80 FR 9445 - Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Lower Bois d'Arc Creek Reservoir Project, Fannin County, TX

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Tulsa District has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the direct, indirect and cumulative effects of the construction and operation of the proposed Lower Bois d'Arc Creek Reservoir (LBCR) and related actions proposed by the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) in Fannin County, TX. The Proposed Action is a regional water supply project intended to provide up to 175,000 acre-feet/year (AFY), with an estimated firm yield of 126,200 AFY, of new water for NTMWD's member cities and direct customers in all or portions of nine counties in northern Texas-- Collin, Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains and Rockwall. Construction of the reservoir and related facilities would result in permanent impacts to approximately 6,180 acres of wetlands and 651,024 linear feet of streams. This action requires authorization from the USACE under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The Section 404 permit applicant is the NTMWD. The Draft EIS was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the USACE's regulations for NEPA implementation (33 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] parts 230 and 325, Appendices B and C). The USACE, Tulsa District, Regulatory Branch is the lead federal agency responsible for the Draft EIS and information contained in the EIS serves as the basis for a decision whether or not to issue a Section 404 permit. It also provides information for Federal, state and local agencies having jurisdictional responsibility for affected resources.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Lower Bois d'Arc Creek Reservoir Project, Fannin County, TX

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

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Tulsa District has 
prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the 
direct, indirect and cumulative effects of the construction and 
operation of the proposed Lower Bois d'Arc Creek Reservoir (LBCR) and 
related actions proposed by the North Texas Municipal Water District 
(NTMWD) in Fannin County, TX. The Proposed Action is a regional water 
supply project intended

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to provide up to 175,000 acre-feet/year (AFY), with an estimated firm 
yield of 126,200 AFY, of new water for NTMWD's member cities and direct 
customers in all or portions of nine counties in northern Texas--
Collin, Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains and 
Rockwall. Construction of the reservoir and related facilities would 
result in permanent impacts to approximately 6,180 acres of wetlands 
and 651,024 linear feet of streams. This action requires authorization 
from the USACE under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The Section 
404 permit applicant is the NTMWD.
    The Draft EIS was prepared in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the USACE's 
regulations for NEPA implementation (33 Code of Federal Regulations 
[CFR] parts 230 and 325, Appendices B and C). The USACE, Tulsa 
District, Regulatory Branch is the lead federal agency responsible for 
the Draft EIS and information contained in the EIS serves as the basis 
for a decision whether or not to issue a Section 404 permit. It also 
provides information for Federal, state and local agencies having 
jurisdictional responsibility for affected resources.

