82 FR 30895 - Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion, Contra Costa County, California

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 126 (July 3, 2017)

Page Range		30895-30896
FR Document		2017-13926

The Bureau of Reclamation, as the National Environmental Policy Act Federal lead agency, and the Contra Costa Water District, as the California Environmental Quality Act State lead agency, have made available for public review and comment the Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Draft SEIS/EIR). The Draft SEIS/ EIR describes and presents the environmental effects of the No-Action Alternative and four action alternatives. Six public hearings will be held to receive comments from individuals and organizations on the Draft SEIS/EIR.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR02030000, 17XR0687NA, RX185279056002000]


Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report for Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion, 
Contra Costa County, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability and notice of public hearings.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation, as the National Environmental 
Policy Act Federal lead agency, and the Contra Costa Water District, as 
the California Environmental Quality Act State lead agency, have made 
available for public review and comment the Los Vaqueros Reservoir 
Expansion Project Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Draft SEIS/EIR). The Draft SEIS/
EIR describes and presents the environmental effects of the No-Action 
Alternative and four action alternatives. Six public hearings will be 
held to receive comments from individuals and organizations on the 
Draft SEIS/EIR.

DATES: Submit written comments on the Draft SEIS/EIR on or before 
September 1, 2017.
    Six public hearings have been scheduled to receive oral or written 
comments regarding environmental effects:

 Tuesday, July 11, 2017, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Sacramento, CA
 Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Santa Clara, CA
 Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Concord, CA
 Thursday, July 20, 2017, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Oakland, CA
 Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Brentwood, CA
 Thursday, July 27, 2017, 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m., Los Banos, CA

    A 1-hour open house to view project information and interact with 
the project team will precede each public hearing.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on the Draft SEIS/EIR to Ms. Lisa 
Rainger, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, 
or [email protected].
    Electronic CD copies of the Draft SEIS/EIR may be requested from 
Ms. Marguerite Patil, Contra Costa Water District, at 925-688-8018, or 
[email protected]. The Draft SEIS/EIR is also accessible from the 
following Web site: http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=903.
    The public hearings will be held at the following locations:

 Sacramento--Tsakopoulos Library Galleria, 828 I Street, 
Sacramento, CA 95814
 Santa Clara--Santa Clara Valley Water District, 5750 Almaden 
Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95118
 Concord--Contra Costa Water District, 1331 Concord Avenue, 
Concord, CA 94520
 Oakland--East Bay Municipal Utility District, 375 11th Street, 
Oakland, CA 94607
 Brentwood--Brentwood Community Center, 35 Oak Street, 
Brentwood, CA 94513
 Los Banos--San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex 
Headquarters and Visitors Center, 7376 S. Wolfsen Road, Los Banos, CA 
93635

