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Reservoir, and bull trout enhancements 

within the Yakima River basin. 

The Draft EIS evaluates construction 

and operation of two alternative designs 

and locations for the Kachess Drought 

Relief Pumping Plant, including 

reservoir intakes and tunnels, pumping 

plants and pump units, pipelines, surge 

tanks, outlet works, fish screens and 

barriers, power supply substations, and 

electric transmission lines. The Draft 

EIS also evaluates construction and 

operation of two alternative designs and 

alignments for the Keechelus-to-Kachess 

Conveyance, including the Yakima 

River diversion and intake, the Yakima 

River-to-Keechelus portal conveyance, 

fish screens, bored tunnels, discharge 

structures, spillways and stilling basins, 

and mechanical buildings. The fifth 

action alternative evaluates 

implementation of both the Kachess 

Drought Relief Pumping Plant and the 

Keechelus-to-Kachess Conveyance. All 

action alternatives include several 

proposals to improve streamflow and 

habitat functions, eliminate passage 

barriers, increase abundance, and 

improve overall resiliency of bull trout 

populations in the Kachess and 

Keechelus watersheds. 

The objectives of the proposals are to 

address conditions in the Yakima River 

basin including: (1) Fish impacts caused 

by high flows in the upper Yakima 

River; (2) insufficient capacity of 

Keechelus Reservoir to fully capture 

runoff in the Keechelus watershed; (3) 

currently inaccessible storage in 

Kachess Reservoir; (4) difficulty in 

refilling Kachess Reservoir during 

drought years; and (5) low resiliency of 

bull trout, an Endangered Species Actlisted species. 

The primary study area generally 

encompasses Kachess Reservoir and its 

tributaries, Keechelus Reservoir and its 

tributaries, the Kachess River, the 

Yakima River between Keechelus Dam 

and the Easton Diversion Dam near Lake 

Easton, the South Fork Tieton River, 

and the electric transmission line route 

from near Easton to the Kachess 

Reservoir pumping plant. The extended 

study area generally includes the 

Yakima Project vicinity. 

Reclamation is conducting feasibility 

studies for both the Kachess Drought 

Relief Pumping Plant and the 

Keechelus-to-Kachess Conveyance. 

After release of the DEIS for public 

review and comment, the Final EIS will 

be prepared and processed with the 

Final Feasibility Report to support 

decision making for any related future 

recommendation, approvals, or 

authorizations that may result. 

Authority 

The Kachess and Keechelus reservoirs 

were authorized on December 12, 1905, 

by the Secretary of the Interior in 

connection with the Tieton and 

Sunnyside Divisions of the Yakima 

Project. The Secretary was acting under 

authority of the Reclamation Act of June 

17, 1902. The Yakima River Basin Water 

Enhancement Project was authorized on 

December 28, 1979 (93 Stat. 1241, Pub. 

L. 96–162, Feasibility Study—Yakima 

River Basin Water Enhancement 

Project). Title XII of the YavapaiPrescott Indian Tribe Water Rights 

Settlement Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4526, 

Pub. L. 103–434) authorized fish, 

wildlife, and recreation as additional 

purposes of the Yakima Project. 

Public Review of Draft EIS 

Copies of the Draft EIS are available 

for public review at the following 

locations: 

1. Bureau of Reclamation, ColumbiaCascades Area Office, 1917 Marsh Road, 

Yakima, Washington 98901. 

2. Washington State Department of 

Ecology, 15 W. Yakima Avenue, Suite 

200, Yakima, Washington 98902. 

Libraries 

1. Carpenter Memorial Library, 302 N 

Pennsylvania Ave., Cle Elum, WA 

98922. 

2. Ellensburg Public Library, 209 N. 

Ruby St., Ellensburg, WA 98926. 

3. Roslyn Public Library, 201 S. First 

St., Roslyn, WA 98941. 

4. Benton City Library, 810 Horne Dr., 

Benton City, WA 99320. 

