[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24297-24298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12051]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Watershed Restoration Program Early Action Projects

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

ACTION: Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces BPA's proposal to fund watershed 
restoration projects to improve salmon habitat in floodplains and 
wetlands located throughout the Columbia River Basin in the states of 
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. 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 
floodplains and wetlands. After BPA issues the assessment, a floodplain 
statement of findings will be published in the Federal Register.

DATES: Comments are due to the address below no later than May 29, 
1996.

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


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Weintraub--ECN, Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, 
Portland, Oregon 97208-3621, phone number 503-230-5373, fax number 503-
230-5699.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA is proposing to provide watershed 
restoration funds to several entities, including the Yakama Indian 
Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Nez Perce 
Tribe, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Umatilla County, the 
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Pendleton High School, the Umatilla 
Watershed Council; U.S. Forest Service, Walla Walla County Conservation 
District, Oregon Department of Transportation, Grande Ronde Model 
Watershed, Washington Model Watersheds, and Idaho Model Watersheds. 
Restoration projects are proposed for streams in the Deschutes, John 
Day, Hood, Fifteenmile, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Grande Ronde, Methow, 
Yakima, Clearwater, Salmon, and Imnaha watersheds. The types of 
projects proposed include: riparian fencing to keep cattle out of 
streams; suppression of noxious weeds and revegetation of denuded 
streambanks to provide cover and reduce erosion; removal of ``push up'' 
type diversion dams and installation of control structures to eliminate 
passage barriers; conversion of irrigation diversions from streams to 
groundwater and/or sprinkler systems; consolidation of irrigation 
ditches; woody debris placement; streambank bioengineering and 
stabilization; dredge tailing removal; channel restoration; erosion 
control and stabilization of road banks; construction of sediment traps 
and overwintering habitat; removal of coffer dams and debris for 
passage improvement; dam reconstructuring; and updating/rehabilitation 
of fish screens.
    Further information is available from BPA at the address above.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on May 7, 1996.
Thomas C. McKinney,
NEPA Compliance Officer for Environment, Fish and Wildlife Group.
[FR Doc. 96-12051 Filed 5-13-96; 8:45 am]
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