94-22835. Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a Proposed Flood Control Project at Wailupe Valley, Honolulu, HI

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for a 
Proposed Flood Control Project at Wailupe Valley, Honolulu, HI

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, in 
partnership with the State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural 
Resources, and the City and County of Honolulu Department of Public 
Works, is proposing to develop solutions to the flooding problem caused 
by Wailupe Stream. Wailupe Stream is located on the east side of the 
island of Oahu in the community of Aina Haina. The completed project is 
expected to significantly reduce future flood damage.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Engineer District, Honolulu, ATTN: CEPOD-ED-PV, 
Fort Shafter, Hawaii 96858-5440.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Peter Galloway, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    1. The project may include the following items:
    a. One or more debris dams located upstream of the existing boulder 
basin in Wailupe Gulch.
    b. One or more debris dams located upstream of the entrance to 
Kului Gulch.
    c. Channel improvements up to 7,000 feet long.
    These features may be modified, or new features added as a result 
of the analysis to be performed as part of the feasibility/EIS process.
    2. Alternatives to be considered include ``No Action'' and various 
alternative alignments and configurations of the debris dams and 
channel improvements.
    3. At the request of the State of Hawaii Legislature following the 
New Year's Eve Flood of 1987-1988, the Corps conducted a reconnaissance 
study beginning in 1990 entitled ``Urban Flood Control Study''. The 
study found basic problems in the Wailupe Stream draining basin and 
determined that there was a federal interest in solving the debris flow 
and flooding problems.
    4. A public scoping meeting to be held in Honolulu is being planned 
for September or October 1994, but no date has yet been set. The draft 
EIS is expected to be available in September 1996.
Kenneth L. Denton,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-22835 Filed 9-14-94; 8:45 am]
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