80_FR_67098 80 FR 66888 - Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Glades Reservoir Water Supply Project, Permit Application SAS-2007-00388 and the Announcement of a Public Hearing

80 FR 66888 - Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Glades Reservoir Water Supply Project, Permit Application SAS-2007-00388 and the Announcement of a Public Hearing

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 210 (October 30, 2015)

Page Range66888-66889
FR Document2015-27736

Notice is hereby given that the Corps has released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Glades Reservoir water supply project (Proposed Project), and will conduct a Public Hearing for this DEIS.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 210 (Friday, October 30, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 210 (Friday, October 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66888-66889]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27736]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Proposed Glades Reservoir Water Supply Project, 
Permit Application SAS-2007-00388 and the Announcement of a Public 
Hearing

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

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Corps has released a Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Glades Reservoir 
water supply project (Proposed Project), and will conduct a Public 
Hearing for this DEIS.

DATES: Comments will be received until 5:00 p.m., December 29, 2015; or 
by letter postmarked no later than December 29, 2015. The public 
hearing will be held on December 8, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the DEIS may be submitted to: U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Regulatory Division, Attention: 
SAS-2007-00388, 100 West Oglethorpe Avenue, Savannah, Georgia 31401-
3640

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Morgan, Project Manager, at 
(912) 652-5139, or at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. National Environmental Policy Act. The Corps prepared this DEIS 
to meet its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 to 
4370f) obligation in its evaluation of an application for a Department 
of the Army Permit pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) 
(33 U.S.C. 1344) for the Proposed Project. This DEIS presents the 
direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of the Proposed Project on the 
human and natural environment.
    2. Project Description. The Hall County Board of Commissioners 
submitted an application for a permit to construct an 850-acre pump-
storage reservoir on Flat Creek, a tributary to the Chattahoochee River 
located approximately 35 miles northeast of Atlanta, near the upstream 
end of Lake Sidney Lanier, in Hall County, Georgia. The proposed dam 
would have a height of 140 feet, with a normal pool surface elevation 
of 1,180 feet above mean sea level. Dam and reservoir construction 
would result in the filling and inundation of 39.2 acres of wetland and 
95,000 linear feet of stream. A 37 million gallon per day (mgd) intake 
and pump station would be constructed on the Chattahoochee River, and 
would transfer water from the river to the reservoir via a 48-inch 
diameter, 4-mile transmission pipeline. Water would be pumped from the 
Chattahoochee River to fill or refill the reservoir only when river 
flows are above the instream flow protection thresholds (IFPT), and 
only when the IFPT can be maintained in the river below the pump 
station. Water stored in the reservoir would be released into Flat 
Creek, flow downstream into Lake Lanier, and be withdrawn at an 
existing raw water intake operated by the City of Gainesville. The 
Proposed Project would provide a total storage volume of 11.7 billion 
gallons and an annual average water supply of 50 mgd, to meet Hall 
County's projected water demand through the year 2060.
    2. Alternatives. This DEIS evaluated 13 alternatives for the 
Proposed Project based on a range of Lake Lanier allocations, reservoir 
sites, reservoir yield, and transmission and treatment strategies. A 
wide range of water supply sources such as water conservation, 
additional Lake Lanier water supply allocation, purchase from adjacent 
counties, and additional groundwater develop.m.ent were identified 
prior to

