[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 11390] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-6707] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Yakima Fisheries Project AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy (DOE). ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record of Decision (ROD). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the ROD to implement Alternative 2 of the proposed Yakima Fisheries Project to undertake fishery research and mitigation activities in the Yakima River Basin in south-central Washington. The project responds directly to a need for knowledge of viable means to rebuild and maintain naturally spawning anadromous fish stocks in the Yakima Basin. Alternative 2 would experimentally supplement depressed populations of upper Yakima spring chinook salmon that spawn naturally, as well as undertake a study to determine the feasibility of re-establishing a naturally spawning population and significant fall fishery for coho salmon (now eliminated in the basin). The following facilities would be built: a central hatchery at Cle Elum; and three sites with six raceways each for acclimation and release of spring chinook smolts at Clark Flat, Easton, and Jack Creek. Alternative 2 was selected for its potential for increasing knowledge of supplementation, while increasing the number of upper Yakima spring chinook returning to the basin. Anadromous fish populations should also increase more quickly, and harvest opportunities should increase. ADDRESSES: Copies of the Yakima Fisheries Project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), the Yakima Fisheries Project EIS Summary, and the ROD may be obtained by calling BPA's toll-free document request line: 1- 800-622-4520. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Weintraub, Environmental Project Lead-ECN, Bonneville Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621, phone number (503) 230-5373, fax number (503) 230- 5699. Issued in Portland, Oregon, on March 13, 1996. Randall W. Hardy, Administrator and Chief Executive Officer. [FR Doc. 96-6707 Filed 3-19-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P