Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 23.10.1997

Upper Grande Ronde Supplementation Program

This notice announces BPA's proposal to construct acclimation ponds for the Grande Ronde River spring chinook in floodplain and wetlands located in Union and Wallowa Counties, Oregon. A total of three acclimation sites would be developed in the Upper Grande River, the Lostine River and Catherine Creek tributaries within the Grande Ronde Subbasin of the Snake River Drainage in northeastern Oregon. It is the intent of the BPA, the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the National Marine Fisheries Service to prevent the extinction and restore the population of the spring chinook within the tributaries. In accordance with DOE regulations for compliance with floodplain and wetlands environmental review requirements, BPA will prepare a floodplain and wetlands assessment and would 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 floodplai