[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44932-44933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17907]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for the Pearl River Section 211 Watershed Project for the
Pearl River Watershed, Mississippi
AGENCY: Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 211 of the Water Resources Development Act
of 1996, the Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control
District, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE),
is conducting a re-analysis of all engineering, economic, and
environmental factors relative to prospective flood alleviation
measures in the Pearl River Watershed study area (the metropolitan
Jackson area). The re-analysis will employ Department of the Army
criteria and guidelines as well as local engineering and analytical
criteria. This Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) will examine
the
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reasonably foreseeable environmental impacts of all alternative courses
of action that may be proposed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions or comments may be submitted
to Mr. Matthew Mallard, U.S. Army Engineer District, Vicksburg, CEMVN-
PDN-UDP, 4155 Clay Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183-3435; (601) 631-5960
(voice) or (601) 631-5115 (fax); [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Action. The Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage
Control District, as per the National Environmental Policy Act (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) (NEPA) and NEPA regulations of the Council on
Environmental Quality (40 CFR part 1500 et seq.) and Corps of Engineers
(33 CFR part 230), proposes in partnership with the U.S Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) as authorized by Section 211 of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1996, to investigate measures to alleviate flooding
in the study area.
Alternatives The DEIS for will be developed to continue to evaluate
alternatives, both new and those previously provided in a comprehensive
plan for flood damage reduction dated 2007, Preliminary Feasibility
Study and Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
Scoping Process.
Public Involvement. Re-scoping is the method by which the Corps of
Engineers involves the public, federal and state resource agencies,
Indian tribes, and other interested parties in identifying the
environmental issues to be examined and in establishing a range of
alternatives to be evaluated in an ongoing study. All are invited to
participate in the re-scoping process by attending the public
information meeting to be held August 29, 2013, by submitting comments
on the proposed action or DEIS, or both.
Environmental Impact. A tentative list of resources and issues that
may be evaluated in the DEIS includes aquatic resources, recreational
and commercial fisheries, wildlife resources, water quality, air
quality, threatened or endangered species, recreation resources, and
cultural resources. Tentative socio-economic considerations that may be
evaluated in the DEIS include business and industrial activity, tax
revenue, population growth, community and regional development,
transportation, housing, community cohesion, and navigation.
Re-scoping Meeting. A public information meeting will be held
August 29, 2013, from 6 to 8:00 p.m., at the Agriculture & Forestry
Museum, 1150 Lakeland Drive, Jackson, MS 39216.
Estimated Date of Availability of a DEIS. September 2014.
Dated; July 16, 2013.
Barbara Petersen,
Acting Chief, Programs and Project, Management Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-17907 Filed 7-24-13; 8:45 am]
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