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Notice of Intent To Terminate the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Potable Water Supply for Washington Parish Reservoir Project

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[Federal Register: July 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 131)]
[Notices]
[Page 33217-33218]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr10jy09-37]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers

Notice of Intent To Terminate the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Potable Water Supply for Washington Parish
Reservoir Project

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
[[Page 33218]]
ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Vicksburg District, Corps of Engineers, is issuing this
notice to advise the public that the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) process for the proposed Potable Water Supply Project
for Washington Parish, Louisiana, is terminated. The original Notice of
Intent for this EIS process was published in the Federal Register on
March 28, 2008 (73 FR 16653).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Dove-Jackson at (601) 631-7136,
Vicksburg District, Corps of Engineers, 4155 Clay Street, CEMVK-OD-FE,
Vicksburg, MS 39183-3435.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg
District, has terminated the EIS process begun in March 2008, for the
proposed potable water supply project located in Washington Parish.
    1. The Washington Parish Reservoir Commission completed a site
selection study (January 2005) to determine a recommended best source
of future potable water for Washington Parish. The study concluded that
the creation of a surface water reservoir by damming Bogalusa Creek was
the most desirable alternative. The Washington Parish Reservoir
Commission subsequently completed a preliminary engineering report
(December 2006) that presented preliminary design, planning level costs
estimates, and preliminary construction plans for a water supply
reservoir. Based upon review of the information submitted with the
permit application, the Corps concluded that the proposed project had
the potential for significant impacts to the human and natural
environment. The proposed project would impact approximately 826 acres
of waters of the United States, including wetlands, which are regulated
by the Corps, and require a Department of the Army permit to comply
with section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The proposed project would
also impact cultural resources, threatened and endangered species, and
65 property owners.
    2. A public scoping meeting was held on April 10, 2008. Public
notice was given for the time and place of the meeting, and
approximately 65 people were in attendance. Coordination with Federal,
State and local agencies, and private organizations and citizens was
initiated, to ensure that the full range of issues related to the
proposed action would be addressed and all issues identified.
    3. Due to substantial modifications to the originally submitted
application for a Department of the Army section 404 permit, and
significant changes to the scope of the proposed project, the permit
application has been withdrawn and the EIS process has been terminated.

    Dated: July 1, 2009.
Michael C. Wehr,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Commander.
[FR Doc. E9-16344 Filed 7-9-09; 8:45 am]
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