[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 45008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20680]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Notice of Availability of The Great Lakes and Mississippi River
Interbasin Study--Brandon Road Draft Integrated Feasibility Study and
Environmental Impact Statement--Will County, Illinois
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is extending the
comment period for the report ``The Great Lakes and Mississippi River
Interbasin Study--Brandon Road Draft Integrated Feasibility Study and
Environmental Impact Statement--Will County, Illinois'' (GLMRIS-Brandon
Road) for 45 days in response to stakeholder requests for an extension,
from October 2, 2017 to November 16, 2017.
DATES: The comment period is extended for the draft GLMRIS-Brandon Road
report published in the Federal Register on August 7, 2017 (82 FR
36760). Comments must be received or postmarked by November 16, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in the following ways:
GLMRIS Project Web site: Use the Web comment function found at
http://glmris.anl.gov.
Mail: Send comments to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago
District, ATTN: GLMRIS-Brandon Road Comments, 231 S. LaSalle St., Suite
1500, Chicago, IL 60604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Andrew Leichty, Program
Manager, by mail: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District,
Clock Tower Building (ATTN: Leichty), P.O. Box 2004, Rock Island, IL
61204-2004, by phone: 309-794-5399; or by email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GLMRIS authority directed USACE to
identify the range of options and technologies available to prevent the
spread of aquatic nuisance species between the Great Lakes and
Mississippi River Basins through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
and other aquatic pathways. The goal of the GLMRIS-Brandon Road Study
is to prevent the upstream transfer of aquatic nuisance species while
minimizing impacts to existing waterways uses and users.
Comments, including the names and addresses of those who comment,
received during the comment period will be posted on the GLMRIS project
Web site. Comments submitted anonymously will be accepted, considered,
and posted. Commenters may indicate that they do not wish to have their
name or other personal information made available on the Web site.
However, USACE cannot guarantee that information withheld from the Web
site will be maintained as confidential. Persons requesting
confidentiality should be aware that, under the Freedom of Information
Act, confidentiality may be granted in only limited circumstances.
Dated: September 18, 2017.
Dennis W. Hamilton,
Chief, Programs and Project Management Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-20680 Filed 9-26-17; 8:45 am]
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