[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 140 (Wednesday, July 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39274-39275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19480]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Withdrawal From Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement, Environmental Restoration, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Walla Walla
District, is withdrawing its intent to prepare a Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS) for Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for
Environmental Restoration in the Snake River at Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
The Corps environmental analyses have not identified any significant
impacts associated with the proposed action, therefore, intent to
prepare a DEIS is hereby terminated. The Corps is preparing an
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed environmental
restoration. The EA will evaluate environmental effects of restoring
riverine, wetland, and riparian habitat for four sites within the
active Snake River channel between Grand Teton National Park and the
South Park Elk Feed Grounds in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Teton County and
the Teton County Natural Resources District are cost sharing sponsors
and participating in the project and in developing the EA. The
objective of this project is to provide site specific restoration
measures for impacts of construction, operation, and maintenance of
levees constructed under the Jackson Hole Flood Protection Project.
Formulation of the restoration measures focuses on examining existing
conditions and determining the feasibility of restoring portions of
degraded ecosystem structure, function, and dynamic processes to a less
degraded condition.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please Contact Mr. Bill MacDonald,
Project Manager, Walla Walla District, Corps of Engineers, CENWW-PD-
PM,. 201 North Third Avenue, Walla Walla, WA. 99362, phone 509-527-7253
or Mr. James S. Smith, NEPA Coordinator, Walla Walla District, Corps of
Engineers, CENWW-PD-EC, 201 North
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Third Avenue, Walla Walla, WA. 99362, phone 509-527-7266.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A reconnaissance study completed in June
1993, by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District
recommended a feasibility level study to evaluate the feasibility of
completing the levee system and restoring fish and wildlife resources.
The study area included the levee system and adjacent lands affected by
the project, within the 500-year flood plain along a 25 mile reach of
the Snake River. To reduce the cost of the feasibility study, the scope
of the study was reduced to determining the feasibility of providing
environmental restoration on four priority sites exhibiting the
greatest potential for restoration. Based on the reduced scope,
environmental impacts of the proposed project will be documented in an
EA.
Alternatives: Alternatives that could be implemented at the four
sites include:
a. Channel restoration to rehabilitate fisheries.
b. Island protection measures to preserve riparian island values.
c. Island restoration measures to restore riparian island values.
d. Fish habitat creation through stream structure alteration.
e. No action.
Public Meeting: A public information meeting for the EA will be
held in Jackson, Wyoming in January 1999. Date, time and location will
be publicized.
Availability: The Draft EA should be available in December 19993.
Donald R. Curtis, Jr.,
LTC, EN Commanding.
[FR Doc. 98-19480 Filed 7-21-98; 8:45 am]
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