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Division, reducing their demands on 

San Luis Reservoir water supplies. 

• Combination Alternative: Measures 

that work best in combination, 

augmenting efficient use of existing 

available water supplies and facilities to 

resolve the low point problem. The 

Alternative Water Supplies concept 

incorporates multiple strategies, such as 

source shifting, new supply 

development, additional treatment 

technology, reoperation, and operational 

agreements, which build upon one 

another either incrementally or in total, 

to achieve water supply reliability, 

water quality, and system flexibility 

project objectives and opportunities. 

Special Assistance for Public Scoping 

Meetings 

If special assistance is required at the 

public hearings, please contact Ms. 

Lynnette Wirth at 916–978–5100, TDD 

916–978–5608, or via e-mail at 

lwirth@mp.usbr.gov. Please notify Ms. 

Wirth as far in advance as possible to 

enable Reclamation to secure the 

needed services. If a request cannot be 

honored, the requestor will be notified. 

A telephone device for the hearing 

impaired (TDD) is available at 916–978–

5608. 

Public Disclosure 

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. 

Dated: August 8, 2008. 

Susan M. Fry, 

Regional Environmental Officer, Mid-Pacific 

Region. 

[FR Doc. E8–20104 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Windy Gap Firming Project; ColoradoBig Thompson Project, Grand and 

Larimer Counties, CO 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(Draft EIS) and Announcement of Public 

Hearings. 

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

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act, the Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) has completed the Windy 

Gap Firming Project Draft EIS. It is now 

available for public review and 

comment. Two public hearings are 

scheduled during the comment period. 

The Draft EIS describes and discloses 

the estimated environmental effects of 

five alternatives, including a no action 

alternative and four action alternatives 

that accomplish the purpose and need 

for the project. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(Corps), the Western Area Power 

Administration (Western), and the 

Board of County Commissioners, Grand 

County, Colorado (Grand County) are 

cooperating agencies that are providing 

assistance in the preparation of the 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act. 

DATES: A 60-day public comment period 

begins with the publication of this 

notice. Written comments on the Draft 

ES are due by October 28, 2008 and 

should be submitted to Reclamation 

listed in the ADDRESSES section. Public 

hearings will be held during October 

2008 in Colorado. See the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

dates of the public hearings. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the Draft EIS 

should be sent to the attention of Will 

Tully, Bureau of Reclamation, 11056 

West County Rd. 18E, Loveland, CO 

80537. Comments may also be 

submitted in writing by fax, e-mail, or 

at the public hearings. Send faxes to the 

attention of Will Tully at 970–663–3212. 

Send e-mail to wtully@gp.usbr.gov with 

Windy Gap Draft EIS Comment as the 

subject line. 

Copies of the Draft EIS and related 

documents are available online from 

Reclamation’s Web site at http:// 

www.usbr.gov/gp/nepa/quarterly.cfm. 

Paper copies of the Draft EIS may be 

obtained by calling Kara Lamb at 970–

962–4326. Refer to the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for locations of 

libraries at which copies of the Draft EIS 

are available for review. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kara 

Lamb at 970–962–4326 or 

klamb@gp.usbr.gov or Will Tully at 

970–962–4368 or wtully@gp.usbr.gov. 

Mail requests should be addressed to 

the Bureau of Reclamation at the 

address indicated in the ADDRESSES

section. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Reclamation will hold public hearings, 

preceded by an open house, to receive 

oral and written comments on the Draft 

EIS at the following times and places: 

• October 7, 2008, open house at 6 

p.m., public hearing at 7 p.m., McKee 

Conference Center, 2000 Boise Avenue, 

Loveland, CO 80538, (ph. 970–669–

4640). 

• October 9, 2008, open house at 5 

p.m., public hearing at 7 p.m., Inn at 

Silver Creek, 62927 U.S. Highway 40, 

Granby, CO 80446, (ph. 970–887–4080). 

Public Hearing Process Information: 

Each public hearing will be preceded by 

an open house hosted by Reclamation to 

display project information and allow 

for questions. The meeting facilities are 

physically accessible to people with 

disabilities. People needing special 

assistance to attend and participate in 

the public hearings should contact Ms. 

