[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40386-40387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19451]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Final Environmental Impact Statement for Elwha River Ecosystem 
Restoration, Olympic National Park, WA

ACTION: Notice of availability on the final environmental impact 
statement.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a final 
environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the restoration of the Elwha 
River Ecosystem in Olympic National Park, Washington.

LOCATIONS: Public reading copies of the FEIS will be available for 
review at the following locations:

Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior, 18th and C Streets NW., Washington, DC 20240, Telephone: 202-
208-6843.
Olympic National Park, National Park Service, 600 E. Park Avenue, Port 
Angeles, WA 98362, Telephone: 206-452-4501.
North Olympic Library System, Port Angeles Branch, 207 S. Lincoln 
Street, Port Angeles, WA, Telephone: 206-452-9253.
Government Documents, Seattle Public Library, 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle, 
WA 98104-1193, Telephone: 206-386-4686.
Government Publications, Suzzallo Library, University of Washington, 
Seattle, WA 98195, Telephone: 206-543-1937.
Pacific West Field Office, Columbia/Cascades Systems Support Office, 
909 First Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104-1060, Telephone: 206-220-4070.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Winter, Elwha River Restoration Coordinator, Olympic National 
Park, 600 E. Park Avenue, Port Angeles, WA 98362, Telephone: 206-452-
0302. A limited number of copies of the FEIS are available on request. 
All who submitted 

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substantive comments on the Draft EIS will receive a copy of the FEIS.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Park Service has prepared a 
Final Environmental Impact Statement, Elwha River Ecosystem 
Restoration, Olympic National Park, Washington, The FEIS presents the 
proposed action and alternatives for restoration of the Elwha River 
Ecosystem and its native anadromous fish runs. The proposed action 
calls for the removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon Dams to accomplish 
the Secretary of the Interior's objectives, as directed by Public Law 
102-495, the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act of 
1992, to restore the river's ecosystem and its native anadromous fish 
runs.
    The draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for this action was 
released for public review in October 1994 Federal Register Vol. 59, 
No. 213), and the public comment period closed on December 23, 1994. 
Both the DEIS and FEIS analyze the proposed action and four 
alternatives for restoring the Elwha River ecosystem. The four 
alternatives include no action--continuing to operate the dams without 
anadromous fish mitigation; dam retention--operating the dams with 
addition of mitigation; remove only Elwha Dam; and remove only Glines 
Canyon Dam.
    The FEIS contains all letters received during the public comment 
period and responses to substantive comments are contained in a 
question and answer format. A summary of comments received during 
public workshops on the DEIS is also contained in the FEIS.
    The no action period on the FEIS will expire 30 days after the 
Notice of Availability of this FEIS. This programmatic FEIS is 
connected to a second, implementation EIS currently being prepared 
which will analyze site-specific alternatives for removal of the dams 
and the management of sediment.
    The DEIS and FEIS have been completed by the National Park Service 
in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Lower Elwha S'Klallam 
Tribe.

    Dated: July 26, 1955.
Kenneth Naser,
Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 95-19451 Filed 8-7-95; 8:45 am]
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