[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 18589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08942]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR03510000, XXXR0680R1, RR171260120019400]
Final Environmental Impact Statement, Pure Water San Diego
Program, North City Project; San Diego County, California
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation and the City of San Diego have
completed a final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact
Statement for the North City Project, the first phase of the Pure Water
San Diego Program--a water and wastewater facilities plan to produce
potable water from recycled water. The Bureau of Reclamation is
recommending the Miramar Alternative as the preferred alternative for
approval.
DATES: The Bureau of Reclamation will not make a decision on the
proposed project until at least 30 days after the Notice of
Availability is published by the Environmental Protection Agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug McPherson, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Bureau of Reclamation, Southern California Area
Office, 27708 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 202, Temecula, CA 92590;
telephone: (951) 695-5310; facsimile: (951) 695-5319; or email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Miramar Alternative will expand the
existing North City Water Reclamation Plant and construct an adjacent
North City Pure Water Facility with a purified water pipeline to
Miramar Reservoir. A project alternative would install a longer
pipeline to deliver product water to the larger San Vicente Reservoir
instead.
Other project components include: A new pump station and forcemain
to deliver additional wastewater to the North City Water Reclamation
Plant, a brine discharge pipeline, upgrades to the existing
Metropolitan Biosolids Center, and a renewable energy facility with a
landfill gas pipeline crossing Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and the
Miramar National Cemetery.
The Bureau of Reclamation issued a Notice of Intent on August 5,
2016 (81 FR 51937). The United States Marine Corps, the Veterans
Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency each accepted
cooperating agency status. Notice of Availability for the draft EIR/EIS
was published by the Environmental Protection Agency on November 24,
2017 (82 FR 55831) and by the Bureau of Reclamation on November 28,
2017 (82 FR 56264). The comment period on the draft EIR/EIS ended on
January 8, 2018. The final EIR/EIS contains responses to all comments
received.
The final EIR/EIS is available on the City of San Diego website at:
https://www.sandiego.gov/water/purewater/purewatersd/reports.
Dated: April 23, 2018.
Terrance J. Fulp,
Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region.
[FR Doc. 2018-08942 Filed 4-26-18; 8:45 am]
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