[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 102 (Thursday, May 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30679-30680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13050]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the Proposed Folsom South of U.S. Highway 50 Specific Plan Project,
in Sacramento County, CA, Corps Permit Application No. SPK-2007-02159
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Sacramento District has prepared
a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Folsom South of
U.S. Highway 50 Specific Plan Project, a proposed master-planned, mixed
use development within southeastern Sacramento County.
On July 2, 2010, USACE published a notice in the Federal Register
(75 FR
[[Page 30680]]
38500), informing the public of the availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that analyzes the potential
effects of implementing each of six (6) on-site land-use and eleven
(11) off-site water supply alternative scenarios for a mixed-use
development in the approximately 3,502-acre Folsom South of U.S.
Highway 50 Specific Plan Project Area.
The FEIS has been prepared to respond to comments received from
agencies, organizations, and members of the public on the 2010 DEIS,
and to present corrections, revisions, and other clarifications and
amplifications of the 2010 DEIS, including minor project modifications
made in response to these comments and as a result of the applicants'
ongoing planning efforts.
The FEIS has been prepared as joint documents with the City of
Folsom (City). The City is the local agency responsible for preparing
an Environmental Impact Report in compliance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The USACE is the lead Federal agency
responsible for the FEIS and information contained in the DEIS and FEIS
serves as the basis for a decision regarding issuance of an individual
permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. It also provides
information for Federal, state and local agencies having jurisdictional
responsibility for affected resources. All incoming comments on the
FEIS will be considered by USACE and responses will be provided for
substantive issues raised which have not been addressed in the DEIS or
FEIS.
DATES: All written comments must be postmarked on or before June 26,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in writing to: Lisa M. Gibson,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Regulatory Division;
650 Capitol Mall, Suite 5-200, Sacramento, CA 95814, or via e-mail to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa M. Gibson, (916) 557-5288, or via
e-mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South Folsom Property Owners Group, the
project applicants, are seeking adoption by the City of the proposed
SPA project and associated entitlements. The City and the South Folsom
Property Owners Group are also seeking authorization from USACE for the
placement of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States
pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The Proposed Project
includes 10,210 residential units at various densities on a total of
1,477.2 acres; 362.8 acres designated for commercial and industrial
use, including a regional shopping center; public/quasi-public uses;
elementary, middle, and high schools on 179.3 acres; 121.7 acres of
community and neighborhood parks; stormwater detention basins; 1,053.1
acres of open-space areas and open-space preserves; and major roads
with landscaping. In addition, the proposed project includes the
construction of several off-site infrastructure facilities, including
intersection expansions to allow access to and from U.S. 50 and the
SPA, an overpass of U.S. 50, two roadway connections and sewer
pipelines from the SPA into El Dorado Hills, a sewer force main
connection to the existing City system, a detention basin and water
pipelines and facilities. The SPA contains approximately 84.94 acres of
waters of the U.S. The proposed land-use plan would involve the
discharge of fill material into approximately 39.50 acres of waters of
the U.S., and indirect impacts to 0.29 acres of waters of the U.S.
resulting from fragmentation of existing waters. In addition, the
proposed land-use plan involves the preservation of approximately 44.19
acres of waters of the U.S., concentrated primarily on the Alder Creek
corridor and adjacent tributaries and wetlands.
For the proposed off-site water supply/alignment for the SPA, the
City is proposing off-site water facilities that would involve the
permanent assignment to the City of the contractual entitlements to
Central Valley Project (CVP) contract entitlement water, totaling not
more than 8,000 acre-feet per year (AFY) from the Natomas Central
Mutual Water Company (NCMWC), diverting the water supply from the
Sacramento River and conveying the water to the SPA. The proposed water
supply would also involve the City purchasing dedicated capacity within
the Freeport Regional Water Project (Freeport Project) from Sacramento
County Water Agency (SCWA), which would serve as the point of diversion
(POD) on the Sacramento River and partial conveyance pathway for not
more than 6,000 AFY purchased from NCMWC. The City proposes to add the
Freeport POD to the assigned CVP water to facilitate the diversion of
these supplies at the existing Freeport Project diversion. The City
proposes to pump and convey the assigned NCMWC CVP water supply through
the Freeport Project diversion facility and conveyance pipeline to the
point where SCWA and East Bay Municipal Utility District pipelines
split. The City would then construct new water supply conveyance
infrastructure from the bifurcation point to the SPA within an
approximately 200-foot corridor. The corridor for the proposed
construction of the water line and the proposed location for water
treatment plants contains approximately 50.7 acres of waters of the
U.S. The estimate of waters of the U.S. within the proposed water
supply corridor was determined based on aerial photographs and National
Wetland Inventory maps, and has not been field delineated or verified
by USACE. Because the City has not yet completed project specific
engineering details for the proposed off-site water supply/alignment,
the exact impacts to waters of the U.S. cannot be determined. However,
construction of the water supply infrastructure is expected to occur
within an area of less than 100 feet in width, and, depending on which
side of the corridor construction would occur, would impact an
estimated 5.7 acres or 6.8 acres of waters of the U.S.
An electronic version of the FEIS may be viewed at the USACE,
Sacramento District Web site: http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/organizations/cespk-co/regulatory/EISs/EIS-index.html: In addition, a
hardcopy of the FEIS may also be reviewed at the Folsom Public Library,
Georgia Murray Building, 411 Stafford Street, Folsom, California 95630.
Dated: May 12, 2011.
Andrew B. Kiger,
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, District Engineer.
[FR Doc. 2011-13050 Filed 5-25-11; 8:45 am]
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