[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33853]


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UTAH RECLAMATION MITIGATION AND CONSERVATION COMMISSION


Provo River Restoration Project

AGENCIES: The Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission 
(Commission) and the Department of the Interior (Department).

ACTION: Notice of availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (FEIS).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Commission and the Department have 
jointly issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the 
Provo River Restoration Project (PRRP). The FEIS analyzes alternatives 
and impacts associated with measures to restore and improve the fish 
habitat, riparian habitat, and natural functioning of the Provo River 
between Jordanelle Dam and Deer Creek Reservoir, Wasatch County, Utah. 
These measures are required to fulfill commitments of the 1988 Aquatic 
Mitigation Plan for the Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System 
(SACS) and the 1987 Wildlife Mitigation Plan for the Bonneville Unit of 
CUP as partial mitigation for past impacts of the CUP to this and other 
reaches of the Provo River and to other streams within the Bonneville 
Unit area. The Central Utah Project Completion Act (CUPCA) also 
authorizes the Commission and the Department to apply additional fish 
habitat and riparian habitat rehabilitation benefits and recreational 
facilities on the Provo River as mitigation for the Provo River 
Project, a duly authorized Reclamation project prior to CUP. The Provo 
River Restoration Project plan presents three action alternatives which 
meet, to a greater or lesser degree depending on the alternative 
selected, the Commission's habitat restoration and improvement 
mitigation and conservation responsibilities associated with the Provo 
River corridor in Heber Valley.

DATES: Written comments on the FEIS must be submitted or postmarked no 
later than February 6, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the FEIS should be addressed to: Michael C. 
Weland, Executive Director, Utah Reclamation Mitigation and 
Conservation Commission, 102 West 500 South, Suite 315, Salt Lake City, 
Utah 84101.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public participation has occurred throughout 
the EIS process. A Notice of Intent was filed in the Federal Register 
in December 1992. A notice of availability of the Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement was published in the Federal Register June 13, 1996. 
Since that time, open houses, public meetings, and mail-outs have been 
conducted to solicit comments and ideas. Any comments received 
throughout the process have been considered.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Additional copies of the FEIS, DEIS, copies of 
the resources technical reports, or information on matters related to 
this notice can be obtained on request from: Michael C. Weland, 
Executive Director, Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
Commission, 102 West 500 South, Suite 315, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101, 
Telephone: (801) 524-3146, Fax: (801) 524-3148.
    Copies are also available for inspection at:

Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission, 102 West 500 
South, Suite 315, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
Department of the Interior, Natural Resource Library, Serials Branch, 
18th and C Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. 20240
Department of the Interior, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office, 
302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606

    Dated: December 23, 1997.
Michael C. Weland,
Executive Director, Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
Commission.
[FR Doc. 97-33853 Filed 12-29-97; 8:45 am]
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