81 FR 73139 - Central Valley Project Improvement Act Water Management Plans

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 205 (October 24, 2016)

The Bureau of Reclamation has made available to the public the Water Management Plans for four entities. For the purpose of this announcement, Water Management Plans (Plans) are considered the same as Water Conservation Plans. Reclamation is publishing this notice in order to allow the public an opportunity to review the Plans and comment on the preliminary determinations.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 205 (Monday, October 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 73139]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25666]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR02050400, 16XR0687NA, RX.18527901.3000000]


Central Valley Project Improvement Act Water Management Plans

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation has made available to the public the 
Water Management Plans for four entities. For the purpose of this 
announcement, Water Management Plans (Plans) are considered the same as 
Water Conservation Plans. Reclamation is publishing this notice in 
order to allow the public an opportunity to review the Plans and 
comment on the preliminary determinations.

DATES: Submit written comments on the preliminary determinations on or 
before November 23, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Ms. Charlene Stemen, Bureau of 
Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP-410, Sacramento, CA 95825; or via 
email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To be placed on a mailing list for any 
subsequent information, please contact Ms. Charlene Stemen at the email 
address above or at 916-978-5281 (TDD 978-5608).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To meet the requirements of the Central 
Valley Project Improvement Act of 1992 and the Reclamation Reform Act 
of 1982, the Bureau of Reclamation developed and published the Criteria 
for Evaluating Water Management Plans (Criteria). Each of the four 
entities listed below has developed a Plan that has been evaluated and 
preliminarily determined to meet the requirements of these Criteria. 
The following Plans are available for review:

 Colusa County Water District
 James Irrigation District
 Lindmore Irrigation District
 Sycamore Mutual Water Company

    We are inviting the public to comment on our preliminary (i.e., 
draft) determination of Plan adequacy. Section 3405(e) of the Central 
Valley Project Improvement Act (Title 34 Public Law 102-575), requires 
the Secretary of the Interior to establish and administer an office on 
Central Valley Project water conservation best management practices 
that shall ``develop criteria for evaluating the adequacy of all water 
conservation plans developed by project contractors, including those 
plans required by Section 210 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982.'' 
Also, according to Section 3405(e)(1), these criteria must be developed 
``with the purpose of promoting the highest level of water use 
efficiency reasonably achievable by project contractors using best 
available cost-effective technology and best management practices.'' 
These criteria state that all parties (Contractors) that contract with 
Reclamation for water supplies (municipal and industrial contracts over 
2,000 acre-feet and agricultural contracts over 2,000 irrigable acres) 
must prepare a Plan that contains the following information:
    1. Description of the District;
    2. Inventory of Water Resources;
    3. Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Agricultural Contractors;
    4. BMPs for Urban Contractors;
    5. Plan Implementation;
    6. Exemption Process;
    7. Regional Criteria; and
    8. Five-Year Revisions.
    Reclamation evaluates Plans based on these criteria. A copy of 
these Plans will be available for review at Reclamation's Mid-Pacific 
Regional Office, 2800 Cottage Way, MP-410, Sacramento, CA 95825. Our 
practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of 
respondents, available for public review. If you wish to review a copy 
of these Plans, please contact Ms. Stemen.

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.

Richard J. Woodley,
Regional Resources Manager, Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 2016-25666 Filed 10-21-16; 8:45 am]
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