Kara Lamb at 970–962–4326 as soon as 

possible. To allow sufficient time to 

process special requests, please call no 

later than one week before the public 

hearing of interest. 

The purpose of the public hearings is 

to provide the public with an 

opportunity to comment on information 

presented in the Draft EIS. Oral 

comments may be limited to a specified 

period of time if deemed necessary by 

Reclamation to complete the hearing in 

an appropriate period of time. Written 

comments will also be accepted at the 

hearings. Information regarding this 

proposed action is available in 

alternative formats upon request. 

Locations where the Draft EIS may be 

reviewed: 

• Eastern Colorado Area Office, 11056 

W. County Rd. 18E, Loveland, CO 80537 

970–962–4410. 

• Corps of Engineers, Chatfield 

Reservoir Office, 9307 South 

Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton, CO 80128. 

• Morgan Library, Colorado State 

University, 501 University Avenue Fort 

Collins, CO 80523–1019. 

• Berthoud, Berthoud Public Library, 

236 Welch Avenue. 

• Broomfield, Mamie Eisenhower 

Public Library, 3 Community Park Road. 

• Ft. Collins, Fort Collins Public 

Library, 201 Peterson Street. 

• Ft. Lupton, Ft. Lupton Public 

Library, 425 South Denver Avenue. 

• Granby, Granby Branch Library, 13 

East Jasper Avenue. 

• Grand Lake, Juniper Library, 316 

Garfield Street. 

• Greeley, Centennial Park Branch, 

Weld Library District, 2227 23rd 

Avenue. 

• Greeley, Fart Branch, Weld Library 

District, 1939 61st Avenue. 

• Greeley, Lincoln Park Branch, Weld 

Library District, 919 7th Street. 

• Hot Sulphur Springs, Hot Sulphur 

Springs Branch Library, 105 Moffat. 

• Kremmling, Kremmling Branch 

Library, 300 South 8th Street. 

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• Longmont, Longmont Public 

Library, 409 4th Avenue. 

• Louisville, Louisville Public 

Library, 950 Spruce St. 

• Loveland, Loveland Public Library, 

300 North Adams Avenue. 

• Lyons, Lyons Depot Library, 5th 

and Broadway. 

Background: The Bureau of 

Reclamation (Reclamation) has received 

a proposal from the Municipal Subdistrict, Northern Colorado Water 

Conservancy District, acting by and 

through the Windy Gap Firming Project 

Water Activity Enterprise (Sub-district 

or Applicant) to improve the firm yield 

of the existing Windy Gap Project by 

constructing the Windy Gap Firming 

Project (WGFP). Firm yield is defined by 

the Sub-district as the yield that can be 

provided by the project each year of the 

study period without shortages. The 

proposal includes a connection of 

WGFP facilities to the Colorado-Big 

Thompson Project (C–BT) and 

construction of a new dam and reservoir 

dedicated to the storage of Windy Gap 

and C–BT water, and under the 

Proposed Action (Alternative 2), for the 

storage of C–BT water in the proposed 

90,000 acre-foot Chimney Hollow 

Reservoir under the concept of 

prepositioning. The major Federal 

actions triggering the need for this EIS 

are that Reclamation must authorize a 

connection to C–BT facilities and 

approve any required amendment or 

change to the Amendatory Carriage 

contract (Contract No. 407–70–W0107) 

dated March 1, 1990; the Corps of 

Engineers must issue a 404 permit if a 

dam is constructed that requires 

placement of fill within a water of the 

United States; and the Western Area 

Power Administration must relocate a 

portion of a utility line for two of the 

alternatives being considered. 

Purpose and Need for the Action: 

