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SUMMARY: Copies of the Bonneville 

Purchasing Instructions (BPI), which 

contain the policy and establish the 

procedures that BPA uses in the 

solicitation, award, and administration 

of its purchases of goods and services, 

including construction, are available in 

printed form or at the following Internet 

address: http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/ 

business/bpi. 

Copies of the Bonneville Financial 

Assistance Instructions (BFAI), which 

contain the policy and establish the 

procedures that BPA uses in the 

solicitation, award, and administration 

of financial assistance instruments 

(principally grants and cooperative 

agreements), are available in printed 

form or available at the following 

Internet address: http://www.bpa.gov/ 

corporate/business/bfai. 

ADDRESSES: Unbound copies of the BPI 

or BFAI may be obtained by sending a 

request to the Head of the Contracting 

Activity, Routing CGP–7, Bonneville 

Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, Oregon 97208–3621. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Head of the Contracting Activity (503) 

230–5498. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA was 

established in 1937 as a Federal Power 

Marketing Agency in the Pacific 

Northwest. BPA operations are financed 

from rate payer revenues rather than 

annual appropriations. BPA’s 

purchasing operations are conducted 

under 16 U.S.C. 832 et seq. and related 

statutes. Pursuant to these special 

authorities, the BPI is promulgated as a 

statement of purchasing policy and as a 

body of interpretative regulations 

governing the conduct of BPA 

purchasing activities, and reflects BPA’s 

private sector approach to purchasing 

the goods and services that it requires. 

BPA’s financial assistance operations 

are conducted under 16 U.S.C. 832 et 

seq. and 16 U.S.C. 839 et seq. The BFAI 

express BPA’s financial assistance 

policy. The BFAI also comprise BPA’s 

rules governing implementation of the 

principles set forth in 2 CFR 200. 

BPA’s solicitations and contracts 

include notice of applicability and 

availability of the BPI and the BFAI, as 

appropriate, for offerors to obtain 

information on particular purchases or 

financial assistance transactions. 

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on September 

20, 2017. 

Nicholas M. Jenkins, 

Manager, Purchasing/Property Governance. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21576 Filed 10–5–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration 

Klickitat Hatchery Upgrades 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (BPA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

and notice of floodplain and wetlands 

assessment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), BPA intends to prepare an EIS 

to determine whether to fund the 

Confederated Tribes of the Yakama 

Nation’s proposal to upgrade facilities at 

the Klickitat Hatchery. The hatchery 

produces spring and fall Chinook 

salmon and coho salmon, and is funded 

by National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) under the Mitchell Act. It is 

operated jointly by the Yakama Nation 

and Washington Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (WDFW). The hatchery is 

located in Klickitat County on property 

owned by WDFW, about seven miles 

east of Glenwood, Washington. The 

hatchery was built in 1954 and most of 

the facilities have not been renovated 

since then. 

The one-time upgrades would include 

improving surface and groundwater 

water intakes, discharge piping, and 

pumps; rebuilding the pollution 

abatement system; updating sections of 

the hatchery building; and adding 

rearing tanks, a storage building, and 

possibly staff residences. The proposed 

upgrades would update old facilities 

and would facilitate increased 

production of spring Chinook by the 

Yakama Nation. BPA is not proposing to 

fund fish production or to take over any 

Mitchell Act funding for the hatchery. 

NMFS will be a cooperating agency on 

the EIS. 

In accordance with U.S. Department 

of Energy floodplain and wetland 

regulations, BPA will analyze impacts to 

floodplains and wetlands as well as 

measures to avoid or minimize potential 

effects to these resources. The 

assessment will be included in the EIS. 

With this Notice of Intent, BPA is 

initiating the public scoping process for 

the EIS. BPA is requesting comments 

about potential environmental impacts 

that should be considered as an EIS is 

prepared. 

In addition, BPA is also providing 

notice of cancellation of DOE/EIS–0424 

Klickitat Hatchery Complex Program. 

Based on public comments on the 2011 

draft DOE/EIS–0424, as well as changes 

in agencies’ funding of various activities 

described in the EIS, BPA is canceling 

that environmental review process and 

will focus on the proposed Klickitat 

Hatchery Upgrades EIS. 

