[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 120 (Tuesday, June 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34215]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16580]


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UTAH RECLAMATION MITIGATION AND CONSERVATION COMMISSION


Notice of Availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact 
for the Construction of the New Fountain Green State Fish Hatchery

AGENCY: The Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission 
(Mitigation Commission).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Finding of No Significant Impact 
(FONSI).

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SUMMARY: On June 12, 1998, Michael C. Weland, Executive Director of the 
Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission signed the 
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) which documents the decision 
to fund construction of the new Fountain Green State Fish Hatchery in 
Sanpete County, Utah. The hatchery will be reconstructed near the city 
of Fountain Green as a fish, wildlife and recreation feature of the 
Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. The Mitigation Commission 
and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources documented the 
environmental effects of constructing the new hatchery in an 
environmental assessment (EA). The Draft EA was developed with public 
input and the Final EA refined based upon public comment. The 
Commission has found the EA adequate for its decision to fund the new 
construction of the Proposed Action and has issued its FONSI in 
accordance with the Commission's NEPA Rule (43 CFR Part 10010.20).
    The hatchery and associated features to be constructed are 
supported by the 1998 Revised Fish Hatchery Production Plan and its EA 
and FONSI, prepared in accordance with and in fulfillment of the 
Central Utah Project Completion Act of 1992 (Titles II through VI of 
Public Law 102-575).
    Funding the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to construct the 
new Fountain Green State Fish Hatchery continues the effort in meeting 
the sport fish recreation and native fish recovery and conservation 
needs identified in the Revised Fish Hatchery Production Plan. Of the 
alternatives analyzed under the EA, the Preferred Alternative, which 
this decision implements, increases fish production, reduces fish 
disease risks, increases educational opportunities, decreases effluent 
total suspended solids and increases employee and visitor safety.
    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's planning aid letter issued 
under the authority of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 
401; as amended, 16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) stated that the Fish and 
Wildlife Service is supportive of the Preferred Alternative. 
Consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service indicated that no 
threatened or endangered species will be impacted by the Preferred 
Alternative. No wetlands will be impacted by construction, and none of 
the environmental impacts of this action are considered significant or 
highly controversial.
    The action is related to other potential future actions, 
specifically the improvement or construction of other State, Federal or 
Tribal fish hatcheries. The future construction projects will require 
separate NEPA compliance. The programmatic perspective has been 
considered in a separate NEPA document addressing fish hatchery 
improvement throughout the State.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Copies of the FONSI, of the Final EA, or 
additional information on matters related to this Federal Register 
notice can be obtained at the address and telephone number below: Ms. 
Maureen Wilson, Project Coordinator, Utah Reclamation Mitigation and 
Conservation Commission, 102 West 500 South, Suite 315, Salt Lake City, 
UT 84101, Telephone: (801) 524-3146.

    Dated: June 12, 1998.
Michael C. Weland,
Executive Director, Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
Commission.
[FR Doc. 98-16580 Filed 6-22-98; 8:45 am]
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