[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 51567-51568] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-25860] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for a Proposed Small Boat Harbor at Tatitlek, Alaska AGENCY: Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. ACTION: Notice of intent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 51568]] SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska intends to prepare a DEIS for a small boat harbor at Tatitlek, Alaska. The harbor would serve local commercial and subsistence fishing vessels, moor commercial and recreational transient vessels, and support oil spill response vessels. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lizette Boyer (907) 753-2637, Alaska District, Corps of Engineers, Environmental Resources Section (CEPOA-EN-CW-ER), PO Box 898, Anchorage, Alaska 99506-0898. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The project is being studied under the Continuing Authority Program. The structural alternatives include construction of a rubblemound breakwater, a dredged basin, and harbor related infrastructure on tidelands or wetlands. Initial evaluation identified two harbor locations and four harbor plan alternatives: Three designs for the Village Cove site, and one design for the Southpoint site. Other harbor locations and non-structural alternatives identified during scoping will be studied. Design alternatives would require blasting rock and dredging sediments to create the basin and entrance channel. The Southpoint site design alternative would not require dredging. Issues: The DEIS will consider impacts to eelgrass beds, marine intertidal and subtidal communities, fish and wildlife, wetlands, threatened and endangered species, water quality, cultural resources, socio-economic resources, and other resources and concerns identified through scoping, public involvement, and interagency coordination. Scoping: A copy of this notice and additional public information will be sent to interested parties to initiate scoping. All parties are invited to participate in the scoping process by identifying any additional concerns, issues, studies needed, and alternatives. A scoping meeting is not planned at this time. The effects to eelgrass beds and their importance to the ecology of the area have been identified as a significant issue. The estimated date for a DEIS is February 15, 1999. Gregory D. Showalter, Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 98-25860 Filed 9-25-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3710-NL-M