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address impacts to transportation, 

public safety, cultural resources, 

recreational opportunities, Wilderness 

Study Areas (WSA), non-WSA lands 

with wilderness characteristics, areas 

proposed for designation as Areas of 

Critical Environmental Concern, 

wildlife, Threatened and Endangered 

Species, visual resources, air quality, 

and other relevant issues. 

If components of the Proposed Action 

conflict with the Price River 

Management Framework Plan, the BLM 

must consider whether or not to amend 

the plan as part of its decision on full 

field development. A plan amendment 

would be necessary if the BLM, as part 

of its decision, approves an action that 

does not conform to the plan. Therefore, 

the DEIS discloses which full field 

development activities would not be in 

conformance with the plan and 

identifies which land use plan decisions 

would be amended. 

Selma Sierra, 

Utah State Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–1760 Filed 1–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1310–EJ–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Yakima River Basin Water Storage 

Feasibility Study; Benton, Yakima, and 

Kittitas Counties, Washington 

INT–DES 08–03 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability and 

Public Hearings on the Draft Planning 

Report and Environmental Impact 

Statement. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the 

Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) 

has prepared a combined Draft Planning 

Report and Environmental Impact 

Statement (Draft PR/EIS) on the Yakima 

River Basin Water Storage Feasibility 

Study (Storage Study). The Washington 

Department of Ecology (Ecology) is a 

joint lead with Reclamation in the 

preparation of the Draft PR/EIS which 

will also be used to comply with 

requirements of the Washington State 

Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). The 

cooperating agencies on this study are 

Yakima County; the U.S. Department of 

the Army: Yakima Training Center and 

the Seattle District of the U.S. Corps of 

Engineers; and the U.S. Department of 

Energy: Office of River Protection. 

The purpose of the Yakima River 

Basin Water Storage Feasibility Study is 

to evaluate alternatives that would 

create additional water storage for the 

Yakima River basin and assess their 

potential to supply the water needed for 

ecosystem aquatic habitat, basin-wide 

agriculture, and municipal demands. 

The need for the study is based on the 

existing finite water supply and limited 

storage capability of the Yakima River 

basin in low water years. This finite 

supply and limited storage capacity do 

not meet the water supply demands in 

all years and result in significant 

adverse impact to the Yakima River 

basin’s economy, which is agriculturebased, and to the basin’s aquatic habitat, 

specifically, anadromous fisheries. The 

study seeks to identify means of 

increasing water storage available, 

including storage of Columbia River 

water, for purposes of improving 

anadromous fish habitat and meeting 

irrigation and municipal water supply 

needs. 

DATES: Meetings will be held on 2 days 

in two locations: 

• Wednesday, February 27, 2008, in 

Yakima, Washington. 

• Thursday, February 28, 2008, in 

Kennewick, Washington. 

On each day, an informational open 

house will occur from 1 to 2 p.m., 

followed by a public hearing to receive 

oral comments from 2 to 4 p.m. Another 

open house will occur from 6 to 7 p.m., 

followed by another public hearing from 

7 to 9 p.m. 

Requests for special assistance at the 

meetings should be submitted by 

February 15, 2008 (see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section, Special Assistance 

for Public Meetings). 

Written comments on the draft PR/EIS 

will be accepted through March 31, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Meetings will be held at the 

following locations: 

• Yakima, Washington: Yakima 

Convention Center, 10 North 8th St. 

• Kennewick, Washington: Three 

Rivers Convention Center, 7016 W. 

Grandridge Blvd. 

The meeting facilities are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Written comments on the Draft PR/ 

EIS should be addressed to the Bureau 

of Reclamation, Upper Columbia Area 

Office, Attention: David Kaumheimer, 

Environmental Programs Manager, 1917 

Marsh Road, Yakima, Washington 

98901–2058. Comments may also be 

submitted electronically to 

storagestudy@pn.usbr.gov. Requests for 

paper or CD copies of the Draft PR/EIS 

may be made to (509) 575–5848, ext. 

612. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for locations where copies of the 

Draft PR/EIS are available for public 

review. 

Information on this project can also be 

found at http://www.usbr.gov/pn/ 

programs/storage_study/index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact David Kaumheimer, 

Environmental Programs Manager, 

Telephone: (509) 575–5848, extension 

232. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Hearing Process Information 

Requests to make oral comments at 

the public hearings may be made at each 

hearing. In order to ensure that all those 

interested in providing oral comments 

have an opportunity to do so, oral 

comments at the hearings will be 

limited to 5 minutes. Comments will be 

recorded by a court reporter. Speakers 

will be called in the order indicated on 

the sign in list for speaking. Speakers 

not present when called will be recalled 

at the end of the scheduled speakers. 

Speakers may provide written versions 

of their oral comments, or other 

additional written comments, for the 

hearing record. Longer comments 

should be summarized at the public 

hearing and submitted in writing either 

at the public hearing or identified as 

hearing comments and mailed within 7 

days of the hearing date to Mr. Dave 

Kaumheimer as indicated under the 

ADDRESSES section. 

Background Information 

Reclamation has undertaken this 

study to explore ways to augment water 

supplies in the Yakima River Basin for 

the benefit of anadromous fish, irrigated 

agriculture, and municipal water supply 

under the authority of Public Law 108–

7, Title II, Section 214 which was 

passed by Congress on February 20, 

2003. Public Law 108–7 states: 

The Secretary of the Interior, acting 

through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall 

conduct a feasibility study of options for 

additional water storage in the Yakima River 

Basin, Washington, with emphasis on the 

feasibility of storage of Columbia River water 

in the potential Black Rock Reservoir and the 

benefit of additional storage to endangered 

and threatened fish, irrigated agriculture, and 

municipal water supply. There are 

authorized to be appropriated such sums as 

may be necessary to carry out this Act. 

