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(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an appointment. All comments received Program Nos. 93.242, Mental Health Research Environmental Impact Statement. will become part of the administrative Grants; 93.281, Scientist Development record and may be released. Award, Scientist Development Award for SUMMARY: This notice advises the public Clinicians, and Research Scientific Award; that the Fish and Wildlife Service FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 93.282, Mental Health National Research (Service), and the Oregon Department of Contact Jerry F. Novotny at the above Service Awards for Research Training, Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) intend to address and telephone number. Specific National Institutes of Health, HHS) develop an Environmental Impact information regarding National Forest Dated: February 22, 1999. Statement (EIS). The Forest Service will lands may be obtained from Liz Anna Snouffer, also cooperate in the development of the Stevenson-Shaw, Supervisor’s Office, Acting Committee Management Officer, EIS. The EIS will consider Federal and Umpqua National Forest, P.O. Box 1008, National Institutes of Health. State actions associated with an ODFW Roseburg, Oregon 97470, 541/957–3391. [FR Doc. 99–4893 Filed 2–26–99; 8:45 am] proposal to restore the recreational Information concerning ODFW fishery BILLING CODE 4140±01±M fishery at Diamond Lake, Oregon. management programs may be obtained ODFW has proposed to treat the lake from Charlie Corrarino, Oregon with rotenone, a fish toxicant, to kill all Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2501 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND fish present, and to restock the lake with S.W. First, Portland, Oregon 97207, 503/ HUMAN SERVICES rainbow trout. The associated actions 872–5252. are: (1) The Service granting Federal Aid National Institutes of Health SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Diamond in Sport Fish Restoration Act Program Lake is located in the Umpqua River funding to ODFW for implementing a Clinical Center; Notice of Meeting basin in Douglas County, Oregon. It is Diamond Lake recreational fishery within the Umpqua National Forest and Pursuant to section 10(a) of the restoration program; (2) the Forest just north of the boundaries of Crater Federal Advisory Committee Act, as Service issuing ODFW a special use Lake National Park. Diamond Lake is a amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice permit for access through, and use of, natural lake situated at an elevation of is hereby given of a meeting of the National Forest lands to Diamond Lake 5,182 feet in the Cascade mountains. Board of Governors of the Warren Grant for implementing a recreation fishery The Lake has a surface area of Magnuson Clinical Center. restoration program; (3) ODFW approximately 2, 930 acres and is The meeting will be open to the implementing a Diamond Lake relatively shallow, with a maximum public, with attendance limited to space recreational fishery restoration program. depth of just over 50 feet. Diamond Lake The EIS will also consider any actions available. Individuals who plan to drains into Lake Creek, which empties by other Federal or State agencies that attend and need special assistance, such into Lemolo Reservoir, an impoundment are necessary or appropriate to as sign language interpretation or other on the North Umpqua River. Two other implement a trout fishery restoration reasonable accommodations, should impoundments are located downstream notify the Contact Person listed below program. This notice is being furnished pursuant to the Council on from Lemolo Reservoir on the North in advance of the meeting. Environmental Quality Regulations for Umpqua River. The flow of water from Name of Committee: Board of Governors of Implementing the Procedural Provisions Lemolo Reservoir and the other the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, of the National Environmental Policy impoundments is regulated by Executive Committee Meeting. Act (NEPA) Regulations (40 CFR 1501.7 Pacificorp, a public utilities corporation. Date: March 22, 1999. and 1508.22) to obtain suggestions and The lake is a popular recreation Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. destination; as such, it is important to Agenda: Updates on organizational information from other agencies and the planning and budget issues. public on the scope of issues and the economy of southern Oregon. In Place: National Institutes of Health, alternatives to be considered in recent years, the lake’s trout fishery has Clinical Center Medical Board Room, 2C116, preparation of the EIS. deteriorated due to competition from tui 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892. DATES: As an opportunity for interested chub (Gila bicolor), an illegally Contact Person: Maureen E. Gormley, persons to comment on the issues and introduced species of minnow. Prior to Executive Secretary, Warren Grant Magnuson alternatives of the EIS, public scoping the introduction of the tui chub, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, meetings are scheduled as follows: Diamond Lake was recognized as a Building 10, Room 2C146, Bethesda, MD premier recreational trout fishery. 