When constructed in the early 1980s, it 

was anticipated by the Sub-district and 

Reclamation that the Windy Gap Project 

would divert a long-term annual average 

of 56,000 acre-feet per year from the 

Colorado River. In 1981, Reclamation 

completed an EIS on approving the use 

of C–BT facilities to transport Windy 

Gap diversions to eastern slope 

participants. Reclamation subsequently 

entered into contracts for the storage 

and transport of Windy Gap water 

through the C–BT system. In practice, 

the project has been unable to provide 

the expected yield due to Windy Gap’s 

junior water right and to provisions in 

the current agreements that protect the 

yield of the C–BT system. Current 

agreements stipulate that whenever 

Windy Gap water remains in the C–BT 

system, any water required to be spilled 

from Granby Reservoir is considered to 

be Windy Gap water. When Granby 

Reservoir is full or anticipated to spill, 

space is not available for Windy Gap 

water. The Sub-district estimates the 

firm yield of the Windy Gap Project is 

zero because the project is unable to 

deliver water to the participants in all 

years. The Windy Gap Firming Project 

is seeking to provide 30,000 acre-feet of 

firm yield from the Windy Gap Project 

that will be available to the participants 

in all years. This would result in a long 

term average annual gross diversion of 

about 46,000 acre-feet per year 

compared to the 13,829 acre-feet of 

average annual diversions that have 

been made by the Windy Gap Project 

from 1985 to 2007 and the originally 

anticipated 56,000 acre-feet per year as 

analyzed in the 1981 EIS. All of the 

alternatives except the No Action 

alternative require a connection to C–BT 

Project facilities and all except the No 

Action alternative require a Section 404 

permit from the Corps of Engineers. 

Two of the four action alternatives 

require relocation of a power line by the 

Western Area Power Administration. 

Grand County is a cooperating agency 

due to its permitting authority under the 

County’s 1041 regulations. Alternatives: 

The Draft EIS discloses the anticipated 

effects of four action alternatives and 

the No Action alternative. The 

alternatives evaluated in the EIS 

include: 

• Alternative 1 (No Action)—

Continuation of existing operations and 

agreements between Reclamation and 

the Sub-district for conveyance of 

Windy Gap water through C–BT 

facilities and enlargement of 

Longmont’s Ralph Price Reservoir by 

approximately 13,000 acre-feet. 

• Alternative 2 (Proposed Action)—

Chimney Hollow Reservoir (90,000 AF) 

with prepositioning. 

• Alternative 3—Chimney Hollow 

Reservoir (70,000 AF) and Jasper East 

Reservoir (20,000 AF). 

• Alternative 4—Chimney Hollow 

Reservoir (70,000 AF) and Rockwell/ 

Mueller Creek Reservoir (20,000 AF). 

• Alternative 5—Dry Creek Reservoir 

(60,000 AF) and Rockwell/Mueller 

Creek Reservoir (30,000 AF). 

The No Action alternative is defined 

as what would happen if Reclamation 

declines to allow the proposed 

connection to C–BT facilities. It 

includes continuation of the existing 

Windy Gap agreement between 

Reclamation and the Sub-district and 

other predictable actions the 

participants would take individually to 

firm their Windy Gap units. Public 

Disclosure Statement: Before including 

your name, address, telephone 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. 

Dated: August 22, 2008. 

Michael J. Ryan, 

Regional Director, Great Plains Region. 

[FR Doc. E8–19829 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–62,515] 

Drive Sol Global Steering, Inc., 

Steering Division, Formerly Known as 

Timken U.S. Corporation, Including 

On-Site Leased Workers of Kelly 

Services, Inc., Watertown, CT; 

Amended Certification Regarding 

Eligibility To Apply for Worker 

Adjustment Assistance and Alternative 

Trade Adjustment Assistance 

In accordance with Section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273), and 

Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 

U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the 

Department of Labor issued a 

Certification Regarding Eligibility to 

Apply for Worker Adjustment 

Assistance and Alternative Trade 

Adjustment Assistance on February 5, 

2008, applicable to workers of Drive Sol 

Global Steering, Inc., Steering Division, 

Watertown, Connecticut. The notice was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 22, 2008 (73 FR 9835). The 

certification was amended on March 10, 

2008 to reflect the former employer’s 

name. The notice was published in the 

Federal Register on March 17, 2008 (73 

FR 14271). 

At the request of the State agency, the 

Department reviewed the certification 

for workers of the subject firm. The 

workers are engaged in the production 

of steering mechanical shafts. 

New information shows that leased 

workers of Kelly Services, Inc. were 

employed on-site at the Watertown, 

Connecticut location of Drive Sol Global 

Steering, Inc., Steering Division, 

formerly known as Timken U.S. 

Corporation. The Department has 

determined that the Kelly Services, Inc. 

workers were sufficiently under the 

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