{"abstract":"The Bureau of Reclamation and Washington State Department of Ecology have made available for public review and comment the Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Draft EIS describes the potential environmental effects of the No Action Alternative and five action alternatives. The action alternatives examine constructing and operating a pumping plant to access up to 200,000 acre-feet of water in Kachess Reservoir during drought years and conveying it to the Kachess River for irrigation use within the Yakima Project, and constructing and operating a gravity flow tunnel from Keechelus Reservoir to Kachess Reservoir that could convey up to 400 cubic feet of water per second to Kachess Reservoir. The action alternatives include activities to enhance the resiliency of bull trout populations in the Kachess and Keechelus watersheds as well as elsewhere in the Yakima River basin.","action":"Notice.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Reclamation","name":"Reclamation Bureau","id":446,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/reclamation-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/446","parent_id":253,"slug":"reclamation-bureau"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2015/01/09/2015-00153.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"80 FR 1431","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2015-03-10","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Send written comments on the Draft EIS on or before March 10, 2015.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["RR01113000, XXXR0680R1, RR.R0336A1R.7WRMP0032"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2015-00153","effective_on":null,"end_page":1432,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2015/01/09/2015-00153.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/01/09/2015-00153/notice-of-availability-of-a-draft-environmental-impact-statement-and-notice-of-public-meetings-for","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2015-00153?publication_date=2015-01-09","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2015-01-09/2015-00153/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":141,"last_updated":"2026-10-23 22:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-01-09/pdf/2015-00153.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-00153.pdf?1420725022","publication_date":"2015-01-09","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2015/01/09/2015-00153.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2023-02-28T22:10:35Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":1431,"subtype":null,"title":"Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Public Meetings for the Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance, Kittitas and Yakima Counties, Washington","toc_doc":"Kachess Drought Relief Pumping Plant and Keechelus Reservoir-to-Kachess Reservoir Conveyance, Kittitas and Yakima Counties, WA","toc_subject":"Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":80}