[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 9153-9154] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-4487] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Annual Report on Endangered Species Act Exemption
Agency
Council on Environmental Quality, Executive Office of the President.
Action
Availability of report.
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Summary
This notice announces the availability of the Annual Report submitted by Basin Electric Power Cooperative, as Project Manager for the Missouri Basin Power Project in the matter of an exemption granted from the requirements of the Endangered Species Act to Grayrocks Dam. The lead federal agency in the project is the Rural Electrification Administration.
Dates
The report was submitted to the Council in November, 1998.
Addresses
The Annual Report is available from Basin Electric Power Cooperative, 1717 East Interstate Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58501-0564; Telephone: (701) 223-0441.
For Further Information Contact
Dinah Bear, General Counsel, Council on Environmental Quality, 722 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, DC 20503; Telephone: (202) 395-7421.
Supplementary Information
Under the Endangered Species Act, any agency granted an exemption under 16 U.S.C. 1536(h) must submit to the Council on Environmental Quality an annual report describing its compliance methods with the mitigation and enhancement measures prescribed by 16 U.S.C. 1536. See 16 U.S.C. 1536(l)(2). This subsection further requires that the Council publish availability of the report in the Federal Register. On February 7, 1979, the Endangered Species Committee granted an exemption from the requirements of the Endangered Species Act to Grayrocks Dam. In granting the Exemption Order, the Committee, as required by the act, established requirements for reasonable mitigation and enhancement measures. These requirements are set out in an ``Agreement of Settlement and Compromise'' and is part of the Annual Report announced here.
Dated: February 9, 1999. George T. Frampton, Acting Chair. [FR Doc. 99-4487 Filed 2-23-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3125-01-M