[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-3147]
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[Federal Register: February 11, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) to the Final EIS, Red River Waterway, Louisiana,
Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma Related Projects, Red River Levees and
Bank Stabilization, Below Denison Dam, Arkansas Levees
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of the proposed action is to reduce flood damage
potential of the Red River below Denison Dam area by rehabilitating the
Arkansas levee system to minimum levee grade and section design and
replacing seven drainage structures through the levee. The project
begins in the vicinity of Interstate 30 near Fulton, Arkansas, and
extends to the Arkansas-Louisiana border, a distance of approximately
110 miles. The project also includes approximately 6.2 miles of levee,
located along McKinney Bayou, which is influenced by backwater
conditions of the Red River.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, ATTN:
CELMK-PD-Q, 2101 North Frontage Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180-
5191.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Mr. Wendall L. King (601) 631-5967 or
Mr. Stuart C. McLean (601) 631-5965.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. The initial authorization for Red River Levees and Bank
Stabilization, Below Denison Dam, Arkansas, Levees was provided in the
Flood Control Act of July 24, 1946 (Pub. L. 79-526). A final EIS for
the Authorized Red River Waterway and related projects was filed with
the Council on Environmental Quality on May 21, 1973. Authorization for
the proposed project is contained in the Energy and Water Development
Appropriation Acts for Fiscal Years 1992, 1993, and 1994. The Fiscal
Year 1992 and 1993 Acts (Pub. L. 102-104 and 102-337) directed the
Corps of Engineers to determine the extent of project levee
deficiencies, and the Fiscal year 1994 Act (Pub. L. 103-126) directs
the Corps to reshape and rehabilitate defective levees.
2. The range of alternatives to be considered includes no action
and accomplishment of levee rehabilitation riverward or landward of the
levee, depending on the environmental and/or cultural significance of
the area in question.
3. a. Significant issues tentatively identified include bottom-1;
and hardwood/wetlands, water fowl, fisheries, water quality, cultural,
socioeconomic conditions, etc. Additional environmental requirements
may be identified during the scoping process.
b. The Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and Soil Conservation
Service will be invited to participate as cooperating agencies.
c. A scoping meeting is tentatively scheduled to be held in March
1994 in Texarkana, Arkansas. Public notice will be published to inform
the general public of the location, time and date. All affected
Federal, State, and local agencies and other interested private
organizations and parties will be invited to participate.
4. The DEIS will be available for review by the public during
Fiscal Year 1995.
Kenneth L. Denton,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-3147 Filed 2-10-94; 8:45 am]
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