80_FR_51954 80 FR 51789 - Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Lower Cache Creek Flood Risk Management Project, City of Woodland, Yolo County, California (CA)

80 FR 51789 - Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Lower Cache Creek Flood Risk Management Project, City of Woodland, Yolo County, California (CA)

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 165 (August 26, 2015)

Page Range51789-51790
FR Document2015-21165

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Sacramento District, intends to prepare an integrated Feasibility Report/Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (FR/SDEIS) for the Lower Cache Creek Flood Risk Management Feasibility Study (feasibility study). The Corps will serve as the lead agency for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The feasibility study is evaluating opportunities to reduce flood damages to the city of Woodland and improve the conveyance of the hydraulic system in the lower Cache Creek Basin, in Yolo County, CA. A Draft EIS was originally submitted for public review on March 21, 2003 (68 FR 13907). Following an assessment of public comments received as well as a determination of additional technical, environmental, and economic evaluation needs, the local sponsors, the City of Woodland and the Reclamation Board of the State of California, decided to pause the feasibility study. The 2003 Draft EIS/EIR was never finalized and no Record of Decision was prepared. The local sponsor reinitiated the study with the Corps in 2011 after further coordination with stakeholders and interested parties. Because of significant new circumstances and information relevant to environmental concerns and bearing on the proposed action or its impacts, a supplement to the 2003 draft EIS is being prepared.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 165 (Wednesday, August 26, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 165 (Wednesday, August 26, 2015)]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-21165]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Lower Cache Creek Flood Risk Management 
Project, City of Woodland, Yolo County, California (CA)

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Sacramento District, 
intends to prepare an integrated Feasibility Report/Supplemental Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (FR/SDEIS) for the Lower Cache Creek 
Flood Risk Management Feasibility Study (feasibility study). The Corps 
will serve as the lead agency for compliance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The feasibility study is evaluating 
opportunities to reduce flood damages to the city of Woodland and 
improve the conveyance of the hydraulic system in the lower Cache Creek 
Basin, in Yolo County, CA.
    A Draft EIS was originally submitted for public review on March 21, 
2003 (68 FR 13907). Following an assessment of public comments received 
as well as a determination of additional technical, environmental, and 
economic evaluation needs, the local sponsors, the City of Woodland and 
the Reclamation Board of the State of California, decided to pause the 
feasibility study. The 2003 Draft EIS/EIR was never finalized and no 
Record of Decision was prepared. The local sponsor reinitiated the 
study with the Corps in 2011 after further coordination with 
stakeholders and interested parties. Because of significant new 
circumstances and information relevant to environmental concerns and 
bearing on the proposed action or its impacts, a supplement to the 2003 
draft EIS is being prepared.