DATES: Written comments are due to the 

address below no later than November 

27, 2017. Comments may also be made 

at the scoping meeting to be held on 

October 25, 2017 at the address below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed 

scope of the Draft EIS and requests to be 

placed on the project mailing list may 

be mailed by letter to Bonneville Power 

Administration, Public Affairs Office— 

DKE–7, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR 

97208–3621, or sent by fax to 503–230– 

4019. You may also call BPA’s toll-free 

comment hotline at 1–800–622–4519 

and leave a message (please include the 

name of the project), or submit 

comments online at www.bpa.gov/ 

comment. All comments received will 

be accessible from the project Web site 

at www.bpa.gov/goto/ 

KlickitatHatcheryUpgrades. 

On October 25, 2017, a scoping 

meeting will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 

8:00 p.m. at the Lyle Lions Community 

Center, Highway 14 and Third Street, 

Lyle, Washington 98365. At this 

informal open-house meeting, BPA will 

provide project information and maps 

and will make members of the project 

team available to answer questions and 

accept oral and written comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Kennedy, Executive Manager 

Environmental Planning and Analysis, 

Bonneville Power Administration, EC– 

4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR 97208– 

3621; toll-free telephone 1–800–282– 

3713; direct telephone 503–230–3769; 

or email dkkennedy@bpa.gov. 

Additional information can be found at 

the project Web site: www.bpa.gov/goto/ 

KlickitatHatcheryUpgrades. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Yakama Nation is proposing the 

Klickitat Hatchery upgrades to update 

old facilities and to facilitate a possible 

increase in production of spring 

Chinook salmon. Although the Klickitat 

population of spring Chinook is not 

listed under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA), WDFW considers it depressed 

due to chronically low adult returns. On 

average, the Klickitat spring Chinook 

run comprises approximately 75% 

hatchery and 25% natural-origin fish. In 

addition, since 1994, low hatchery 

productivity has limited the average 

annual harvest in sport and Tribal 

fisheries in the Klickitat basin to 840 

fish, although the overall project goal for 

in-basin sport and Tribal harvest is 

3,000 adults annually. 

BPA’s proposed funding of the 

Klickitat Hatchery upgrades would 


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support efforts to protect, mitigate, and 

enhance fish and wildlife affected by 

the development and operation of the 

Federal Columbia River Power System 

in the mainstem Columbia River and its 

tributaries, including the Klickitat River, 

under the Pacific Northwest Electric 

Power Planning and Conservation Act of 

1980 (Act) (16 U.S.C. 839b(h)(10)). 

Under the Act, BPA funds fish and 

wildlife protection, mitigation, and 

enhancement actions consistent with 

the Northwest Power and Conservation 

Council’s (Council) Fish and Wildlife 

Program. Under this program, the 

Council makes recommendations to 

BPA concerning which fish and wildlife 

projects to fund. The Klickitat Hatchery 

upgrades are being reviewed by the 

Council for recommendation to BPA for 

funding. 

In addition, on May 2, 2008, BPA, the 

Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers signed the 

2008 Columbia Basin Fish Accords 

Memorandum of Agreement with the 

Three Treaty Tribes: The Confederated 

Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, and the 

Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs 

Reservation. The agreement includes 

funding for this hatchery project, subject 

to compliance with NEPA and other 

environmental review requirements. 

The proposal is also consistent with 

the policy direction in BPA’s Fish and 

Wildlife Implementation Plan EIS, 

which calls for protecting weak stocks 

while sustaining overall populations of 

fish for their economic and cultural 

value, including long-term harvest 

opportunities. 

Upgrades at the existing hatchery 

would include rehabilitating existing 

water intakes at Upper and Lower 

Indian Ford Springs, updating and 

rerouting water supply and discharge 

piping, refurbishing a pump station at 

an existing surface water intake in the 

Klickitat River, demolishing the existing 

pollution abatement pond and 

converting an existing fall Chinook 

rearing pond to a pollution abatement 

pond, replacing the existing adult 

holding and spawning building, adding 

circular rearing tanks, building a 

chemical storage shed, and renovating 

the existing hatchery building to 

improve usable space, security, and 

operations monitoring systems. The 

total disturbed area would be 

approximately 16 acres. In addition, 

BPA might also fund construction of 

two staff residences. 

