[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46954-46955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23617]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Watershed Management Program

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the ROD to adopt a 
set of prescriptions (goals, strategies, and procedural requirements) 
that apply to future BPA-funded watershed management projects. Various 
sources--including Indian tribes, state agencies, property owners, 
private conservation groups, or other Federal agencies--propose 
watershed projects to the Northwest Power Planning Council (Council) 
for BPA funding. Following independent scientific and public reviews, 
Council then selects projects to recommend for BPA funding. BPA adopts 
this set of prescriptions to standardize the planning and 
implementation of individual watershed management projects. This 
decision is based on consideration of potential environmental impacts 
evaluated in

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BPA's Watershed Management Program Final Environmental Impact Statement 
(DOE/EIS-0265) published July 8, 1997, and filed with the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) the week of July 14, 1997 (EPA Notice of 
Availability published July 18, 1997, 62 FR 65, 16145).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and Environmental Impact Statement may be 
obtained by calling BPA's toll-free document request line: 1-800-622-
4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Eric N. Powers--ECN-4, Bonneville 
Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621, 
phone number (503) 230-5823, fax number (503) 230-5699.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on August 27, 1997.
Sue F. Hickey,
Chief Operating Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-23617 Filed 9-4-97; 8:45 am]
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