[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51567-51568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25860]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
for a Proposed Small Boat Harbor at Tatitlek, Alaska
AGENCY: Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska intends to prepare a
DEIS for a small boat harbor at Tatitlek, Alaska. The harbor would
serve local commercial and subsistence fishing vessels, moor commercial
and recreational transient vessels, and support oil spill response
vessels.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lizette Boyer (907) 753-2637, Alaska District, Corps of Engineers,
Environmental Resources Section (CEPOA-EN-CW-ER), PO Box 898,
Anchorage, Alaska 99506-0898.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The project is being studied under the
Continuing Authority Program. The structural alternatives include
construction of a rubblemound breakwater, a dredged basin, and harbor
related infrastructure on tidelands or wetlands. Initial evaluation
identified two harbor locations and four harbor plan alternatives:
Three designs for the Village Cove site, and one design for the
Southpoint site. Other harbor locations and non-structural alternatives
identified during scoping will be studied. Design alternatives would
require blasting rock and dredging sediments to create the basin and
entrance channel. The Southpoint site design alternative would not
require dredging.
Issues: The DEIS will consider impacts to eelgrass beds, marine
intertidal and subtidal communities, fish and wildlife, wetlands,
threatened and endangered species, water quality, cultural resources,
socio-economic resources, and other resources and concerns identified
through scoping, public involvement, and interagency coordination.
Scoping: A copy of this notice and additional public information
will be sent to interested parties to initiate scoping. All parties are
invited to participate in the scoping process by identifying any
additional concerns, issues, studies needed, and alternatives. A
scoping meeting is not planned at this time. The effects to eelgrass
beds and their importance to the ecology of the area have been
identified as a significant issue. The estimated date for a DEIS is
February 15, 1999.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-25860 Filed 9-25-98; 8:45 am]
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