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lisa Rainger, Bureau of 
Reclamation, at 916-978-5090 (TDD 916-978-5608), or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft SEIS/EIR documents the direct, 
indirect, and cumulative effects to the physical, biological, and 
socioeconomic environment that may result from the expansion of Los 
Vaqueros Reservoir.
    The Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project Draft SEIS/EIR 
evaluates expanding the existing Los Vaqueros Reservoir and conveyance 
facilities. Los Vaqueros Reservoir was previously expanded to 160 
thousand acre-feet (TAF), and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) 
and Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) are currently evaluating the 
second phase of expansion up to the 275 TAF capacity. The project 
objectives consist of: (1) Developing water supplies for environmental 
water management that supports fish protection, habitat management, and 
other environmental water needs; (2) increasing water supply 
reliability for water providers within the San Francisco Bay Area, to 
help meet municipal and industrial water demands during drought periods 
and emergencies or to address shortages due to regulatory and 
environmental restrictions; and (3) improving the quality of water 
deliveries to municipal and industrial customers in the San Francisco 
Bay Area, without impairing the project's ability to meet the 
environmental and water supply reliability objectives stated above.
    One of the five potential surface storage projects described in the 
CALFED Bay-Delta Program's long-term plan is the expansion of the 
existing Los Vaqueros Reservoir, an existing 160,000 acre-foot off-
stream surface storage facility, located in Contra Costa County, 
California. The existing facility is owned and operated by CCWD.
    The primary study area includes the Los Vaqueros Reservoir 
watershed and associated dam and reservoir facilities, which are 
situated in the coastal foothills west of the Delta and east of the Bay 
Area, the central and south Delta, and service areas of Bay Area water 
agencies. The Bay Area water agencies and additional water agencies 
served by the Central Valley Project potentially affected include CCWD, 
Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Zone 7, 
Alameda County Water District, Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation 
Agency, Byron-Bethany Irrigation District, City of Brentwood, East Bay 
Municipal Utility District, East Contra Costa Irrigation District, San 
Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water 
Authority, and Santa Clara Valley Water District. Due to the project 
influence on other programs and projects, an extended study area is 
defined to include the service areas of the Central Valley of 
California and south-of-Delta wildlife refuges.
    Reclamation was authorized in Public Law 108-7 (Omnibus 
Appropriations Act of 2003) and re-affirmed in Public Law 108-361 
(2004) to conduct a feasibility-level investigation of the potential 
expansion of Los Vaqueros Reservoir. Planning studies have focused on 
identifying water resources problems, needs, and opportunities in the 
primary study area; developing a set of planning objectives; and 
formulating alternatives.
    If special assistance is required at the public hearings, please 
contact Ms. Lisa Rainger at 916-978-5090, or via email at 
[email protected]. Please notify Ms. Rainger as far in advance as 
possible to enable Reclamation to secure the needed services. If a 
request cannot be honored, the requestor will be notified. A telephone 
device for the hearing impaired (TTY) is available at 800-877-8339.
    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.


