislaus County Library, 1500 I 

Street, Modesto, CA 95354 

• Resources Agency Library, 1416 

Ninth Street, Suite 117, Sacramento, CA 

95814–5510 

• California State Library, 914 Capitol 

Mall, Suite E–29, Sacramento, CA 

95814–4802 

• University of California, Berkeley, 

Water Resources Archive, 410 O’Brien 

Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720–1718 

If special accommodation is required, 

please contact Susan Mussett at 209– 

826–9696 or susan.mussett@sldmwa.org 

by January 30, 2009 to enable the 

Authority to secure the needed services. 

Before including your name, address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: December 11, 2008. 

John F. Davis, 

Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–723 Filed 1–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 731–TA–1012 (Review)] 

Certain Frozen Fish Fillets From 

Vietnam 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Scheduling of a full five-year 

review concerning the antidumping 

duty order on certain frozen fish fillets 

from Vietnam. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the scheduling of a full review 

pursuant to section 751(c)(5) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)(5)) 

(the Act) to determine whether 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

order on certain frozen fish fillets from 

Vietnam would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of material 

injury within a reasonably foreseeable 

time. For further information 

concerning the conduct of this review 

and rules of general application, consult 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A through 

E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 

207). 

DATES: Effective Date: January 9, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Russell Duncan (202–708–4727, 

russell.duncan@usitc.gov), Office of 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its Internet server (http:// 

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

this review may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at http://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background.—On October 6, 2008, 

the Commission determined that 

responses to its notice of institution of 

the subject five-year review were such 

that a full review pursuant to section 

751(c)(5) of the Act should proceed (73 

FR 62318, Monday, October 20, 2008). 

A record of the Commissioners’ votes, 

the Commission’s statement on 

adequacy, and any individual 

Commissioner’s statements are available 

from the Office of the Secretary and at 

the Commission’s Web site. 

Participation in the review and public 

service list.—Persons, including 

industrial users of the subject 

merchandise and, if the merchandise is 

sold at the retail level, representative 

consumer organizations, wishing to 

participate in this review as parties 

must file an entry of appearance with 

the Secretary to the Commission, as 

provided in section 201.11 of the 

Commission’s rules, by 45 days after 

publication of this notice. A party that 

filed a notice of appearance following 

publication of the Commission’s notice 

of institution of the review need not file 

an additional notice of appearance. The 

Secretary will maintain a public service 

list containing the names and addresses 

of all persons, or their representatives, 

who are parties to the review. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to 

section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s 

rules, the Secretary will make BPI 

gathered in this review available to 

authorized applicants under the APO 

issued in the review, provided that the 

application is made by 45 days after 

publication of this notice. Authorized 

applicants must represent interested 

parties, as defined by 19 U.S.C. 1677(9), 

who are parties to the review. A party 

granted access to BPI following 

publication of the Commission’s notice 

of institution of the review need not 

reapply for such access. A separate 

service list will be maintained by the 

Secretary for those parties authorized to 

receive BPI under the APO. 

Staff report.—The prehearing staff 

report in the review will be placed in 

the nonpublic record on April 16, 2009, 

and a public version will be issued 

thereafter, pursuant to section 207.64 of 

the Commission’s rules. 

Hearing.—The Commission will hold 

a hearing in connection with the review 

beginning at 9:30 a.m. on May 6, 2009, 

at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building. Requests to 

appear at the hearing should be filed in 

writing with the Secretary to the 

Commission on or before May 1, 2009. 

A nonparty who has testimony that may 

aid the Commission’s deliberations may 

request permission to present a short 

statement at the hearing. All parties and 

nonparties desiring to appear at the 

hearing and make oral presentations 

should attend a prehearing conference 

to be held at 9:30 a.m. on May 4, 2009, 

at the U.S. International Trade 

Commission Building. Oral testimony 

and written materials to be submitted at 

the public hearing are governed by 

sections 201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), 207.24, 

and 207.66 of the Commission’s rules. 

Parties must submit any request to 

present a portion of their hearing 

testimony in camera no later than 7 

business days prior to the date of the 

hearing. 

Written submissions.—Each party to 

the review may submit a prehearing 

brief to the Commission. Prehearing 

briefs must conform with the provisions 

of section 207.65 of the Commission’s 

rules; the deadline for filing is April 27, 

2009. Parties may also file written 

testimony in connection with their 

presentation at the hearing, as provided 

in section 207.24 of the Commission’s 

rules, and posthearing briefs, which 

must conform with the provisions of 

section 207.67 of the Commission’s 

rules. The deadline for filing 

posthearing briefs is May 15, 2009; 

witness testimony must be filed no later 

than two days before the hearing. In 


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