5. Kennewick Library, 1620 S. Union 

St., Kennewick, WA 99338. 

6. Kittitas Public Library, 200 N. 

Pierce St., Kittitas, WA 98934. 

7. Mid-Columbia Library, 405 S. 

Dayton St., Kennewick, WA 99336. 

8. Pasco Library, 1320 W. Hopkins St., 

Pasco, WA 99301. 

9. Prosser Library, 902 7th St., 

Prosser, WA 99350. 

10. Richland Public Library, 955 

Northgate Dr., Richland, WA 99352. 

11. Sunnyside Public Library, 621 

Grant Ave., Sunnyside, WA 98944. 

12. Toppenish Library, 1 S. Elm St., 

Toppenish, WA 98948. 

13. Wapato Library, 119 E. 3rd St., 

Wapato, WA 98951. 

14. Washington State Library, Point 

Plaza East, 6880 Capitol Blvd. SE., 

Tumwater, WA 98504. 

15. West Richland Library, 3803 W. 

Van Giesen St., Richland, WA 99353. 

16. Yakama Nation Library, 100 SpielYi Loop, Toppenish, WA 98948. 

17. Yakima Valley Regional Library, 

102 N. 3rd St., Yakima, WA 98901. 

Special Assistance for Public Meetings 

If special assistance is required at the 

public meetings, please contact Ms. 

Candace McKinley, at kkbt@usbr.gov or 

509–575–5848, ext. 603. Please notify 

Ms. McKinley as far in advance of the 

meeting as possible to enable 

Reclamation to secure the needed 

services. If a request cannot be honored, 

the requestor will be notified. TTY users 

may dial 711 to obtain a toll-free TTY 

relay. 

Public Disclosure 

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. 

Dated: January 5, 2015. 

Lorri J. Lee, 

Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region. 

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Notice of Availability and Notice of 

Public Meeting for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report for the 

North Valley Regional Recycled Water 

Program 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

and the City of Modesto have made 

available for public review and 

comment the North Valley Regional 

Recycled Water Program Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR). 

The North Valley Regional Recycled 

Water Program would provide recycled 

water from the Cities of Turlock and 

Modesto via the Central Valley Project’s 

Delta-Mendota Canal to Del Puerto 

Water District for irrigation purposes, 

and would further provide annual 

supplemental water to south of the 

Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta 

Central Valley Project Improvement Act 

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DATES: Written comments on the Draft 

EIS/EIR should be submitted on or 

before March 10, 2015. 

A meeting to receive oral or written 

comments will be held on Wednesday, 

February 11, 2015 from 5 to 8 p.m. Staff 

will be available to take comments and 

answer questions during this time. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Mr. Ben Lawrence, Bureau of 

Reclamation, 1243 N Street, Fresno, 

California 93721; or via email to 

blawrence@usbr.gov. 

The public meeting will be held at 

Modesto City Hall, Room 2001, 1010 

10th Street, Modesto, California. 

The Draft EIS/EIR may be viewed at 

the Bureau of Reclamation’s Web site at 

http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_

projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=17241, or at 

the following locations: 

1. Bureau of Reclamation, SouthCentral California Area Office, 1243 N 

Street, Fresno, CA 93721. 

2. Natural Resources Library, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street 

NW., Main Interior Building, 

Washington, DC 20240–0001. 

To request a compact disc of the Draft 

EIS/EIR, please contact Mr. Ben 

Lawrence as indicated above, or call 

(559) 487–5039. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ben Lawrence, Natural Resources 

Specialist, Bureau of Reclamation, via 

email at blawrence@usbr.gov, or at (559) 

487–5039; or Mr. Scott Taylor, 

Repayment Specialist, Bureau of 

Reclamation, via email at staylor@

usbr.gov, or at (559) 487–5504. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Del 

