Because of widespread interest, the opportunity to comment on a draft environmental impact statement for the proposed operating criteria for the Lower Carson-Lower Truckee River Basins is being extended, the Bureau of Indian Affairs announced today.
Notice was published in the Federal Register August 2, 1977 that the deadline for written comments has been changed from July 9 to September 30 and that a supplemental hearing will be held September 22 in the Jot Travis Auditorium, University of Nevada, Reno.
The pertinent river basins are located principally in Churchill and Washoe Counties, Nevada.
Persons wanting to present their views at the hearing should contact Harold Ranquist, Department of the Interior., 900 West First Street, Reno, Nevada 89503; telephone 702-322-4042.
Single copies of the environmental statement may be obtained by writing to the above address. Notice of availability of the statement was published in the Federal Register on May 23, 1977.
