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| 97-11045 | Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact for the Construction of Washington Lake Campground | Notice | On March 20, 1997, Michael C. Weland, Executive Director of the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission signed the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) which documents the decision to fund construction of a campground in Summit County, Utah. The campground will be constructed near Washington Lake in the upper Provo River drainage as a recreation feature of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project. The U.S. Forest Service documented the environmental effects of constructing the campground in a 1992 environmental assessment (EA). The Draft EA was developed with public input and the Final EA refined based upon public comment. The U.S. Forest Service issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on July 23, 1992 and a Supplemental FONSI on June 16, 1993 in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). The Commission has reviewed the Forest Service EA, determined it adequate for the Commission's decision to fund the construction of the Proposed Action and has adopted the Forest Service EA and issued its own FONSI, in accordance with the Commission's NEPA Rule (43 CFR Part 10010.20). The campground and associated features to be constructed are required by the 1988 Supplement to the Definite Plan Report (DPR) for the Bonneville Unit, Central Utah Project (CUP), and/or authorized by the Central Utah Project Completion Act of 1992 (Titles II through VI of Pub. L. 102-575), which also transferred responsibility for implementing this measure to the Commission. Funding the U.S. Forest Service to construct the campground at Washington Lake meets the Commission's objectives of implementing the Washington Lake Campground mitigation program requirement and doing so in the least environmentally damaging manner. Of the alternatives analyzed under the EA, Alternative 3 which this decision implements, avoids impacts to wetlands by locating the campground in the area on the northeast edge of the lake instead of at the location of the original proposal on the southeast edge. The northeast location has fewer individual wetlands and allows for placement of campground facilities without any loss of wetlands. An existing wetland will be restored by closing and reclaiming one dispersed camping site and the access road to it which crosses a wetland meadow. Floating boardwalks will be used for any trails that cross wetlands. This represents a change from provisions in the Forest Service EA and FONSI that stated, ``hardened footpaths will be developed across wetlands adjacent to proposed recreation sites' (see Alternative 3, Page IV-4 of the EA). With this change, no impacts to wetlands will occur. The Biological Assessment for Washington Lake Campground completed July 7, 1992 includes a determination that after reviewing the literature and an informal consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ``the Washington Lake Campground will not affect endangered or threatened species since they do not occur in the area.'' The Evaluation also makes determinations of ``not likely to affect viable populations or habitat'' of the following sensitive species: northern goshawk, flammulated owl, three-toed woodpecker, great grey owl, boreal toad and spotted frog. In each case, habitat surveys revealed either lack of suitable habitat in the area and/or evidence that the species use the area. This condition has not changed since 1992. The Utah State Historic Preservation Office, in an October, 1991 letter, concurred that no historic properties will be impacted by the project. No cultural resources were located during the survey of the project area. Based on consultation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with the addition of floating boardwalk for trails through the wetland areas, there will be no loss to wetlands and consequently no need for a 404 permit. | 1997-04-29 | 1997 | 4 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/04/29/97-11045/notice-of-finding-of-no-significant-impact-for-the-construction-of-washington-lake-campground | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-04-29/pdf/97-11045.pdf | Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission | 518 | On March 20, 1997, Michael C. Weland, Executive Director of the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission signed the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) which documents the decision to fund construction of a campground in Summit... |