20892, 301/496–2897. March 8, Jackson County Public Works Office, 200 Antelope Road, Medford, Growth of the tui chub population has Dated: February 23, 1999. Oregon, 3:30–7:00 p.m.; March 9, ODFW caused a severe decline in the survival LaVerne Y. Stringfield, Regional Office, 4192 N. Umpqua of fingerling rainbow trout and the Committee Management Officer, NIH. Highway, Roseburg, Oregon, 3:30–7:00 subsequent growth of the surviving [FR Doc 99–4928 Filed 2–26–99; 8:45 am] p.m. trout. The same chain of events and BILLING CODE 4140±01±M ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the outcomes occurred in the 1940’s and scope of the EIS should be addressed to 1950’s, resulting in treatment of the lake Mr. Jerry F. Novotny, U.S. Fish and with rotenone in 1954. Treatment was Wildlife Service, 911 N.E. 11th Avenue, followed by about 40 years of a very DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Portland, Oregon 97232, 503/231–6128. successful trout fishery. Comments should be received on or Two bald eagle and 6–12 osprey pairs Fish and Wildlife Service before March 31, 1999, at the above nest in the vicinity of Diamond Lake Notice of Intent to Prepare an address. Written comments may also be and rely heavily on rainbow trout as a Environmental Impact Statement sent by facsimile to 503/231–6996. food source for both adults and young. Comments received will be available for The reduced survival and abundance of AGENCIES: Fish and Wildlife Service, public inspection by appointment rainbow trout may have a negative effect Interior, Forest Service, Department of during normal business hours (8:00 a.m. on the breeding success of bald eagles Agriculture; and Oregon Department of to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday) at and ospreys since tui chub are much Fish and Wildlife. the above office; please call for an smaller, may be less available, and may

VerDate 25-FEB-99 12:42 Feb 26, 1999 Jkt 183247 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\01MRN1.XXX pfrm03 PsN: 01MRN1 10010 Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 39 / Monday, March 1, 1999 / Notices require more catch effort per energy problems in the hatchery system and 1997. The public was given notice of the gained than rainbow trout. will come at a cost to trout production proposal in January, 1998 through the Rapidly increasing tui chub for other fisheries; none is capable of Forest’s Schedule of Proposed Actions. populations may be affecting other solving the current management An informational letter with a copy of wildlife populations in and around the problem or restoring the quality of the ODFW proposal was mailed to the lake by severely reducing the fishery desired at Diamond Lake. interested public in January as part of invertebrate food base of the lake. This C. Reduce Tui Chub Abundance—Tui the agency’s external scoping effort. reduced food base affects the entire food chub abundance could be reduced Following the mailing, an Open House chain of the lake, ultimately affecting through extensive netting or partial was held in Roseburg and in Medford, amphibian and reptile populations as treatment of shorelines with rotenone. Oregon, as a continuation of the scoping well as insectivorous birds. The exploitation rate needed to alleviate effort. As a result of the scoping In 1990, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife competition with trout is unknown but performed to date, a number of issues Commission adopted a management is certainly very high. There is no hard have been identified. These include: plan for Diamond Lake which set evidence that partial control of tui (1) Rotenone treatment (if chosen objectives for its trout fishery: an chubs is a feasible fishery restoration alternative) would have an adverse average of 100,000 angler trips annually, strategy; in fact, partial treatments at effect on other components (non-target with a harvest of 2.7 fish per angler trip, Diamond Lake in the 1950s killed species) of the lake biota. and fish averaging 12 inches in length. millions of chubs without relieving the (2) Reducing lake volume (for The annual yield of trout should be effects of competition with chubs. rotenone treatment) would flush/flood about 90 pounds per acre. That objective D. Manage for Different Fishery Lake Creek, the downstream tributary. was based on observed performance of Objectives—Instead of attempting to (3) Effects of high water releases, in the fishery for more than two decades. restore a fishery which meets current the process of lowering Diamond Lake, As tui chubs have become management objectives, a predaceous and added nutrients from rotting fish increasingly abundant, the trout fishery fish could be introduced into the lake to carcasses, could adversely affect the has substantially declined in terms of feed on chubs. It would be expected to downstream reservoir. catch, effort, and return on fish stocked grow to a large size, and provide a (4) Re-introduction of non-indigenous (survival). While the return on fishery on larger fish than at present. hatchery rainbow trout could lead to a fingerlings stocked was about 70% in This strategy could be used to meet new repetition of past history (good fishing— the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s, it has now objectives with much lower catch rates tui chub introduction and declined to less than 10%. The decline but larger average fish size, overpopulation—expensive renovation is due to reduced survival (= increased fundamentally different than the current with a fish toxicant). mortality) of stocked fingerlings; fewer high volume, moderate catch rate (5) This action may not be consistent fish surviving