# Final Environmental Impact Statement for Elwha River Ecosystem Restoration, Olympic National Park, WA > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A95-19451 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** August 8, 1995 - **Citation:** 60 FR 40386 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Final Environmental Impact Statement for Elwha River Ecosystem Restoration, Olympic National Park, WA ACTION: Notice of availability on the final environmental impact statement. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the restoration of the Elwha River Ecosystem in Olympic National Park, Washington. LOCATIONS: Public reading copies of the FEIS will be available for review at the following locations: Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 18th and C Streets NW., Washington, DC 20240, Telephone: 202- 208-6843. Olympic National Park, National Park Service, 600 E. Park Avenue, Port Angeles, WA 98362, Telephone: 206-452-4501. North Olympic Library System, Port Angeles Branch, 207 S. Lincoln Street, Port Angeles, WA, Telephone: 206-452-9253. Government Documents, Seattle Public Library, 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104-1193, Telephone: 206-386-4686. Government Publications, Suzzallo Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, Telephone: 206-543-1937. Pacific West Field Office, Columbia/Cascades Systems Support Office, 909 First Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104-1060, Telephone: 206-220-4070. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Winter, Elwha River Restoration Coordinator, Olympic National Park, 600 E. Park Avenue, Port Angeles, WA 98362, Telephone: 206-452- 0302. A limited number of copies of the FEIS are available on request. All who submitted [[Page 40387]] substantive comments on the Draft EIS will receive a copy of the FEIS. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Park Service has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement, Elwha River Ecosystem Restoration, Olympic National Park, Washington, The FEIS presents the proposed action and alternatives for restoration of the Elwha River Ecosystem and its native anadromous fish runs. The proposed action calls for the removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon Dams to accomplish the Secretary of the Interior's objectives, as directed by Public Law 102-495, the Elwha River Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration Act of 1992, to restore the river's ecosystem and its native anadromous fish runs. The draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for this action was released for public review in October 1994 Federal Register Vol. 59, No. 213), and the public comment period closed on December 23, 1994. Both the DEIS and FEIS analyze the proposed action and four alternatives for restoring the Elwha River ecosystem. The four alternatives include no action--continuing to operate the dams without anadromous fish mitigation; dam retention--operating the dams with addition of mitigation; remove only Elwha Dam; and remove only Glines Canyon Dam. The FEIS contains all letters received during the public comment period and responses to substantive comments are contained in a question and answer format. A summary of comments received during public workshops on the DEIS is also contained in the FEIS. The no action period on the FEIS will expire 30 days after the Notice of Availability of this FEIS. This programmatic FEIS is connected to a second, implementation EIS currently being prepared which will analyze site-specific alternatives for removal of the dams and the management of sediment. The DEIS and FEIS have been completed by the National Park Service in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Lower Elwha S'Klallam Tribe. Dated: July 26, 1955. Kenneth Naser, Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance. [FR Doc. 95-19451 Filed 8-7-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-70-M --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A95-19451. Public record. Not legal advice.