Ecology is a joint lead with 

Reclamation in the preparation of this 

Draft PR/EIS which also complies with 

SEPA. In addition to the No Action 

Alternative, this jointly prepared Draft 

PR/EIS provides NEPA coverage for 

three storage alternatives, referred to as 

the Joint Alternatives, which 

Reclamation and Ecology are 

considering as part of the Storage Study. 

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These include: Black Rock Dam, Wymer 

Dam and Reservoir, and Wymer Dam 

plus Yakima River Pump Exchange 

Alternatives. 

In addition to the storage alternatives 

being considered under feasibility study 

authority, this EIS provides SEPA 

coverage for three additional 

alternatives, referred to as the State 

Alternatives, which Ecology is 

considering. These include: Enhanced 

Water Conservation, Market Based 

Reallocation of Water Resources, and 

Groundwater Storage Alternatives. 

Locations Where Copies of the Draft PR/ 

EIS Are Available for Public Review 

• Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Room 7455, 

1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20240. 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Denver 

Office Library, Denver Federal Center, 

Building 67, Room 167, Denver, 

Colorado 80225. 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific 

Northwest Regional Office, 1150 North 

Curtis Road, Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 

83706–1234. 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Upper 

Columbia Area Office, 1917 Marsh 

Road, Yakima, Washington 98901. 

• Kennewick City Library, 1620 S. 

Union St., Kennewick, Washington 

99338. 

• Pasco City Library, 1320 W. 

Hopkins, Pasco, Washington 99301. 

• Richland City Library, 955 

Northgate Drive, Richland, Washington 

99352. 

• Yakima Valley Regional Library, 

102 N. 3 rd St., Yakima, Washington 

98901. 

• Washington State Library, 6880 

Capitol Blvd., SW, Olympia, 

Washington 98504. 

Special Assistance for Public Meetings 

TTY users may dial 711 to obtain a 

toll free TTY relay. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation for the hearing impaired 

should be submitted to David 

Kaumheimer at (509) 575–5848, 

extension 232, or mailed to him at the 

address in the ADDRESSES section. 

Spanish language interpretation 

requests should be made to John Evans 

at (509) 575–5848. Si necesita interprete 

para Espan ̃ol, por favor llame John 

Evans a (509) 575–5848. 

Public Disclosure 

If you wish to comment on this draft 

PR/EIS, you may mail us your 

comments as indicated under the 

ADDRESSES section. 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. 

J. William McDonald, 

Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region. 

[FR Doc. E8–1880 Filed 1–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments for 1029–0091 and 1029–

0118. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing 

its intention to request continued 

approval for the collections of 

information under 30 CFR Parts 750 and 

842 which relate to surface coal mining 

and reclamation operations on Indian 

Lands; and which allows the collection 

and processing of citizen complaints 

and requests for inspection, 

respectively. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

information collections must be 

received by April 1, 2008, to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to 

John A. Trelease, Office of Surface 

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 

1951 Constitution Ave., NW., Room 

202—SIB, Washington, DC 20240. 

Comments may also be submitted 

electronically to jtrelease@osmre.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

receive a copy of the information 

collection requests contact John A. 

Trelease, at (202) 208–2783. You may 

also review the collection requests at 

http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which 

implementing provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13), require that interested 

members of the public and affected 

agencies have an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping activities [see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)]. This notice identifies 

information collections that OSM will 

be submitting to OMB for approval. 

These collections are contained in: (1) 

30 CFR Part 750, Requirements for 

surface coal mining and reclamation 

operations on Indian Lands; and (2) 30 

CFR Part 842, Federal inspections and 

monitoring. OSM will request a 3-year 

term of approval for each information 

collection activity. 

Comments are invited on: (1) The 

need for the collection of information 

for the performance of the functions of 

the agency; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (4) 

ways to minimize the information 

collection burden on respondents, such 

as use of automated means of collection 

of the information. A summary of the 

public comments will accompany 

OSM’s submission of the information 

collection request to OMB. 

The following information is provided 

for the information collection: (1) Title 

of the information collection; (2) OMB 

control number; (3) summary of the 

information collection activity; and (4) 

frequency of collection, description of 

the respondents, estimated total annual 

responses, and the total annual 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

the collection of information. 

Title: 30 CFR Part 750—Requirements 

for surface coal mining and reclamation 

operations on Indian Lands. 

OMB Control Number: 1029–0091. 

Summary: Operators who conduct or 

propose to conduct surface coal mining 

and reclamation operations on Indian 

lands must comply with the 

requirements of 30 CFR 750 pursuant to 

Section 710 of SMCRA. 

Bureau Form Number: None. 

Frequency of Collection: Once. 

Description of Respondents: 

Applicants for coal mining permits on 

Indian lands. 

Total Annual Responses: 1. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,300. 

Total Annual Non-Wage Burden: 

$15,000. 

Title: 30 CFR Part 842—Federal 

inspections and monitoring. 

OMB Control Number: 1029–0118. 

Summary: For purposes of 

information collection, this part 

establishes the procedures for any 

person to notify the Office of Surface 

Mining in writing of any violation that 

may exist at a surface coal mining 

operation. The information will be used 

to investigate potential violations of the 

Act or applicable State regulations. 

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