15748 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 65 / Tuesday, April 7, 2009 / Notices 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Robinson, Central California Area 

Office, Bureau of Reclamation, at the 

CCAO general telephone number 916– 

988–1707, e-mail: 

HatchPass@mp.usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Nimbus Hatchery is located along the 

lower American River approximately 1⁄4

mile downstream from Nimbus Dam in 

Rancho Cordova, CA. The Hatchery is a 

mitigation facility that was constructed 

by Reclamation in 1955 to compensate 

for the loss of spawning habitat for 

Chinook salmon and steelhead trout 

inundated by the construction of 

Nimbus Dam. The Hatchery annually 

produces 4 million fall-run Chinook 

salmon smolts and 430,000 winter-run 

American River steelhead yearlings. The 

fish weir is needed to prevent adult 

salmon from continuing upstream and 

allows them to locate and enter the fish 

ladder and hatchery. 

CDFG has continuously operated and 

maintained the Hatchery under contract 

with Reclamation since it was originally 

constructed in 1955. CDFG operates and 

maintains all salmon and steelhead 

hatcheries within the State of California 

and is responsible for the management 

of statewide fisheries resources. As 

manager of the State fisheries resources, 

CDFG is also responsible for 

recommending and implementing 

fishing regulations. One alternative 

under consideration would result in 

changes to the fishing opportunities 

immediately downstream from Nimbus 

Dam pursuant to CDFG Regulation 

Section 2.35, ‘‘Taking Fish near Dams, 

Screens, and Egg-taking Stations.’’ 

CDFG will also consider the potential 

modification to the seasonal fishing 

regulations between the Hatchery and 

Nimbus Dam as part of the evaluation of 

this alternative. 

Background: The Project is needed 

because the existing fish diversion 

structure is aging, susceptible to 

periodic significant damage from high 

flows, and its operation requires annual 

flow reductions for maintenance which 

effect protected steelhead populations 

in the river. Annual short-term flow 

reductions are required to install the 

weir at a time when steelhead are 

rearing in the lower American River. 

Flow reductions of longer duration are 

periodically required to repair 

significant flood damage to the existing 

structure and scouring around its 

foundation. This scouring destabilizes 

the weir and creates large holes that 

upstream migrant fish can pass through 

avoiding the entrance into the hatchery 

ladder. 

Objectives: The primary objective of 

the Project is to maintain a fully 

functional system of collecting adult 

fish sufficient to meet mitigation goals. 

Secondary objectives are to minimize 

operations and maintenance costs, do 

away with the need to reduce river 

flows, and improve public and worker 

safety. 

Alternatives: Reclamation has 

evaluated a broad set of potential 

solutions in a series of planning 

evaluations beginning in the mid-1990s. 

Two basic approaches to solving the 

problems that were advanced through 

the planning process include: (1) 

Constructing a new fish diversion weir 

with concrete foundation and air 

bladder control gates and pickets; and 

(2) the extension of the fish ladder 

upstream to Nimbus Dam and removal 

of the existing fish diversion weir. The 

EIS/EIR will evaluate each of these 

alternative approaches and a no action 

alternative. 

Special Assistance for Public Scoping 

Meetings 

If special assistance is required to 

participate in the public meetings, 

please contact Ms. Janet Sierzputowski 

at 916–978–5112, TDD 916–978–5608, 

or e-mail jsierzputowski@mp.usbr.gov. 

Please notify Ms. Sierzputowski as far in 

advance as possible to enable 

Reclamation to secure the needed 

services. If a request cannot be honored, 

the requestor will be notified. 

Public Disclosure 

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: March 16, 2009. 

Mike Chotkowski, 

Acting Regional Environmental Officer, MidPacific Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–7785 Filed 4–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ES–956–1420–BJ] 

Florida; Eastern States: Filing of 

Supplemental Plat of Survey 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Filing of 

Supplemental Plat; Florida. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will file the 

supplemental plat of survey of the lands 

described below in the BLM–Eastern 

States, Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar 

days from the date of publication in the 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, 7450 

Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 

22153. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

survey was requested by the Bureau of 

Land Management-Eastern States, 

Branch of Lands and Realty. 

The lands shown on the plat are: 

Tallahassee Meridian, Florida 

T. 6 S., R. 15 E. 

The supplemental plat identifies an 

unlotted parcel of land in the NW 1/4 

of Section 26 of Township 6 South, 

Range 15 East, of the Tallahassee 

Meridian, in the State of Florida, as 

shown on the original plat dated 

February 1827, and was accepted March 

18, 2009. We will place a copy of the 

plat we described in the open files. It 

will be available to the public as a 

matter of information. 

If BLM receives a protest against this 

survey, as shown on the plat, prior to 

the date of the official filing, we will 

stay the filing pending our 

consideration of the protest. 

We will not officially file the plat 

until the day after we have accepted or 

dismissed all protests and they have 

become final, including decisions on 

appeals. 

Dated: April 1, 2009. 

Dominica Van Koten, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor. 

[FR Doc. E9–7787 Filed 4–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–P