83_FR_16198 83 FR 16126 - Notice of Availability of a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Public Meetings for the Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance, Kittitas and Yakima Counties, Washington

83 FR 16126 - Notice of Availability of a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Public Meetings for the Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance, Kittitas and Yakima Counties, Washington

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 72 (April 13, 2018)

Page Range16126-16127
FR Document2018-07737

The Bureau of Reclamation and Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) have made available for public review and comment the Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS). This SDEIS was previously identified in the Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement as ``Keechelus Reservoir- to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance and Kachess Inactive Storage.'' The name was changed to better reflect the proposed action and alternatives evaluated in the SDEIS. The SDEIS addresses the impacts associated with the Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant (KDRPP) and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance (KKC) by expanding on the analysis conducted in the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan (Integrated Plan) Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (March 2012).

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

[RR01113000, XXXR0680R1, RR.R0336A1R.7WRMP0032]


Notice of Availability of a Supplemental Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement and Notice of Public Meetings for the Kachess Drought 
Relief Pumping Plant and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir 
Conveyance, Kittitas and Yakima Counties, Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability and public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation and Washington State Department of 
Ecology (Ecology) have made available for public review and comment the 
Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess 
Reservoir Conveyance Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(SDEIS). This SDEIS was previously identified in the Notice of Intent 
to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement as ``Keechelus Reservoir-
to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance and Kachess Inactive Storage.'' The 
name was changed to better reflect the proposed action and alternatives 
evaluated in the SDEIS. The SDEIS addresses the impacts associated with 
the Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant (KDRPP) and Keechelus 
Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance (KKC) by expanding on the 
analysis conducted in the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource 
Management Plan (Integrated Plan) Programmatic Environmental Impact 
Statement (March 2012).

DATES: Send written comments on the SDEIS on or before July 12, 2018.
    Two public meetings will be held on the following dates:
    1. Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Cle Elum, WA.
    2. Thursday, May 17, 2018, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Ellensburg, WA.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments or requests for copies to Ms. Candace 
McKinley, Bureau of Reclamation, 1917 Marsh Road, Yakima, WA 98901, 
509-575-5848, ext. 603, or via email to kkbt@usbr.gov. The SDEIS is 
also accessible on the following websites: http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/eis/kdrpp/index.html and http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/eis/kkc/index.html.
    The public meeting locations are:

    1. Cle Elum--U.S. Forest Service, Cle Elum Ranger District, Tom 
Craven Conference Room, 803 W 2nd Street, Cle Elum, Washington 
98922;
    2. Ellensburg--Armory Main Hall, Kittitas Valley Event Center, 
901 East 7th Ave., Ellensburg, Washington 98926.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Candace McKinley, 509-575-5848, 
ext. 603; or by email at kkbt@usbr.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Bureau of Reclamation published a notice 
of availability of a draft environmental impact statement previously 
identified as ``Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance and 
Kachess Inactive Storage'' in the Federal Register on January 9, 2015 
(80 FR 1431). The public comment period was reopened and concluded on 
June 15, 2015. A supplemental draft environmental impact statement was 
necessary after analyzing the need for a floating pumping plant that 
could be a feasible alternative to achieve the KDRPP purposes. The 
SDEIS, titled, ``Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant and Keechelus 
Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance Supplemental Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement'' documents the potential effects that 
may result from the new pumping plant at Kachess Reservoir and water 
conveyance from Keechelus Reservoir to Kachess Reservoir.
    The SDEIS evaluates construction and operation of three alternative 
designs and locations for the Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant, 
including reservoir intakes and tunnels, pumping plants and pump units, 
pipelines, surge tanks, outlet works, fish screens and barriers, power 
supply substations, and electric transmission lines. The SDEIS also 
evaluates construction and operation of the KKC, including the Yakima 
River diversion and intake, the Yakima River to Keechelus portal 
conveyance, fish screen, bored tunnel, discharge structure, spillway 
and stilling basin, and mechanical building as a component of KDRPP.
    The primary study area generally encompasses Kachess Reservoir and 
its tributaries, Keechelus Reservoir and its tributaries, the Kachess 
River, the Yakima River between Keechelus Dam and the Easton Diversion 
Dam near Lake Easton and the electric transmission line route from near 
Easton to the Kachess Reservoir pumping plant. The extended study area 
generally includes the Yakima Project vicinity.

