[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48530-48531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22926]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Washington-Action Agency Estuary Habitat Memorandum of Agreement 
Record of Decision

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 under the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the Estuary Habitat 
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the State of Washington consistent 
with and tiered to the Fish and Wildlife Implementation Plan 
Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0312, April 2003) and ROD 
(October 31, 2003). The NEPA ROD for the MOA is included as part of the 
Administrator's ROD for the MOA. BPA has decided to enter into a MOA 
with the State of Washington and two Federal agencies (the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) to provide for a 
9-year funding commitment for Columbia River Estuary habitat projects 
to help strengthen populations of steelhead and salmon listed under the 
Endangered Species Act. The Columbia River Estuary includes the 
mainstem Columbia River from the mouth of the River at its confluence 
with the Pacific Ocean, up to Bonneville Dam, including tidally-
influenced tributaries below Bonneville Dam. The Columbia River

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Estuary includes important habitat for all Columbia Basin salmon and 
steelhead species, as well as a wide variety of other fish and wildlife 
species. The MOA is consistent with and will work in concert with the 
2008 Biological Opinion issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration-Fisheries for the Federal Columbia River Power System 
for listed salmon and steelhead. The MOA also supports BPA's 
implementation of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's 
Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD may be obtained by calling BPA's toll-free 
document request line, 1-800-622-4520. The ROD is also available on the 
BPA Web site, http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/pubs/rods/2008/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Ackley, Bonneville Power 
Administration--KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621; 
toll-free telephone number 1-800-282-3713; fax number 503-230-5699; or 
e-mail [email protected].

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on September 15, 2009.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-22926 Filed 9-22-09; 8:45 am]
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