[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 120 (Tuesday, June 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16580]
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UTAH RECLAMATION MITIGATION AND CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Notice of Availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact
for the Construction of the New Fountain Green State Fish Hatchery
AGENCY: The Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission
(Mitigation Commission).
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI).
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SUMMARY: On June 12, 1998, Michael C. Weland, Executive Director of the
Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission signed the
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) which documents the decision
to fund construction of the new Fountain Green State Fish Hatchery in
Sanpete County, Utah. The hatchery will be reconstructed near the city
of Fountain Green as a fish, wildlife and recreation feature of the
Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. The Mitigation Commission
and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources documented the
environmental effects of constructing the new hatchery in an
environmental assessment (EA). The Draft EA was developed with public
input and the Final EA refined based upon public comment. The
Commission has found the EA adequate for its decision to fund the new
construction of the Proposed Action and has issued its FONSI in
accordance with the Commission's NEPA Rule (43 CFR Part 10010.20).
The hatchery and associated features to be constructed are
supported by the 1998 Revised Fish Hatchery Production Plan and its EA
and FONSI, prepared in accordance with and in fulfillment of the
Central Utah Project Completion Act of 1992 (Titles II through VI of
Public Law 102-575).
Funding the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to construct the
new Fountain Green State Fish Hatchery continues the effort in meeting
the sport fish recreation and native fish recovery and conservation
needs identified in the Revised Fish Hatchery Production Plan. Of the
alternatives analyzed under the EA, the Preferred Alternative, which
this decision implements, increases fish production, reduces fish
disease risks, increases educational opportunities, decreases effluent
total suspended solids and increases employee and visitor safety.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's planning aid letter issued
under the authority of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat.
401; as amended, 16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) stated that the Fish and
Wildlife Service is supportive of the Preferred Alternative.
Consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service indicated that no
threatened or endangered species will be impacted by the Preferred
Alternative. No wetlands will be impacted by construction, and none of
the environmental impacts of this action are considered significant or
highly controversial.
The action is related to other potential future actions,
specifically the improvement or construction of other State, Federal or
Tribal fish hatcheries. The future construction projects will require
separate NEPA compliance. The programmatic perspective has been
considered in a separate NEPA document addressing fish hatchery
improvement throughout the State.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Copies of the FONSI, of the Final EA, or
additional information on matters related to this Federal Register
notice can be obtained at the address and telephone number below: Ms.
Maureen Wilson, Project Coordinator, Utah Reclamation Mitigation and
Conservation Commission, 102 West 500 South, Suite 315, Salt Lake City,
UT 84101, Telephone: (801) 524-3146.
Dated: June 12, 1998.
Michael C. Weland,
Executive Director, Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation
Commission.
[FR Doc. 98-16580 Filed 6-22-98; 8:45 am]
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