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evaluating the need for any built alternatives. A range of potential 
Lake Lanier water supply allocations for Gainesville/Hall County were 
considered in the Alternatives Analysis, resulting in a range of 
reservoir safe yields for meeting the projected 2060 water supply 
needs.
    3. Issues. There are several potential environmental and public 
interest issues that were addressed in this DEIS. Public interest 
issues include but are not limited to potential effects to downstream 
flows of the Chattahoochee River; Lake Lanier water level and water 
supply capacity; potential aquatic resources impacts to streams, 
wetlands and aquatic organisms; and potential effects to cultural 
resources, aesthetics, recreation, infrastructure, navigation, 
transportation, and threatened and endangered species.
    4. Scoping. A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS was 
published in the Federal Register on February 17, 2012. The Corps held 
a total of three public scoping meetings in March 2012, in Alabama, 
Florida and Georgia, which are located in the Apalachicola-
Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin.
    5. Cooperating Agencies. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
and the Georgia Environmental Protection Division have been 
participating in the NEPA process as cooperating agencies (40 CFR 
1501.6, 1508.5). Formal cooperating agency agreements were executed 
between the Corps and these two agencies.
    6. Availability of the DEIS. The DEIS and appendices are available 
to the public for review in the following formats:
    a. In the Federal Register dated October 30, 2015.
    b. Online as PDF documents at http://www.gladesreservoir.com/.
    c. As a CD upon written request to the Corps address listed above.
    7. Public Review and Comment. The public comment period will 
commence with the publication of this notice and will end 60 days after 
its publication, on December 29, 2015. All persons and organizations 
that have an interest in the proposed action, including minority, low-
income, disadvantaged, and Native American groups, are urged to 
participate in this NEPA environmental analysis process by reviewing 
the DEIS and submitting comments for consideration. Further information 
regarding the DEIS, including all available documents, background and 
historical information, and updates is available online at http://www.gladesreservoir.com/.
    8. Comments may be submitted via the following methods:
    a. At the public hearing through comment forms.
    b. Verbally through the court reporter at public hearing.
    c. By emailing [email protected].
    d. By letter addressed to the Corps address listed above.
    e. Online at http://www.gladesreservoir.com/.
    9. Open House and Public Hearing. The Corps will hold an open house 
and public hearing to allow for public presentation of comments. The 
open house and public hearing will be held on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 
from 5:00-9:00 p.m., at the Hall County Board of Commissioners' 
Auditorium, located at 2875 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville, Georgia 
30504. The open house will be from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., with public 
hearing to begin at 6:00 p.m. and end at 9:00 p.m.

