Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 30.10.1996

Methow Valley Irrigation District Fisheries Enhancement Project

This notice announces BPA's proposal to jointly fund, along with the Washington State Department of Ecology, a plan to replace Methow Valley Irrigation District's current canal system with a pressurized pipe system fed by groundwater wells, to improve instream flows of the Methow and Twisp Rivers for fish habitat. This project would be in the floodplain and wetlands located in the Methow River Valley of Okanogan County, between the towns of Twisp and Carlton, Washington. 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.