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   Proposed Billy Shaw Dam and Reservoir


[Federal Register: May 14, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 94)]
[Notices]               

[Page 24297]

>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]








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.





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: comment@bpa.gov.


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]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P

 
 

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