Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 110 / Thursday, June 6, 1996 / Notices 28887

respect to a proposed ‘‘Application Kit

for the Drug Elimination Technical

Assistance Program.’’ HUD seeks to

implement this initiative as soon as

possible.

Under the Drug Elimination Technical

Assistance Program, HUD will provide

technical assistance to a successful

application through a consultant hired

by HUD. Applications will be accepted

from housing authorities (HAs),

qualified resident counsels (RCs) and

resident management corporations

(RMCs).

HUD intends that the short-term

technical assistance will aid these

entities in assessing their drug problems

in the public housing community; in

implementing appropriate anti-drugrelated practices and programs; and in

improving overall agency management,

operations and programming so that

these entities can more effectively

respond to drug problems in their

targeted public housing developments.

The Department has submitted the

proposal for the collection of

information to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The

Department has requested emergency

clearance of the collection of

information, as described below, with

approval being sought by June 3, 1996:

(1) Title of the information collection

proposal: Application Kit—Drug

Elimination Technical Assistance.

(2) Summary of the collection of

information: Each respondent

requesting Drug Elimination Technical

Assistance will be required to submit

current information, as listed below:

1. An explanation of what type of

drug-related crime problem they are

experiencing, what type of assistance

they are requesting to address the

problem, and how the requested

assistance will fit into their existing

drug elimination strategy, or assist them

in developing a strategy.

2. Signatures of the HA Executive

Director and a resident leader.

3. Form HUD–2880.

Each respondent requesting to

provide consulting services through this

program will be required to submit the

following:

4. Completed Consultant Resource

Inventory Questionnaire.

5. Resume.

6. Documentation of daily rate.

(3) Description of the need for the

information and its proposed use:

To appropriately determine which

applicants should be provided technical

assistance, certain information is

required. The criteria include: what type

of drug-related crime problem they are

experiencing, what type of assistance

they are requesting to address the

problem, and how the requested

assistance will fit into their existing

drug elimination strategy, or assist them

in developing a strategy.

To determine which consultants will

be appropriate for specific requests, and

to justify their reimbursement by the

Department, certain information is

required. This includes the Consultant

Resource Inventory Questionnaire,

resume, and documentation of daily

rate.

The estimated number of respondents

is 400. The proposed frequency of the

response to the collection of information

is one-time. If an applicant for technical

assistance wishes more than one

opportunity for technical assistance

they must complete a separate

application each time. Consultants

providing TA must submit information

only once.

(5) Estimate of the total reporting and

record keeping burden that will result

from the collection of information:

Reporting Burden:

Number of respondents: 400.

Total burden hours (@ 82 hour per

response):

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 32,800.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,

as amended.

Dated: May 29, 1996.

David S. Cristy,

Director, IRM Policy and Management

Division.

[FR Doc. 96–14189 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Assistant Secretary—

Water and Science

Notice of Intent To Negotiate an

Agreement Between the Central Utah

Water Conservancy District and

Department of the Interior for

Implementation of the Salt Lake

County Artificial Ground Water

Recharge/Conjunctive Management

System of the Central Utah Project,

Utah

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary-Water and Science,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to negotiate an

agreement between the Central Utah

Water Conservancy District (CUWCD)

and the Department of the Interior (DOI)

for implementation of the Salt Lake

County Artificial Ground water

Recharge/Conjunctive Management

System (System) of the Central Utah

Project, Utah.

SUMMARY: Public Law 102–575, Section

202(a)(2) authorizes ‘‘$10,000,000 for a

feasibility study and development, with

public involvement, by the Utah

Division of Water Resources of systems

to allow ground water recharge,

management, and the conjunctive use of

surface water resources with ground

water resources in Salt Lake, Utah,

Davis, Wasatch, and Weber Counties,

Utah.’’ The Salt Lake County Water

Conservancy District and Utah Division

of Water Resources have submitted a

proposal to construct a System to allow

ground water recharge, management,

and the conjunctive use of surface water

resources with ground water resources

in Salt Lake County. Pursuant to the

Compliance and Cost Share Agreements

between DOI and CUWCD, dated

August 11, 1993, an agreement between

DOI and CUWCD is required to allow

Section 202(a)(2) funds to be expended

for the proposed System. A negotiated

agreement between DOI and CUWCD

will meet this requirement.

DATES: Dates for public negotiation

sessions will be announced in local

newspapers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Additional

information on matters related to this

Federal Register notice can be obtained

at the address and telephone number set

forth below: Mr. Reed Murray, Program

Coordinator, CUP Completion Act

Office, Department of the Interior, 302

East 1860 South, Provo UT 84606–6154,

Telephone: (801) 379–1237, Internet:

rmurray@uc.usbr.gov

Dated: May 31, 1996.

Ronald Johnston,

CUP Program Director, Department of the

Interior.

[FR Doc. 96–14217 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–920–06–1330–00]

Klamath and Modoc National Forests,

CA; Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Interior,

Bureau of Land Management, Alturas

Resource Area.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement for a

Plan of Utilization for a proposed

geothermal power plant, ancillary

facilities, and transmission line on the

Klamath and Modoc National Forests in

Siskiyou and Modoc Counties,

California.
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SUMMARY: Notice is given that the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM),

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest

Service (USFS), U.S. Department of

Energy, Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), and Siskiyou

County Air Pollution Control District

(APCD) will jointly prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR)

for a proposed a 49.9 megawatt (MW)

(gross) geothermal electric power plant

with associated facilities and

operations, and a 24-mile 230-kilovolt

(kV) transmission line. This proposed

action (known as the Fourmile Hill

Geothermal Development Project)

would be located on the Klamath and

Modoc National Forests in northeastern

California. BPA will participate in the

EIS/EIR process as a cooperating agency

to analyze potential effects.

Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA), and 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., the

BLM, USFS, BPA, and Siskiyou County

APCD will be directing a third-party

contractor in the preparation of the EIS/

EIR on the impacts of the proposed

action. Comments are being requested to

help identify significant issues or

concerns related to the proposed action,

determine the scope of issues, identify

and refine alternatives to the proposed

action.

DATES: Federal, state, and local agencies

and the public are invited to participate

in the scoping process for the EIS/EIR.

Scoping meetings to encourage and

facilitate public participation will be

held in Yreka (June 25, 1996), Klamath

Falls (June 26), and Alturas (June 27).

Times and locations of the scoping

meetings will be announced in the local

news media.

ADDRESS FOR COMMENTS: In addition to

the public scoping meetings, the BLM is

inviting written comments and

suggestions on the proposed action and

the scope of the analysis. Written

comments or requests to be added to the

project mailing list should be submitted

by July 8, 1996. Written comments

should be addressed to Mr. Randall

Sharp, USFS/BLM, Fourmile Hill

Geothermal Development Project EIS/

EIR Coordinator, 800 W. 12th Street,

Alturas, CA 96101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Randy Sharp (916) 233–5811.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Calpine

Corporation submitted a Plan of

Utilization (POU) to the BLM for

constructing, operating, and

maintaining a 49.9 MW (gross), dual

flash geothermal power plant, with

associated geothermal production and

injection wells, well pads, roads,

interconnected geothermal fluid

pipelines, and an accompanying 24-mile

230 kV transmission line. This project,

known as the Fourmile Hill Geothermal

Development Project, would be located

at the Glass Mountain Known

Geothermal Resource Area (KGRA) on

the Klamath and Modoc National

Forests.

The proposed geothermal power

plant, well pads, and fluid pipelines

would be located within Federal

geothermal leases CA21924, CA21925,

and CA21926, all within the Glass

Mountain KGRA. Leases CA21924 and

CA21926 are located on the Klamath

National Forest, while lease CA21925 is

located on the Modoc National Forest.

The proposed power plant site would be

located in Section 28 within a sixsection area known as the Fourmile Hill

project area, located in Sections 21, 22,

23, 28, 29, and 30, Township 44 North,

Range 3 East, MDB&M, Siskiyou

County, California. The planned period

of commercial operation for the

proposed action is 45 years.

The proposed action would involve

production of geothermal fluids (hot

water and steam) from an underground

reservoir. These fluids would be

produced from 9 to 11 two-phase

production wells located at five

proposed production well pad sites

(well pads 88–28, 84–28, 56–28, 26–28,

and 18–28). The fluids would be

transported via surface pipelines to the

proposed dual flash geothermal power

plant, where the steam would be

directed to two steam turbine-driven

generators. Spent brine and condensate

would be pumped through surface

pipelines to the three proposed injection

well pads (well pads 87–29, 13–28, and

67–21) for injection to the subsurface

geothermal reservoir. There would be

one injection well located at each

injection well pad.

Each of the production and injection

well pads would occupy approximately

2.5 acres, for a total well pad area of

about 20 acres. The power plant site

would occupy approximately 3.0 acres.

There would be a total of 4.25 miles of

surface pipelines (1.5 miles of

production lines, and 2.75 miles of

injection lines), and about 2.5 miles of

new roads associated with the power

plant and well pads.

The proposed action would also

include development of a transmission

line that would extend from the

proposed geothermal power plant in an

easterly direction for approximately 24

miles to a proposed intertie station

along the BPA Malin-Warner

transmission line. The Malin-Warner

line is a 230-kV system that parallels

Highway 139. The proposed

transmission line would be constructed

using H-frame wood poles with steel

structures used at certain locations. The

transmission line would be located

primarily on the Modoc National Forest,

with only a small portion of the line

near the power plant site being located

on the Klamath National Forest. Rightof-way width would be approximately

125 feet along the constructed length of

the transmission line. Construction of

access roads for installation of

structures and maintenance would be

required along portions of the right-ofway.

Alternatives thus far identified for

evaluation in the EIS/EIR are: (1) the

proposed action, (2) the no action (the

consequences of not developing the

project), and (3) alternate transmission

line route alternatives. The principal

issues identified thus far for

consideration in the EIS/EIR include

potential effects to listed wildlife

species, Tribal concerns, potential

recreation conflicts, and potential visual

impacts. The EIS/EIR will also address

other issues such as geology, geothermal

resources, hydrology, cultural resources,

vegetation, air quality, noise, land use,

plans and policies, transportation,

human health and safety,

socioeconomics, cumulative impacts, as

well as any issues raised during the

scoping process.

Federal, state, and local agencies and

other individuals or organizations who

may be interested in or affected by the

BLM’s decision for the proposed action

are invited to participate in the scoping

process. Input and comments received

during this process will be considered

during preparation of the EIS/EIR.

Dated: May 29, 1996.

Rich Burns,

Alturas Resource Area Manager.

[FR Doc. 96–14216 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

[CO–050–1020–00]

Front Range Resource Advisory

Council (Colorado) Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act of

1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix, notice

is hereby given that the next meeting of

the Front Range Resource Advisory

Council (Colorado) will be held on June

18, 1996 in Canon City, Colorado.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at

9 a.m. at BLM’s Canon City District

Office, 3170 East Main Street, Canon