means fewer fish to be fishery. Initial survival of fingerlings with the Aquatic Conservation Strategy caught. could still be a problem due to early of the Northwest Forest Plan. In 1990, ODFW spent several months competition with chubs. This approach (6) Not restoring the recreational examining available data and consulting would require a new species (such as fishery would be an economic hardship with the Forest Service, other agencies brown trout) or new stock of rainbow to local businesses and would deprive and parties, including extensive public trout (such as the Williamson River anglers of a traditional sport fishing outreach regarding the management of stock) capable of feeding extensively on opportunity. the recreational fishery of Diamond tui chubs. Introduction of new species (7) This action may not comply with Lake. Several options, including doing or stocks will be controversial. There is appropriate use/diversion of the waters nothing to change the situation, were no basis for assuming that any stocked of the lake as implied by ORS 538.140, evaluated during that public process, trout will control chubs (i.e., cause a which states that waters of the lake will including the following: substantial reduction in abundance due not be ‘‘diverted, interrupted, or A. No Action—The recreational to predation). appropriated for any purpose fishery will continue at its current very E. Manage for Current Fishery whatsoever, except for domestic use.’’ low level, and angler use will decline in Objectives—The eradication of the (8) Introduction of species other than response to diminished catch rates and naturally producing population of tui the Oak Springs hatchery strain of smaller fish. Experience at Diamond chubs would result in conditions which rainbow trout currently used may pose Lake and at many other lakes and would allow a return to the fishery ecological risks for fish populations reservoirs suggests that tui chubs will described in the ODFW management downstream of Diamond Lake. eventually drive trout survival to near plan. The Diamond Lake fishery has Following the first round of scoping, zero. Dissatisfaction with fishing may substantially met those objectives since the Service and the Forest Service lead some anglers to introduce new the early 1960s, and the fishery has been agreed that the environmental review of species to ‘‘help’’ fishing. very popular with anglers. In 1996 the the proposed action should be B. Manipulate Stocking Strategies— Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission broadened. The scope of the EIS, was Several strategies have been examined reaffirmed those objectives and directed then expanded to include all anticipated for use in the near-term while a lasting ODFW staff to begin planning for effects of the proposed project, not just resolution is sought. These are restoration of the rainbow trout the effects of the proposed drawdown of management actions intended to recreational fishery. the reservoir. The Service, as the mitigate the decline of fingerling trout On February 2, 1998, the Forest funding agency in this proposed action, survival, but which do nothing for the Service published a notice of intent to agreed to take the lead role, with the underlying problem. Strategies include prepare an environmental impact Forest Service and ODFW as stocking larger fingerling rainbow which statement addressing the impacts cooperating agencies. The original may be more competitive with chubs associated with the temporary Notice of Intent issued by the Forest than the currently stocked fingerlings, drawdown of Diamond Lake to allow Service was withdrawn on May 22, and substitution of catchable-sized ODFW to treat the lake with rotenone. 1998. rainbow trout for a substantial portion The Forest Service began internal The expanded EIS will cover the of the fingerlings. Both pose logistical scoping of this proposal in November, ODFW current proposal to restore the

VerDate 25-FEB-99 12:42 Feb 26, 1999 Jkt 183247 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\01MRN1.XXX pfrm03 PsN: 01MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 39 / Monday, March 1, 1999 / Notices 10011 trout fishery using Federal Aid funding C St., NW Room 401LS, Washington, DC information is 1 hour per response, through the USFWS. Possible 20240. Comments may be sent by including the time to read the alternatives include: Internet to: [email protected]. instructions and collect and report the (A) Treat the lake with rotenone, a Please include: ‘‘Attn.: 1004–0175’’ and information to BLM. The average annual fish toxicant, to remove all fish from the your name and address in your Internet number of respondents is 1,500 . Based lake and re-stock the lake with hatchery message. Comments will be available for on 1 hour per response, the annual rainbow trout. The lake has been public review at the L Street address burden hours on the respondents are managed for a fishery on hatchery during regular business hours (7:45 am estimated to be 1,500. rainbow trout for several decades, to 4:15 pm, Monday through Friday). BLM will summarize all responses to following treatment with rotenone in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bil this notice and include them in the 1954 to eradicate tui chubs. Weigand, Idaho State Office, (208) 373– request for Office of Management and (B) Take no action to eliminate the tui 3850. Budget approval. All comments will chub, but begin a program to stock