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    Dated: May 17, 2017.
Pablo R. Arroyave,
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR accessible from the following Web site: plan is the expansion of the existing Los
http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_ Vaqueros Reservoir, an existing 160,000
Bureau of Reclamation projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=903. acre-foot off-stream surface storage
[RR02030000, 17XR0687NA, The public hearings will be held at facility, located in Contra Costa County,
RX185279056002000] the following locations: California. The existing facility is
• Sacramento—Tsakopoulos Library owned and operated by CCWD.
Draft Supplement to the Final Galleria, 828 I Street, Sacramento, CA The primary study area includes the
Environmental Impact Statement/ 95814 Los Vaqueros Reservoir watershed and
Environmental Impact Report for Los • Santa Clara—Santa Clara Valley Water associated dam and reservoir facilities,
Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion, Contra District, 5750 Almaden Expressway, which are situated in the coastal
Costa County, California Santa Clara, CA 95118 foothills west of the Delta and east of
• Concord—Contra Costa Water District, the Bay Area, the central and south
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 1331 Concord Avenue, Concord, CA Delta, and service areas of Bay Area
Interior. 94520 water agencies. The Bay Area water
ACTION: Notice of availability and notice • Oakland—East Bay Municipal Utility agencies and additional water agencies
of public hearings. District, 375 11th Street, Oakland, CA served by the Central Valley Project
94607 potentially affected include CCWD,
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation,
• Brentwood—Brentwood Community Alameda County Flood Control and
as the National Environmental Policy
Center, 35 Oak Street, Brentwood, CA Water Conservation District, Zone 7,
Act Federal lead agency, and the Contra
94513 Alameda County Water District, Bay
Costa Water District, as the California • Los Banos—San Luis National
Environmental Quality Act State lead Area Water Supply and Conservation
Wildlife Refuge Complex Agency, Byron-Bethany Irrigation
agency, have made available for public Headquarters and Visitors Center,
review and comment the Los Vaqueros District, City of Brentwood, East Bay
7376 S. Wolfsen Road, Los Banos, CA Municipal Utility District, East Contra
Reservoir Expansion Project Draft 93635
Supplement to the Final Environmental Costa Irrigation District, San Francisco
Impact Statement/Environmental FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Public Utilities Commission, San Luis &
Impact Report (Draft SEIS/EIR). The Lisa Rainger, Bureau of Reclamation, at Delta-Mendota Water Authority, and
Draft SEIS/EIR describes and presents 916–978–5090 (TDD 916–978–5608), or Santa Clara Valley Water District. Due to
the environmental effects of the No- lrainger@usbr.gov. the project influence on other programs
Action Alternative and four action SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft and projects, an extended study area is
alternatives. Six public hearings will be SEIS/EIR documents the direct, indirect, defined to include the service areas of
held to receive comments from and cumulative effects to the physical, the Central Valley of California and
individuals and organizations on the biological, and socioeconomic south-of-Delta wildlife refuges.
Draft SEIS/EIR. environment that may result from the Reclamation was authorized in Public
expansion of Los Vaqueros Reservoir. Law 108–7 (Omnibus Appropriations
DATES: Submit written comments on the
The Los Vaqueros Reservoir Act of 2003) and re-affirmed in Public
Draft SEIS/EIR on or before September Law 108–361 (2004) to conduct a
1, 2017. Expansion Project Draft SEIS/EIR
evaluates expanding the existing Los feasibility-level investigation of the
Six public hearings have been
Vaqueros Reservoir and conveyance potential expansion of Los Vaqueros
scheduled to receive oral or written
facilities. Los Vaqueros Reservoir was Reservoir. Planning studies have
comments regarding environmental
previously expanded to 160 thousand focused on identifying water resources
effects:
acre-feet (TAF), and the Bureau of problems, needs, and opportunities in
• Tuesday, July 11, 2017, 1:30 p.m.– Reclamation (Reclamation) and Contra the primary study area; developing a set
3:30 p.m., Sacramento, CA Costa Water District (CCWD) are of planning objectives; and formulating
• Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 6:30 p.m.– alternatives.
currently evaluating the second phase of
8:30 p.m., Santa Clara, CA If special assistance is required at the
expansion up to the 275 TAF capacity.
• Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 6:30 p.m.– public hearings, please contact Ms. Lisa
The project objectives consist of: (1)
8:30 p.m., Concord, CA Rainger at 916–978–5090, or via email at
Developing water supplies for
• Thursday, July 20, 2017, 6:30 p.m.– lrainger@usbr.gov. Please notify Ms.
environmental water management that
8:30 p.m., Oakland, CA Rainger as far in advance as possible to
supports fish protection, habitat
• Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 6:30 p.m.–
management, and other environmental enable Reclamation to secure the
8:30 p.m., Brentwood, CA
water needs; (2) increasing water supply needed services. If a request cannot be
• Thursday, July 27, 2017, 1:30 p.m.–
reliability for water providers within the honored, the requestor will be notified.
3:30 p.m., Los Banos, CA
San Francisco Bay Area, to help meet A telephone device for the hearing
A 1-hour open house to view project municipal and industrial water impaired (TTY) is available at 800–877–
information and interact with the demands during drought periods and 8339.
project team will precede each public emergencies or to address shortages due Before including your address, phone
hearing. to regulatory and environmental number, email address, or other
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on restrictions; and (3) improving the personal identifying information in your
the Draft SEIS/EIR to Ms. Lisa Rainger, quality of water deliveries to municipal comment, you should be aware that
Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage and industrial customers in the San your entire comment—including your
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Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, or Francisco Bay Area, without impairing personal identifying information—may
lrainger@usbr.gov. the project’s ability to meet the be made publicly available at any time.
Electronic CD copies of the Draft environmental and water supply While you can ask us in your comment
SEIS/EIR may be requested from Ms. reliability objectives stated above. to withhold your personal identifying
Marguerite Patil, Contra Costa Water One of the five potential surface information from public review, we
District, at 925–688–8018, or LVE@ storage projects described in the cannot guarantee that we will be able to
ccwater.com. The Draft SEIS/EIR is also CALFED Bay-Delta Program’s long-term do so.

