80 FR 19347 - Notice of Availability of the Northwest Area Water Supply Project Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; Burke, Bottineau, Divide, McHenry, McLean, Mountrail, Pierce, Renville, Ward, and Williams Counties, North Dakota
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 69 (April 10, 2015)
Bureau of Reclamation
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 69 (April 10, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-08142 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 19347-19348] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-08142] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Reclamation [RR06230000, 15XR0680A1, RN.07694998.0000501] Notice of Availability of the Northwest Area Water Supply Project Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; Burke, Bottineau, Divide, McHenry, McLean, Mountrail, Pierce, Renville, Ward, and Williams Counties, North Dakota AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is notifying the public that Reclamation has prepared a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Northwest Area Water Supply Project (Project). Reclamation has evaluated comments received from the public on the Draft SEIS and is recommending a preferred alternative for approval. The Missouri River and Groundwater Alternative would provide a high quality and reliable water supply to meet existing and future water needs. This alternative would include conventional treatment at the biota water treatment plant, located within the Missouri River Basin, and the proposed intake for the Project would be located within Reclamation's Snake Creek Pumping Plant on Lake Sakakawea. DATES: Reclamation will not make a decision on the proposed action until at least 30 days after filing of the Final SEIS. After the 30-day waiting period, Reclamation will complete a Record of Decision. The Record of Decision will identify the selected action for implementation and will discuss factors and rationale used in making the decision. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Alicia Waters, Project Manager, (701) 221-1206; or by email at [email protected]. The Final SEIS and additional information is available at http://www.usbr.gov/gp/dkao. Send requests for an executive summary and compact disc to Ms. Alicia Waters, Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 1017, Bismarck, North Dakota 58502, or at the email address above. [[Page 19348]] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Final SEIS documents the potential direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental and socioeconomic effects of the proposed action to construct a municipal, rural and industrial (MR&I) water system to provide drinking water to local communities and rural water systems in northwestern North Dakota. The Project is sized to serve projected population growth through the year 2060. Water provided by the Project would be treated to meet the primary drinking water standards established by the Safe Drinking Water Act. The Project would supply water to specific delivery points. Each community or rural water system would be responsible for connecting to the distribution line and delivering water through their water system to end users. The Project was authorized by the Garrison Diversion Reformulation Act of 1986 and the Dakota Water Resources Act of 2000 as part of the MR&I Grant Program. Four action alternatives were evaluated in the Final SEIS. These alternatives fall into two categories--those using only inbasin water sources (Souris River and groundwater) and those proposing to use water from the Missouri River (Lake Sakakawea). The preferred alternative, Missouri River and Groundwater Alternative, would use Lake Sakakawea as the primary water source. This water would be conveyed to the biota water treatment plant where it would be treated using conventional treatment processes. After treatment at the biota water treatment plant, the water would be conveyed in a buried pipeline to the Minot water treatment plant and blended with water from the Minot and Sundre aquifers. Following this treatment, water would be supplied to Project members through a distribution pipeline system. Some of the resources potentially affected by the proposed action that are evaluated in the Final SEIS include: Surface water and groundwater resources, water quality, aquatic invasive species, threatened and endangered species, socioeconomics, environmental justice and historic properties. The geographic scope of analysis generally covers the Missouri and Souris river basins, and carries analysis into Canada as directed by the U.S. District Court. A Notice of Availability of the Draft SEIS was published in the Federal Register on June 27, 2014 (79 FR 36556). The written comment period for the Draft SEIS was extended 30 days and concluded on September 10, 2014 (79 FR 45459). The Final SEIS contains responses to all substantive comments received, and reflects comments and additional information received during the review period. Copies of the Final SEIS are available for public review at the following locations:Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, 304 East Broadway Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58501. Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Regional Office, 316 North 26th Street, Billings, MT 59101. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office Library, Building 67, Room 167, Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, Denver, CO 80225. Natural Resources Library, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Main Interior Building, Washington, DC 20240-0001. Bismarck Public Library, 515 North 5th Street, Bismarck, ND 58501. Bottineau City Hall, 115 West 6th Street, Bottineau, ND 58318. Minot Public Library, 516 2nd Avenue SW., Minot, ND 58701. Mohall Public Library, 115 Main Street West, Mohall, ND 58761. North Dakota State Library, 604 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58505. Dated: April 2, 2015. John F. Soucy, Deputy Regional Director, Great Plains Region. [FR Doc. 2015-08142 Filed 4-9-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4332-90-P
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DATES: All comments on the Draft EIS in non-Federal ownership, managed Dated: February 11, 2015.
