[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 13137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6019]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Wetlands Involvement for the Skyline Farm Project

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

ACTION: Notice of Wetlands Involvement.

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SUMMARY: Today's notice announces BPA's proposal to transfer Skyline 
Farm's water rights from agricultural use to in-stream use for fish. 
Skyline Farm encompasses about 3640 hectares (9,000 acres) with 
approximately 50,000 acre-feet of water rights and is located in 
Malheur County, Oregon. In July 1994, BPA entered into a 1- to 3-year 
purchase option and water use agreement with the main owner of Skyline 
Farm. This agreement allows BPA to file application with the state to 
temporarily transfer use of 16,000 acre-feet of water per year from 
agricultural use to in-stream use for fish and hydropower generation 
and evaluate the effects. The purpose of this agreement is to carry out 
part of the Northwest Power Planning Council's program to increase 
stream flows in the upper Snake River Basin for salmon and steelhead. 
This proposal could impact wetlands that occur on the Skyline Farm 
property. In accordance with DOE regulations for compliance with 
floodplain and wetlands environmental review requirements (10 C.F.R. 
Part 1022), BPA will prepare a wetlands assessment and will perform 
this proposed action in a manner so as to avoid or minimize potential 
harm to or within the affected wetlands. The assessment will be 
included in the environmental assessment being prepared for the 
proposed project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy 
Act.

DATES: Comments are due to the address below no later than April 17, 
1995.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Public Involvement and Information 
Manager, Bonneville Power Administration--CKP, P.O. Box 12999, 
Portland, Oregon 97212.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Nancy A. Wittpenn, Bonneville Power 
Administration--ECN-500, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208-3621, 
phone number 503-230-3297, fax number 503-230-5699.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the Skyline Farm property, palustrine 
emergent wetlands occur in drainages located in sections 2, 3, and 4 
within Township 18 South, Range 46 East, and in sections 1, 2, 10-17, 
20-23, 26-28, and 32-35 within Township 17 South, Range 46 East. 
Palustrine scrub-shrub wetlands associated with water impoundments 
within Jacobsen Gulch occur in sections 10, 14, and 16 within Township 
17 South, Range 46 East.
    Maps and further information are available from BPA at the address 
above.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on March 2, 1995.
John M. Taves,
NEPA Compliance Officer for Fish and Wildlife.
[FR Doc. 95-6019 Filed 3-9-95; 8:45 am]
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