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Final Environmental Impact Statement, Systems Conveyance and Operations Program, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Clark County, NV; Notice of Approval of Record of Decision

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[Federal Register: August 7, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 151)]
[Notices]
[Page 44180-44181]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr07au07-89]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Final Environmental Impact Statement, Systems Conveyance and
Operations Program, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Clark County,
NV; Notice of Approval of Record of Decision

    Summary: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91-190, as amended) and the
implementing regulations promulgated by the Council on Environmental
Quality (40 CFR 1505.2), the Department of the Interior, National Park
Service has prepared, and the Regional Director, Pacific West Region
has approved, the Record of Decision for the Clean Water Coalition's
proposed System Conveyance and Operations Program. The formal no-action
period was officially initiated February 23, 2007, with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's Federal Register notification of the
filing of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
    Decision: The Final EIS analyzed a no-action alternative, a process
improvement alternative, and three

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pipeline alternatives that would variously redirect a portion of highly
treated effluent from the Las Vegas Wash into the Boulder Basin. The
selected alternative--Boulder Islands North pipeline alternative--
combines use of current conventional treatment processes, plant
optimization, and increased treatment. In addition, a pipeline will be
constructed to convey highly treated effluent from three treatment
facilities to a discharge location near the Boulder Islands in Lake
Mead. There will be flexibility in discharge conveyed depending upon
lake conditions and the objectives identified in the Boulder Basin
Adaptive Management Plan which was developed and agreed to by all
involved parties. As documented in the Final EIS, this course of action
was deemed to be ``environmentally preferred''.
    The Final EIS, and previously in the Draft EIS (the latter was
released in September 2005), assessed the full spectrum of foreseeable
environmental consequences, and appropriate mitigation measures
identified, for each alternative considered. Beginning with early
scoping, through the preparation of the Draft and Final EIS, numerous
public meetings were hosted. Approximately 500 oral and written
comments were received during the scoping phase or in response to the
Draft EIS. Key coordination, consultations, or other contacts which
aided in preparing the Draft and Final EIS involved (but were not
limited to) the Bureau of Reclamation, cities of Las Vegas and
Henderson, Clark County Water Reclamation District, Metropolitan Water
District of Southern California, Southern Nevada Water Authority,
Nevada State Historic Preservation Office, the Bureau of Land
Management, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Local communities,
county and city officials, and interested organizations were contacted
extensively during initial scoping and throughout the conservation
planning and environmental impact analysis process.
    Copies: Interested parties desiring to review the Record of
Decision may obtain a complete copy by contacting the Superintendent,
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 601 Nevada Highway, Boulder City,
NV 89005; or via telephone request at (702) 293-8920.

    Dated: July 5, 2007.
Patricia L. Neubacher,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. E7-15294 Filed 8-6-07; 8:45 am]
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