Federal Register / Vol. 71, No.
20 / Tuesday, January 31, 2006 / Notices
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
decision to cancel this previously
scheduled meeting has been made due
to efforts to fill a vacancy among the
RAC members, as well as ongoing
informational agenda items waiting for
future decisional periods. Further
scheduled meeting will still be held and
published in upcoming notices of the
Federal Register. A news release
announcing the meeting cancellation
will also be sent to Twin Falls area
media outlets, thus complying with the
steps indicated in the RAC charter to
achieve such a cancellation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sky
Buffat, Twin Falls District, Idaho 2536
Kimberly Road, Twin Falls, Idaho
83301, (208) 735–2068.
Dated: January 25, 2006.
Bill Baker,
Twin Falls District Associate Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
North Sonoma County Agricultural
Reuse Project Sonoma County, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/
Environmental Impact Report (EIR), and
notice of public scoping meeting.
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (NEPA) and Public
Resources Code, Section 21000–21178.1
of the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA), the Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation), the lead Federal agency,
and the Sonoma County Water Agency
(Agency), the lead State agency, propose
to prepare a joint EIS/EIR for the
proposed North Sonoma County
Agricultural Reuse Project (Project).
The purpose of the proposed Project
is to: (1) Reduce agricultural reliance on
natural regional water supplies; (2)
provide an alternative source of water
for agricultural irrigation; and (3)
address potential regulatory issues.
DATES: A scoping meeting will be held
on February 16, 2006 from 5:30 p.m. to
8 p.m. in Healdsburg, California to
solicit comments from interested parties
to assist in determining the scope of the
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environmental analysis and to identify
the significant issues related to the
proposed Project. Written comment
forms will be supplied for those who
wish to submit written comments at the
scoping meeting.
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ADDRESSES: The public scoping meeting
will be held at Alexander Valley
Community Hall, 5512 Highway 128,
Healdsburg, California.
Send written comments on the scope
of the project to Mr. David Cuneo,
Sonoma County Water Agency, P.O. Box
11628, Santa Rosa, California 95406, no
later than March 15, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
David Cuneo at telephone number: (707)
547–1935 or e-mail address:
david@scwa.ca.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Agency, in its continuing efforts to
develop a recycled water supply for
agricultural water users in the Russian
River, Alexander, and Dry Creek valley
areas (North Sonoma County area) has
identified up to 25,000 acres of
agricultural lands that could potentially
use recycled water. Based on this
estimate, the Agency developed the
Project. The Project would include the
design and construction of storage
reservoirs, conveyance and distribution
pipelines, and pump stations. The water
for the Project would be tertiary-treated
municipal wastewater generated and
conveyed primarily through the City of
Santa Rosa’s (City) Geysers Pipeline to
the project areas. Reclamation is the
federal lead agency because the Agency
has entered into a cooperative funding
agreement with Reclamation to provide
matching funds up to $500,000 for the
Project.
The purpose of the Project is to
provide a reliable alternative source of
agricultural water to reduce reliance on
natural regional water supplies and
address regional water supply and
regulatory issues. The Project is needed
to address current and future regulatory
concerns and regional water supply
issues. The public would also benefit
from this project through the reduction
of use of natural regional water
supplies, the reduction of wastewater
discharges to regional waterways, and
from the resulting environmental benefit
to fish and wildlife.
Two local groups, the Coalition for
Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) and the
Dry Creek Agricultural Water Users, Inc.
(DCAWU) have expressed significant
interest in participating in a recycled
water project to develop alternative
sources of water for existing agricultural
use. The CSA and the DCAWU both
recognize that increased instream
demands for environmental purposes
within the Russian River watershed will
compete with agriculture and other uses
for available water supplies in the
region. The CSA and the DCAWU also
recognize that the agricultural use of
recycled water may benefit the
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environment, and consider the Project
to be part of a regional water supply
solution that balances the needs of
municipalities, agricultural interests,
and the environment.
Presently, agricultural entities divert
water directly from the Russian River
and its tributaries, from the underflow
of the Russian River and its tributaries,
and from groundwater wells. Use of
recycled water for agricultural purposes
on project lands would reduce reliance
on the Russian River and its tributaries
as well as on local groundwater wells.
Additionally, Federal and State
regulatory agencies have expressed
concern regarding potential impacts to
fisheries resources and habitat within
the Russian River and its tributaries.
Providing agricultural lands with an
alternative source of water would allow
water to remain in the Russian River
and its tributaries, thus providing
benefits to listed fish species and their
habitat. The recycled water would be
used for agricultural purposes
consistent with the California Code of
Regulations, Title 22 pertaining to the
use of tertiary-treated recycled water.
Our practice is to make comments,
including names and home addresses of
respondents, available for public
review. Individual respondents may
request that we withhold their home
addresses from public disclosure, which
we will honor to the extent allowable by
law. There also may be circumstances in
which we would withhold a
respondent’s identity from public
disclosure, as allowable by law. If you
wish us to withhold your name and/or
address, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
comment. We will make all submissions
from organizations or businesses, and
from individuals identifying themselves
as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public disclosure in the entirety.
Dated: December 2, 2005.
Frank Michny,
Regional Environmental Officer, Mid-Pacific
Region.
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