[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 10, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-11260]
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[Federal Register: May 10, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement for Lower Yakima
Valley Wetlands and Riparian Project
AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), DOE.
ACTION: Notice of floodplain and wetlands involvement.
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SUMMARY: BPA proposes to implement an agreement with the Yakima Indian
Nation to secure property and conduct wildlife habitat restoration
activities for the Lower Yakima Valley Wetlands and Riparian Mitigation
Project in floodplain and wetlands located on the Yakima Indian
Reservation in the State of 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
(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 June 2,
1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Roy B. Fox, PG, Bonneville Power
Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208-3621, phone
number 503-230-4261, fax number 503-230-3752. Or Robert Shank, PG,
Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208-
3621, phone number 503-230-5115.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The project area is 20,340 hectares (50,308
acres) of lower elevation bottomlands, which includes restorable
aquatic, riparian, and upland habitats. The majority of the land is
presently used for agricultural practices. The proposed activities are
necessary to mitigate for wildlife and wildlife habitat adversely
affected by the construction of Bonneville, The Dalles, John Day, and
McNary Federal Dams, and their reservoirs located on the lower Columbia
River.
Maps and further information are available from BPA at the address
above.
Issued in Portland, Oregon, on April 15, 1994.
Roy B. Fox,
NEPA Compliance Officer, Office of Power Sales.
[FR Doc. 94-11260 Filed 5-9-94; 8:45 am]
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