[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7044]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the Aliso Creek Watershed Feasibility Study; Orange County,
CA
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Los Angeles District,
DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Aliso Creek Watershed encompasses a drainage area of
approximately thirty-six (36) square miles in southern Orange County
extending approximately nineteen (19) miles from the foothills of the
Santa Ana Mountains to the Pacific Ocean south of Laguna Beach. Rapid
residential and commercial development within the past thirty-five
years has produced a number of unintended consequences on the watershed
and its creeks. These include decreased water quality and supply, loss
of habitat, flooding, erosion, and loss of recreational opportunities.
In response to these and other problems raised by various federal and
state offices, interest groups, and private parties the Corps is
developing an integrated watershed management plan to enhance positive
trends in maintaining the Aliso Creek Watershed system.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Mr.
Timothy J. Smith, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CESPL-PD-RN, P.O.
Box 532711, Los Angeles, California 90053-2325; phone (213) 452-3854;
email tjsmith@spl.usace.army.mil
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To prepare for preparation of the EIS, the
Corps will be conducting a public scoping meeting on March 25, 1998, at
7 p.m., at the Laguna Niguel City Council Chambers, located at 27841 La
Paz Road, Laguna Niguel, California. This scoping will be held to
solicit public input on significant environmental issues associated
with the proposed project. The public, as well as Federal, State, and
local agencies are encouraged to participate in the scoping process by
attending the Scoping Meeting and/or submitting data, information, and
comments identifying relevant environmental and socioeconomic issues to
be addressed in the environmental analysis. Useful information includes
other environmental studies, published and unpublished data,
alternatives that should be addressed in the analysis, and potential
environmental enhancement and restoration opportunities that exist in
the watershed. Individuals and agencies may offer information or data
relevant to the proposed study and provide comments suggestions by
attending the public scoping meeting, or by mailing the information to
Mr. Timothy J. Smith. Requests to be placed on the mailing list for
announcements and the Draft EIS should be sent to Mr. Timothy J. Smith.
Alternatives: The study will develop an integrated watershed
management plan as well as a list of potential environmental
enhancement and restoration opportunities throughout the Aliso Creek
Watershed. Specific measures selected for implementation will be
analyzed in detail in supplementary National Environmental Policy Act/
California Environmental Quality Act documentation.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-7044 Filed 3-17-98; 8:45 am]
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