must be postmarked or transmitted no under a lease and cooperative Patricia L. Neubacher,
later than 60 days after the date the agreements mandated by legislation. Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
Environmental Protection Agency The NPS has a fifty year lease agreement [FR Doc. 2015–08270 Filed 4–9–15; 8:45 am]
publishes its notice of the filing and for the approximately 1,300 acres of the BILLING CODE 4312–FF–P
release of the document in the Federal Kalaupapa Settlement owned by the
Register. Immediately upon Department of Hawaiian Home Lands
confirmation of this date, updated (DHHL). The remainder of the land is DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
information—including dates, times, owned by the State of Hawaii. Formal
and locations of public meetings—will 20-year cooperative agreements for Bureau of Reclamation
be announced on the project Web site management have been signed with the
http://parkplanning.nps.gov/kala, in State of Hawaii Departments of Health [RR06230000, 15XR0680A1,
local and regional press media, and will (DOH), Transportation (DOT), and Land RN.07694998.0000501]
also be available by contacting and Natural Resources (DLNR); the
Kalaupapa National Historical Park. Roman Catholic Church; and the United Notice of Availability of the Northwest
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be Church of Christ. The State Department Area Water Supply Project Final
submitted by one of two methods: mail of Health has substantial control over Supplemental Environmental Impact
or hand-deliver comments to Kalaupapa activities in Kalaupapa. Statement; Burke, Bottineau, Divide,
National Historical Park, Attn: DEIS— McHenry, McLean, Mountrail, Pierce,
The legislation establishing the park Renville, Ward, and Williams Counties,
GMP, P.O. Box 2222, Kalaupapa, HI specifically directs a reevaluation of
96742, (808) 567–6802. Or you may North Dakota
park management: ‘‘At such time when
submit comments via the Web site noted there is no longer a resident patient AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
above. Before including your address, community at Kalaupapa, the Secretary Interior.
phone number, email address, or other shall reevaluate the policies governing ACTION: Notice of availability.
personal identifying information in your the management, administration, and
comment, you should be aware that public use of the park in order to SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation
your entire comment—including your identify any changes deemed to be (Reclamation) is notifying the public
personal identifying information—may appropriate.’’ (Public Law 95–565, that Reclamation has prepared a Final
be made publicly available at any time. § 109). Approximately fifteen Hansen’s Supplemental Environmental Impact
While you can ask us in your comment disease patients still reside at Statement (SEIS) for the Northwest Area
to withhold your personal identifying Kalaupapa, either in their own homes or Water Supply Project (Project).
information from public review, we at Kalaupapa’s hospital/care-home. Reclamation has evaluated comments
cannot guarantee that we will be able to Most of these patients are elderly and in received from the public on the Draft
do so. poor health. Thus, a very critical need SEIS and is recommending a preferred
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. is to engage the patients in a dialog alternative for approval. The Missouri
Erika Stein Espaniola, Superintendent, about the future when there no longer River and Groundwater Alternative
Kalaupapa National Historical Park, is a patient community residing in the would provide a high quality and
P.O. Box 2222, Kalaupapa, HI 96742; park. Participation by the patient reliable water supply to meet existing
(808) 567–6802 x1100. community has been a key element to and future water needs. This alternative
Ms. Anna Tamura, Project Manager, the overall process. would include conventional treatment
NPS Pacific West Regional Office, 909 at the biota water treatment plant,
1st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104; (206) Kalaupapa NHP has never had a
located within the Missouri River Basin,
220–4157. formal general management plan. The
and the proposed intake for the Project
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Kalaupapa
proposed GMP is intended to addresses
would be located within Reclamation’s
National Historical Park was established major issues including: Resource
Snake Creek Pumping Plant on Lake
as a unit of the National Park System on management, visitor use and access,
Sakakawea.