Upgrades would improve rearing 

conditions for spring Chinook, would 

provide the capacity to increase 

production from 600,000 spring 

Chinook smolts to 800,000 smolts, and 

would help the spring Chinook program 

transition from using only hatcheryraised fish for broodstock (a 

‘‘segregated’’ or ‘‘isolated’’ program) to a 

program that incorporates natural-origin 

fish in the broodstock (an ‘‘integrated’’ 

program). Currently, natural-origin 

spring Chinook from the Klickitat basin 

have higher survival rates than hatchery 

fish. Incorporating natural-origin fish 

into the broodstock is expected to 

increase the fitness, productivity, 

survival, and harvest of this species. 

Upgrades to the water system would 

increase the operational flexibility of the 

facility. Adding river water to the water 

supply would allow operators to release 

smolts later in the spring when 

conditions in the Columbia River are 

more favorable to smolts migrating to 

the ocean. The water system upgrades 

also would reduce long-term 

maintenance and improve the quality of 

the hatchery effluent. Energy efficiency 

measures would be incorporated as 

possible into facility upgrade designs. 

BPA is not proposing to fund fish 

production or to take over any Mitchell 

Act funding for the hatchery. 

BPA will be the lead agency for 

preparation of the EIS. Cooperating 

agencies in addition to NMFS may be 

identified as the proposed project 

proceeds through the NEPA process. 

Alternatives Proposed for 

Consideration. In the EIS, BPA is 

currently considering two alternatives: 

To fund proposed upgrades that would 

improve hatchery facilities, would allow 

the transition to an integrated program, 

and would provide additional capacity 

for spring Chinook smolt production to 

increase from 600,000 to 800,000; and a 

no action alternative of not funding the 

proposal. Other reasonable alternatives 

identified during the scoping process 

may also be evaluated in the EIS. 

Public Participation and 

Identification of Environmental Issues. 

The potential environmental issues 

identified so far for this project include 

effects of construction activity on water 

quality, Endangered Species Act (ESA)- 

listed fish, and rare and sensitive plants 

and wildlife; and the operational effects 

of changes to the water supply and 

discharge system on water quality. The 

effects of changes to the spring Chinook 

program that could be facilitated by the 

upgrades will also be evaluated, 

including the risk of competition 

between increasing numbers of 

naturally spawning spring Chinook and 

ESA-listed fish such as bull trout and 

steelhead; the effects of additional 

activities and facilities required to 

monitor a changed hatchery program; 

and the effects of increases in harvest 

opportunities. 

BPA has established an extended 

seven-week scoping period during 

which concerned members of the 

public, interest groups, state and local 

governments, and any other interested 

parties are invited to comment on the 

scope of the proposed EIS. Scoping will 

help BPA ensure that a full range of 

issues related to this proposal are 

addressed in the EIS and will help to 

identify significant or potentially 

significant impacts that may result from 

the proposed project. 

When completed, the Draft EIS will be 

circulated for review and comment, and 

BPA will hold at least one public 

comment meeting to solicit comments 

on the Draft EIS. BPA will consider and 

respond in the Final EIS to comments 

received on the Draft EIS. BPA’s 

subsequent decision will be 

documented in a Record of Decision. 

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on September 

28, 2017. 

Elliot E. Mainzer, 

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21575 Filed 10–5–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9968–99–OECA] 

Production of Confidential Business 

Information in Pending Enforcement 

Litigation; Transfer of Information 

Claimed as Confidential Business 

Information to the United States 

Department of Justice and Party to 

Certain Litigation 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (‘‘EPA’’) is providing notice of 

disclosure of information which has 

been submitted to EPA by renewable 

fuel producers, renewable identification 

number (‘‘RIN’’) generators, third party 

engineers, obligated parties, and RIN 

owners that is claimed to be, or has been 

determined to be, confidential business 

information (‘‘CBI’’), in civil 

enforcement litigation against NGL 

Crude Logistics, LLC (f/k/a Gavilon, 

LLC) and Western Dubuque Biodiesel, 

LLC. Disclosure is in response to 

discovery requests from NGL Crude 

Logistics, LLC (f/k/a Gavilon, LLC) in 

the litigation styled United States of 

America v. NGL Crude Logistics, LLC (f/ 

k/a Gavilon, LLC) and Western Dubuque 

Biodiesel, LLC, Case No. 2:16–cv–1038– 


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