[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13136-13137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6020]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement for the Lower Red 
River Meadow Project

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement.

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SUMMARY: BPA proposes to fund the Red River Meadow Juvenile Chinook 
Habitat Restoration Project in a cooperative effort with the Idaho Soil 
and Water Conservation District, Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho 
Department of Fish and Game, and Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho. The proposed 
action would allow the sponsors to secure long-term agreements with 
private and public landowners to conduct stream restoration and 
fisheries habitat [[Page 13137]] enhancement activities located in 
Idaho County, Idaho, near Elk City (T28, R9E, Secs. 18 and 19).
    In accordance with DOE regulations for compliance with floodplain 
and wetlands environmental review requirements (10 CFR Part 1022), BPA 
will prepare a floodplain and wetlands assessment and will perform this 
proposed action in a manner so as to avoid or minimize potential harm 
to or within the affected floodplain and wetlands.
    The assessment will be included in the environmental assessment 
(EA) being prepared for the proposed project in accordance with the 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. A floodplain 
statement of findings will be included in any finding of no significant 
impact that may be issued following the completion of the EA.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Beraud, ECN, Bonneville Power 
Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208-621, phone number 
503-230-3599, fax number 503-230-5699, or Robert Shank, ECN, Bonneville 
Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208-3621, phone 
number 503-230-5115.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA proposes to stabilize the stream 
channel, restore fishery habitat features, and re-establish a riparian 
shrub community. The project area is roughly 7.1 km (4.4 miles) of 
state and privately owned land located adjacent to the Red River. The 
majority of the land is currently used for cattle grazing. The proposed 
activities are necessary to partially mitigate for juvenile chinook 
salmon spawning and rearing habitat adversely affected by construction 
and operation of the lower Snake and Columbia River dams and 
reservoirs.
    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, Office of Environment/Fish and Wildlife.
[FR Doc. 95-6020 Filed 3-9-95; 8:45 am]
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