[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64249-64250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30962]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Reedsport-Fairview Transmission Project

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 reconstruct or 
relocate a section of the Reedsport-Fairview No. 1 115-kilovolt (kV) 
transmission line located in Coos County, Oregon. This action will 
improve BPA's ability to maintain this section of line. In accordance 
with DOE regulations for compliance with floodplain and wetlands 
environmental review requirements, 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 any affected 
floodplain and wetlands. The assessment will be included in the 
environmental assessment being prepared for the proposed project in 
accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy 
Act. A floodplain statement of findings will be included in any finding 
of no significant impact that may be issued following the completion of 
the environmental assessment.

DATE: Comments are due to the address below no later than December 4, 
1998.

ADDRESS: Submit comments to Communications, Bonneville Power 
Administration--ACS-7, P.O. Box 12999, Portland, Oregon 97212. Internet 
address: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy A. Wittpenn, Environmental Project Lead--ECN-4, Bonneville Power 
Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621, phone 
number 503-230-3297, fax number 503-230-5699. Internet address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The project would include the following 
types of activities that may involve work in wetlands and floodplains: 
constructing or removing transmission line structures and conductors 
and access road building or regrading. The project area is located in 
Coos County, Oregon. Wetlands and floodplains that may be affected by 
the project are in the Ross, Shinglehouse, Isthmus, and Coalbank 
Sloughs and located in T26S, R12W, Sections 7, 18, and 19; T26S, R13W, 
Sections 1, 3, 10, 12, 15, 23, and 37.

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    Maps and further information are available from BPA at the address 
above.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on November 10, 1998.
Thomas C. McKinney,
NEPA Compliance Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-30962 Filed 11-18-98; 8:45 am]
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