[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12050]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Bonneville Power Administration
Proposed Billy Shaw Dam and Reservoir
AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Notice of floodplain and wetlands involvement.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces BPA's proposal to fund the construction
of the Billy Shaw Dam and Reservoir in an area of floodplains and
wetlands located in the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Idaho and
Nevada. In accordance with DOE regulations for compliance with
floodplain and wetlands environmental review requirements (10 CFR Part
1022), BPA will prepare a floodplain and wetlands assessment and will
perform this proposed action in a manner so as to avoid or minimize
potential harm to or within the affected floodplain and wetlands. The
assessment will be included in the environmental assessment being
prepared for the proposed project in accordance with the requirements
of the National Environmental Policy Act. A floodplain statement of
findings will be included in any finding of no significant impact that
may be issued following the completion of the environmental assessment.
DATES: Comments are due to the address below no later than June 1, 1996
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Public Involvement and Information
Manager, Bonneville Power Administration - CKP, P.O. Box 12999,
Portland, Oregon 97212. Internet address: [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Kathy Fisher - ECN, Bonneville Power
Administration, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621, phone
number 503-230-4375, fax number 503-230-5699.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Billy Shaw Dam and Reservoir is proposed
for construction in the Billy Shaw Slough, located west of the town of
Owyhee, Nevada in Section 15, T. 47 N., R. 1 E. The Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation are seeking BPA funding approval
to develop the Billy Shaw Dam and Reservoir as a lake fishery. The new
lake fishery would substitute resident fish for the tribal loss of the
salmon and steelhead fishery caused by the Hells Canyon hydropower
complex.
The lowlands areas of the Billy Shaw Slough are seasonally flooded
ephemeral alluvial washes. The saturated zones or intermittent riverine
areas are defined as waterways of the United States. These intermittent
riverine waters are winding, trend south to northwest, and occupy
approximately 3 acres of the site in the narrow winding bottom of the
slough. The banks are steep, undercut, and eroded with an average
height of one to two feet. The bottoms are sandy, for the most part
barren of vegetation, and intermittently saturated during the fall and
winter months.
Maps and further information are available from BPA at the address
above.
Issued in Portland, Oregon, on May 2, 1996.
Thomas C. McKinney,
NEPA Compliance Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-12050 Filed 5-13-96; 8:45 am]
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