[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 222 (Monday, November 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63648-63649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24904]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Crystal Springs Hatchery Program Termination Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS)

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy 
(DOE).

ACTION: Notice of intent to terminate preparation of an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS).

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that BPA is terminating the 
preparation of the Crystal Springs Hatchery Program EIS (DOE/EIS-0500) 
that was announced in the Notice of Intent in the Federal Register on 
May 27, 2014. This EIS was considering BPA's decision whether to fund 
the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho's 
(Shoshone-Bannock Tribes) proposal to construct and operate a hatchery 
for spring/summer Chinook salmon for release in the Salmon River 
subbasin and for Yellowstone cutthroat trout for release in the Upper 
Snake River subbasin on the Fort Hall Reservation. The Shoshone-Bannock 
Tribes are developing an alternate implementation strategy to address 
site conditions and BPA would consider these proposals in the future.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted Gresh, Environmental Protection 
Specialist, Bonneville Power Administration--ECF-4, P.O. Box 3621, 
Portland, Oregon 97208-3621; toll-free telephone 1-800-282-3713; direct 
telephone 503-230-5756; or email [email protected] or Jonathan McCloud, 
Project Manager, Bonneville Power Administration--EWM-4, P.O. Box 3621, 
Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621; toll-free telephone number 1-800-622-
4519; email [email protected]. Additional information can be found at 
the project website: www.bpa.gov/goto/CrystalSprings.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Intent was published in the 
Federal Register on May 27, 2014, (79 FR 30165) to begin preparing an 
EIS for the Crystal Springs Hatchery Program. BPA solicited public 
comments pursuant to Section 102 of the National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA) of 1969. A draft EIS was issued May 3,

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2017, and BPA initiated a 45-day public comment period. Because of 
project feasibility issues, the EIS is being terminated in accordance 
with 40 CFR 1506.6 and 40 CFR 1506.10.

    Signed in Portland, Oregon, on November 5, 2019.
Elliot E. Mainzer,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-24904 Filed 11-15-19; 8:45 am]
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