[Federal Register: March 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 39)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

 
Lyle Falls Fish Passage Project

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy 
(DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the ROD to implement 
the Proposed Action identified in the Lyle Falls Fish Passage Project 
EIS (DOE/EIS-0397, November 2008). BPA has decided to fund 
modifications to the existing Lyle Falls Fishway on the lower Klickitat 
River (river mile 2.2) in Klickitat County, Washington to improve fish 
passage to the upper part of the Klickitat River watershed. In addition 
to improving fish passage, the modifications will facilitate collection 
and monitoring of biological information for future fishery management 
and enhance opportunities for adult salmonids to access and use habitat 
in the upper Klickitat River. The EIS was cooperatively prepared by 
BPA, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (Yakama 
Nation), the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), and the Washington Department 
of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS may be obtained by calling BPA's 
toll-free document request line, 1-800-622-4520. The ROD and EIS 
Summary are also available on our Web site, http://www.efw.bpa.gov/
environmental_services/Document_Library/Lyle_Falls/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mr. Carl J. Keller, Environmental 
Project Manager, Bonneville Power Administration KEC-4, P.O.Box 3621, 
Portland, Oregon 97208-3621; telephone number 1-503-230-7692; fax 
number 503-230-5699; or e-mail cjkeller@bpa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lower 10.8 miles of the Klickitat River 
are designated as a recreational river segment under the National Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act. The USFS administers this portion of the 
Klickitat River and its corridor. The fishway at Lyle Falls is owned by 
WDFW and operated by the Yakama Nation. The existing fishway does not 
function effectively, particularly during low flows, and does not 
comply with fish passage standards established by the National Marine 
Fisheries Service and WDFW. The improvements will facilitate migration 
for spring and fall Chinook salmon, coho salmon, steelhead trout, 
Pacific lamprey, and bull trout, but the primary benefits will be to 
fall Chinook and coho salmon.
    In addition to increasing fish production in the Klickitat River, 
the project will contribute to an increase in fish production in the 
Columbia River Basin. The project will also help BPA fulfill its 
Federal Columbia River Power System off-site mitigation 
responsibilities under the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning 
and Conservation Act, and its responsibilities under the Endangered 
Species Act.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on February 20, 2009.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-4324 Filed 2-27-09; 8:45 am]

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