Fort Peck Mini Test Environmental Assessment
The Fort Peck flow tests consists of two separate actions: a mini test and a full test. Whether the data from these tests result in an operational change from Fort Peck Dam is currently unknown and will likely be based on the data collected. The underlying Federal purpose for the tests is to support the Endangered Species Act and the pallid sturgeon recommendations in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) November, 2000 Biological Opinion on the Current Operations of the Missouri River, Kansas River, and Bank Stabilization and Navigation Project (Opinion).
Additionally, flow tests at Fort Peck Dam are
included in the Corps of Engineers (Corps) recent
2003 Biological Assessment (BA) on the Missouri River Main Stem Reservoir
System, the Lower Missouri River, and the Kansas River and are supported
by the Service's December 2003 Amendment to the 2000 Opinion. This Environmental
Assessment (EA), however, is specific only to the mini test action. National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance for the full test will be
accomplished through a separate NEPA document. The
Final
Missouri River Revised Environmental Impact Statement, Master Water Control
Manual Review and Update (Master Manual) is expected to be completed in the
spring of 2004; however, it is uncertain which alternative will be selected for
implementation. (Information from the Report's Executive Summary)
The following report and
sections are in
Adobe PDF format.
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FULL REPORT
Fort Peck
Environmental Assessment Report
(33 mb) - 632 page document
INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS
Main
Report (4,882 KB)
Appendix A
(1,084 KB)
Appendix B
(1,256 KB)
Appendix C
(332 KB)
Appendix D
(892 KB)
Appendix E
(5,213 KB)
Appendix F
(596 KB)
Appendix G
(220 KB)
Appendix H
(434 KB)
Appendix I
(492 KB)
Appendix J
(1,432 KB)
Appendix K
(2,174 KB)
Appendix L
(13,333 KB)
Appendix M
(1,631 KB)
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Information served by request of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha, Nebraska
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