[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 69 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 17644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9149]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Draft Environmental Impact Statement For Proposed Open-Water
Placement of Dredged Material At Site 104 Queen Anne's County, Maryland
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Extension of Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: The Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is
announcing today the extension of the comment period for the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement For Proposed Open-Water Placement of
Dredged Material At Site 104 Queen Anne's County, Maryland.
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 1, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Questions, comments, or requests for copies of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement should be directed to Mr. Wesley E.
Coleman Jr. at the Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District (ATTN: CENAB-
PL-P), P.O. Box 1715, Baltimore, MD 21203-1715. Or e-mail
wesley.e.coleman@usace.army.mil
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Wesley E. Coleman Jr. at facsimile
(410) 962-4698.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Availability (NOA) and a summary
of the proposed action was published in the Federal Register (64 FR
9480) on February 26, 1999. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore
District is evaluating the potential use of Site 104 as an open-water
placement area. Site 104 is located in the Chesapeake Bay one-half mile
north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and one mile west of Kent Island.
Open-water placement is proposed for approximately 18 million cubic
yards of dredged material from the mainstem Chesapeake Bay channels
leading to the port of Baltimore. The Maryland Port Administration has
recommended the use of Site 104 for open-water placement of clean
sediment beginning in 1999. No decision has been made to use the site.
The Baltimore District will analyze and incorporate all public comments
on this Draft Environmental Impact Statement before making a final
decision.
The DEIS and associated technical appendices are available at the
following area libraries:
Anne Arundel County Public Library, North County Branch, 1010
Eastway Drive, Glen Burnie, MD 21060; Queen Anne's County Free Library,
121 South Commerce Street, Centreville, MD 21617; Kent County Public
Library, 408 High Street Chestertown, MD 21620; Frederick Douglas
Library, University of MD, Eastern Shore, Backbone Road, Princess Anne,
MD 21853-1299; Miller Library, Washington College, 300 Washington
Avenue, Chestertown, MD 21620; MD State Law Library, Court of Appeals
Building, 361, Rowe Boulevard, Annapolis, MD 21401; Queen Anne's County
Public Library, Kent Island Branch, 200 Library Circle, Stevensville,
MD 21666; Annapolis Library, 1410 West Street, Annapolis, MD 21401;
Broadneck Library, 1275 Green Holly Drive, Annapolis MD 21401;
Reference Library, State Department of Legislation, 90 State Circle,
Annapolis MD 21401.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-9149 Filed 4-9-99; 8:45 am]
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