98-20479. City of Tacoma; Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 147 (Friday, July 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40903]
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[FR Doc No: 98-20479]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2016-022]


City of Tacoma; Notice of Availability of Final Environmental 
Assessment

July 27, 1998.
    A final environmental assessment (EA) is available for public 
review. The final EZ analyzes the environmental impacts of approving a 
settlement agreement among the City of Tacoma, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (the parties) 
for the Cowlitz River Project No. 2016-022. The City of Tacoma is the 
project's licensee and the project is located on the Cowlitz River at 
river miles 52 and 65, near the town of Mossyrock, Washington.
    The settlement agreement among the parties creates a 14,000 acre 
wildlife mitigation area to be managed by the Washington Department of 
Fish and Wildlife. All 14,000 acres will be included in the project 
boundary and managed according to a wildlife management plan once 
finalized. The final EA finds that creating the new wildlife mitigation 
area would not constitute a major federal action significantly 
affecting the quality of the human environment. The final EA was 
written by staff in the Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission. Copies of the final EA can be obtained by 
calling the Commission's Public Reference room at [phone].
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-20479 Filed 7-30-98; 8:45 am]
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