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Dated: May 17, 2017. material injury to the domestic industry the Federal Register. The Secretary will
Pablo R. Arroyave, within a reasonably foreseeable time. maintain a public service list containing
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region. Provisions concerning the conduct of the names and addresses of all persons,
[FR Doc. 2017–13926 Filed 6–30–17; 8:45 am] this proceeding may be found in the or their representatives, who are parties
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Commission’s Rules of Practice and to the proceeding.
Procedure at 19 CFR parts 201, subparts Former Commission employees who
A and B and 19 CFR part 207, subparts are seeking to appear in Commission
A and F. The Commission will assess five-year reviews are advised that they
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
the adequacy of interested party may appear in a review even if they
COMMISSION participated personally and
responses to this notice of institution to
[Investigation No. 731–TA–1189 (Review)] determine whether to conduct a full substantially in the corresponding
review or an expedited review. The underlying original investigation or an
Large Power Transformers From Commission’s determination in any earlier review of the same underlying
Korea; Institution of a Five-Year expedited review will be based on the investigation. The Commission’s
Review facts available, which may include designated agency ethics official has
AGENCY: United States International information provided in response to this advised that a five-year review is not the
Trade Commission. notice. same particular matter as the underlying
Definitions.—The following original investigation, and a five-year
ACTION: Notice.
definitions apply to this review: review is not the same particular matter
SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives (1) Subject Merchandise is the class or as an earlier review of the same
notice that it has instituted a review kind of merchandise that is within the underlying investigation for purposes of
pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the scope of the five-year review, as defined 18 U.S.C. 207, the post employment
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whether revocation of the antidumping (2) The Subject Country in this review Commission rule 201.15(b) (19 CFR
duty order on large power transformers is Korea. 201.15(b)), 79 FR 3246 (Jan. 17, 2014),
from Korea would be likely to lead to (3) The Domestic Like Product is the 73 FR 24609 (May 5, 2008).
continuation or recurrence of material domestically produced product or Consequently, former employees are not
injury. Pursuant to the Act, interested products which are like, or in the required to seek Commission approval
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notice by submitting the information characteristics and uses with, the rule 19 CFR 201.15, even if the
specified below to the Commission. Subject Merchandise. In its original corresponding underlying original
determination, the Commission found a investigation or an earlier review of the
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single Domestic Like Product consisting same underlying investigation was
assured of consideration, the deadline
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for responses is August 2, 2017.
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Comments on the adequacy of responses
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September 14, 2017. producers as a whole of the Domestic 205–3408.
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Washington, DC 20436. Hearing- product. In its original determination, section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s
impaired persons can obtain the Commission defined the Domestic rules, the Secretary will make BPI
information on this matter by contacting Industry as all domestic producers of submitted in this proceeding available
the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– large power transformers. to authorized applicants under the APO
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Commission may also be obtained by parent company or subsidiary, in who are parties to the proceeding. A
accessing its internet server (https:// importing the Subject Merchandise into separate service list will be maintained
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this proceeding may be viewed on the manufacturer or through its selling authorized to receive BPI under the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) agent. APO.
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Background.—On August 31, 2012, industrial users of the Subject person submitting information to the
the Department of Commerce issued an Merchandise and, if the merchandise is Commission in connection with this
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large power transformers from Korea (77 consumer organizations, wishing to information is accurate and complete to
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conducting a review pursuant to section must file an entry of appearance with making the certification, the submitter
751(c) of the Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. the Secretary to the Commission, as will acknowledge that information
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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of availability and notice of public hearings.
Dates		Submit written comments on the Draft SEIS/EIR on or before September 1, 2017.
Contact		Ms. Lisa Rainger, Bureau of Reclamation, at 916-978-5090 (TDD 916-978-5608), or [email protected]
FR Citation		82 FR 30895

82 FR 30895 - Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion, Contra Costa County, California

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBureau of Reclamation

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 126 (July 3, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation