Availability of a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on Impacts of Artificial Salmon and Steelhead Production Strategies in the Columbia Basin

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact

Statement on Impacts of Artificial Salmon and Steelhead Production

Strategies in the Columbia Basin

AGENCIES: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, (lead agency), National

Marine Fisheries Service, Bonneville Power Administration (cooperating

agencies).

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Comment Period.

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SUMMARY: As announced in the Federal Register on February 21, 1997 (FR,

Vol. 62, No. 35, p. 8034), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)

requested comments on the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact

Statement be received by May 1, 1997. This notice announces the Service

has extended the comment period.

DATES: Written comments are requested by June 2, 1997.

ADDRESS WRITTEN COMMENTS: Send comments to PEIS Team Leader, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, 911 NE 11 Ave, Portland, Oregon, 97232-4181.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lee Hillwig, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Telephone: 503-872-2766 or Dave Riley, Telephone: 503-226-

2460.

Dated: April 17, 1997.

Thomas J. Dwyer,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 97-10594 Filed 4-23-97; 8:45 am]

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