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DATES: Written comments regarding the scope of the feasibility study 
and SDEIS should be received by the Corps on or before September 25, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments and suggestions concerning this 
feasibility study and SDEIS to Mr. Tyler Stalker, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, Sacramento District, Attn: Public Affairs Office (CESPK-
PAO), 1325 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 or telephone at (916) 557-
5107. Requests to be placed on the mailing list should also be sent to 
this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mario Parker, email at 
mario.g.parker@usace.army.mil, telephone (916) 557-6701, or fax (916) 
557-7856.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    1. Proposed Action. The Corps in cooperation with the non-Federal 
sponsors (The Central Valley Flood Protection Board and the City of 
Woodland) is conducting a cost-shared feasibility study on alternative 
flood risk reduction measures to the city of Woodland, Yolo County, CA, 
adjacent unincorporated areas, and agricultural lands. The study is 
authorized by section 209 of the Flood Control Act of 1962 (Pub. L. 87-
874). A reconnaissance study of flooding problems in the westside 
tributaries, including Putah and Cache Creeks, and the Yolo Bypass was 
conducted in 1993-1994 under the authorization of the Energy and Water 
Development Appropriations Act of 1993. Recommendations from the 
reconnaissance study resulted in the pursuit of the present feasibility 
study.
    2. Alternatives. The feasibility study's SDEIS will evaluate a 
combination of one or more flood control measures including setback 
levee along Cache Creek, stream channel improvements, a north Woodland 
floodway, a northern bypass into the Colusa Drain, and a no-action 
alternative. Mitigation measures for any significant adverse effects on 
environmental resources will be identified and incorporated into the 
alternatives in compliance with various Federal and State statutes.
    3. Scoping Process.
    a. A public scoping meeting will be held on September 3, 2015, from 
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Woodland Community Center at 2001 East 
Street in Woodland, CA. An overview of the study and the NEPA process 
will be presented, and an opportunity will be afforded to all 
interested parties to provide comments regarding the scope of the SDEIS 
analysis as well as potential alternatives.
    b. The study plan provides for public scoping, meetings, and 
comment. The Corps has initiated a process of involving concerned 
Federal, State, and local agencies and individuals. The City of 
Woodland has held periodic public meetings to discuss issues and 
solicit public comment. Also, an initial public scoping meeting was 
held by the Corps on May 30, 2000. Comments received focused on 
flooding along Cache Creek, land subsidence, gravel mining, and effects 
of alternatives on the Cache Creek Settling Basin. In addition, 
comments received on the draft EIS submitted for review on March 21, 
2003 are also being considered in the SDEIS. Finally, public awareness 
of the development of a proposed array of alternatives is being pursued 
through individual meetings between sponsors and key stakeholders. An 
initial public information meeting was held in November 2013.
    c. Issues that will be analyzed in depth in the SDEIS include 
effects on vegetation and wildlife, special-status species, water 
quality, air quality, socio-economic conditions, and cultural 
resources. Other issues may include geology, soils, topography, noise, 
esthetics, climate and recreation. Also to be considered is the city 
ordinance adopted by the City of Woodland restricting any flood 
solution that would similarly produce deep floodplains north of the 
city (City Code Section 10.1, Flood Control Policy).
    d. The Corps will consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
to comply with the Endangered Species and the Fish and Wildlife 
Coordination Acts. The Corps will also consult with the State Historic 
Preservation Officer to comply with the National Historic Preservation 
Act and coordinate with the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to establish 
consultation requirements with tribes having trust assets and tribal 
interests that could be affected by the feasibility study's outcome.
    e. A 45-day review period will be allowed for all interested 
agencies and individuals to review and comment on the draft FR/SDEIS. 
All interested persons are encouraged to respond to this notice and 
provide a current address if they wish to be contacted about the draft 
FR/SDEIS.
    4. Availability. The FR/SDEIS is scheduled to be available for 
public review and comment in May 2016.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-21165 Filed 8-25-15; 8:45 am]
