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Rio Grande and Low Flow Conveyance Channel Between San Acacia Diversion Dam, New Mexico, and the Narrows of Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico

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[Federal Register: September 11, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 175)]
[Notices]
[Page 51837]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr11se07-79]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation

Rio Grande and Low Flow Conveyance Channel Between San Acacia Diversion
Dam, New Mexico, and the Narrows of Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of cancellation.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation is canceling plans to prepare a
final environmental impact statement (EIS) on the environmental impacts
of proposed modifications to the main channel of the Rio Grande and Low
Flow Conveyance Channel system. The reason for canceling is that seven
years have elapsed since publication of the draft EIS and the recently
issued final EIS and Record of Decision for the Upper Rio Grande Basin
Water Operations Review considers the impacts of continuing the
operation of the Low Flow Conveyance Channel as a passive drain with no
diversion from the Rio Grande.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Robertson, Bureau of Reclamation,
Albuquerque Area Office, 55 Broadway NE., Suite 100, Albuquerque, New
Mexico 87102; e-mail: lrobertson@uc.usbr.gov; telephone (505) 462-3594.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 11, 1996, the Bureau of
Reclamation published a Notice of Intent to prepare a draft EIS in the
Federal Register. The draft EIS was filed with the Environmental
Protection Agency on September 8, 2000. The purpose of the document was
to analyze the environmental impacts of proposed modifications to the
main channel for the Rio Grande and Low Flow Conveyance Channel system.
The proposed modifications were to be located downstream from San
Marcial, New Mexico. The proposed channel system realignment would have
allowed for efficient conveyance of water to Elephant Butte Reservoir,
effective valley drainage, and effective sediment management. The
proposed changes would have also promoted the protection and
restoration of the riparian and riverine ecosystem in the project area.

    Dated: August 16, 2007.
Dave Sabo,
Acting Regional Director--UC Region, Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. E7-17838 Filed 9-10-07; 8:45 am]
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