Trestle Bay Ecosystem Restoration Project (DOE/EA-1995)

Clatsop County, Oregon

PROJECT INFORMATION

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) plans to construct an ecosystem restoration project at Trestle Bay. The project would create multiple openings in the South Jetty Root, with a cumulative opening width of no more than 900 linear feet. The openings are intended to provide adequate access into Trestle Bay for salmon and steelhead. The project site is located in Clatsop County, Oregon, about six miles upstream of the mouth of the Columbia River.

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) plans to provide funding for the project. Providing funding will help BPA meet obligations -- under the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 and the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) Biological Opinion -- to mitigate for the effects of the FCRPS on the listed salmon and steelhead.

CURRENT STATUS

The Corps, in cooperation with Bonneville Power Administration, prepared an environmental assessment (EA) to help determine the potential impacts that project would have on the natural and human environment. The Corps released the draft EA for public review and comment in March 2015, and received three comments. The Corps prepared a final EA that includes responses to comments received. Based on the EA analysis and mitigation measures to help lessen impacts, BPA has found that the project will not cause any significant impacts, and has issued a finding of no significant impact.

To view the final EA and the Corps' FONSI, please visit the Corps' District Announcements website. 

CONTACTS

For environmental information, contact:
Chad Hamel Toll-free: 800-622-4519
Supervisory Environmental Protection Specialist Direct line: 503-230-5564
Bonneville Power Administration - ECF-4  Email: cjhamel@bpa.gov 
P.O. Box 3621
Portland, OR 97208-3621

For project information, contact:
Gail Saldana Direct line: 503-808-4781
Project Manager  Email: gail.l.saldana@usace.army.mil 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
333 SW 1st Avenue
Portland, OR 97204

DOCUMENTS

Bonneville Power Administration FONSI
FONSI (09/10/2015)

Army Corps of Engineers Draft and Final EA and FONSI
Final Feasibility Study and EA (March 2015)
Draft Feasibility Study and Draft EA (July 2010)