[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 141 (Friday, July 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 45379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18384]


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COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY


Annual Report on Endangered Species Act Exemption

AGENCY: Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the 
President.

ACTION: Availability of report.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Annual Report 
submitted by Basin Electric Power Cooperative, as Project Manager for 
the Missouri Basin Power Project in the matter of an exemption granted 
from the requirements of the Endangered Species Act to Grayrocks Dam. 
The lead federal agency in the project is the Rural Electrification 
Administration.

DATES: The report was submitted to the Council in November, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The Annual Report is available from Basin Electric Power 
Cooperative, 1717 East Interstate Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58501-0564; 
Telephone: (701) 223-0441.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dinah Bear, General Counsel, Council 
on Environmental Quality, 722 Jackson Place, NW., Washington, DC 20503; 
Telephone (202) 395-7421.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Endangered Species Act, any agency 
granted an exemption under 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1536(h) must submit to the 
Council on Environmental Quality an annual report describing its 
compliance methods with the mitigation and enhancement measures 
prescribed by 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1536. See 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1536(1)(2). This 
sub-section further requires that the Council publish availability of 
the report in the Federal Register.
    On February 7, 1979, the Endangered Species Committee granted an 
exemption from the requirements of the Endangered Species Act to 
Grayrocks Dam. In granting the Exemption Order, the committee, as 
required by the act, established requirements for reasonable mitigation 
and enhancement measures. These requirements are set out in an 
``Agreement of Settlement and Compromise'' and is part of the Annual 
Report announced here.

    Dated: July 10, 2000.
George T. Frampton,
Acting Chair.
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