[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28993]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Corps of Engineers
Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
(PEIS) for the Upper Trinity River Feasibility Study, in Dallas,
Denton, and Tarrant Counties, Texas
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The Fort Worth District is preparing a PEIS for the proposed
Upper Trinity River Feasibility Study, in Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant
Counties, Texas. The tentatively selected plans consist of structural
and non-structural measures at sites in the Upper Trinity River Basin
study area which include: detention structures, channel modifications,
levee enhancements, floodway sumps, channel and levee combinations, and
other allied purposes of water quality improvement, environmental
enhancement/restoration opportunities, and recreation development.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Gene T. Rice, Jr., CESWF-PL-M, U.S. Army Engineer District, Fort
Worth, P.O. Box 17300 Fort Worth, Texas 76102-0300, phone (817) 978-
2187.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action is being conducted in response
to the authority contained in the following United States Senate
Committee on Environment and Public Works Resolution dated April 22,
1988, as quoted below:
Resolved by the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the
United States Senate, that the Board of Engineers for Rivers and
Harbors is hereby requested to requested to review the report of the
Chief of Engineers on the Trinity River and Tributaries, Texas,
House Document No. 276, Eighty-Ninth Congress, and other pertinent
reports, with a view to determining the advisability of modifying
the proposal for further studies contained therein, with particular
reference to providing improvements in the interest of flood
protection, environmental enhancement, water quality, recreation,
and other allied purposes in the Upper Trinity River Basin with
specific attention on the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
Numerous water resource development projects are being proposed in
the Upper Trinity River Basin in Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant Counties,
Texas. Projects in the study area tentatively include: non-structural
flood damage reduction river channel modifications, environmental
restoration, and recreation facility development along Johnson Creek,
Arlington, Texas; environmental restoration within River Legacy Parks
in Arlington, Texas; environmental restoration and recreation facility
development within Coppell, Texas; environmental restoration and
recreation facility development in Denton County, Texas, channel and/or
levee modifications, environmental restoration (including a Chain-of-
Lakes), and recreation development within the existing Dallas Floodway
project limits in Dallas, Texas; levee alignments and recreation
facility development in the Stemmons North Industrial Corridor of
Dallas, Texas; modification to existing urban sumps (14W/15W) in Fort
Worth, Texas; and river channel modification, and levee construction
and modification at Riverside Drive in Fort Worth, Texas.
1. Proposed Action: The plan to be addressed in the PEIS consists
of several projects which implement structural and non-structural
measures in the Upper Trinity River Basin, specifically the Texas
counties of Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant. The structural and non-
structural measures include: detention structures, channel
modifications, levee enhancements, floodway sumps, and a combination of
channel modifications and floodway levees. These measures will provide
flood damage reduction, water quality improvement, environmental
enhancement/restoration opportunities, and recreation development.
2 Alternatives: Alternatives to the projects which will be
considered include numerous structural and non-structural measures, in
addition to the ``No Action'' alternative.
3. The Corps' scoping process and public involvement for the PEIS
under consideration are described as follows:
a. The public involvement program for this study will consist of at
least one public meeting to be scheduled at a later date. The public
information meeting would be scheduled at the conclusion of the study
to present study results to local interests. Additional public
workshops would be scheduled as necessary.
b. Some of the significant issues that will be analyzed in depth
include: (1) Impacts of flooding and construction on biological
resources (bottomland hardwoods, wetlands, etc.), water quality, and
socio-economic factors; (2) Recreational opportunities; and (3)
Mitigation and environmental restoration opportunities.
c. No other Federal agencies have been invited to participate in
the development of the PEIS at this time.
d. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will furnish information on
endangered and threatened species in accordance with the Endangered
Species Act. The State Historic Preservation Officer and the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation will be consulted for information in
accordance with Section 106 of the Historic Preservation Act.
4. Scoping meetings have been tentatively scheduled for January 7,
1997, and January 9, 1997. Information regarding the scoping meeting
for the PEIS will be distributed through public notice and media
releases.
5. The Draft PEIS has been scheduled for public review in the fall
of 1997.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-28993 Filed 11-12-96; 8:45 am]
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