31338 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 111 / Friday, June 11, 2021 / Notices 

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The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Dated: June 8, 2021. 

Madonna Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

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LVRWB19B6340.19X5017AP.CACA56753] 

Notice of Availability of the Whitewater 

River Groundwater Replenishment 

Facility Project Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement, Riverside County, 

CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) has prepared 

a Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for the Whitewater River 

Groundwater Replenishment Facility 

Project (Project), and by this notice is 

announcing the opening of a 45-day 

public comment period. 

DATES: To ensure that all comments will 

be considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the Draft EIS 

within 45 days following the date that 

the EPA publishes its Notice of 

Availability (NOA) in the Federal 

Register. The EPA usually publishes its 

NOAs every Friday. The BLM will 

announce future meetings and any other 

public involvement activities at least 15 

days in advance through public notices, 

news releases, the project website, and/ 

or mailings. 

ADDRESSES: The public may submit 

comments related to the project during 

the public comment period by using any 

of the following methods: 

• Project Website: https://go.usa.gov/ 

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• Email: BLM_CA_

WhitewaterRecharge@blm.gov. 

• Mail: Whitewater River 

Groundwater Replenishment Facility 

Project, Bureau of Land Management 

Palm Springs—South Coast Field Office, 

1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, 

CA 92262. 

Copies of the Draft EIS are available 

for viewing electronically on the project 

website. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Miriam Liberatore, BLM project 

manager, telephone: (541) 618–2412; 

email: mliberat@blm.gov; address 

Bureau of Land Management, 3040 

Biddle Road, Medford, OR 97504. 

Persons who use telecommunication 

devices for the deaf may call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact Ms. Liberatore during normal 

business hours. The FRS is available 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a 

message or question. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) 

seeks a right-of-way (ROW) grant from 

the BLM for its existing groundwater 

replenishment facility in North Palm 

Springs that is partially located on 

public lands managed by the BLM. The 

existing facility consists of water control 

berms, intake structures, conveyance 

structures, and 19 infiltration ponds 

over approximately 690 acres of BLMmanaged public lands. The facility also 

includes 1,480 acres of lands held by 

CVWD. No new construction and no 

change in operations are proposed. The 

change in volume represents CVWD’s 

request that the BLM analyze 

environmental impacts for the full 

annual capacity of the facility, instead 

of the anticipated water allotments, as 

was done for the previous grant. The 

change in acreage represents CVWD’s 

request to authorize the use of public 

lands for water control berms upstream 

of its intake structure. 

The BLM is the lead agency under 

NEPA and will make Federal decisions 

regarding the proposed plan amendment 

and the ROW for the Project. The U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service is a 

Cooperating Agency and will issue a 

Biological Opinion for the project. The 

United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, 

Desert Water Agency, and Metropolitan 

Water District of Southern California are 

Cooperating Agencies in this 

environmental review, but do not have 

direct permitting roles in the project. 

The Proposed Action (Alternative 1) 

would authorize the facility in its 

existing configuration and would review 

the environmental impacts of 

infiltrating up to 511,000 acre-feet per 

year, representing the maximum 

physical capacity of the facility. In 

addition to the Proposed Action, the 

Draft EIS considers a no action 

alternative and three action alternatives. 

Alternative 2 (Partial Implementation) 

would authorize only the area of public 

lands on which the water control 

structures upstream of the intake are 

located. Alternative 3 (Reduced 

Volume) would authorize the same 

facility as described under Alternative 1 

but the environmental review would be 

based on an annual infiltration volume 

of 220,000 acre-feet per year. Alternative 

4 (Land Disposal) would authorize the 

sale or exchange of the public lands 

within the project footprint and would 

authorize the facility operation on 

public lands for a period of 10 years, 

sufficient to implement the disposal. 

Alternative 5 (No Action) would not 

authorize those portions of the facility 

that are located on public lands. Those 

portions would be removed, and the 

public lands rehabilitated. Alternative 1 

is the BLM preferred alternative. 

Public input on these alternatives or 

other issues is important and will be 

considered in the development of the 

Final EIS. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 

43 CFR 1610.2) 

Karen E. Mouritsen, 

California State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NRNHL–DTS#–32072; 

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National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is 

soliciting electronic comments on the 

significance of properties nominated 

before May 29, 2021, for listing or 

related actions in the National Register 

of Historic Places. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

electronically by June 28, 2021. 


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