💧Notice of Intent for Verde Reservoirs EIS in Arizona
The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) intends to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Verde Reservoirs Sediment Mitigation Project (VRSMP or Project) in Maricopa and Yavapai Counties, Arizona. The VRSMP is a feasibility study authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58, 135 Statute 429, section 40902(a)(1)(B)(i). The purpose of the Project is to restore lost capacity from sedimentation at Horseshoe Reservoir to mitigate reservoir sediment accumulation while addressing future water supply resiliency through increased surface water yield from the Salt River Federal Reclamation Project (SRFRP) Verde River reservoir system. Reclamation is seeking public comments to identify significant issues, effects, or other alternatives to be addressed in the EIS. Reclamation is also requesting relevant information, studies, or analyses with respect to the proposed action alternatives.
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The Yavapai Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The purpose of the committee is to improve collaborative relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding consistent with Title II of the Act as well as make recommendations on recreation fee proposals for sites on the Prescott National Forest, consistent with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.
Learn More🏺Notice of Intended Repatriation
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Center for Archaeology and Society Repository (acting in place of the Arizona State University School of Human Evolution and Social Change) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and/or objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
Learn More🏺Notice of Intended Repatriation by Arizona State University
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Center for Archaeology and Society Repository (acting in place of the Arizona State University School of Human Evolution and Social Change) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and/or objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
Learn More🚨Arizona Corrections Department Seeks Import of Controlled Substances
Arizona Department of Corrections has applied to be registered as an importer of basic class(es) of controlled substance(s). Refer to Supplementary Information listed below for further drug information.
Learn More🌬️EPA's Clean Air Act Order for Bella Energy
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an order dated December 16, 2024, granting in part and denying in part a petition dated August 6, 2024, from Sierra Club. The Petition requested that the EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) title V operating permit issued by the Pinal County Air Quality Control District (PCAQCD) to the Seguro Energy Partners LLC, Bella Energy Facility ("Bella Energy"), an electric generating station to be located in Pinal County, Arizona.
Learn More🌊Final SEIS for Raul Hector Castro Land Port Expansion Announced
Pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and the GSA Public Buildings Service NEPA Desk Guide, GSA is issuing this notice to announce the availability of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Final SEIS), which evaluates potential environmental impacts from proposed flood control and utility upgrades at the Raul Hector Castro (RHC) Land Port of Entry (LPOE), along with considering provisions to provide adequate construction water to the proposed Commercial LPOE. The potential improvements are in support of the RHC LPOE Expansion and Modernization and Proposed Commercial LPOE Project in Douglas, Arizona.
Learn More⚡EPA Revises PSD Permit for South Point Energy Center, Arizona
This notice announces that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 9 issued a final decision to issue, in accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA), a revised Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit to South Point Energy Center, LLC, for the South Point Energy Center. The revised permit authorizes the modification and operation of two existing combined cycle natural gas- fired combustion turbine generators and incorporates additional PSD permit revisions determined necessary and appropriate.
Learn More🌬️Corrections to Arizona Air Quality Implementation Plan by EPA
On January 16, 2025, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule in the Federal Register approving revisions to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQD or "County") portion of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP). In that rulemaking, the EPA inadvertently published numbering errors in the regulatory text codifying the approval in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). This document corrects the errors in the final rule's regulatory text.
Learn More🗺️Notice of Filing of Land Surveys in Arizona by Bureau of Land Management
The plats of survey of the following described lands were officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Arizona State Office, in Phoenix, Arizona on the dates indicated. The surveys announced in this notice are necessary for the management of lands administered by the agencies indicated.
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