[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 78 (Monday, April 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 20115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10014]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Tucson Aqueduct System Reliability Investigation, Pima County, AZ

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability and notice of public hearings on draft 
environmental impact statement (DEIS); DES 95-16, filed April 18, 1995.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Department of the Interior, Bureau 
of Reclamation (Reclamation), has prepared a draft environmental impact 
statement (EIS) for the Tucson Aqueduct System Reliability 
Investigation, Tucson Division, Central Arizona Project (CAP). The 
draft EIS addresses alternatives that have been studied to incorporate 
short-term delivery reliability into the Central Arizona Project (CAP) 
system for the Tucson area. This short-term reliability would ensure 
the delivery of CAP water to Tucson area users during periods of 
planned maintenance outages of the CAP. Reclamation proposes the 
construction of a 15,000 acre-foot surface storage reservoir to provide 
reliability to Tucson area CAP water users.

DATES: Two public hearings will be held on the draft EIS:

    <bullet> Wednesday, June 7, 1995, 7-10 p.m., Tucson, Arizona.
    <bullet> Thursday, June 8, 1995, 7-10 p.m., Drexel Heights, 
Arizona.

ADDRESSES:

    <bullet> Tucson Convention Center, Coconino/Apache Rooms, 260 South 
Church, Tucson, Arizona.
    <bullet> Southwest Community Center, 5950 South Cardinal, Drexel 
Heights, Arizona.
    Written comments should be addressed to the Area Manager, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, PO Box 9980, Phoenix, AZ 85068-0980.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Bruce D. Ellis, Chief, 
Environmental Division, Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, PO 
Box 9980, Phoenix, AZ 85068-0980; telephone (602) 870-6767.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAP, authorized as part of the Colorado 
River Basin Project Act of 1968, is a multipurpose water project which 
develops water for municipal and industrial use, as well as for Indian 
uses and non-Indian agricultural uses in central and southern Arizona. 
Because of Tucson's greater exposure to water service interruptions, 
the Tucson Aqueduct System Reliability Investigation was initiated in 
1986 to study alternatives that would provide as ``reasonably 
reliable'' a supply of Central Arizona Project (CAP) water to the 
Tucson area as is available to Phoenix area cities. The draft EIS 
analyzes the environmental consequences of the construction and 
operation of a 15,000 acre-foot surface storage reservoir (the Agency 
Proposed Action), two additional alternatives, and a no Federal action 
alternative.
    Oral comments regarding the proposed action are welcome at the 
public hearing. Reclamation also solicits written comments on the draft 
EIS. To ensure consideration in the preparation of the final EIS, all 
written comments must be received at the above address by July 14, 
1995. Copies of the draft EIS are available from Mr. Bruce Ellis at the 
same address.

    Dated: April 18, 1995.
Lawrence F. Hancock,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 95-10014 Filed 4-21-95; 8:45 am]
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