[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 10131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03742]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Withdrawal of Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the Zoar Levee and Diversion Dam, Dam Safety
Modification Study, Tuscarawas County, OH
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of intent; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Huntington District,
is withdrawing its intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Zoar Levee and Diversion Dam, Dam Safety
Modification Study. The Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS was
published in the Federal Register on May 4, 2011 (76 FR 25310).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Andrew Johnson, Acting Chief,
Environmental Analysis Section, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Huntington District, 502 Eighth Street, Huntington, WV 25701-2070.
Telephone: (304) 399-5189. Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Originally, the Huntington District planned
to prepare a Draft EIS to disclose potential impacts to the natural,
physical, and human environment resulting from implementation of
alternatives formulated to address reliability risks associated with
Zoar Levee and Diversion Dam. These high hazard structures do not meet
current performance standards and exceed acceptable risk levels.
Initially, a full array of alternatives was planned to be formulated to
meet the purpose and need of the study. After full consideration of all
alternatives, the best plan was to be selected to achieve acceptable
risk levels.
Completion of Dam Safety Baseline Risk Assessment in November 2013
reduced urgency, complexity and controversy associated with risks
allowing for early screening of non-structural options driving
potential for significant and controversial effects. Environmental
Assessment (EA) level effort was determined sufficient for the
Modification Study. Therefore, it is anticipated the EA will result in
a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), an EIS is not anticipated.
Leon F. Parrott,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer.
[FR Doc. 2014-03742 Filed 2-21-14; 8:45 am]
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