[Federal Register: October 30, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 210)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Notice of Availability for public comment of the Draft Municipal
and Industrial (M&I) Water Shortage Policy, Central Valley Project
(CVP), California
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has developed, in
consultation with the CVP municipal and industrial (M&I) Water Service
contractors, a draft CVP M&I Water Shortage Policy. The purposes of the
M&I Water Shortage Policy are to (1) define water allocations
applicable to all CVP M&I contractors during times of reduced water
supplies, (2) establish a minimum water supply level that with the M&I
contractor's drought water conservation measures and other water
supplies should sustain urban areas during drought situations, and (3)
during severe or continuing droughts would, as much as possible,
protect public health and safety, and (4) provide information to help
M&I Contractors develop drought contingency plans. This policy is in
furtherance of the June 9, 1997 Central Valley Project Improvement Act
Administrative Proposal on Urban Water Supply Reliability.
DATES: Submit written comments on the Draft CVP M&I Water Shortage
Policy on or before November 29, 2001 to the address below.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Draft CVP M&I Water Shortage Policy may be
requested by writing Alisha Sterud at the above address or by calling
(916) 978-5195 or retrieved from the Web site at www.mp.usbr.gov/cvpia/
3404c/mi__shortage.html. Written comments on the Draft CVP M&I Water
Shortage Policy should be addressed to the Bureau of Reclamation,
Attention: Alisha Sterud, MP-400, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA
95825.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, please
contact Alisha Sterud at (916) 978-5195, or e-mail:
asterud@mp.usbr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CVP (Central Valley Project) is operated
under Federal statutes authorizing the CVP and by the terms and
conditions of water rights acquired pursuant to California law. During
any year, there may occur constraints on the availability of CVP water
for an M&I (municipal and industrial) contractor under its contract.
The cause of the water shortage may be drought, unavoidable causes, or
restricted operations resulting from legal obligations or mandates.
Those legal obligations include but are not limited to the Endangered
Species Act, the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA), and
conditions imposed on CVP's water rights by the State of California.
This policy establishes the terms and conditions regarding the
constraints on availability of water supply for the CVP M&I water
service contracts.
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Our practice is to make comments, including names and home
addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual
respondents may request that we withhold their home address from public
disclosure, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There
also may be circumstances in which we would withhold a respondent's
identity from public disclosure, as allowable by law. If you wish us to
withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at
the beginning of your comment. We will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety.
Dated: October 12, 2001.
Kirk Rodgers,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 01-27207 Filed 10-29-01; 8:45 am]
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