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Section 905(B) (WRDA 86) Analysis Eklutna Watershed Study Eklutna, Alaska
Section 905(b) (WRDA 86) Analysis Eklutna Watershed Study Eklutna, Alaska 1. STUDY AUTHORITY This General Investigations study is authorized by the House Public Works Committee Resolution for Rivers and Harbors in Alaska adopted 2 December 1970. The resolution states: Resolved by the Committee on Public Works of the House of Representatives, United States, that the Board of Engineers for River and Harbors is hereby requested to review the report of the Chief of Engineers on Rivers and Harbors in Alaska, published as House Document Number 414, 83d Congress, 2d Session; … and other pertinent reports, with a view to determine whether any modifications of the recommendations contained therein are advisable at the present time. Funding for this section 905(b) Eklutna Watershed Study was established in the 2003 fiscal year Omnibus Appropriations (PL 108-7). 2. STUDY PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a Federal interest in conducting feasibility level watershed studies of the Eklutna River Watershed. ER 1105-2-100, 22 April 2000 states: “Watershed studies are planning initiatives that have a multi-purpose and multi-objective scope and that accommodate flexibility and collaboration in the formulation and evaluation process. Possible areas of investigation for a watershed study include water supply, natural resource preservation, ecosystem restoration, environmental infrastructure, recreation, navigation, flood management activities, and regional economic development. The outcome of a watershed study will generally be a watershed resources management plan which identifies the combination of recommended actions to be undertaken by various partners and stakeholders in order to achieve the needs and opportunities identified in the study.” A Federal interest in the resolution of identified water resource problems is contingent upon there being probable environmentally acceptable and technically feasible solutions to identified water resources problems. -
Section 905(B) (WRDA 86) Analysis Eklutna Watershed Study Eklutna, Alaska
Section 905(b) (WRDA 86) Analysis Eklutna Watershed Study Eklutna, Alaska 1. STUDY AUTHORITY This General Investigations study is authorized by the House Public Works Committee Resolution for Rivers and Harbors in Alaska adopted 2 December 1970. The resolution states: Resolved by the Committee on Public Works of the House of Representatives, United States, that the Board of Engineers for River and Harbors is hereby requested to review the report of the Chief of Engineers on Rivers and Harbors in Alaska, published as House Document Number 414, 83d Congress, 2d Session; … and other pertinent reports, with a view to determine whether any modifications of the recommendations contained therein are advisable at the present time. Funding for this section 905(b) Eklutna Watershed Study was established in the 2003 fiscal year Omnibus Appropriations (PL 108-7). 2. STUDY PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a Federal interest in conducting feasibility level watershed studies of the Eklutna River Watershed. ER 1105-2-100, 22 April 2000 states: “Watershed studies are planning initiatives that have a multi-purpose and multi-objective scope and that accommodate flexibility and collaboration in the formulation and evaluation process. Possible areas of investigation for a watershed study include water supply, natural resource preservation, ecosystem restoration, environmental infrastructure, recreation, navigation, flood management activities, and regional economic development. The outcome of a watershed study will generally be a watershed resources management plan which identifies the combination of recommended actions to be undertaken by various partners and stakeholders in order to achieve the needs and opportunities identified in the study.” A Federal interest in the resolution of identified water resource problems is contingent upon there being probable environmentally acceptable and technically feasible solutions to identified water resources problems. -
The Early Electrification of Anchorage
The Early Electrification of Anchorage July 2002 CEMML TPS 02-8 The Early Electrification of Anchorage 1 The Early Electrification of 2 Anchorage The Early Electrification of Anchorage Anchorage Kristy Hollinger Edited by: Glenda R. Lesondak Prepared by: Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands Colorado State University Ft. Collins, CO 80523-1500 Russell H. Sackett Natural Resources Branch U.S. Army Alaska Fort Richardson, AK 99505-6500 July 2002 CEMML TPS 02-8 The Early Electrification of Anchorage 3 The Early Electrification of 4 Anchorage table of contents CHAPTERS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................3 3.0 ANCHORAGE AND EARLY ELECTRICITY .................................................................................... 5 3.1 Anchorage Power ...................................................................................................................... 1 4.0 ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................................................................. 9 5.0 HYDROELECTRIC POWER ............................................................................................................ -
Eklutna River Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Technical Report
Eklutna River Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Technical Report Eklutna River Eklutna, Alaska November 2011 AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION TECHNICAL REPORT EKLUTNA RIVER EKLUTNA, ALASKA November 2011 EKLUTNA RIVER – ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION REPORT, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Alaska District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Native Village of Eklutna (non-Federal sponsor) participated in an initial analysis of a potential aquatic ecosystem restoration project on the Eklutna River in Eklutna, Alaska. The proposed project was authorized under Section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, P.L. 104-303. Section 206 authorizes the restoration of degraded aquatic ecosystem structure, function, and dynamic processes to a less degraded, more natural condition. The primary intent of the proposed project was to improve rearing habitat, over-wintering habitat, and passage for anadromous fish. True restoration of the Eklutna River ecosystem would require removal of both dams at a cost estimated to be well beyond the funding limits on the 206 authority, and that would leave the majority of the Municipality of Anchorage without a water and electrical power supply. Therefore, the restoration project was scaled down to a project that could be achieved within the 206 authority. This modified project focuses on the lower reaches of the Eklutna River below the lower dam. However, because there is no sponsor willing to provide the cost share to carry the project to the completion of planning and design, the following is a technical report rather than a more detailed 206 Ecosystem Restoration report. As such, this technical report does not incorporate an environmental assessment (EA) into the evaluation of the measures considered and the alternatives analyzed.