Authority

    The Kachess and Keechelus reservoirs were authorized on December 
12, 1905, by the Secretary of the Interior in connection with the 
Tieton and Sunnyside Divisions of the Yakima Project. The Secretary was 
acting under authority of the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902. The 
Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project was authorized on December 
28, 1979 (93 Stat. 1241, Pub. L. 96-162, Feasibility Study--Yakima 
River Basin Water Enhancement Project). Title XII of the Yavapai-
Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 
4526 Pub. L. 103-434) authorized fish, wildlife, and recreation as 
additional purposes of the Yakima Project.

Public Review of SDEIS

    Copies of the SDEIS are available for public review at the 
following locations:
    1. Bureau of Reclamation, Columbia-Cascades Area Office, 1917 Marsh 
Road,
    Yakima, Washington 98901.
    2. Washington State Department of Ecology, 15 W. Yakima Avenue, 
Suite 200, Yakima, Washington 98902.

Libraries

    1. Carpenter Memorial Library, 302 N Pennsylvania Ave., Cle Elum, 
WA 98922.
    2. Ellensburg Public Library, 209 N. Ruby St., Ellensburg, WA 
98926.
    3. Roslyn Public Library, 201 S. First St., Roslyn, WA 98941.
    4. Benton City Library, 810 Horne Dr., Benton City, WA 99320.
    5. Kennewick Library, 1620 S. Union St., Kennewick, WA 99338.
    6. Kittitas Public Library, 200 N. Pierce St., Kittitas, WA 98934.
    7. Mid-Columbia Library, 405 S. Dayton St., Kennewick, WA 99336.
    8. Pasco Library, 1320 W. Hopkins St., Pasco, WA 99301.
    9. Prosser Library, 902 7th St., Prosser, WA 99350.
    10. Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate Dr., Richland, WA 99352.
    11. Sunnyside Public Library, 621 Grant Ave., Sunnyside, WA 98944.
    12. Toppenish Library, 1 S. Elm St., Toppenish, WA 98948.
    13. Wapato Library, 119 E. 3rd St., Wapato, WA 98951.
    14. Washington State Library, Point Plaza East, 6880 Capitol Blvd. 
SE, Tumwater, WA 98504.
    15. West Richland Library, 3803 W. Van Giesen St., Richland, WA 
99353.
    16. Yakama Nation Library, 100 Spiel-Yi Loop, Toppenish, WA 98948.
    17. Yakima Valley Regional Library, 102 N. 3rd St., Yakima, WA 
98901.

Special Assistance for Public Meetings

    If special assistance is required at the public meetings, please 
contact Ms. Candace McKinley, at kkbt@usbr.gov or 509-575-5848, ext. 
603. Please notify Ms. McKinley as far in advance of the meeting as 
possible to enable

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Reclamation to secure the needed services. If a request cannot be 
honored, the requestor will be notified. TTY users may dial 711 to 
obtain a toll-free TTY relay.

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.

