96-6707. Yakima Fisheries Project

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6707]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Yakima Fisheries Project

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

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record of Decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the ROD to implement 
Alternative 2 of the proposed Yakima Fisheries Project to undertake 
fishery research and mitigation activities in the Yakima River Basin in 
south-central Washington. The project responds directly to a need for 
knowledge of viable means to rebuild and maintain naturally spawning 
anadromous fish stocks in the Yakima Basin. Alternative 2 would 
experimentally supplement depressed populations of upper Yakima spring 
chinook salmon that spawn naturally, as well as undertake a study to 
determine the feasibility of re-establishing a naturally spawning 
population and significant fall fishery for coho salmon (now eliminated 
in the basin). The following facilities would be built: a central 
hatchery at Cle Elum; and three sites with six raceways each for 
acclimation and release of spring chinook smolts at Clark Flat, Easton, 
and Jack Creek. Alternative 2 was selected for its potential for 
increasing knowledge of supplementation, while increasing the number of 
upper Yakima spring chinook returning to the basin. Anadromous fish 
populations should also increase more quickly, and harvest 
opportunities should increase.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Yakima Fisheries Project Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS), the Yakima Fisheries Project EIS Summary, and the ROD 
may be obtained by calling BPA's toll-free document request line: 1-
800-622-4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Weintraub, Environmental Project 
Lead-ECN, Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, 
Oregon, 97208-3621, phone number [phone], fax number (503) 230-
5699.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on March 13, 1996.
Randall W. Hardy,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-6707 Filed 3-19-96; 8:45 am]
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