[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 184 (Monday, September 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 54603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-22050]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Central Utah Project Completion Act

AGENCIES: Department of the Interior, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary--Water and Science.

ACTION: Notice of Availability, Final Environmental Assessment (FEA) 
and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), Hobble Creek Stream 
Restoration, Utah County, Utah.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the Central Utah Project Completion Act 
Office has evaluated the environmental impacts of a proposal to 
relocate, and restore natural stream sinuosity, and fisheries habitat, 
in Hobble Creek, a tributary to Utah Lake in Utah County, Utah, to 
assist recovery of the endangered June sucker fish (Chasmistes liorus). 
Following a review of issues, with public involvement, the Department 
has concluded that no significant impacts affecting the quality of the 
human environment are anticipated to result from this action. 
Therefore, no Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared.
    Under the Proposed Action, approximately the last one mile of 
Hobble Creek, where it enters Utah Lake, will be relocated onto 
property owned by the State of Utah. The project will improve the 
hydrology of the stream, open the upper reaches of Hobble Creek to 
spawning June sucker, which currently exist in Utah Lake. As part of 
the project, adjacent wetlands and connecting side channels will be 
constructed on the property to create backwater habitat for survival 
and rearing of larval stages of June sucker produced in the creek. 
After construction, the project lands would be managed by the Utah 
Division of Wildlife Resources for protection of wetlands and 
conservation of the June sucker. The Utah Transit Authority, State of 
Utah, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service served as cooperating 
agencies in completing the environmental evaluations under NEPA.
    This project is being implemented in cooperation with the June 
Sucker Recovery Implementation Program (JSRIP).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the Final EA and FONSI are 
available by contacting Mr. Ralph G. Swanson at the Central Utah 
Project Completion Act Office, 302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606, 
by calling 801/379-1254, or E-mail at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#31434246505f425e5f7144521f444253431f565e47"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c7b5b4b0a6a9b4a8a987b2a4e9b2b4a5b5e9a0a8b1">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Copies of the Final EA and FONSI are also available for inspection 
at:

Springville City Library, 50 South Main, Springville, Utah 84663;
Department of the Interior, Central Utah Project Completion Act Office, 
302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606.

    In addition, both documents are available at the JSRIP Web site at 
http://www.junesuckerrecovery.org or the Utah Transit Authority Web 
site at http://www.rideuta.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Reed R. Murray,
CUP Program Director, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. E8-22050 Filed 9-19-08; 8:45 am]
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