Public Meetings on the Development of Surplus Criteria for Management of the Colorado River and To Initiate National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Process

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 29068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13667]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Public Meetings on the Development of Surplus Criteria for 
Management of the Colorado River and To Initiate National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA) Process

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation 
(``Reclamation''), is considering development of specific criteria that 
will identify those circumstances under which the Secretary of the 
Interior (``Secretary'') may make Colorado River water available for 
delivery to the States of Arizona, California, and Nevada (Lower 
Division States or Lower Basin) in excess of the 7,500,000 acre-foot 
Lower Basin apportionment.
    Reclamation published a Federal Register notice on Tuesday, May 18, 
1999, regarding a Notice of Intent to solicit comments on the 
development of surplus criteria.
    Reclamation invites all interested parties to present oral or 
written comments concerning the following: (1) The need for the 
development of surplus criteria, (2) the format for the criteria 
(either by revising the Long-Range Operating Criteria set forth in 
Article III(3) or by developing interim criteria pursuant to Article 
III(3) of the Long-Range Operating Criteria), and (3) the specific 
issues and alternatives to be analyzed in the National Environment 
Policy Act (NEPA) process.

DATES AND LOCATIONS: Written comments are requested by June 30, 1999, 
and should be sent to Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region, 
Attention: Jayne Harkins, Bureau of Reclamation, P.O. Box 61470, 
Boulder City, Nevada 89006-1470. Oral and written comments will be 
accepted at the public meetings to be held at the following locations:

Tuesday, June 15, Meeting Room 1 on Level 3, Terminal 4, Phoenix Sky 
Harbor Airport, Phoenix, Arizona, 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
Wednesday, June 16, Keller Peak Room, Doubletree Hotel, 222 N. Vineyard 
Ave., Ontario, California, 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
Tuesday, June 22, Zeus C Room, Alexis Park Resort, 375 East Harmon, Las 
Vegas, Nevada, 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
Wednesday, June 23, Hawk's Nest Conference Room, Terminal 1, Salt Lake 
International Airport, Salt Lake City, Utah, 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jayne Harkins, telephone (702) 293-
8190; faxogram (702) 293-8042; E-mail at: jharkins@lc.usbr.gov or 
Randall Peterson, telephone (801) 524-3758, faxogram (801) 524-3858; E-
mail at: rpeterson@uc.usbr.gov.

    Dated: May 25, 1999.
Eluid L. Martinez,
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 99-13667 Filed 5-27-99; 8:45 am]
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