[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 67 (Friday, April 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15226-15227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8390]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Availability of Draft Master Plan and Supplement to the
Environmental Impact Statement for the Lake Seminole Hydrilla Action
Plan, Florida-Georgia-Alabama
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has
completed a draft report disclosing the environmental, engineering, and
economic aspects of numerous hydrilla management options for Lake
Seminole, Florida-Georgia-Alabama. The comment period for this draft
document ends on May 28, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For more information on this draft document, please contact Mr. Michael
J. Eubanks, U.S. Army Engineer District, Mobile, ATTN: CESAM-PD-EI,
P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001, (telephone (334) 694-3861 or 1-
800-421-7637).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Hydrilla, a non-native submersed aquatic
plant, is causing significant water resource use problems on Lake
Seminole, a 37,500 acre Corps reservoir. Hydrilla increased from 1 acre
in 1967 to a maximum of 24,000 in 1992. The current (1995) acreage has
been reduced to 18,200 acres as a result of repeated herbicidal
treatments and significant flooding during 1994. Numerous hydrilla
management options have been used in the past on Lake Seminole, with
herbicidal applications having been the most effective technique
demonstrated to date. Alternatives discussed in this evaluation
include: no action (no hydrilla control); mechanical control
(harvesters); biological control with insects or plant pathogens;
sterile grass carp (confined and unconfined options); lake drawdown;
traditional herbicide program; herbicide drip delivery system; and,
combinations of these alternatives (integrated hydrilla management). An
integrated hydrilla management alternative, with components from the
confined grass carp, herbicide drip delivery system, and a reduced
traditional herbicide program is the draft recommended plan. The
average annual cost for this plan is $566,546; is economically
justified based on recreation benefits; and results in control of
hydrilla at the priority hydrilla management areas and would
significantly reduce the total hydrilla acreage to from the maximum
hydrilla
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acreage of 24,000 acres that occurred in 1992, to 14,000 acres.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-8390 Filed 4-4-96; 8:45 am]
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