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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

 

Public Meetings on the Columbia River System Operation Review 
Draft EIS

AGENCIES: Bonneville Power Administration (Energy), Corps of Engineers 
(Army), Bureau of Reclamation (Interior).

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the dates, times, and locations of 
public meetings on the Columbia River System Operation Review (SOR) 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Written comments on the Draft EIS will be accepted 
through October 24, 1994. Comments should be sent to SOR Interagency 
Team, P.O. Box 2988, Portland, Oregon 97208-2988.
    Public meeting dates, times, and locations are:

September 19, 1994; 7-9 p.m.--Sandpoint Senior High School, 410 South 
Division, Sandpoint, Idaho
September 20, 1994; 7-9 p.m.--Cavanaugh's Inn, 20 N. Main Street, 
Kalispell, Montana
September 21, 1994; 7-9 p.m.--Asa Wood School Gym, 700 Idaho Street, 
Libby, Montana
September 22, 1994; 7-9 p.m.--Reclamation Project Office, Conference 
Room, Grand Coulee, Washington
September 26, 1994; 7-9 p.m.--Red Lion Downtowner, 1800 Fairview 
Avenue, Boise, Idaho
September 27, 1994; 7-9 p.m.--Ramada Inn, Port 4 Room, 621 21st Street, 
Lewiston, Idaho
September 28, 1994; 7-9 p.m.--Red Lion, 2525 N. 20th, Pasco, Washington
October 3, 1994; 1-3 p.m.--Portland Conference Center, Morrison Room, 
1020 NE. 3rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon
October 4, 1994; 1-3 p.m.--West Coast Hotel (Sea-Tac), 18220 Pacific 
Highway South, Seattle, Washington

BACKGROUND: The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), the U.S. Bureau 
of Reclamation, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have issued the 
Draft EIS on the Columbia River System Operation Review. The SOR, which 
began in 1990, analyzes major long-term obligations such as salmon 
recovery and other uses of the Columbia River system. The EIS evaluates 
seven different strategies for operating 14 Federal dams on the system. 
Alternatives range from operations as they were before any changes were 
made for threatened and endangered species to drawing down the lower 
Snake River projects to near natural riverbed levels. No alternative 
has been identified as preferred. ther actions addressed in the 
Draft EIS include formation of a Columbia River Regional Forum, renewal 
of the Pacific Northwest Coordination Agreement and negotiation of new 
Canadian Entitlement Allocation Agreements. Comments on the Draft EIS 
will be accepted through October 24, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For more information, please call one of the SOR Project Managers: Witt 
Anderson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (503) 326-5189; John Dooley, 
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (503) 230-7395; or Philip Thor, Bonneville 
Power Administration (503) 230-4235.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on August 25, 1994.
Philip W. Thor,
NEPA Project Manager, SOR Interagency Team, Bonneville Power 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 94-22007 Filed 9-7-94; 8:45 am]
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