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<br />Federal Register/Vol. 66, No. 12/Thursday, January 18, 2001/ Notices
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<br />percent of the individual entitlement
<br />holder's maximum allowable
<br />cumulative overrun account amount or
<br />33.3 percent of the total account
<br />balance.
<br />4. When Lake Mead elevation is at or
<br />below elevation 1,125 feet above mean
<br />sea level on January I, the total account
<br />balance will be paid back in full in that
<br />calender year.
<br />5. For any year in which the Secretary
<br />declares a shortage under tbe Decree.
<br />the total account will be paid back in
<br />full that calender year. and further
<br />accumulation of inadvertent overruns
<br />will be suspended as long 85 shortage
<br />conditions prevail.
<br />g. A separate inadvertent OVelTUD
<br />account may be established in those
<br />limit6d cases in which a lower priority
<br />user is.. or has agreed to be, rBspoMible
<br />for consumptive uses by one or more
<br />un-quantified senior water entitlement
<br />or right holders having finite service
<br />area acreage, The separate inadvertent
<br />overrun account will be limited to a
<br />maximum cumulative amount of 10
<br />percent of the senior right holders
<br />average consumptive use. Such
<br />inadvertent overrun accounts will be the
<br />assigned responsibility of the lower
<br />priority user. If, however, such senior
<br />entitlement or right holders' approved
<br />aggregate calendar year water orders are
<br />in excess of the specified amount above
<br />which the lowBr priority user will be
<br />responsible. such excess will not be
<br />deemed inadvertent and the lower
<br />priority user's water order for that year
<br />will be reduced accordingly by
<br />Reclamation.
<br />h. Each month, Reclamation will
<br />monitor the actual water orders. receive
<br />reports of measured diversions and
<br />return flows from Contractors and
<br />federal establishments, estimate
<br />',.mmeasured diversions and return
<br />flows, and project individual and
<br />aggregate consumptive use8 for the year.
<br />Should preliminary determinations
<br />indicate that monthly consumptive uses
<br />by individual users, or aggregate uses,
<br />when added to the approved schedule
<br />or uses for the remainder of that year.
<br />exceed contract entitlements but are not
<br />exceeding the maximum inadvertent
<br />overrun account amount, Reclamation
<br />will notify in writing the appropriate
<br />entitles that the preliminary
<br />determinations are forecasting annual
<br />uses in excess of their entitlements,
<br />i. During years in which an
<br />entitlement holder is forbearing use to
<br />meet its payback. obligatlon. should
<br />preliminary determinations of monthJy
<br />consumptive uses indicate that
<br />sufficient forbearance is not projected to
<br />occur. Reclamation will also notify the
<br />appropriate entitlement holders in.
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<br />writing that the preliminary
<br />determinations are forecasting that th'9ir
<br />annual payback obligations are not on
<br />target or being mat. If this condition
<br />occurs for two consecutive Years. in the.
<br />second year Reclamation will advise the
<br />entitlement holder in writing by July 31,
<br />will consult with the entitlement holder
<br />on a modified release schedule and will
<br />limit releases to the entitlement holder
<br />for the remainder of the year such that
<br />by the and of the year the individual
<br />entitlement holder has met their
<br />payback obligation.
<br />j. Should preliminary determinations
<br />indicate that monthly consumptive uses
<br />by individualllsers. or aggregate uses,
<br />when added to the approved schedule
<br />of uses for the remainder of that year.
<br />exceed the individual entitlement
<br />holder's maximum cumulative overrun
<br />account amount, Reclamation will
<br />advise the entitlement holder in writing
<br />by July 31, will consult with the
<br />entitlement bolder on a modified release
<br />schedule and wiJllimit releases to the
<br />entitlement holder ror the remainder of
<br />the year such that by the end of the year
<br />the individuaL entitlement holder's
<br />maximum cumulative overrun account
<br />amount has not been exceeded.
