[Federal Register: December 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 232)]
[Notices]
[Page 70278-70279]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Folsom Dam Road Restricted Access, Folsom, California
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) and notice of public hearing [DES 04-58].
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969 (as amended), the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has made
available for public review and comment a Draft EIS for the Folsom Dam
Road Restricted Access action. The Draft EIS describes and presents the
environmental effects of the preferred alternative, the no-Action
alternative and two additional alternatives. Two public hearings will
be held to receive comments from individuals and organizations on the
Draft EIS.
DATES: The Draft EIS will be available for a 45-day public review
period. Comments are due on January 18, 2005. Two public hearings have
been scheduled to receive oral or written comments regarding the
project's environmental effects:
January 4, 2005, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Sacramento, CA
January 5, 2005, 3 p.m. to 9 p.m., Folsom, CA
ADDRESSES: The public hearings will be held at the following locations:
Sacramento, CA--Tsakopoulos Library Galleria, 828 I
Street, Sacramento, CA 95814-2589.
Folsom, CA--Folsom Community Center West Room, 52 Natoma
Street, Folsom, CA 95630.
Send comments on the Draft EIS to Folsom Dam Restricted Access
Project, c/o Robert Schroeder, Project Manager, Bureau of Reclamation,
Central California Area Office, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630-
1799.
Copies of the Draft EIS may be requested from Ms. Marian
Echeverria, Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825 or by
calling 916-978-5105. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
locations where copies of the Draft EIS are available for public
inspection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Schroeder, Project Manager,
Bureau of Reclamation, at 916-989-7274.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft EIS addresses impacts from
continuing indefinitely restricted access across Folsom Dam Road based
on security issues and potential disaster flood inundation. The
Preferred Action is to continue the closure of Folsom Dam Road. The EIS
also addresses a No-Action alternative that would reopen the road to
public use similar to pre-2003 conditions, and two additional
alternatives that would include restricted Folsom Dam Road access
involving combinations of vehicle inspections and restrictions on type
and number of vehicles, and time of use. The Draft EIS has identified
the key issues to include traffic and circulation, socioeconomics, air
quality, and recreation. In addition to the key issues listed above,
Reclamation has identified other issue areas which have also been
included in the EIS. These include biology, water quality, cultural
resources, ground water, water supply, power supply, municipal and
industrial land uses, demographics, visual resources, public health,
social well-being, power consumption and production, and cumulative
effects.
Copies of the Draft EIS are available for public inspection and
review at the following locations:
Sacramento Public Library, 828 I Street, Sacramento, CA
95814
Folsom Public Library, 900 Persifer Street, Folsom, CA
95630
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office Library,
Building 67, Room 167, Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, Denver,
CO 80225; telephone: 303-445-2072
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Public Affairs, 2800
Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825-1898; telephone: 916-978-5100
Natural Resources Library, U.S. Department of the
Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Main Interior Building, Washington, DC
20240-0001
May be available at other libraries in the project area.
Oral and written comments, including names and home addresses of
respondents, will be available for public review. Individual
respondents may request that we withhold their home address from public
disclosure, which will be honored to the extent allowable by law. There
may be circumstances in which a respondent's identity may also be
withheld from public disclosure, as allowable by law. If you wish to
have your name and/or address withheld, you must state this prominently
at the beginning of your comment. All submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public disclosure in their entirety.
Hearing Process Information
The purpose of the public hearing is to provide the public with an
opportunity to comment on environmental issues addressed in the Draft
EIS. Written comments will also be accepted.
Persons needing special assistance to attend and participate in the
public hearing should contact Mr. Robert Schroeder, at 916-989-7274, as
soon as possible. In order to allow sufficient time to process
requests, please call no later than one week before the public hearing.
Information regarding this proposed action is available in alternative
formats upon request.
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Dated: July 22, 2004.
John F. Davis,
Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 04-26666 Filed 12-2-04; 8:45 am]