95-1467. Intent to Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) for the Proposed Southern Branch 40-foot Navigation Improvements in the Vicinity of Norfolk Harbor, Hampton Roads, Virginia

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4157-4158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1467]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army
Corps of Engineers


Intent to Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement (DSEIS) for the Proposed Southern Branch 40-foot Navigation 
Improvements in the Vicinity of Norfolk Harbor, Hampton Roads, Virginia

AGENCY: U.S. Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, prepared a 
feasibility report and final Environmental Impact Statement in 1980 
titled ``Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia, Deepening and 
Disposal'', which recommended further investigations leading to 
improvements to the Southern Branch portion of the project.
    The recommended improvements consist of increasing the depth of the 
Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River between Norfolk and Western 
Railway Bridge at Mile 15 and U.S. Routes 460 and 13 highway crossing 
at Mile 17.5 from 35 feet to 40 feet over its existing 250- to 500-foot 
width and providing a new 800-foot turning basin at the terminus of the 
channel improvement.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, 803 Front 
Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23510.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Comments and questions concerning the proposed action should be 
addressed to Mr. Richard Klein [phone]; questions regarding the 
DSEIS should be addressed to Mr. Terrence Getchell [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    1. The DEIS will be prepared in connection with a General Design 
Memorandum that will document the engineering and design investigations 
required to complete pans and specifications and actual construction. 
Authority for the work is provided by Section 201(a) of Public Law 99-
662, enacted 17 November 1986. The feasibility report, published as 
House Document No. 99-85 dated 18 July 1985, recommended the 
improvements that are the subject of the DSEIS. [[Page 4158]] 
    2. Deepening the channels, constructing the turning basin and 
widening the channel between Mile 15 and Mile 17.5 will be considered. 
Allowing the channels to remain in the present condition will also be 
considered. Dredged material placement options under consideration 
include use of the Craney Island Rehandling Basin, placement within the 
Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area, ocean placement, and 
other upland locations along the channel.
    3. Further input from key federal and state agencies will be 
solicited both by letter and during scheduled coordination meetings 
held by the Civil Programs Branch, Norfolk District U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service has agreed to perform work under the Fish and Wildlife 
Coordination Act. Environmental consultation and review will be 
conducted in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act and 
other applicable laws and regulation, including those pertaining to 
endangered species and cultural resources.

Schedule

    The DEIS is anticipated to be available for public review the fall 
of 1998.
Kenneth L. Denton,


Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 95-1467 Filed 1-19-95; 8:45 am]
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