    Dated: April 6, 2018.
Lorri J. Gray,
Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region.
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16126 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 72 / Friday, April 13, 2018 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Room, 803 W 2nd Street, Cle Elum, Project. The Secretary was acting under Washington 98922; authority of the Reclamation Act of June Bureau of Reclamation 2. Ellensburg—Armory Main Hall, Kittitas 17, 1902. The Yakima River Basin Water Valley Event Center, 901 East 7th Ave., [RR01113000, XXXR0680R1, Ellensburg, Washington 98926. Enhancement Project was authorized on RR.R0336A1R.7WRMP0032] December 28, 1979 (93 Stat. 1241, Pub. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. L. 96–162, Feasibility Study—Yakima Notice of Availability of a Candace McKinley, 509–575–5848, ext. River Basin Water Enhancement Supplemental Draft Environmental 603; or by email at kkbt@usbr.gov. Project). Title XII of the Yavapai- Impact Statement and Notice of Public SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights Meetings for the Kachess Drought Bureau of Reclamation published a Settlement Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 4526 Relief Pumping Plant and Keechelus notice of availability of a draft Pub. L. 103–434) authorized fish, Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir environmental impact statement wildlife, and recreation as additional Conveyance, Kittitas and Yakima previously identified as ‘‘Keechelus purposes of the Yakima Project. Counties, Washington Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance and Kachess Inactive Public Review of SDEIS AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Storage’’ in the Federal Register on Copies of the SDEIS are available for Interior. January 9, 2015 (80 FR 1431). The public review at the following locations: ACTION: Notice of availability and public public comment period was reopened 1. Bureau of Reclamation, Columbia- meetings. and concluded on June 15, 2015. A Cascades Area Office, 1917 Marsh Road, SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation supplemental draft environmental Yakima, Washington 98901. and Washington State Department of impact statement was necessary after 2. Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) have made available analyzing the need for a floating Ecology, 15 W. Yakima Avenue, Suite for public review and comment the pumping plant that could be a feasible 200, Yakima, Washington 98902. Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant alternative to achieve the KDRPP purposes. The SDEIS, titled, ‘‘Kachess Libraries and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant and 1. Carpenter Memorial Library, 302 N Reservoir Conveyance Supplemental Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess Pennsylvania Ave., Cle Elum, WA Draft Environmental Impact Statement Reservoir Conveyance Supplemental 98922. (SDEIS). This SDEIS was previously Draft Environmental Impact Statement’’ 2. Ellensburg Public Library, 209 N. identified in the Notice of Intent to documents the potential effects that may Ruby St., Ellensburg, WA 98926. Prepare an Environmental Impact result from the new pumping plant at 3. Roslyn Public Library, 201 S. First Statement as ‘‘Keechelus Reservoir-to- Kachess Reservoir and water St., Roslyn, WA 98941. Kachess Reservoir Conveyance and conveyance from Keechelus Reservoir to 4. Benton City Library, 810 Horne Dr., Kachess Inactive Storage.’’ The name Kachess Reservoir. Benton City, WA 99320. was changed to better reflect the The SDEIS evaluates construction and 5. Kennewick Library, 1620 S. Union proposed action and alternatives operation of three alternative designs St., Kennewick, WA 99338. evaluated in the SDEIS. The SDEIS and locations for the Kachess Drought 6. Kittitas Public Library, 200 N. addresses the impacts associated with Relief Pumping Plant, including Pierce St., Kittitas, WA 98934. the Kachess Drought Relief Pumping reservoir intakes and tunnels, pumping 7. Mid-Columbia Library, 405 S. Plant (KDRPP) and Keechelus Reservoir- plants and pump units, pipelines, surge Dayton St., Kennewick, WA 99336. to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance (KKC) tanks, outlet works, fish screens and 8. Pasco Library, 1320 W. Hopkins St., by expanding on the analysis conducted barriers, power supply substations, and Pasco, WA 99301. in the Yakima River Basin Integrated electric transmission lines. The SDEIS 9. Prosser Library, 902 7th St., Water Resource Management Plan also evaluates construction and Prosser, WA 99350. (Integrated Plan) Programmatic operation of the KKC, including the 10. Richland Public Library, 955 Environmental Impact Statement Yakima River diversion and intake, the Northgate Dr., Richland, WA 99352. (March 2012). Yakima River to Keechelus portal 11. Sunnyside Public Library, 621 DATES: Send written comments on the conveyance, fish screen, bored tunnel, Grant Ave., Sunnyside, WA 98944. SDEIS on or before July 12, 2018. discharge structure, spillway and 12. Toppenish Library, 1 S. Elm St., Two public meetings will be held on stilling basin, and mechanical building Toppenish, WA 98948. the following dates: as a component of KDRPP. 