[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 166 (Monday, August 29, 1994)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[FES 94-18]

 

Notice of Availability of the Final Comprehensive River 
Conservation Study and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Hanford Reach of the Columbia River

AGENCY: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the final comprehensive river 
conservation study and final environmental impact statement for the 
Hanford Reach of the Columbia River.

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    Five management alternatives were developed to provide permanent 
protection to the Hanford Reach, in addition to the No Action 
alternative required by the National Environmental Policy Act. The 
proposal recommends that Congress designate the Hanford Reach a 
National Wildlife Refuge with a National Wild and Scenic River overlay. 
The proposal would protect 49.5 miles of river and approximately 
105,000 adjacent acres, both of which would be managed by the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service. The Hanford Reach is the last unimpounded segment 
of the Columbia River and includes critical spawning and rearing 
habitat for the fall chinook salmon, numerous historic and 
archaeological sites, a biodiversity representative of the original 
Columbia Basin, threatened and endangered plant and animal species, and 
various recreational activities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Kristen Sycamore, National Park Service, Pacific Northwest Regional 
Office, 909 First Avenue, Seattle, Washington, 98104, phone number 
(206) 220-4115. Reading copies will be available at the National Park 
Service, Pacific Northwest Regional Office (see above address); Seattle 
Public Library (Government Publications Section), 1000 4th Avenue, 
Seattle, WA; Department of Energy, Richland Field Office Reading Room, 
825 Jadwin Avenue, Richland, WA; Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, 735 
East Main Street, Othello, WA; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 3704 
Griffin Lane SE., Suite 102, Olympia, WA; Richland Public Library 
(Reference Section), 955 Northgate Avenue, Richland, WA; and the Public 
Affairs Office, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 
18th and C Streets, NW., Room 3424, Washington, DC 20240.

    Dated: July 29, 1994.
Jonathan P. Deason,
Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 94-21225 Filed 8-26-94; 8:45 am]
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