[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6924]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
for the Proposed Ocean City, Maryland, and Vicinity Water Resources
Feasibility Study at Ocean City, in Worcester County, Maryland;
Correction
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Correction to Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: Reference NOI published in Federal Register on Thursday,
February 29, 1996, Volume 61, number 41, pages 7778-9. This document
contains corrections to the Notice of Intent published for the Ocean
City, Maryland, and Vicinity Water Resources Feasibility Study and
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The corrections relate to
the types of documents to be prepared and the dates that the draft
documents will be available for public review.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposed actions, draft Programmatic EIS, and
Supplemental EIS's can be addressed to Ms. Stacey Marek, Study Manager,
Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CENAB-PL-PC,
P.O. 1715, Baltimore, Maryland 21203-1715, telephone (410) 962-4977. E-
mail address: ocwr@ccmail.nab.usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Ocean City feasibility study will address four
different water-related problems in the Maryland coastal bay area as
separate report components. The components include (1) the restoration
of the northern end of Assateague Island; (2) long-term sand placement
opportunities along Ocean City and Assateague Island shorelines; (3)
restoration of terrestrial and aquatic habitat; and (4) navigation
improvements to the harbor, inlet, and Thorofare channel. The
Assateague Island Restoration component will be completed earlier than
the other 3 components due to a potentially imminent breach of
Assateague Island. The original schedule completion date for the draft
Ocean City, Maryland, and Vicinity Water Resources Feasibility Report
and DEIS was June 1997.
Need for Correction: As published, the original NOI failed to
clarify that a Programmatic EIS, addressing general impacts of the
overall project and specific impacts of the Assateague Island
restoration, would be available first, followed by a separate
supplemental EIS addressing the remaining project components, and to
identify the dates the documents would be available for public review.
Correction of Publication: Accordingly, the Federal Register
published on Thursday, February 29, 1996, Volume 61, number 41, pages
7778-9, is corrected as follows: On page 7778, in the Summary
paragraph, substitute the following for the final sentence:
A Programmatic EIS addressing the general actions and impacts of
the overall proposed study and the specific actions and impacts of the
Assateague Island Restoration component will be prepared and provided
for public review in March 1977. Subsequently, separate Supplemental
EIS will be prepared for the study components addressing long-term sand
placement; restoration of terrestrial and aquatic habitat; and
navigation improvements to the harbor, inlet, and Thorofare channel.
The Supplemental EIS will be provided for public review in October
1997.
On page 7778, in item number 7, line 2; and on page 7779, in item
7, line 2: substitute ``environmental documents'' for ``DEIS.'' On page
7779, in item number 10, substitute the following: The draft
Programmatic EIS addressing the general actions and impacts of the
overall Ocean City, Maryland, Water Resources Feasibility Study and the
specific actions and impacts of the Assateague Island Restoration is
scheduled to be available for public review in Mar. 1997; a
Supplemental EIS addressing the specific actions and impacts of the
remaining 3 study components are scheduled to be available for public
review in October 1977.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-6924 Filed 3-21-96; 8:45 am]
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