[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 59 (Monday, March 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 15430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6881]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Chief Joseph Hatchery Program

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 to implement 
the proposed action identified in BPA's Chief Joseph Hatchery Program 
Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0384, November 2009). BPA has 
decided to fund the construction, operation, and maintenance of the 
Chief Joseph Hatchery and associated facilities in Okanogan County, 
Washington and adopt the mitigation measures in the Mitigation Action 
Plan. All practicable means to avoid or minimize environmental harm are 
adopted. The hatchery program will produce juvenile Chinook salmon and 
will help mitigate for the effects of the Federal Columbia River Power 
System on fish and wildlife by enhancing Chinook populations below 
Chief Joseph Dam in the Okanogan River subbasin and upper middle 
Columbia River subbasin, and by complementing other on-going salmon 
protection and mitigation measures. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
(USACE), the operator of the Chief Joseph Dam, is a Federal cooperating 
agency under NEPA; the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation 
are the project sponsors and will own and operate the Chinook salmon 
production program and hatchery facilities. The National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service, the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and the State of Washington's 
Department of Fish and Wildlife were consulted during the development 
of the EIS. BPA is issuing this ROD for its actions only; the USACE 
will issue its own separate ROD.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS may be obtained by calling BPA's 
toll-free document request line, 1-800-622-4520. The ROD and EIS 
Summary are also available on our Web site, http://www.efw.bpa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mickey Carter, Bonneville Power 
Administration--KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208-3621; 
toll-free telephone number 1-800-622-4519; fax number 503-230-5699; or 
e-mail [email protected].

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on March 18, 2010.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-6881 Filed 3-26-10; 8:45 am]
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