Josephine County Water Management Improvement, Fish Passage Improvements, Savage Rapids Dam, OR

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Bureau of Reclamation

Josephine County Water Management Improvement, Fish Passage

Improvements, Savage Rapids Dam, OR

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of planning report/draft environmental

statement.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended, the Bureau of Reclamation has prepared a planning report/draft

environmental statement (PR/DES) on a proposed project to improve fish

passage at Savage Rapids Dam located on the Rogue River in southwest

Oregon near the city of Grants Pass. The report presents an evaluation

of two alternatives for improving fish passage and reducing loss of

salmon and steelhead. A 90-day review period commences with the

publication of this notice.

DATES: Written comments on the PR/DES must be submitted to the Regional

Director at the address listed below by March 21, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the PR/DES may be requested from the following:

Regional Director, Bureau of Reclamation, Attention: PN-6309,

Pacific Northwest Region, 1150 North Curtis Road, Boise, ID 83706-1234,

Telephone (208) 378-5087;

Secretary/Manager, Grants Pass Irrigation District, 200

Fruitdale Drive, Grants Pass, OR 97527-5268, Telephone (503) 476-2582.

Copies of the PR/DES are available for inspection and review at the

following locations:

Josephine County Public Library, Grants Pass, Oregon

Medford Public Library, Medford, Oregon

Rogue River Public Library, Rogue River, Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific Northwest Region, Attention: PN-6309,

1150 North Curtis Road, Boise, Idaho 83706-1234. Telephone (202) 378-

5087.

Dated: December 8, 1994.

John W. Keys III,

Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region.

[FR Doc. 94-31238 Filed 12-19-94; 8:45 am]

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