Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact for the Strawberry Aqueduct and Collection System Angler-Access Acquisition and Corridor Management

Zusammenfassung

On November 17, 1999, Michael C. Weland, Executive Director of the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission (Mitigation Commission), signed the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), which documents the decision to fund and complete the Angler-Access Acquisition and Corridor Management project. The project is located in Duchesne County and Wasatch County, Utah. The Mitigation Commission and Bureau of Reclamation, joint-lead agencies for the project, documented the environmental effects of funding and completing this project in a 1999 environmental assessment (EA). The Draft EA was issued on July 31, 1998, analyzing the environmental impacts of completing the remaining angler-access and terrestrial wildlife mitigation acquisitions and establishing long-term management guidelines for mitigation lands. The Final EA was refined based upon public comment and released in November 1999. The Mitigation Commission has reviewed the Final EA, determined it adequate for the decisions to be made, and issued a FONSI, in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Acquisition and management of angler access corridors are required by the