Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact: Idaho Department of Fish and Game Captive Rearing Initiative for Salmon River Chinook Salmon

Technical Report · Thu Oct 12 00:00:00 EDT 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/823561· OSTI ID:823561

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy (DOE), is proposing to fund the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) Captive Rearing Initiative for Salmon River Chinook Salmon Program (IDFG Program). The IDFG Program is a small-scale research and production initiative designed to increase numbers of three weak but recoverable populations of spring/summer chinook salmon in the Salmon River drainage. This would increase numbers of spring/summer chinook salmon within the Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU), and reduce population fragmentation within the ESU. BPA has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) (DOE/EA-1301) evaluating the proposed IDFG Program. Based on the analysis in the EA, BPA has determined that the Proposed Action is not a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment, as defined within the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969. Therefore, the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not required, and BPA is issuing this Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).

• Research Organization: U.S. Department of Energy, Bonneville Power Administration (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance (EH-42) (US)
• OSTI ID: 823561
• Report Number(s): DOE/EA-1301; TRN: US200429%%49
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 12 Oct 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
DRAINAGE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
FRAGMENTATION
PRODUCTION
REARING
RIVERS
SALMON
US NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
EA
FONSI
SALMON RIVER
COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN
ANADROMOUS FISH POPULATIONS
CAPTIVE REARING INITIATIVE
CHINOOK SALMON