[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13136-13137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6020]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration
Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement for the Lower Red
River Meadow Project
AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement.
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SUMMARY: BPA proposes to fund the Red River Meadow Juvenile Chinook
Habitat Restoration Project in a cooperative effort with the Idaho Soil
and Water Conservation District, Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho
Department of Fish and Game, and Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho. The proposed
action would allow the sponsors to secure long-term agreements with
private and public landowners to conduct stream restoration and
fisheries habitat [[Page 13137]] enhancement activities located in
Idaho County, Idaho, near Elk City (T28, R9E, Secs. 18 and 19).
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
(EA) 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 EA.
DATES: Comments are due to the address below no later than April 17,
1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Beraud, ECN, Bonneville Power
Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208-621, phone number
503-230-3599, fax number 503-230-5699, or Robert Shank, ECN, Bonneville
Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208-3621, phone
number 503-230-5115.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA proposes to stabilize the stream
channel, restore fishery habitat features, and re-establish a riparian
shrub community. The project area is roughly 7.1 km (4.4 miles) of
state and privately owned land located adjacent to the Red River. The
majority of the land is currently used for cattle grazing. The proposed
activities are necessary to partially mitigate for juvenile chinook
salmon spawning and rearing habitat adversely affected by construction
and operation of the lower Snake and Columbia River dams and
reservoirs.
Maps and further information are available from BPA at the address
above.
Issued in Portland, Oregon, on March 2, 1995.
John M. Taves,
NEPA Compliance Officer, Office of Environment/Fish and Wildlife.
[FR Doc. 95-6020 Filed 3-9-95; 8:45 am]
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