<br />k. Procedures will be established for
<br />accounting for inadvertent overruns 00
<br />an annual basis and for supplementing
<br />tha final Decree Accounting Record,
<br />Reclamation invites comments on the
<br />features noted above and in particular
<br />on: what limits might be placed on any
<br />maximum cumulative overrun account;
<br />the duration of the payback period: and
<br />from what types of water would
<br />payback be allowed,
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<br />Public Meetings
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<br />Reclamation will hold public
<br />meetings to present information and
<br />solicit public input if there is a
<br />sufficient level of interest. Submit anv
<br />request for a public meeting to rv1r. John
<br />Redlinger (see ADDRESSES).
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<br />Dated: January 12, 2001.
<br />Robert W. Johnson.
<br />Regional Director. Lower Colorado Regional
<br />Office.
<br />IFR Doc. 01-1531 Filed 1-17-01: 8:45 8ml
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<br />DEPARTMENT OF TIlE INTERIOR
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<br />Bureau at Reclamation
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<br />[INT-DES-lll-G2]
<br />Pick-Sloan Missouri 8asln Program.
<br />Angostura Unit, South Dakota
<br />AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
<br />Interior.
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<br />ACTION: Notice of availability and public
<br />hearing on draft environmental impact
<br />statement (DEIS1.
<br />SUMMARY: Pursuant to section l02(2](C)
<br />of the National Environmental Policy
<br />Act of 1969, as amended, the
<br />Department of the Interior. Bureau of
<br />Reclamation. has prepared a DEIS on
<br />the proposed renewal of a long-term
<br />water service contract for irrigation
<br />water from the Federal Angostura Unit,
<br />Cheyenne River ba,.,in. South Dakota,
<br />The DEIS describes four alternatives,
<br />including no action, and evaluates their
<br />environmental consequences. No
<br />Preferred Alternative has been chosen at
<br />this time. One will be selected after the
<br />public review period. Public hearings
<br />have been scheduled to provide
<br />interested parties an opportunity to
<br />provide oral or written comments on the
<br />proposed renewal of a long.term water
<br />service contract.
<br />DA.TES: A gO-day public review and
<br />comment period commences with the
<br />publication of this notice. Written
<br />comments on the"DErS should be
<br />submitted by April 27, 2001
<br />Written comments from interested
<br />parties unable to attend the hearings.
<br />those not wanting to make oTal
<br />presentations, or those wishing to
<br />supplement their oral presentations at
<br />the public hearing should be
<br />transmitted to the Rapid City Field
<br />Office by Apri127, 2001, for inclusion
<br />in the public record.
<br />Public hearings have been scheduled
<br />for the followlIlg dates. times. and
<br />locations:
<br />February 13. 2001. 7-9 PM. Rushmore
<br />Plaza Holiday mo 505 N 5th St.,
<br />Rapid City. South Dakota
<br />February 14,2001,7-9 PM, Mueller
<br />Civic Center. 801 S. 6th St., Hot
<br />Springs. South Dakota
<br />February 15,2001,1-5 PM, Oglala
<br />Lakota College. 3 Mile Creek. Piya
<br />Wiconi Rd.. Kyle. South Dakota
<br />February 21, 2000, 2-4 PM. Super B
<br />Motel, West Highway 212, Eagle
<br />Butte, South Dakota
<br />February 22, 2001, 2-4 PM. Lower Brule
<br />Convention Center, Lower Brule
<br />Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule. South
<br />Dakota
<br />Written comments on the DEIS should
<br />be submitted to the Rapid City Field
<br />Office Manager (Attention: Kenneth
<br />Parr), 515 9th Street. Room 101, Rapid
<br />City, SD 57701, or through email to
<br />\(parr@sp.usbr.gov.
<br />Our practice is to make comments,
<br />including names and home addresses of
<br />respondents. available for public
<br />review. Individual respondents may
<br />request that we withhold their home
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