David M. Lekson,
Chief, Regulatory Division.
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                                              asked to provide their name, title,                     comment at the open meeting, that                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                              affiliation, and contact information to                 individual must submit a request, with                Richard Morgan, Project Manager, at
                                              include email address and daytime                       a brief statement of the subject matter to            (912) 652–5139, or at
                                              telephone number at registration. Any                   be addressed by the comment, at least                 Richard.M.Morgan@usace.army.mil.
                                              interested person may attend the                        three business (3) days in advance to the             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                              meeting, file written comments or                       committee DFO or ADFO, via electronic                    1. National Environmental Policy Act.
                                              statements with the committee, or make                  mail, the preferred mode of submission,               The Corps prepared this DEIS to meet
                                              verbal comments from the floor during                   at the addresses listed in the FOR                    its National Environmental Policy Act
                                              the public meeting, at the times, and in                FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.                  (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 to 4370f)
                                              the manner, permitted by the                            The committee DFO and ADFO will log                   obligation in its evaluation of an
                                              committee, as set forth below.                          each request to make a comment, in the                application for a Department of the
                                                 Special Accommodations: The                          order received, and determine whether                 Army Permit pursuant to Section 404 of
                                              meeting venue is fully handicap                         the subject matter of each comment is                 the Clean Water Act (CWA) (33 U.S.C.
                                              accessible, with wheelchair access.                     relevant to the Board’s mission and/or                1344) for the Proposed Project. This
                                              Individuals requiring special                           the topics to be addressed in this public             DEIS presents the direct, indirect, and
                                              accommodations to access the public                     meeting. A 15-minute period near the                  cumulative impacts of the Proposed
                                              meeting or seeking additional                           end of the meeting will be available for              Project on the human and natural
                                              information about public access                         verbal public comments. Members of                    environment.
                                              procedures, should contact Mr. Pointon,                 the public who have requested to make                    2. Project Description. The Hall
                                              the committee DFO, or Mr. Lichtman,                     a verbal comment and whose comments                   County Board of Commissioners
                                              the ADFO, at the email addresses or                     have been deemed relevant under the                   submitted an application for a permit to
                                              telephone numbers listed in the FOR                     process described above, will be allotted             construct an 850-acre pump-storage
                                              FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section,                    no more than three (3) minutes during                 reservoir on Flat Creek, a tributary to the
                                              at least five (5) business days prior to                this period, and will be invited to speak             Chattahoochee River located
                                              the meeting so that appropriate                         in the order in which their requests                  approximately 35 miles northeast of
                                              arrangements can be made.                               were received by the DFO and ADFO.
                                                 Written Comments or Statements:                                                                            Atlanta, near the upstream end of Lake
                                              Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and                       Dated: October 27, 2015.                            Sidney Lanier, in Hall County, Georgia.
                                              102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the                   David B. Olson,                                       The proposed dam would have a height
                                              Federal Advisory Committee Act, the                     Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Army           of 140 feet, with a normal pool surface
                                              public or interested organizations may                  Corps of Engineers.                                   elevation of 1,180 feet above mean sea
                                              submit written comments or statements                   [FR Doc. 2015–27759 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am]          level. Dam and reservoir construction
                                              to the Board about its mission and/or                   BILLING CODE 3720–58–P
                                                                                                                                                            would result in the filling and
                                              the topics to be addressed in this public                                                                     inundation of 39.2 acres of wetland and
                                              meeting. Written comments or                                                                                  95,000 linear feet of stream. A 37
                                              statements should be submitted to Mr.                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                 million gallon per day (mgd) intake and
                                              Pointon, the committee DFO, or Mr.                                                                            pump station would be constructed on
                                              Lichtman, the committee ADFO, via                       Department of the Army, Corps of                      the Chattahoochee River, and would
                                              electronic mail, the preferred mode of                  Engineers                                             transfer water from the river to the
                                              submission, at the addresses listed in                                                                        reservoir via a 48-inch diameter, 4-mile
                                              the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT                     Notice of Availability of the Draft                   transmission pipeline. Water would be
                                              section in the following formats: Adobe                 Environmental Impact Statement for                    pumped from the Chattahoochee River
                                              Acrobat or Microsoft Word. The                          the Proposed Glades Reservoir Water                   to fill or refill the reservoir only when
                                              comment or statement must include the                   Supply Project, Permit Application                    river flows are above the instream flow
                                              author’s name, title, affiliation, address,             SAS–2007–00388 and the                                protection thresholds (IFPT), and only
                                              and daytime telephone number. Written                   Announcement of a Public Hearing                      when the IFPT can be maintained in the
                                              comments or statements being                            AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S.                  river below the pump station. Water
                                              submitted in response to the agenda set                 Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.                         stored in the reservoir would be
                                              forth in this notice must be received by                                                                      released into Flat Creek, flow
                                                                                                      ACTION: Notice of availability.                       downstream into Lake Lanier, and be
                                              the committee DFO or ADFO at least
                                              five (5) business days prior to the                     SUMMARY:   Notice is hereby given that                withdrawn at an existing raw water
                                              meeting so that they may be made                        the Corps has released a Draft                        intake operated by the City of
                                              available to the Board for its                          Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)                 Gainesville. The Proposed Project
                                              consideration prior to the meeting.                     for the proposed Glades Reservoir water               would provide a total storage volume of
                                              Written comments or statements                          supply project (Proposed Project), and                11.7 billion gallons and an annual
                                              received after this date may not be                     will conduct a Public Hearing for this                average water supply of 50 mgd, to meet
                                              provided to the Board until its next                    DEIS.                                                 Hall County’s projected water demand
                                              meeting. Please note that because the                                                                         through the year 2060.
                                              Board operates under the provisions of                  DATES:  Comments will be received until                  2. Alternatives. This DEIS evaluated
                                              the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as                  5:00 p.m., December 29, 2015; or by                   13 alternatives for the Proposed Project
                                              amended, all written comments will be                   letter postmarked no later than                       based on a range of Lake Lanier
                                              treated as public documents and will be                 December 29, 2015. The public hearing                 allocations, reservoir sites, reservoir
                                                                                                      will be held on December 8, 2015.
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                                              made available for public inspection.                                                                         yield, and transmission and treatment
                                                 Verbal Comments: Members of the                      ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the                     strategies. A wide range of water supply
                                              public will be permitted to make verbal                 DEIS may be submitted to: U.S. Army                   sources such as water conservation,
                                              comments during the Board meeting                       Corps of Engineers, Savannah District,                additional Lake Lanier water supply
                                              only at the time and in the manner                      Regulatory Division, Attention: SAS–                  allocation, purchase from adjacent
                                              allowed herein. If a member of the                      2007–00388, 100 West Oglethorpe                       counties, and additional groundwater
                                              public is interested in making a verbal                 Avenue, Savannah, Georgia 31401–3640                  develop.m.ent were identified prior to


