[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 189 (Wednesday, September 30, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 52286-52287] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-26130] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Reclamation Milltown Hill Project, Douglas County, Oregon AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior. ACTION: Notice of cancellation of the supplement to the final environmental statement. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is canceling work under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on the Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Milltown Hill Project. A notice of intent to prepare a supplemental FEIS for the project was published in the Federal Register (62 FR 67890, December 30, 1997). Douglas County (County) Oregon, the project applicant, has suspended its plans to develop a dam and reservoir at the Milltown Hill site on Elk Creek above Drain, Oregon. The County has been unsuccessful in obtaining a waiver from the State of Oregon to forego the construction of fish passage facilities at the proposed Milltown Hill Dam. ADDRESSES: Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific Northwest Regional Office, 1150 North Curtis Road, Suite 100, Boise, ID 83706-1234. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the project contact Robert Hamilton, telephone (208) 378-5087. For information regarding the [[Page 52287]] NEPA process contact Robert Christensen, telephone (208) 378-5039. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed Milltown Hill Project would have provided regulated flows of water to improve anadromous and resident fisheries and would have provided mitigating measures to improve fishery habitats. However, under Oregon law, each new dam is required to have appropriate fish passage facilities unless granted a waiver by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission (Commission). No fish passage facilities were proposed for the Milltown Hill Dam because the added expense of constructing and operating the facilities would render the project uneconomical. The County applied to the Commission for a waiver, but the Commission denied the waiver. Therefore, the County has suspended further work on the project until an economical solution to the fish passage issue can be found. Dated: September 24, 1998. Paul D. Rachetto, Acting Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region. [FR Doc. 98-26130 Filed 9-29-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-94-M