[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 75794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29716]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Closing Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock to Navigation, Located in
Minneapolis, MN
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Section 2010 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act
of 2014 (WRRDA) directed the Secretary of the Army to close the Upper
St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam located on the Mississippi River at
river mile 853.9 no later than 1 year after the enactment date of WRRDA
2014. The provision specifically allows the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers to continue to carry out emergency lock operations necessary
to mitigate flood damage. The WRRDA was enacted on June 10, 2014. To
comply with WRRDA, the Corps will close Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock to
navigation by June 10, 2015. The final closure date will be determined,
within the statutory deadline, after the environmental analysis
required by the National Environmental Policy Act is complete.
DATES: The Draft Environmental Assessment for this lock closure action
will be available for public comment through January 23, 2015. The
public notice and a link to the Environmental Assessment can be found
at: http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Home/PublicNotices.aspx.
ADDRESSES: Questions concerning the Draft Environmental Assessment can
be addressed to Mr. Elliott Stefanik, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 180
Fifth Street East, Suite 700, St. Paul, MN 55101-1678, or by email at
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jeffrey McKee at Corps of
Engineers Headquarters in Washington, DC, by phone at 202-761-8648.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The legal authority for the regulation
governing the use, administration, and navigation of the Upper St.
Anthony Falls lock is Section 4 of the River and Harbor Act of August
18, 1894 (28 Stat. 362), as amended, which is codified at 33 U.S.C.
Section 1. This statute requires the Secretary of the Army to
``prescribe such regulations for the use, administration, and
navigation of the navigable waters of the United States'' as the
Secretary determines may be required by public necessity. Reference 33
CFR 207.300, Mississippi River above Cairo, Ill., and their
tributaries; use, administration, and navigation.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-29716 Filed 12-18-14; 8:45 am]
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