December 22, 1980. The park is oriented analysis of potential boundary
modifications, and the expected shift DATES: Reclamation will not make a
toward patient privacy and maintaining
from co-management with the State of decision on the proposed action until at
the patients’ lifestyles, and the patients
Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) to least 30 days after filing of the Final
are guaranteed they may remain at
a future when the DOH and the living SEIS. After the 30-day waiting period,
Kalaupapa as long as they wish. These
patient community are no longer at Reclamation will complete a Record of
park purposes will continue as long as
Kalaupapa. Decision. The Record of Decision will
there is a resident Hansen’s disease
Decision Process: All comments identify the selected action for
patient community at Kalaupapa. In
received on the Draft EIS will be duly implementation and will discuss factors
addition, the purpose of Kalaupapa
considered in preparing the Final EIS. and rationale used in making the
National Historical Park is to honor the
The Final EIS is expected to be available decision.
history of the isolated Hansen’s disease
community by preserving and during the summer, 2016. Subsequently FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
interpreting its site and values. The a Record of Decision would be prepared Alicia Waters, Project Manager, (701)
historical park also tells the story of the not sooner than 30 days after release of 221–1206; or by email at awaters@
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rich Hawaiian culture and traditions at the Final EIS. Because this is a usbr.gov. The Final SEIS and additional
Kalaupapa that go back at least 900 delegated EIS, the official responsible information is available at http://
years. for approving the final plan is the www.usbr.gov/gp/dkao. Send requests
Kalaupapa NHP encompasses 8,725 Regional Director, Pacific West Region, for an executive summary and compact
acres of land and 2,000 acres of water. National Park Service. The official disc to Ms. Alicia Waters, Bureau of
Federally owned land at Kalaupapa responsible for implementation of the Reclamation, P.O. Box 1017, Bismarck,
NHP includes only 23 acres. The approved plan is the Superintendent, North Dakota 58502, or at the email
remainder of the park land is currently Kalaupapa National Historical Park. address above.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant responses to all substantive comments ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
to the National Environmental Policy received, and reflects comments and by either of the following methods listed
Act of 1969, the Final SEIS documents additional information received during below.
the potential direct, indirect, and the review period. • Electronically go to http://
cumulative environmental and Copies of the Final SEIS are available www.regulations.gov. In the Search box,
socioeconomic effects of the proposed for public review at the following enter BSEE–2015–0003 then click
action to construct a municipal, rural locations: search. Follow the instructions to
and industrial (MR&I) water system to • Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas submit public comments and view all
provide drinking water to local Area Office, 304 East Broadway Avenue, related materials. We will post all
communities and rural water systems in Bismarck, ND 58501. comments.
northwestern North Dakota. The Project • Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains • Email cheryl.blundon@bsee.gov.
is sized to serve projected population Regional Office, 316 North 26th Street, Mail or hand-carry comments to the
growth through the year 2060. Water Billings, MT 59101. Department of the Interior; Bureau of
provided by the Project would be • Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Safety and Environmental Enforcement;
treated to meet the primary drinking Office Library, Building 67, Room 167, Regulations and Standards Branch;
water standards established by the Safe Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, ATTN: Cheryl Blundon; 45600
Drinking Water Act. The Project would Denver, CO 80225. Woodland Rd., Sterling, VA 20166.
supply water to specific delivery points. • Natural Resources Library, U.S. Please reference ICR 1014–0016 in your
Each community or rural water system Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street comment and include your name and
would be responsible for connecting to NW., Main Interior Building, return address.
the distribution line and delivering Washington, DC 20240–0001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
water through their water system to end • Bismarck Public Library, 515 North Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
users. The Project was authorized by the 5th Street, Bismarck, ND 58501. Standards Branch at (703) 787–1607 to
Garrison Diversion Reformulation Act of • Bottineau City Hall, 115 West 6th request additional information about
1986 and the Dakota Water Resources Street, Bottineau, ND 58318. this ICR.
Act of 2000 as part of the MR&I Grant • Minot Public Library, 516 2nd SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Program. Avenue SW., Minot, ND 58701.
