Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 168 / Tuesday, August 31, 2010 / Notices 53333 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The purpose of the proposed action is 

to conserve water, reduce maintenance 

requirements and associated costs, and 

improve service to SCIDD and Gila 

River Indian Community lands. The 

SCIP system has more than 95 miles of 

main canals that are unlined, and water 

losses from infiltration and 

evapotranspiration are significant. The 

long length and large cross section of 

the canal system relative to the service 

area, combined with the system’s age, 

make operating and maintaining the 

facilities challenging. Rehabilitation and 

modernization of canals will conserve 

water and reduce maintenance 

requirements by shortening the length of 

the conveyance system needed to serve 

SCIDD and Gila River Indian 

Community lands. In addition, 

provisions for increased storage and 

modernized measurement and control 

will improve service to customers while 

providing additional avenues for water 

conservation. 

The proposed action includes the 

reconstruction and lining of major 

canals, such as the Florence-Casa 

Grande, Casa Grande, and North Side 

canals, and construction of new check 

structures and cross-drainage features. 

The existing Florence Canal and 

Florence-Casa Grande Canal Extension 

would be converted to drainage and 

recharge channels to protect 

rehabilitated canals and associated 

project lands. These conversions would 

reduce the size of the main water 

delivery system and reduce 

maintenance requirements. A new canal 

would be constructed to connect the 

rehabilitated Florence-Casa Grande 

Canal with the rehabilitated Casa 

Grande Canal. The project would also 

include relocating laterals or placing 

short reaches of laterals in pipeline to 

accommodate changes in land use 

within the SCIDD service area. 

Alternatives currently under 

consideration include: 

• Construction and repair of wells 

adjacent to the North Side Canal to 

allow delivery of a combination of 

groundwater and Gila River water to the 

SCIDD service area. 

• Construction and repair of wells 

adjacent to the North Side Canal to 

allow delivery of only groundwater to 

the SCIDD service area. 

• Implementation of an exchange 

agreement between SCIDD and the 

Central Arizona Water Conservation 

District to allow delivery of CAP water 

to rehabilitated North Side Canal 

facilities through proposed interties 

with the CAP Aqueduct. The exchange 

agreement would also allow flexibility 

during rehabilitation of the FlorenceCasa Grande Canal and facilitate longterm operational reliability of the SCIP 

system. 

• Construction of mid-system and 

lower-system reservoirs to store 

irrigation water. Sites presently under 

consideration may also afford suitable 

conditions for hydropower generation. 

A portion of the water that is 

conserved from lining SCIP canals 

would be made available to the 

Secretary of the Interior for exchange 

with water stored in the San Carlos 

Reservoir to maintain a permanent 

minimum pool in the reservoir for fish 

and wildlife. Water that is exchanged 

for this purpose would be retained in 

the San Carlos Reservoir and not 

released to the Gila River. 

Indian trust assets associated with the 

proposed action consist of Gila River 

water conveyed through SCIP facilities 

to the Gila River Indian Community and 

conserved water that is retained in the 

San Carlos Reservoir to maintain a 

minimum pool. 

Special Assistance for Public Scoping 

Meeting 

If special assistance is required at the 

scoping meeting, please contact Ms. 

Jessie Haragara at 623–773–6251, or email at jharagara@usbr.gov. Please 

notify Ms. Haragara at least 2 weeks in 

advance of the meeting to enable 

Reclamation to secure the needed 

services. If a request cannot be honored, 

the requestor will be notified. 

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 indentifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: August 25, 2010. 

Lorri Gray-Lee, 

Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21642 Filed 8–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLAK920000–L19100000–BJ0000– 

LRCS46810000] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, 

Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice of Filing of Plats of 

Survey, Alaska. 

DATES: The Alaska State Office, Bureau 

of Land Management, Anchorage, 

Alaska, must receive comments on or 

before September 30, 2010. 

ADDRESS: Bureau of Land Management, 

Alaska State Office; 222 W. 7th Ave., 

Stop 13; Anchorage, AK 99513–7599. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen B. Hamrick, 907–271–5481, fax 

907–271–4549, e-mail 

shamrick@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

survey of an Indian Allotment held in 

trust status and located approximately 

18 miles northerly of Talkeetna, Alaska, 

was executed at the request of the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Alaska Region. 

The lands surveyed are: The dependent 

resurvey and subdivision of the SW1/4 

of the SE1/4 of section 32, Township 29 

North, Range 5 West, Seward Meridian, 

Alaska, into Lots 5, 6 and 7. 

The plat will be available for viewing 

in the BLM Public Room located on the 

first floor of the Federal Building; 222 

W. 7th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99513– 

7599. Copies may be obtained for a 

minimum recovery fee. The plat will not 

be officially filed until the day after 

BLM has accepted or dismissed all 

protests and they have become final, 

including decisions on appeals. 

Before including your 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. 

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 3; 53. 

Stephen B. Hamrick, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21640 Filed 8–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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