PROJECT INFORMATION:
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) plans to construct an ecosystem restoration project at Trestle Bay. The project would create multiple openings in the South Jetty Root, with a cumulative opening width of no more than 900 linear feet. The openings are intended to provide adequate access into Trestle Bay for salmon and steelhead. The project site is located in Clatsop County, Oregon, about six miles upstream of the mouth of the Columbia River.
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) plans to provide funding for the project. Providing funding will help BPA meet obligations -- under the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 and the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) Biological Opinion -- to mitigate for the effects of the FCRPS on the listed salmon and steelhead.
CURRENT STATUS:
The Corps, in cooperation with Bonneville Power Administration, prepared an environmental assessment (EA) to help determine the potential impacts that project would have on the natural and human environment. The Corps released the draft EA for public review and comment in March 2015, and received three comments. The Corps prepared a final EA that includes responses to comments received. Based on the EA analysis and mitigation measures to help lessen impacts, BPA has found that the project will not cause any significant impacts, and has issued a finding of no significant impact.
To view the final EA and the Corps' FONSI, please visit the Corps' District Announcements website at: http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media?Announcements.aspx.
To view BPA's FONSI, see the link below:
CONTACTS: For further information: Gail Saldana Project Manager U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 333 SW 1st Avenue Portland, OR 97204
Alternatively, you may contact the BPA environmental protection specialist Michelle Guay Contract Environmental Protection Specialist Cor-Source Technology Group Bonneville Power Administration - ECF-4 P.O. Box 3621 Portland, OR 97208-3621 or Donald L. Rose Supervisory Environmental Protection Specialist Bonneville Power Administration - ECF-4 P.O. Box 3621 Portland, OR 97208-3621
DOCUMENTS:
Bonneville Power Administration FONSI: FONSI
Army Corps of Engineers Draft and Final EA and FONSI: Final Feasibility Study and EA Draft Feasibility Study and Draft EA |
Email: gail.l.saldana@usace.army.mil Direct line: 503-808-4781 FAX: 503-808-4756
Toll-free: 800-622-4519 Direct line: 503-230-3459 Email: mxguay@bpa.gov
Toll-free: 800-622-4519 Direct line: 503-230-3796 Email: dlrose@bpa.gov
(09/10/2015)
(March 2015) (July 2010)
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