Puerto Water District (Del Puerto WD) 

and the Cities of Turlock and Modesto 

propose to implement a regional 

solution to address water supply 

shortages within Del Puerto WD’s 

service area on the west side of the San 

Joaquin River in San Joaquin, Stanislaus 

and Merced Counties. Specifically, the 

project proposes to deliver up to 59,000 

acre-feet per year by 2045 of recycled 

water produced by the cities to the Delta 

Mendota Canal (DMC). After 

introduction to the DMC, the recycled 

water would be conveyed to Del Puerto 

WD customers, to the Central Valley 

Project Improvement Act-designated 

refuges or to San Luis Reservoir for 

storage, depending on time of year and 

water demand. The Draft EIS/EIR 

assesses the environmental effects of 

four alternatives being considered, 

which are described below. In each case 

(except for the No Action Alternative), 

operational exchanges with the Bureau 

of Reclamation may be necessary in 

order to balance seasonal supply and 

demand. 

Under Alternative 1, the Combined 

Alignment Alternative, a new pipe 

would be constructed to deliver treated 

water from Turlock’s facilities to the 

city of Modesto’s pumping plant. From 

there, a pipeline would be constructed 

to deliver the combined water from both 

cities west, underneath the San Joaquin 

River. The pipeline would end at a new 

discharge structure on the DMC. The 

DMC would then be used to convey 

water to downstream users. 

Alternative 2, the Separate Alignment 

Alternative, is similar to Alternative 1, 

except that separate pipelines would be 

constructed from the Modesto and 

Turlock water treatment facilities. There 

would be two crossings underneath the 

San Joaquin River, and two new 

discharge structures on the DMC. 

Under Alternative 3, the Patterson 

Irrigation District (PID) Conveyance 

Alternative, Modesto and Turlock 

would continue to discharge their 

treated water to the San Joaquin River. 

The water would be diverted by PID at 

their existing intake on the river, which 

would need to be expanded, delivered 

to the DMC by way of an expanded PID 

conveyance system, and discharged to 

the DMC by way of a new outfall 

structure. From there, the water would 

be conveyed to downstream users. This 

alternative would require an expansion 

of PID’s fish screen facility and a 

pipeline parallel to PID’s main canal to 

accommodate increased water volume, 

but no new river crossings. 

Alternative 4, the No Action 

Alternative, represents the state of the 

environment without implementation of 

any action alternatives. Modesto and 

Turlock would continue to discharge 

their treated municipal water to the San 

Joaquin River, and no additional water 

would be supplied to Del Puerto WD or 

the Central Valley Project Improvement 

Act refuges. 

Special Assistance for Public Meetings 

If special assistance is required to 

participate in the scoping meeting, 

please contact Mr. Benjamin Lawrence 

at (559) 487–5039, or via email at 

blawrence@usbr.gov. Please contact Mr. 

Lawrence at least 10 working days prior 

to the meeting. A telephone device for 

the hearing impaired (TTY) is available 

at (559) 487–5933. 

Public Disclosure 

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. 

Dated: December 12, 2014. 

Pablo Arroyave, 

Deputy Regional Director. 

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Meeting Notice 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United 

States International Trade Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: January 12, 2015 at 11:30 

a.m. 

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, Telephone: 

(202) 205–2000. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Agendas for future meetings: none. 

2. Minutes. 

3. Ratification List. 

4. Vote in Inv. Nos. 701–TA–457 and 

731–TA–1153 (Review) (Tow-Behind 

Lawn Groomers from China). The 

Commission is currently scheduled to 

complete and file its determinations and 

views of the Commission on January 22, 

2015. 

5. Outstanding action jackets: none. 

In accordance with Commission 

policy, subject matter listed above, not 

disposed of at the scheduled meeting, 

may be carried over to the agenda of the 

following meeting. Earlier notification 

of this meeting was not possible. 

Issued: January 7, 2015. 

By order of the Commission. 

William R. Bishop, 

Supervisory Hearings and Information 

Officer. 

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AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United 

States International Trade Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: January 14, 2015 at 11 

a.m. 

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, Telephone: 

(202) 205–2000. 


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