96-27799. Methow Valley Irrigation District Fisheries Enhancement Project

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55982-55983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27799]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration


Methow Valley Irrigation District Fisheries Enhancement Project

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy 
(DOE).

ACTION: Notice of floodplain and wetlands involvement.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces BPA's proposal to jointly fund, along 
with the Washington State Department of Ecology, a plan to replace 
Methow Valley Irrigation District's current canal system with a 
pressurized pipe system fed by groundwater wells, to improve instream 
flows of the Methow and Twisp Rivers for fish habitat. This project 
would be in the floodplain and wetlands located in the Methow River 
Valley of Okanogan County, between the towns of Twisp and Carlton, 
Washington. In accordance with DOE regulations for compliance with 
floodplain and wetlands environmental review requirements (10 CFR Part 
1022), BPA will prepare a floodplain and wetlands assessment and will 
perform this proposed action in a manner so as to avoid or minimize 
potential harm to or within the affected floodplain and wetlands. The 
assessment will be included in the environmental assessment being 
prepared for the proposed project in accordance with the requirements 
of the National Environmental Policy Act. A floodplain statement of 
findings will be included in any finding of no significant impact that 
may be issued following the completion of the environmental assessment.

DATES: Comments are due to the address below no later than November 14, 
1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Public Involvement and Information 
Manager, Bonneville Power Administration--CKP, P.O. Box 12999, 
Portland, Oregon 97212. Internet address: [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lauri Croff - ECN, Bonneville Power 
Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621, phone 
number 503-230-5138, fax number 503-230-5699.

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    Maps and further information are available from BPA at the address 
above.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on October 17, 1996.
Thomas C. McKinney,
NEPA Compliance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-27799 Filed 10-29-96; 8:45 am]
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