[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 240 (Friday, December 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 71630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27292]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers


Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for Implementing Test Releases From Fort 
Peck Dam, Montana

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announces the 
availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Implementing Test Releases 
from Fort Peck Dam, Montana. The Final EIS was published in the Federal 
Register on Friday, September 24, 2021. The USACE Northwestern Division 
Commander signed the ROD on November 12, 2021.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Planning 
Branch, 1616 Capitol Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska 68102, The ROD is 
available for viewing on the USACE Omaha District planning website at: 
https://go.usa.gov/xe58t.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aaron Quinn, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers at (402) 995-2669 or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EIS was prepared for this project under 
the authority of the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321, 
et seq.). The EIS assesses the ability of test flows out of Fort Peck 
Dam, Montana to potentially benefit the Federally endangered pallid 
sturgeon.
    The USACE prepared the EIS as part of its commitment in the January 
2018 amendment to its October 2017 Biological Assessment for the 
Operation of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System, the 
Operation and Maintenance of the Bank Stabilization and Navigation 
Project, the Operation of the Kansas River Reservoir System, and the 
implementation of the Missouri River Recovery Management Plan. This 
Notice of Availability is published pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR 
part 1506.6) implementing the provisions of the National Environmental 
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.).

Geoffrey R. Van Epps,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Division Commander.
[FR Doc. 2021-27292 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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