[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30862]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Termination of Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the
Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities Foothills West
Transportation Access Project
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense.
ACTION: Withdrawal of notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Alaska District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is
notifying interested parties that it has terminated the process to
develop an Environmental Impact Statement and has withdrawn the
application for a Department of the Army permit from the Alaska
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) proposed
Foothills West Transportation Access Project (Foothills Project). The
original Notice of Intent to Prepare the EIS was published in the
Federal Register on May 20, 2011 (76 FR 29218).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the termination of
this EIS process should be addressed to: Ms. Melissa Riordan,
Regulatory Division, telephone: (907) 474-2166, or mail: U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, CEPOA-RD, 2175 University Avenue, Suite 201(E),
Fairbanks, AK 99709-4927. Or email: [email protected].
Emailed questions, including attachments, should be provided in .doc,
.docx, .pdf or .txt formats.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Alaska District published the original
Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS for the proposed Foothills project
in the Federal Register on Friday, May 20, 2011 (76 FR 29218). In the
summer of 2013 the Alaska DOT&PF decided to re-evaluate plans for
future EIS work, and in response the Corps suspended work and closed
the EIS project file. After confirming on October 21, 2014 that the
DOT&PF has no future plans to proceed with the project, the Corps
officially determined that it is appropriate to terminate the EIS. The
Corps' neutral role in the EIS process was to evaluate the
environmental consequences of the proposed project under the authority
of Section 10 of the River and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 of
the Clean Water Act. The preparation of the EIS was being conducted by
a third-party contractor directed by the Corps, and funded by the
applicant, which is typical of the Corps Regulatory EIS studies.
Withdrawal of the permit application and termination of the EIS process
will not prevent DOT&PF from reapplying at a later date.
Dated: November 3, 2014.
Approved by:
Michael Salyer,
North Branch Chief, Alaska District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
[FR Doc. 2014-30862 Filed 1-2-15; 8:45 am]
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