80 FR 23769 - Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) in Cooperation With the Bureau of Land Management for the Green River Diversion Rehabilitation Project, Green River, Utah

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 82 (April 29, 2015)

This notice announces the availability of the ROD for the Green River Diversion Rehabilitation Project, Green River, Utah, by the Utah office of NRCS. NRCS will use Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program funds for the Green River Diversion Rehabilitation project in Emery and Grand counties, Utah as detailed in the ROD. The NRCS Utah State Conservationist, David Brown, signed the ROD on April 2, 2015, which constitutes the NRCS's final decision.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 82 (Wednesday, April 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 23769]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10014]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

[Docket No. NRCS-2015-0005]


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) in 
Cooperation With the Bureau of Land Management for the Green River 
Diversion Rehabilitation Project, Green River, Utah

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the ROD for the 
Green River Diversion Rehabilitation Project, Green River, Utah, by the 
Utah office of NRCS. NRCS will use Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) 
Program funds for the Green River Diversion Rehabilitation project in 
Emery and Grand counties, Utah as detailed in the ROD. The NRCS Utah 
State Conservationist, David Brown, signed the ROD on April 2, 2015, 
which constitutes the NRCS's final decision.

ADDRESSES: The complete text of the ROD and the final EIS can be viewed 
and downloaded from the project Web site at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/port+al/nrcs/detail/ut/programs/planning/ewpp/?cid=nrcs141p2_034037, or through http://www.regulations.gov by 
accessing Docket No. NRCS-2015-0005. Complete copies of the ROD are 
available upon request from the NRCS Utah State Office at 125 South 
State Street, Room 4010 in Salt Lake City, UT 84138.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Brown, NRCS State 
Conservationist, 801-524-4555. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRCS, as the lead Federal Agency, is 
working with the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food and the Bureau 
of Land Management as cooperating agencies to rehabilitate the existing 
Green River Diversion Dam (diversion) system that will continue to 
provide water delivery to water rights holders. The ROD constitutes the 
NRCS's final decision to implement the diversion improvements, based 
upon the analysis in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (Notice 
of Availability 79 FR 36511, June 27, 2014), which identified the 
``Replace In Place With Passages'' option as the environmentally 
preferred alternative. The ROD adopted this alternative.

    Signed this 17th day of April 2015, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Amanda Ettestad,
Acting State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 2015-10014 Filed 4-28-15; 8:45 am]
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