[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 213 (Wednesday, November 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 59553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29530]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration
Johnson Creek Artificial Propagation 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 intention to fund a small scale
program designed to increase survival of a weak but recoverable
population of summer chinook salmon in Johnson Creek, a tributary of
the South Fork Salmon River in Valley County, Idaho. In accordance with
DOE regulations for compliance with floodplain and wetlands
environmental review requirements, 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 19,
1998.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Communications, Bonneville Power
Administration--ACS-7, P.O. Box 12999, Portland, Oregon 97212. Internet
address: comment@bpa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colleen Spiering--ECP-4, Bonneville
Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621,
phone number 503-230-5756, fax number 503-230-4089.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The project would include the following
types of activities that may involve wetlands or floodplains: expansion
of the McCall Fish Hatchery; in-stream temporary weirs for adult fish
trapping; smolt acclimation and release sites utilizing stream side
channels and possibly installing adult holding tanks. All proposed
sites are in Valley County, Idaho. The locations of the proposed sites
are as follows: McCall Fish Hatchery, T.18N., R3E., S.8. Pen Basin and
Landmark Airstrip acclimation sites, T.15N., R.8E., S.18. Wapiti
Meadows Ranch acclimation site, T.18., R.8E., S.29 and 32. Bryant Ranch
and Old State Lands adult trap sites, T.18N., R.8E., S.9 and 16. Cox
Ranch Acclimation site, T.18N., R.8E., S.20. Whitehorse Rapids,
Burntlog Creek, and Ditch Creek acclimation sites, T.17N., R.8E., S.20.
Maps and further information are available from BPA at the address
above.
Issued in Portland, Oregon, on October 27, 1998.
Thomas C. McKinney,
NEPA Compliance Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-29530 Filed 11-3-98; 8:45 am]
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