[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16818-16819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7078]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Central Valley Project Improvement Act, Standard Criteria for Ag
and Urban Water Management Plans
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The ``Standard Criteria for Agricultural and Urban Water
Management Plans'' (Criteria) are now available for public comment. To
meet the requirements of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act of
1992 (CVPIA) and the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA), the Bureau
of Reclamation (Reclamation) developed and published the Criteria. The
Criteria apply to any Water Management Plans (Plans) submitted to
Reclamation as required by applicable Central Valley Project (CVP)
water service contracts, settlement contracts, or any contracts that
specifically invokes the Criteria. Note: For the purpose of this
announcement, Water Management Plans are considered the same as Water
Conservation Plans.
DATES: Submit written comments by April 25, 2011.
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ADDRESSES: Please mail comments to Ms. Melissa Crandell, Bureau of
Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP-410, Sacramento, California 95825,
916-978-5208, or e-mail at [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To be placed on a mailing list for any
subsequent information or to obtain a copy of any water management
plans, please contact Ms. Crandell at the e-mail address or telephone
number above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3405(e) of the CVPIA (Title 34 Pub.
L. 102-575), requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish and
administer an office on Central Valley Project water conservation best
management practices (BMPs) that shall develop Criteria for evaluating
the adequacy of all Plans developed by project contractors, including
those Plans required by section 210 of the RRA. In addition, according
to section 3405(e)(1), the Criteria must be developed ``* * * with the
purpose of promoting the highest level of water use efficiency
reasonably achievable by project contractors using best available cost-
effective technology and best management practices.'' The Criteria
states that all parties (Contractors) that contract with Reclamation
for water supplies (except any contractor who receives less than a
five-year average of 2,000 acre-feet per year (AFY) of only municipal
and industrial (urban) water, any contractor who receives any
combination of irrigation and/or urban water amounting to less than a
current five-year average of 2,000 AFY, and agricultural contracts
under a current five-year average of 2,000 irrigable acres) must
prepare Plans that contain the following information:
1. Description of the District
2. Inventory of Water Resources
3. BMPs for Agricultural Contractors
4. BMPs for Urban Contractors
5. Plan Implementation
Reclamation will evaluate Plans based on the Criteria. The CVPIA
requires Reclamation to evaluate, and revise if necessary, the Criteria
every 3 years. The Criteria were last updated in 2008 and the proposed
2011 update is currently under review. Public scoping meetings to
solicit comments on revision of the Criteria were held in January and
February 2011. Comments will be incorporated into the finalized
document. A copy can be found at the following Web site: http://www.mp.usbr.gov/watershare/news/2011_Standard_Criteria.pdf. A copy
can also be obtained by contacting persons at the address above.
Public Disclosure: Before including your name, address, phone
number, e-mail 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: March 18, 2011.
Richard J. Woodley,
Regional Resources Manager, Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. 2011-7078 Filed 3-24-11; 8:45 am]
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