[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24297-24298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12051]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Watershed Restoration Program Early Action Projects
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 fund watershed
restoration projects to improve salmon habitat in floodplains and
wetlands located throughout the Columbia River Basin in the states of
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. 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
floodplains and wetlands. After BPA issues the assessment, a floodplain
statement of findings will be published in the Federal Register.
DATES: Comments are due to the address below no later than May 29,
1996.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Public Involvement and Information
Manager, Bonneville Power Administration--CKP, P.O. Box 12999,
Portland, Oregon, 97212. Internet address: comment@bpa.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Weintraub--ECN, Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621,
Portland, Oregon 97208-3621, phone number 503-230-5373, fax number 503-
230-5699.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA is proposing to provide watershed
restoration funds to several entities, including the Yakama Indian
Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation,
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Nez Perce
Tribe, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Umatilla County, the
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Pendleton High School, the Umatilla
Watershed Council; U.S. Forest Service, Walla Walla County Conservation
District, Oregon Department of Transportation, Grande Ronde Model
Watershed, Washington Model Watersheds, and Idaho Model Watersheds.
Restoration projects are proposed for streams in the Deschutes, John
Day, Hood, Fifteenmile, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Grande Ronde, Methow,
Yakima, Clearwater, Salmon, and Imnaha watersheds. The types of
projects proposed include: riparian fencing to keep cattle out of
streams; suppression of noxious weeds and revegetation of denuded
streambanks to provide cover and reduce erosion; removal of ``push up''
type diversion dams and installation of control structures to eliminate
passage barriers; conversion of irrigation diversions from streams to
groundwater and/or sprinkler systems; consolidation of irrigation
ditches; woody debris placement; streambank bioengineering and
stabilization; dredge tailing removal; channel restoration; erosion
control and stabilization of road banks; construction of sediment traps
and overwintering habitat; removal of coffer dams and debris for
passage improvement; dam reconstructuring; and updating/rehabilitation
of fish screens.
Further information is available from BPA at the address above.
Issued in Portland, Oregon, on May 7, 1996.
Thomas C. McKinney,
NEPA Compliance Officer for Environment, Fish and Wildlife Group.
[FR Doc. 96-12051 Filed 5-13-96; 8:45 am]
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