97-16397. Wildlife Mitigation Program

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16397]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Wildlife Mitigation Program

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

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

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SUMMARY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has decided to adopt a 
set of prescriptions (goals, strategies, and procedural requirements) 
that apply to future BPA-funded wildlife mitigation projects. Various 
sources--including Indian tribes, state agencies, property owners, 
private conservation groups, or other Federal agencies--propose 
wildlife mitigation projects to the Northwest Power Planning Council 
(Council) for BPA funding. Following independent scientific and public 
reviews, Council then selects projects to recommend for BPA funding. 
BPA adopts this set of prescriptions to standardize the planning and 
implementation of individual wildlife mitigation projects. This 
decision is based on consideration of potential environmental impacts 
evaluated in BPA's Wildlife Mitigation Program Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0246) published March 20, 1997, and filed 
with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the week of March 24, 
1997 (EPA Notice of Availability published April 4, 1997, 62 FR 65, 
16154).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and Environmental Impact Statement may be 
obtained by calling BPA's toll-free document request line: 1-800-622-
4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas C. McKinney, Bonneville Power 
Administration, P.O. Box 3621 (EC-4), Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621, 
phone number [phone], fax number [phone].

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on June 4, 1997.
Randall W. Hardy,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-16397 Filed 6-20-97; 8:45 am]
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