[Federal Register: September 16, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 179)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation

 Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Klamath Project 
Operation, Oregon and California

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension of formal scoping period for the draft 
environmental impact statement on the Klamath Project operation.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is extending the 
formal scoping period on an environmental impact statement (EIS) for 
the Klamath Project (Project) operation, a Federal reclamation project, 
located in southern Oregon and northern California. A formal scoping 
period of 120 days, through September 2, 2003, was previously announced 
in the Federal Register (68 FR 23761, May 5, 2003).

DATES: Reclamation is extending the formal scoping period an additional 
90 days following publication of this notice. Written comments should 
be sent to the Reclamation Project Manager (see addresses below) 
December 15, 2003. Reclamation invites all interested parties to submit 
written comments or suggestions during the scoping period. Comments 
postmarked after that date will be considered to the extent practical. 
Dates and locations of public scoping meetings will be published in the 
Federal Register

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments to the Mr. Daniel S. Fritz, 
Project Manager, Klamath Basin Area Office, Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau 
of Reclamation, Attention: KO-150, 6600 Washburn Way, Klamath Falls, OR 
97603.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Daniel S. Fritz at (541) 880-2556.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Reclamation is extending the formal scoping 
period to allow additional time to receive public comments and to 
conduct scoping meetings. Continued developments related to the Klamath 
Project have occurred since the formal scoping was initiated in early 
May 2003. Additional information may become available, such as the 
final report of the National Academy of Science's Committee on 
Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin, that could 
result in new information relevant to the proposed action and prompt 
additional scoping comments from the public useful for the 
environmental impact statement.
    Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual 
respondents may request that we withhold their home address from public 
disclosure, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There 
also may be circumstances in which we would withhold a respondent's 
identity from public disclosure, as allowable by law. If you wish us to 
withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at 
the beginning of your comment letter. We will make all submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, available for public disclosure in their entirety.

    Dated: September 3, 2003.
Frank Michny,
Regional Environmental Officer, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 03-23542 Filed 9-15-03; 8:45 am]
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