Four action alternatives were Title: 30 CFR part 250, subpart J,
• Mohall Public Library, 115 Main Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way
evaluated in the Final SEIS. These Street West, Mohall, ND 58761.
alternatives fall into two categories— (ROW).
• North Dakota State Library, 604 East Form(s): BSEE–0149.
those using only inbasin water sources Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND
(Souris River and groundwater) and OMB Control Number: 1014–0016.
58505. Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
those proposing to use water from the
Missouri River (Lake Sakakawea). The Dated: April 2, 2015. (OCS) Lands Act at (43 U.S.C. 1334),
preferred alternative, Missouri River John F. Soucy, authorizes the Secretary of the Interior
and Groundwater Alternative, would Deputy Regional Director, Great Plains to prescribe rules and regulations to
use Lake Sakakawea as the primary Region. necessary for the administration of the
water source. This water would be [FR Doc. 2015–08142 Filed 4–9–15; 8:45 am] leasing provisions of the Act related to
conveyed to the biota water treatment BILLING CODE 4332–90–P
mineral resources on the OCS. Such
plant where it would be treated using rules and regulations apply to all
conventional treatment processes. After operations conducted under a lease,
treatment at the biota water treatment DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR pipeline right-of-way (ROW), or a right-
plant, the water would be conveyed in of-use and easement. Section 1334(e)
a buried pipeline to the Minot water Bureau of Safety and Environmental authorizes the Secretary to grant ROWs
treatment plant and blended with water Enforcement through the submerged lands of the OCS
from the Minot and Sundre aquifers. for pipelines ‘‘. . . for the transportation
[Docket ID BSEE–2015–0003; OMB Control of oil, natural gas, sulphur, or other
Following this treatment, water would Number 1014–0016; 15XE1700DX
be supplied to Project members through minerals, or under such regulations and
EX1SF0000.DAQ000 EEEE500000]
a distribution pipeline system. upon such conditions as may be
Some of the resources potentially Information Collection Activities: prescribed by the Secretary, . . .
affected by the proposed action that are Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way including (as provided in Section
evaluated in the Final SEIS include: (ROW); Proposed Collection; Comment 1347(b) of this title) assuring maximum
Surface water and groundwater Request environmental protection by utilization
resources, water quality, aquatic of the best available and safest
invasive species, threatened and ACTION: 60-day notice. technologies, including the safest
endangered species, socioeconomics, practices for pipeline burial. . . .’’
environmental justice and historic SUMMARY: To comply with the In addition to the general rulemaking
properties. The geographic scope of Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 authority of the OCSLA at 43 U.S.C.
analysis generally covers the Missouri (PRA), BSEE is inviting comments on a 1334, section 301(a) of the Federal Oil
and Souris river basins, and carries collection of information that we will and Gas Royalty Management Act
analysis into Canada as directed by the submit to the Office of Management and (FOGRMA), 30 U.S.C. 1751(a), grants
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
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U.S. District Court. authority to the Secretary to prescribe
A Notice of Availability of the Draft The information collection request (ICR) such rules and regulations as are
SEIS was published in the Federal concerns a revision to the paperwork reasonably necessary to carry out
Register on June 27, 2014 (79 FR 36556). requirements in the regulations under FOGRMA’s provisions. While the
The written comment period for the Subpart J, Pipelines and Pipeline Rights- majority of FOGRMA is directed to
Draft SEIS was extended 30 days and of-Way (ROW). royalty collection and enforcement,
concluded on September 10, 2014 (79 DATES: You must submit comments by some provisions apply to offshore
FR 45459). The Final SEIS contains June 9, 2015. operations. For example, section 108 of
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| Dates | Reclamation will not make a decision on the proposed action until at least 30 days after filing of the Final SEIS. After the 30-day waiting period, Reclamation will complete a Record of Decision. The Record of Decision will identify the selected action for implementation and will discuss factors and rationale used in making the decision. | |
| Contact | Ms. Alicia Waters, Project Manager, (701) 221-1206; or by email at [email protected] The Final SEIS and additional information is available at http://www.usbr.gov/gp/dkao. Send requests for an executive summary and compact disc to Ms. Alicia Waters, Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 1017, Bismarck, North Dakota | |
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