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Standardizing Aaron Siegel, instructions to the extent allowed by the information collected is essential in Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison statute or DoD policy. This collection is maintaining the transparency and Officer, Department of Defense. authorized by 10 U.S. Code sections integrity of the mortuary affairs process. [FR Doc. 2015–21116 Filed 8–25–15; 8:45 am] 1481 through 1488. In addition, the BILLING CODE 5001–06–P Dated: August 21, 2015. Secretary of Defense directed the Aaron Siegel, addition of these forms to ensure transparency and standardization of the Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE mortuary procedures as defined in the Officer, Department of Defense. Final Report of the Dover Port Mortuary [FR Doc. 2015–21129 Filed 8–25–15; 8:45 am] Department of the Army, Corps of Independent Review Subcommittee BILLING CODE 5001–06–P Engineers Implementation Plan and 180-day study. Currently there is a lack of Notice of Intent To Prepare a standardization across the Military DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Supplemental Draft Environmental Services, as each Service currently Impact Statement for the Lower Cache Office of the Secretary Creek Flood Risk Management Project, utilizes different forms for this election and they do not all capture the same City of Woodland, Yolo County, TRICARE; Fiscal Year 2016 Continued California (CA) information even on similar forms. Health Care Benefit Program Premium Standardizing the information collected Update AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. is essential in maintaining the Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. transparency and integrity of the AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, ACTION: Notice of Intent. mortuary affairs process. Department of Defense. Affected Public: Business or other for ACTION: Notice of Continued Health Care SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of profit; Person Authorized to Effect Benefit Program Premiums for Fiscal Engineers (Corps), Sacramento District, Disposition (PAED); family members of Year 2016. intends to prepare an integrated the deceased; local inhabitants. Feasibility Report/Supplemental Draft Annual Burden Hours: 60. SUMMARY: This notice provides the Environmental Impact Statement (FR/ Number of Respondents: 120. Continued Health Care Benefit Program Responses per Respondent: 1. SDEIS) for the Lower Cache Creek Flood (CHCBP) premiums for Fiscal Year Risk Management Feasibility Study Average Burden per Response: 30 2016. minutes. (feasibility study). The Corps will serve Frequency: On occasion. DATES: The Fiscal Year 2016 rates as the lead agency for compliance with The respondents are the person contained in this notice are effective for the National Environmental Policy Act authorized to effect disposition of the services on or after October 1, 2015. (NEPA). The feasibility study is civilian decedent for whom mortuary ADDRESSES: Defense Health Agency, evaluating opportunities to reduce flood services as described on DD Form 3004 TRICARE Health Plan, 7700 Arlington damages to the city of Woodland and is recommended or required, and the Boulevard, Suite 5101, Falls Church, improve the conveyance of the DoD witness to that election. The person Virginia 22042–5101. hydraulic system in the lower Cache authorized to effect disposition Creek Basin, in Yolo County, CA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: documents their election on DD Form A Draft EIS was originally submitted Mark A. Ellis, telephone (703) 681– 3004, and signs the form. The election for public review on March 21, 2003 (68 0039. and signature are witnessed by a FR 13907). Following an assessment of military service member or DoD civilian SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final public comments received as well as a to formalize this process and document rule published in the Federal Register determination of additional technical, the election. This form becomes a part on September 30, 1994 (59 FR 49818) environmental, and economic of the Official Individual Deceased sets forth rules to implement the CHCBP evaluation needs, the local sponsors, the Personnel File. If the person authorized required by 10 U.S.C. 1078a. Included City of Woodland and the Reclamation to effect disposition does not sign this in this final rule were provisions for Board of the State of California, decided form, then the Department cannot updating the CHCBP premiums for each to pause the feasibility study. The 2003 provide the authorized mortuary and federal fiscal year. As stated in the final Draft EIS/EIR was never finalized and transportation services. rule, the premiums are based on Federal no Record of Decision was prepared. The respondents for DD Form 1074 Employee Health Benefit Program The local sponsor reinitiated the study are the Military Service Member and the employee and agency contributions with the Corps in 2011 after further rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES local inhabitant being interviewed. The required for a comparable health coordination with stakeholders and Service Member is the individual benefits plan, plus an administrative interested parties. Because of significant completing the form, however in the fee. Premiums may be revised annually new circumstances and information process information is collected on the and shall be published annually. relevant to environmental concerns and person interviewed. This form becomes The Defense Health Agency has bearing on the proposed action or its a part of the Official Individual updated the quarterly premiums for impacts, a supplement to the 2003 draft Deceased Personnel File. This form Fiscal Year 2016 as shown below: EIS is being prepared. VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:29 Aug 25, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26AUN1.SGM 26AUN1

