Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 163 / Wednesday, August 24, 2005 / Notices 49679

[FR Doc. 05–16905 Filed 8–22–05; 12:07 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–C

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation 

Central Valley Project Improvement 

Act, Criteria for Evaluating Water 

Conservation Plans

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: To meet the requirements of 

the Central Valley Project Improvement 

Act of 1992 (CVPIA) and the 

Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, the 

Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) 

developed and published the Criteria for 

Evaluating Water Management Plans 

(Criteria). Note: For the purpose of this 

announcement, Water Management 

Plans are considered the same as Water 

Conservation Plans (Plans). The CVPIA 

requires Reclamation to evaluate, and 

revise if necessary, the Criteria every 3 

years. Reclamation is publishing this 

notice to allow the public to comment 

on the revised 2005 draft Criteria. Public 

comment on the revised Criteria is 

invited at this time. The draft revision 

is available for review and comment. A 

copy of the draft revision can be found 

at the following Web site: http://

www.usbr.gov/mp/watershare/

documents/2005DraftCriteria.pdf.

A copy of the draft revision can be 

obtained by contacting persons at the 

address below. After the review period, 

if no significant changes are made based 

on comments from the public, the 

Criteria will be final. After the Criteria 

is final, it will be used to evaluate Plans.

DATES: All public comments must be 

received by September 30, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Please mail comments to 

Jerry Townsend, Bureau of Reclamation, 

2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, 

California 95825, or contact at 916–978–

5223 (TDD 978–5608), or e-mail at 

gtownsend@mp.usbr.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

be placed on a mailing list for any 

subsequent information, please contact 

Leslie Barbre or Jerry Townsend at the 

e-mail address or telephone number 

above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are 

inviting the public to comment on the 

revision of the Criteria. Section 3405(e) 

of the CVPIA (Title 34 Pub. L. 102–575), 

requires the ‘‘Secretary of the Interior to 

establish and administer an office on 

Central Valley Project water 

conservation best management practices 

that shall * * * develop Criteria for 

evaluating the adequacy of all water 

conservation plans developed by project 

contractors, including those Plans 

required by Section 210 of the 

Reclamation Reform Act of 1982.’’ Also, 

according to Section 3405(e)(1), these 

Criteria must be developed ‘‘* * * with 

the purpose of promoting the highest 

level of water use efficiency reasonably 

achievable by project contractors using 

best available cost-effective technology 

and best management practices.’’ The 

Criteria have the following applicability 

statements: 

Who Must Use These Criteria. These 

Criteria apply to Plans submitted to 

Reclamation as required by applicable 

Central Valley Project water delivery 

contract or any contract that specifically 

invokes these Criteria. 

Exceptions. The following are 

excepted from the requirement to 

prepare a Plan using these Criteria: 

• All Contractors that receive only 

irrigation water from any Federal 

Reclamation project, and deliver said 

water to less than 2,000 acres of land. 

• All Contractors that receive only 

municipal and industrial (urban) water 

from any Federal Reclamation project, 

and provide said water to less than 

3,300 people. 

• All Contractors that receive a 

combination of irrigation and urban 

water amounting to less than an annual 

average of 2,000 acre-feet from any 

Federal Reclamation project. 

Reclamation will evaluate Plans based 

on these Criteria. The CVPIA requires 

Reclamation to evaluate, and revise if 

necessary, the Criteria every 3 years. 

The Criteria were previously revised in 

1996, 1999, and 2002. 

Our practice is to make comments, 

including names and home addresses of 

respondents, available for public 

review. Individual respondents may 

request that we withhold their home 

address from public disclosure, which 

we will honor to the extent allowable by 

law. There also may be circumstances in 

which we would withhold a 

respondent’s identity from public 

disclosure, as allowable by law. If you 

wish us to withhold your name and/or 

address, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comment. We will make all submissions 

from organizations or businesses, and 

from individuals identifying themselves 

as representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public disclosure in their entirety. 

For copies contact Leslie Barbre, Bureau 

of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, 

Sacramento, California 95825, or contact 

at 916–978–5232 (TDD 978–5608), or

e-mail at lbarbre@mp.usbr.gov.

Dated: July 25, 2005. 

Donna E. Tegelman, 

Regional Resources Manager.

[FR Doc. 05–16818 Filed 8–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–MN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation 

San Luis Drainage Feature Reevaluation Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement, Alameda, Contra Costa, 

Fresno, Kern, Kings, Merced, San 

Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, and 

Stanislaus Counties, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior.

ACTION: Extension of public review and 

comment period for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation is 

extending the public review and 

comment period for the Draft EIS to 

Thursday, September 1, 2005. The 

notice of availability of the Draft EIS 

and notice of public hearings was 

published in the Federal Register on 

June 2, 2005, (70 FR 32370). The public 

review period was originally scheduled 

to end on August 1, 2005.

DATES: Submit comments on the Draft 

EIS by close of business Thursday, 

September 1, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the Draft 

EIS to Ms. Claire Jacquemin, Bureau of 

Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP–

700, Sacramento, CA 95825.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jerry Robbins, Project Manager, at 916–

978–5061, TDD 916–978–5608. The 

Draft EIS is also available online at 

http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/

nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=61. To 

request a copy of the Draft EIS please 

contact Ms. Jacquemin at 916–978–

5119.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Our 

practice is to make comments, including 

names and home addresses of 

respondents, available for public 

review. Individual respondents may 

request that we withhold their home 

address from public disclosure, which 

we will honor to the extent allowable by 

law. There may also be circumstances in 

which we would withhold a 

respondent’s identity from public 

disclosure, as allowable by law. If you 

wish us to withhold your name and/or 

address, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comment. We will make all submissions 

from organizations or businesses, and 

from individuals identifying themselves