[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 87 (Friday, May 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 19957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11009]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation


Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, Yakima, WA

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings on development of a programmatic 
environmental impact statement (PEIS).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 
amended, the Bureau of Reclamation is preparing a PEIS for the Yakima 
River Basin Water Enhancement Project (Enhancement Project), Yakima, 
Washington. The public meetings will be held to receive comments from 
interested organizations and individuals on the environmental impacts 
of the Enhancement Project.

DATES: The public meetings are scheduled from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. on May 
21, 1996, in Yakima, Washington; and on May 22, 1996, in Toppenish, 
Washington.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at:
     Red Lion Inn, 1507 North First Street, Yakima, Washington; 
and
     Yakima Indian Nation, Yakima Nation Cultural Center, Eagle 
Seelatsee Auditorium, 401 Fort Road, Toppenish, Washington.
    Written comments are to be submitted to: Area Manager, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Upper Columbia Area Office, Attention: UCA-1203, P.O. Box 
1749, Yakima, Washington 98907-1749.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Columbia Area Office, at the above 
address, or by telephone at (509) 575-5848 extension 265.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Organizations and individuals wishing to 
present statements at the meetings should contact the Bureau of 
Reclamation, Upper Columbia Area Office, to announce their intention to 
participate.
    Oral comments at the meetings will be limited to 5 minutes. The 
meeting facilitator will allow any speaker to provide additional oral 
comments after all persons wishing to comment have been heard.
    Written comments from those unable to attend or those wishing to 
supplement their oral presentations at the meetings, should be received 
by Reclamation's Upper Columbia Area Office at the above address by 
June 21, 1996, for inclusion in the meetings notes.

    Dated: April 29, 1996.
James V. Cole,
Area Manager, Upper Columbia Area Office.
[FR Doc. 96-11009 Filed 5-2-96; 8:45 am]
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