51790 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 165 / Wednesday, August 26, 2015 / Notices DATES: Written comments regarding the involving concerned Federal, State, and DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY scope of the feasibility study and SDEIS local agencies and individuals. The City [FE Docket No. 15–97–LNG] should be received by the Corps on or of Woodland has held periodic public before September 25, 2015. meetings to discuss issues and solicit Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC; ADDRESSES: Send written comments and public comment. Also, an initial public Application for Long-Term, Multi- suggestions concerning this feasibility scoping meeting was held by the Corps Contract Authorization To Export study and SDEIS to Mr. Tyler Stalker, on May 30, 2000. Comments received Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-Free U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, focused on flooding along Cache Creek, Trade Agreement Nations for a 20-Year Sacramento District, Attn: Public Affairs land subsidence, gravel mining, and Period Office (CESPK–PAO), 1325 J Street, effects of alternatives on the Cache Sacramento, CA 95814 or telephone at AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE. Creek Settling Basin. In addition, (916) 557–5107. Requests to be placed comments received on the draft EIS ACTION: Notice of application. on the mailing list should also be sent submitted for review on March 21, 2003 to this address. SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy are also being considered in the SDEIS. (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Finally, public awareness of the gives notice of receipt of an application Mario Parker, email at mario.g.parker@ development of a proposed array of (Application), filed on June 1, 2015, by usace.army.mil, telephone (916) 557– alternatives is being pursued through Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC (CCL), 6701, or fax (916) 557–7856. individual meetings between sponsors requesting long-term, multi-contract SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: and key stakeholders. An initial public authorization to export domestically 1. Proposed Action. The Corps in information meeting was held in produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) in cooperation with the non-Federal November 2013. a volume equivalent to approximately sponsors (The Central Valley Flood 514 billion cubic feet per year (Bcf/yr) Protection Board and the City of c. Issues that will be analyzed in of natural gas (1.41 Bcf per day). CCL Woodland) is conducting a cost-shared depth in the SDEIS include effects on seeks to export the LNG by vessel from feasibility study on alternative flood risk vegetation and wildlife, special-status its natural gas liquefaction project, reduction measures to the city of species, water quality, air quality, socio- which is currently under construction Woodland, Yolo County, CA, adjacent economic conditions, and cultural in San Patricio and Nueces Counties, unincorporated areas, and agricultural resources. Other issues may include Texas (the Corpus Christi Liquefaction lands. The study is authorized by geology, soils, topography, noise, Project, or CCL Project). CCL and/or its section 209 of the Flood Control Act of esthetics, climate and recreation. Also to affiliate, Cheniere Marketing, LLC, 1962 (Pub. L. 87–874). A reconnaissance be considered is the city ordinance already have received authorizations study of flooding problems in the adopted by the City of Woodland from the Federal Energy Regulatory westside tributaries, including Putah restricting any flood solution that would Commission (FERC) and DOE/FE, and Cache Creeks, and the Yolo Bypass similarly produce deep floodplains respectively, to construct and develop was conducted in 1993–1994 under the north of the city (City Code Section three liquefaction trains (Trains 1, 2, authorization of the Energy and Water 10.1, Flood Control Policy). and 3) to liquefy natural gas at the CCL Development Appropriations Act of Project for export to foreign markets.1 In 1993. Recommendations from the d. The Corps will consult with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to this Application, CCL seeks reconnaissance study resulted in the authorization from DOE/FE to export an pursuit of the present feasibility study. comply with the Endangered Species and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination additional volume of domestically 2. Alternatives. The feasibility study’s produced LNG from two new SDEIS will evaluate a combination of Acts. The Corps will also consult with liquefaction trains—Trains 4 and 5, one or more flood control measures the State Historic Preservation Officer to which are part of a proposed expansion including setback levee along Cache comply with the National Historic of the CCL Project (Stage 3 Project).2 Creek, stream channel improvements, a Preservation Act and coordinate with CCL requests authorization to export north Woodland floodway, a northern the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to this LNG to any country with which the bypass into the Colusa Drain, and a no- establish consultation requirements United States does not have a free trade action alternative. Mitigation measures with tribes having trust assets and tribal agreement (FTA) requiring national for any significant adverse effects on interests that could be affected by the treatment for trade in natural gas, and environmental resources will be feasibility study’s outcome. with which trade is not prohibited by identified and incorporated into the e. A 45-day review period will be U.S. law or policy (non-FTA countries).3 alternatives in compliance with various allowed for all interested agencies and Federal and State statutes. 1 See, e.g., App. at 2 n.5; Cheniere Marketing, LLC individuals to review and comment on 3. Scoping Process. & Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, DOE/FE Order a. A public scoping meeting will be the draft FR/SDEIS. All interested No. 3638, FE Docket No. 12–97–LNG, Final Opinion held on September 3, 2015, from 4:00 persons are encouraged to respond to and Order Granting Long-Term, Multi-Contract this notice and provide a current Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas by p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Woodland Vessel from the Proposed Corpus Christi Community Center at 2001 East Street in address if they wish to be contacted Liquefaction Project to be Located in Corpus Woodland, CA. An overview of the about the draft FR/SDEIS. Christi, Texas, to Non-Free Trade Agreement study and the NEPA process will be Nations (May 12, 2015); Cheniere Marketing, LLC, 4. Availability. The FR/SDEIS is DOE/FE Order No. 3164, FE Docket No. 12–99– presented, and an opportunity will be scheduled to be available for public rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES LNG, Order Granting Long-Term Multi-Contract afforded to all interested parties to review and comment in May 2016. Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas by provide comments regarding the scope Vessel from the Proposed Corpus Christi of the SDEIS analysis as well as Brenda S. Bowen, Liquefaction Project to Free Trade Agreement Nations (Oct. 16, 2012). potential alternatives. Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 2 App. at 3. b. The study plan provides for public [FR Doc. 2015–21165 Filed 8–25–15; 8:45 am] 3 In the Application, CCL also requests scoping, meetings, and comment. The BILLING CODE 3720–58–P authorization to export the same volume of LNG Corps has initiated a process of from the CCL Project to any nation that currently VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:29 Aug 25, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26AUN1.SGM 26AUN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Intent.
DatesWritten comments regarding the scope of the feasibility study and SDEIS should be received by the Corps on or before September 25, 2015.
ContactMr. Mario Parker, email at [email protected], telephone (916) 557-6701, or fax (916) 557-7856.
FR Citation80 FR 51789 
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