13. Wapato Library, 119 E. 3rd St., 1. Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 4:00 The primary study area generally Wapato, WA 98951. p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Cle Elum, WA. encompasses Kachess Reservoir and its 14. Washington State Library, Point 2. Thursday, May 17, 2018, 4:00 p.m. tributaries, Keechelus Reservoir and its Plaza East, 6880 Capitol Blvd. SE, to 7:00 p.m., Ellensburg, WA. tributaries, the Kachess River, the Tumwater, WA 98504. ADDRESSES: Send written comments or Yakima River between Keechelus Dam 15. West Richland Library, 3803 W. requests for copies to Ms. Candace and the Easton Diversion Dam near Lake Van Giesen St., Richland, WA 99353. McKinley, Bureau of Reclamation, 1917 Easton and the electric transmission line 16. Yakama Nation Library, 100 Spiel- Marsh Road, Yakima, WA 98901, 509– route from near Easton to the Kachess Yi Loop, Toppenish, WA 98948. 575–5848, ext. 603, or via email to Reservoir pumping plant. The extended 17. Yakima Valley Regional Library, kkbt@usbr.gov. The SDEIS is also study area generally includes the 102 N. 3rd St., Yakima, WA 98901. accessible on the following websites: Yakima Project vicinity. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES http://www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/eis/ Special Assistance for Public Meetings kdrpp/index.html and http:// Authority If special assistance is required at the www.usbr.gov/pn/programs/eis/kkc/ The Kachess and Keechelus reservoirs public meetings, please contact Ms. index.html. were authorized on December 12, 1905, Candace McKinley, at kkbt@usbr.gov or The public meeting locations are: by the Secretary of the Interior in 509–575–5848, ext. 603. Please notify 1. Cle Elum—U.S. Forest Service, Cle Elum connection with the Tieton and Ms. McKinley as far in advance of the Ranger District, Tom Craven Conference Sunnyside Divisions of the Yakima meeting as possible to enable VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:41 Apr 12, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13APN1.SGM 13APN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 72 / Friday, April 13, 2018 / Notices 16127 Reclamation to secure the needed contacting the Commission’s TDD of its trade secret allegations, which services. If a request cannot be honored, terminal on (202) 205–1810. were alleged against only certain of the the requestor will be notified. TTY users SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The participating respondents. On February may dial 711 to obtain a toll-free TTY Commission instituted Inv. No. 337– 22, 2017, the ALJ issued an ID, granting relay. TA–1002 on June 2, 2016, based on a U.S. Steel’s motion to terminate the complaint filed by complainant United investigation with respect to its trade Public Disclosure States Steel Corporation of Pittsburgh, secret allegations. Order No. 56 (Feb. 22, Before including your address, phone Pennsylvania (‘‘U.S. Steel’’), alleging a 2017). On March 24, 2017, the number, email address, or other violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act Commission determined not to review personal identifying information in your of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337 Order No. 56. Comm’n Notice (Mar. 24, comment, you should be aware that (‘‘section 337’’). See 81 FR 35381 (June 2017). your entire comment—including your 2, 2016). The complaint alleges On October 2, 2017, the ALJ issued an personal identifying information—may violations of section 337 based upon the ID, granting the remaining participating be made publicly available at any time. importation into the United States, or in respondents’ motions for summary While you can ask us in your comment the sale after importation of certain determination of no section 337 to withhold your personal identifying carbon and alloy steel products by violation based on false designation of information from public review, we reason of: (1) A conspiracy to fix prices origin. Order No. 103 (Oct. 2, 2017). On cannot guarantee that we will be able to and control output and export volumes, November 1, 2017, the Commission do so. the threat or effect of which is to determined not to review Order No. 103. Dated: April 6, 2018. restrain or monopolize trade and Comm’n Notice (Nov. 1, 2017). Lorri J. Gray, commerce in the United States; (2) On March 19, 2018, the Commission Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region. misappropriation and use of trade terminated the investigation as to the [FR Doc. 2018–07737 Filed 4–12–18; 8:45 am] secrets, the threat or effect of which is antitrust claim. Notice (Mar. 19, 2018). BILLING CODE 4332–90–P to destroy or