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                                              evaluating the need for any built                          a. At the public hearing through                     * Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://
                                              alternatives. A range of potential Lake                 comment forms.                                        www.regulations.gov. Follow the
                                              Lanier water supply allocations for                        b. Verbally through the court reporter             instructions for submitting comments.
                                              Gainesville/Hall County were                            at public hearing.                                      * Mail: Department of Defense, Office
                                              considered in the Alternatives Analysis,                   c. By emailing Richard.M.Morgan@                   of the Deputy Chief Management
                                              resulting in a range of reservoir safe                  usace.army.mil.                                       Officer, Directorate of Oversight and
                                              yields for meeting the projected 2060                      d. By letter addressed to the Corps                Compliance, Regulatory and Audit
                                              water supply needs.                                     address listed above.                                 Matters Office, 9010 Defense Pentagon,
                                                 3. Issues. There are several potential                  e. Online at http://                               Washington, DC 20301–9010.
                                              environmental and public interest                       www.gladesreservoir.com/.                               Instructions: All submissions received
                                              issues that were addressed in this DEIS.                                                                      must include the agency name and
                                                                                                         9. Open House and Public Hearing.
                                              Public interest issues include but are                                                                        docket number for this Federal Register
                                                                                                      The Corps will hold an open house and
                                              not limited to potential effects to                                                                           document. The general policy for
                                                                                                      public hearing to allow for public
                                              downstream flows of the Chattahoochee                                                                         comments and other submissions from
                                                                                                      presentation of comments. The open
                                              River; Lake Lanier water level and water                                                                      members of the public is to make these
                                                                                                      house and public hearing will be held
                                              supply capacity; potential aquatic                                                                            submissions available for public
                                                                                                      on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from
                                              resources impacts to streams, wetlands                                                                        viewing on the Internet at http://
                                                                                                      5:00–9:00 p.m., at the Hall County
                                              and aquatic organisms; and potential                                                                          www.regulations.gov as they are
                                                                                                      Board of Commissioners’ Auditorium,
                                              effects to cultural resources, aesthetics,                                                                    received without change, including any
                                                                                                      located at 2875 Browns Bridge Road,
                                              recreation, infrastructure, navigation,                                                                       personal identifiers or contact
                                                                                                      Gainesville, Georgia 30504. The open
                                              transportation, and threatened and                                                                            information.
                                                                                                      house will be from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00
                                              endangered species.
                                                                                                      p.m., with public hearing to begin at                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:     Ms.
                                                 4. Scoping. A Notice of Intent (NOI)
                                                                                                      6:00 p.m. and end at 9:00 p.m.                        Robin Patterson, Head, PA/FOIA Office
                                              to prepare an EIS was published in the
                                              Federal Register on February 17, 2012.                  David M. Lekson,
                                                                                                                                                            (DNS–36), Department of the Navy,
                                              The Corps held a total of three public                                                                        2000 Navy Pentagon, Washington, DC
                                                                                                      Chief, Regulatory Division.
                                              scoping meetings in March 2012, in                                                                            20350–2000, or by phone at (202) 685–
                                                                                                      [FR Doc. 2015–27736 Filed 10–29–15; 8:45 am]
                                              Alabama, Florida and Georgia, which                                                                           6545.
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                                              are located in the Apalachicola-                                                                              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                              Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin.                                                                        Department of the Navy notices for
                                                 5. Cooperating Agencies. The U.S.                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE                                 systems of records subject to the Privacy
                                              Environmental Protection Agency and                                                                           Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended,
