[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 54670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26404]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Yazoo Basin Reformulation Study, Tributaries
Unit
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The proposed action includes authorized projects on nine
tributaries and streams in the hill and delta portions of the Yazoo
Basin, Mississippi. The tributaries and streams are Rocky Bayou,
Potacocowa Creek, Opossum Bayou, Hurricane Bayou, Lake Cormorant Bayou,
Yalobusha River, Whiteoak Bayou, Cassidy Bayou, and Tillatoba Creek.
The project study area includes Tunica, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Holmes,
Leflore, Grenada, Carroll, Yazoo, and Coahoma Counties, Mississippi.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Wendell King (telephone (601) 631-5967), U.S. Army Engineer
District, Vicksburg, ATTN: CELMK-PD-Q, 2101 North Frontage Road,
Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180-5191.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Proposed Action: The proposed action would provide flood damage
protection to rural and urban residences and agricultural properties.
Several tributary stream channels are insufficient to convey floodflows
and have local levee systems that are inadequate to contain larger
runoffs from the hills. The Supplemental EIS will supplement the Final
EIS, Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Yazoo Basin.
2. Alternatives: An array of alternatives, including no-action and
structural measures, will be formulated and evaluated.
3. a. A scoping meeting will be held in November 1995. A public
notice will be published to inform the general public of the location,
time, and date of the scoping meeting. All affected Federal, state, and
local agencies and interested private organizations, groups, and
individuals will be invited to participate.
b. Significant issues include bottom-land hardwoods, wetlands,
endangered species, waterfowl, fisheries, water quality, cultural
resources, and socioeconomic conditions. Additional alternatives,
environmental issues, and consultation requirements may be identified
during the scoping process.
c. The Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service; Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks;
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality; and Natural Resources
Conservation Service will be invited to participate as cooperating
agencies.
4. A Draft Reformulation Study Report, including the Supplemental
EIS, will be available for review by the general public in October
1998.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-26404 Filed 10-24-95; 8:45 am]
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