[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 46133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21903]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[FES 95-30]


Josephine County Water Management Improvement, Fish Passage 
Improvements, Savage Rapids Dam, OR

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of planning report/final environmental 
statement.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 
amended, and the Reclamation Act of 1902, as amended, the Bureau of 
Reclamation has prepared a planning report/final environmental 
statement (PR/FES) on a proposed project to improve fish passage at 
Savage Rapids Dam located on the Rogue River in southwest Oregon near 
the city of Grants Pass. The report presents an evaluation of two 
alternatives for improving fish passage and reducing loss of salmon and 
steelhead.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the PR/FES may be requested from the following:
     Regional Director, Bureau of Reclamation, Attention: PN-
6309, Pacific Northwest Region, 1150 North Curtis Road, Boise, ID 
83706-1234. Telephone (208) 378-5087.
     Secretary/Manager, Grants Pass Irrigation District, 200 
Fruitdale Drive, Grants Pass OR 97527-5268. Telephone (503) 476-2582.
     Area Manager, Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Columbia Area 
Office, 1503 NE 78th, Suite 15, Vancouver, WA 98664. Telephone (206) 
576-8858.
    Copies of the PR/FES are available for inspection and review at the 
following locations:
     Josephine County Public Library, Grants Pass, Oregon.
     Medford Public Library, Medford, Oregon.
     Rogue River Public Library, Rogue River, Oregon.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The federally preferred plan proposes 
replacement of existing pumping and diversion facilities with two 
electrically-powered pumping plants, removal of the dam and appurtenant 
structures, and forgiveness of the remaining debt to the Federal 
Government. No significant changes have been made to the preferred plan 
as presented in the Bureau of Reclamation's planning report/draft 
environmental statement (DES 94-51).
    The PR/FES presents the preferred plan, an alternative plan that 
retains the dam, and the no Federal action plan and describes the 
existing environment and environmental consequences of plan 
implementation. Comments received during the 90-day review of the PR/
DES and Reclamation's responses are documented. It is Reclamation's 
intention to defer further action or recommendations until State of 
Oregon initiatives and recommendations regarding Savage Rapids Dam are 
completed. We anticipate that those questions will be resolved in mid-
1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific 
Northwest Region, Attention: PN-6309, 1150 North Curtis Road, Boise, 
Idaho 83706-1234. Telephone (208) 378-5087.

    Dated: August 18, 1995.
John W. Keys, III,
Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region.
[FR Doc. 95-21903 Filed 9-1-95; 8:45 am]
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