substantially injure an In the same notice, the Commission industry in the United States; and (3) requested briefing on remedy, public false designation of origin or interest, and bonding concerning the manufacturer, the threat or effect of previously defaulted respondents INTERNATIONAL TRADE which is to destroy or substantially COMMISSION subject to the false designation of origin injure an industry in the United States. claim. Id. [Investigation No. 337–TA–1002] Id. The notice of investigation identified On March 30, 2018, U.S. Steel forty (40) respondents that are Chinese submitted a letter indicating that it did Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel steel manufacturers or distributors, as not intend to file a response to the Products; Commission Determination well as some of their Hong Kong and Commission’s request for briefing on To Terminate the Investigation in Its United States affiliates. Id. In addition, remedy, public interest, and bonding Entirety the Office of Unfair Import concerning the previously defaulted Investigations is also a party in this AGENCY: U.S. International Trade respondents subject to the false investigation. Id. Eighteen (18) Commission. designation of origin claim. Also on respondents participated in the ACTION: Notice. March 30, 2018, OUII filed a response investigation and all other respondents to the Commission’s notice, were found in default, including fifteen SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that recommending that the Commission (15) respondents that are subject to the the U.S. International Trade decline to issue remedial orders against false designation of origin claim Commission has determined to the Defaulting Respondents under the (‘‘Defaulting Respondents’’). See terminate the investigation in its circumstances. Comm’n Notice (Oct. 14, 2016), Comm’n entirety. Notice (Oct. 18, 2016), Comm’n Notice The Commission is authorized to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (Nov. 18, 2016). issue relief against defaulters pursuant Megan M. Valentine, Office of the On August 26, 2016, the participating to section 337(g)(1) ‘‘upon request’’ from General Counsel, U.S. International respondents filed a motion to terminate the complainant. 19 U.S.C. 1337(g)(1). Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, U.S. Steel’s antitrust claim under 19 Because U.S. Steel has abandoned its Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) CFR 210.21. On November 14, 2016, the request, as stated in the complaint, for 708–2301. Copies of non-confidential presiding administrative law judge a remedy against the Defaulting documents filed in connection with this (‘‘ALJ’’) issued an initial determination Respondents, the Commission has investigation are or will be available for (‘‘ID’’), granting Respondents’ motion to determined to terminate the inspection during official business terminate Complainant’s antitrust claim investigation in its entirety. hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the under 19 CFR 210.21 and, in the The authority for the Commission’s Office of the Secretary, U.S. alternative, under 19 CFR 210.18. Order determination is contained in section International Trade Commission, 500 E No. 38 (Nov. 14, 2016). On December 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as Street SW, Washington, DC 20436, 19, 2016, the Commission issued a amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in Part telephone (202) 205–2000. General Notice determining to review Order No. 210 of the Commission’s Rules of information concerning the Commission 38. See 81 FR 94416–7 (Dec. 23, 2016). Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part may also be obtained by accessing its On April 20, 2017, the Commission held 210). daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES internet server at https://www.usitc.gov. an oral argument on the issue of By order of the Commission. The public record for this investigation whether a complainant alleging a Issued: April 9, 2018. may be viewed on the Commission’s violation of section 337 based on Lisa Barton, electronic docket (EDIS) at https:// antitrust law must show antitrust injury. edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired On February 15, 2017, U.S. Steel filed Secretary to the Commission. persons are advised that information on a motion to partially terminate the [FR Doc. 2018–07666 Filed 4–12–18; 8:45 am] this matter can be obtained by investigation on the basis of withdrawal BILLING CODE 7020–02–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:41 Apr 12, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\13APN1.SGM 13APN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability and public meetings.
DatesSend written comments on the SDEIS on or before July 12, 2018.
ContactMs. Candace McKinley, 509-575-5848, ext. 603; or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 16126 
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