                                              the Georgia Environmental Protection                    Department of the Navy                                have been published in the Federal
                                              Division have been participating in the                                                                       Register and are available from the
                                              NEPA process as cooperating agencies                    [Docket ID: USN–2015–HQ–0014]                         address in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                              (40 CFR 1501.6, 1508.5). Formal                                                                               CONTACT or from the Defense Privacy
                                              cooperating agency agreements were                      Privacy Act of 1974; System of                        and Civil Liberties Division Web site at
                                              executed between the Corps and these                    Records                                               http://dpcld.defense.gov/.
                                              two agencies.                                                                                                   The proposed system report, as
                                                 6. Availability of the DEIS. The DEIS                AGENCY:    Department of the Navy, DoD.               required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the
                                              and appendices are available to the                     ACTION:    Notice to add a new system of              Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was
                                              public for review in the following                      records.                                              submitted on May 20, 2015, to the
                                              formats:                                                                                                      House Committee on Oversight and
                                                 a. In the Federal Register dated                     SUMMARY:  The Department of the Navy                  Government Reform, the Senate
                                              October 30, 2015.                                       proposes to add a new system of                       Committee on Governmental Affairs,
                                                 b. Online as PDF documents at http://                records, N01000–6, entitled ‘‘Strategic               and the Office of Management and
                                              www.gladesreservoir.com/.                               Programs (SP) 205 Training Records’’ to               Budget (OMB) pursuant to paragraph 4c
                                                 c. As a CD upon written request to the               provide support and track the training                of Appendix I to OMB Circular No. A–
                                              Corps address listed above.                             progress of naval personnel                           130, ‘‘Federal Agency Responsibilities
                                                 7. Public Review and Comment. The                    (commissioned officers and enlisted)                  for Maintaining Records About
                                              public comment period will commence                     who manage, operate, and maintain                     Individuals,’’ dated February 8, 1996
                                              with the publication of this notice and                 Strategic Weapons System (SWS) and                    (February 20, 1996, 61 FR 6427).
                                              will end 60 days after its publication, on              Attack Weapon System (AWS). To
                                              December 29, 2015. All persons and                                                                              Dated: October 27, 2015.
                                                                                                      document and track the completion of
                                              organizations that have an interest in                                                                        Aaron Siegel,
                                                                                                      and/or validate the training courses. To
                                              the proposed action, including minority,                provide the status of the training to the             Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
                                              low-income, disadvantaged, and Native                                                                         Officer, Department of Defense.
                                                                                                      commands, DoD training managers, and
                                              American groups, are urged to                           to the Navy personnel.                                N01000–6
                                              participate in this NEPA environmental
                                                                                                      DATES: Comments will be accepted on or
                                              analysis process by reviewing the DEIS                                                                        SYSTEM NAME:
                                                                                                      before November 30, 2015. This
                                              and submitting comments for                                                                                     Strategic Programs (SP) 205 Training
                                                                                                      proposed action will be effective the day
                                              consideration. Further information                                                                            Records.
                                                                                                      following the end of the comment
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                                              regarding the DEIS, including all
                                                                                                      period unless comments are received                   SYSTEM LOCATION:
                                              available documents, background and
                                                                                                      which result in a contrary
                                              historical information, and updates is                                                                          Training records are located at
                                                                                                      determination.
                                              available online at http://                                                                                   multiple locations:
                                              www.gladesreservoir.com/.                               ADDRESSES:  You may submit comments,                    Chenega Logistics, 6506 Loisdale
                                                 8. Comments may be submitted via                     identified by docket number and title,                Road, Suite 200, Springfield, VA 22150–
                                              the following methods:                                  by any of the following methods:                      1815.


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability.
DatesComments will be received until 5:00 p.m., December 29, 2015; or by letter postmarked no later than December 29, 2015. The public hearing will be held on December 8, 2015.
ContactRichard Morgan, Project Manager, at (912) 652-5139, or at [email protected]l.
FR Citation80 FR 66888 

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