98-33995. Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for Proposed Modifications to Barbers Point Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71108-71109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33995]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Corps of Engineers


Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement 
(SEIS) for Proposed Modifications to Barbers Point Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii

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

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Engineer District, Honolulu, in partnership with 
the State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, Harbors Division, is 
proposing modifications to Barbers Point Harbor. Barbers Point Harbor 
is located on the west side of the island of Oahu in the Ewa region. 
The completed

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project would enable vessels of greater capacity to utilize the harbor 
and increase safety for vessels entering and leaving the harbor.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Engineer District, Honolulu, ATTN: CEPOH-ED-CP, 
Fort Shafter, Hawaii 96858-5440.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Stupplebeen, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. The project may include the following items:
    a. Deepening the harbor basin.
    b. Deepening and flaring the entrance channel.
    c. Constructing a jetty on the north side of the harbor entrance.
    These features may be modified, or new features added as a result 
of the analysis to be performed as part of the feasibility/SEIS 
process.
    2. Alternatives to be considered include ``No Action'' and various 
construction techniques.
    3. In May 1996, the Corps completed a reconnaissance study on the 
harbor. The study stated that the existing harbor's depth limitation 
results in increased transportation costs to shippers as they must 
either light-load their larger vessels or continue to use less 
efficient smaller ones.
    4. An agency scoping meeting was held on October 26, 1998. A public 
hearing will be held after publication of the draft SEIS. Meeting times 
and locations will be publicly announced. The draft SEIS is expected to 
be available in March 1999.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-33995 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 am]
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