the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The become a matter of public record. lake with species of trout that can regulations at 5 CFR 1320.12(a) require Dated: February 22, 1999. compete successfully with tui chub. BLM to provide 60-day notice in the Carole Smith, This strategy would fundamentally Federal Register concerning a collection change the character of the fishery Bureau of Land Management, Information of information contained in a published Collection Clearance Officer. which has been very popular. current rule to solicit comments on: (1) (C) Take no action to improve the [FR Doc. 99–4989 Filed 2–26–99; 8:45 am] Whether the proposed collection of BILLING CODE 4310±84±M trout fishery. information is necessary for the proper Diamond Lake was successfully performance of the functions of the treated for the same problem in 1954, agency, including whether the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR and there is considerable historical data information will have practical utility; that documents the biological effects of (2) the accuracy of BLM’s estimate of the Bureau of Land Management alternatives A and C. Some recent burden of the proposed collection of [(CA±610±5101±01±B109) CACA±40467] information is available that indicates information, including the validity of limited success with approach B. The the methodology and assumptions used; agencies are seeking public comments Cadiz Groundwater Storage and Dry- (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility Year Supply Program Proposed on issues and/or alternatives not and clarity of the information to be identified through previous scoping Pipeline and Plan Amendment, San collected; and (4) ways to minimize the Bernardino County, California efforts. burden of collecting the information on Dated: February 23, 1999. those who must respond, including AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Thomas Dwyer, through the use of automated, California Desert District. Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Fish and electronic, mechanical, or technological ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon. collection techniques or other forms of Environmental Impact Statement. [FR Doc. 99–4922 Filed 2–26–99; 8:45 am] information technology. BILLING CODE 4310±55±P Section 1764(g) of the Federal Land SUMMARY: The Department of the Policy and Management Act authorizes Interior, Bureau of Land Management the Secretary of the Interior to set rents (‘‘BLM’’), in cooperation with The DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR for communication uses located on Metropolitan Water District of Southern lands administered by BLM. Rent is California (‘‘Metropolitan’’), will Bureau of Land Management defined equivalent to the far market prepare a joint Environmental Impact [WO±350±2800±24 1A] value of the site being occupied. The Statement/Environmental Impact Report rental requirements for communication (‘‘joint EIS/EIR’’) for proposed right-of- Extension of Currently Approved site grants are found in the regulations way for proposed Cadiz Water Storage Information Collection; OMB Approval at 43 CFR 2803.1–2(d). Additionally, and Dry-Year Supply Program Number 1004±0175 BLM California has automated a form (‘‘Project’’) on Federal lands in the for the electronic reporting of the Mojave Desert Region of San Bernardino AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, information. Copies of this form are County, California. The proposed action Interior. available from Carole Smith, BLM will also include a proposed plan ACTION: Notice and request for Information Collection Officer, at the amendment to the California Desert comments. address given in the ADDRESSES section Plan. of this notice. The Project would consist of: (1) A SUMMARY: In accordance with the To calculate the rent, which BLM proposed right-of-way for the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the assesses annually, BLM needs certain construction and operation of a six-foot Bureau of Land Management (BLM) information from holders of diameter pipeline from Metropolitan’s announces its intention to request an communication site grants. This Iron Mountain Pumping Plant on the extension of approval for the collection information includes the name of the Colorado River Aqueduct (‘‘CRA’’) to of information from holders of right-of- grant holder, the name of the contact the project proponent’s property in the way communication site grants. The person and phone number, the location Cadiz/Fenner area, approximately 35 BLM uses the informating to determine of the communication site, the names of miles to the northeast; (2) pumping to the amount of annual rent due from the all tenants in the facility, and the lift CRA water supplies to the Cadiz/ grant holders. number and type(s) of use(s) in the Fenner area including the possible need DATES: Comments on the proposed facility. The information is mandatory to modify a pump at the Iron Mountain information collection must be received to obtain a benefit, using the public Pumping Plant; (3) construction and by April 30, 1999 to be considered. lands for communication factilities. operation of a series of spreading basins ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed BLM estimates that the public (approximately 200–300 acres), and (4) to: Regulatory Management Team, 1849 reporting burden for this collection of construction and operation of a well

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