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Intent To Prepare Draft Supplement II to a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Proposed Construction of a Water Supply Reservoir on Sugar Creek in Williamson and Johnson Counties, IL

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 [Federal Register: October 31, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 211)]
[Notices]
[Page 58948-58949]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr31oc97-50]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Intent To Prepare Draft Supplement II to a Final Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for Proposed Construction of a Water Supply
Reservoir on Sugar Creek in Williamson and Johnson Counties, IL

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Engineer District, Louisville Corps of Engineers
is initiating the preparation of Draft Supplement II to a Final EIS for
a regulatory permit application from the City of Marion, IL. The
proposed action by the City of Marion is the construction of a water
supply reservoir on Sugar Creek in Williamson and Johnson Counties,
Illinois. The Draft Supplement II will address combinations of
alternative actions, including separable alternatives, to provide water
to the City of Marion, IL and Lake of Egypt Water District from various
sources in southern Illinois.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions or comments concerning the
preparation of this Draft Supplement II to the Final EIS should be
addressed to Mr. Terry Siemsen, U.S. Army Engineer District,
Louisville, Corps of Engineers, CELRL-PD-R, P.O. Box 59, Louisville,
Kentucky 40201-0059 or phone (502) 582-5550.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Louisville District prepared a Draft and
Final EIS (Final EIS completed July 1995) for this permit application
as well as a Draft and Final Supplement I to the Final EIS (Final
Supplement I completed May 1996). A Record of Decision was prepared and
a Department of the Army permit was issued (July 1996) to the City of
Marion for placement of material in Sugar Creek as part of the
construction of their proposed water supply reservoir.

    The Department of the Army permit was contested in the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of Illinois and the issuance
of the permit was upheld (December 1996). The Department of the Army
permit was vacated, however, by order of the 7th Circuit Court of
Appeals on July 14, 1997. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals indicated
that alternatives of supplying the water needs of the City of Marion,
IL and Lake of Egypt Water District from separate sources were not
sufficiently described in the completed Final EIS and Final Supplement
I to the Final EIS.

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    The City of Marion has reinstated their application for a
Department of the Army permit that will be needed to construct the
proposed water supply reservoir. Because of the request by the City of
Marion, the Draft Supplement II to the Final EIS will be prepared and
will address separate water source options.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-28875 Filed 10-30-97; 8:45 am]
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