DATES: Written comments on the Draft EIS will be accepted on or after 
February 20, 2015 until April 21, 2015. Oral and/or written comments 
may also be presented at the Public Meeting to be held at 6 p.m. on 
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at the Fannin County Multi-Purpose Complex, FM 
87, 700 Texas 56, Bonham, TX 75418.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments regarding the Proposed Action and 
Draft EIS to Andrew R. Commer, USACE, Tulsa District Regulatory Office, 
1645 S 101 E Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74128-4609, or via email: [email protected]. Requests to be placed on or removed from the mailing 
list should also be sent to this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew R. Commer, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, Tulsa District, Regulatory Office, at 918-669-7400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Proposed Action is to 
provide additional firm annual yield to NTMWD's member cities and 
direct customers to address anticipated water demands associated with 
projected growth in the cities and suburbs in the NTMWD service area 
northeast of Dallas.
    The purpose of the Draft EIS is to provide decision-makers and the 
public with information pertaining to the Proposed Action and 
alternatives, and to disclose environmental impacts and identify 
mitigation measures to reduce impacts. NTMWD proposes to build the LBCR 
with a total storage capacity of approximately 367,609 AF. A dam 
approximately 10,400 feet (about two miles) long and up to 90 feet high 
would be constructed, and much of the reservoir footprint would be 
cleared of trees and built structures. NTMWD also proposes to construct 
several related facilities or connected actions. These include a raw 
water intake pump station and electrical substation at the reservoir 
site, as well as a 90-96 inch diameter buried pipeline to carry raw 
water from the new reservoir approximately 35 miles in a southwesterly 
direction to a new water treatment plant and terminal storage reservoir 
that would be located west of the City of Leonard, also in Fannin 
County. A number of rural roads within the footprint and in the 
vicinity of the proposed reservoir would have to be closed or 
relocated; the most significant of these is FM 1396, which would be 
relocated to cross the reservoir in a different alignment on an 
entirely new bridge that would need to be constructed.
    An aquatic resources mitigation plan has been prepared by the 
applicant to comply with the federal policy of ``no overall net loss of 
wetlands'' and to provide compensatory mitigation, to the extent 
practicable, for impacts to other waters of the U.S. that would be 
impacted by construction of the proposed reservoir. NTMWD has purchased 
a 14,960-acre parcel of land known as the Riverby Ranch, which borders 
the Red River. This working ranch is located downstream of the proposed 
project within both the same watershed (Bois d'Arc Creek) and the same 
county (Fannin). NTMWD acquired the Riverby Ranch specifically because 
its biophysical features have the potential to provide appropriate 
mitigation for the proposed project. Additional mitigation would be 
provided within the proposed reservoir itself and on Bois d'Arc Creek 
downstream of the reservoir as a result of an operations plan and flow 
regime established in consultation with the Texas Commission on 
Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and stipulated in the Draft Water Right 
Permit issued by TCEQ to NTMWD.
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region VI, U.S. Forest 
Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Texas Parks and 
Wildlife Department (TPWD) participated as cooperating agencies in the 
formulation of the Draft EIS.
    Copies of the Draft EIS will be available for review at:
    1. Bonham Public Library, 305 East 5th Street, Bonham, TX 75418; 
(903) 583-3128.
    2. Sam Rayburn Library, 800 West Sam Rayburn Drive, Bonham, TX 
75418; (903) 583-2455.
    3. Bertha Voyer Memorial Library, 500 6th Street, Honey Grove, TX 
75446; (903)-378-2206.
    4. Leonard Public Library, 102 South Main Street, Leonard, TX 
75452; (903) 587-2391.
    5. North Texas Municipal Water District headquarters, 505 East 
Brown Street, Wylie, TX 75098.
    6. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Regulatory Office, 1645 
S 101 E Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74128-4609.
    Electronic copies of the Draft EIS may be obtained from the Corps' 
Tulsa District Regulatory Office or its Web site at http://www.swt.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/PublicNotices/tabid/4955/Year/2015/Default.aspx.

Andrew R. Commer,
Chief, Regulatory Office, Tulsa District.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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the estimate of the burden of the contractors are required to submit in proposed Lower Bois d’Arc Creek
proposed information collection; (c) response to findings of significant Reservoir (LBCR) and related actions
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and deficiencies in their accounting system, proposed by the North Texas Municipal
clarity of the information to be estimating system, material management Water District (NTMWD) in Fannin
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the and accounting system and purchasing County, TX. The Proposed Action is a
burden of the information collection on system has previously been approved by regional water supply project intended

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to provide up to 175,000 acre-feet/year to disclose environmental impacts and 1. Bonham Public Library, 305 East
(AFY), with an estimated firm yield of identify mitigation measures to reduce 5th Street, Bonham, TX 75418; (903)
126,200 AFY, of new water for impacts. NTMWD proposes to build the 583–3128.
NTMWD’s member cities and direct LBCR with a total storage capacity of 2. Sam Rayburn Library, 800 West
customers in all or portions of nine approximately 367,609 AF. A dam Sam Rayburn Drive, Bonham, TX 75418;
counties in northern Texas—Collin, approximately 10,400 feet (about two (903) 583–2455.
Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, miles) long and up to 90 feet high would 3. Bertha Voyer Memorial Library, 500
Kaufman, Rains and Rockwall. be constructed, and much of the 6th Street, Honey Grove, TX 75446;
Construction of the reservoir and related reservoir footprint would be cleared of (903)–378–2206.
facilities would result in permanent trees and built structures. NTMWD also 4. Leonard Public Library, 102 South
impacts to approximately 6,180 acres of proposes to construct several related Main Street, Leonard, TX 75452; (903)
wetlands and 651,024 linear feet of facilities or connected actions. These 587–2391.
streams. This action requires include a raw water intake pump station 5. North Texas Municipal Water
authorization from the USACE under and electrical substation at the reservoir District headquarters, 505 East Brown
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The site, as well as a 90–96 inch diameter Street, Wylie, TX 75098.
Section 404 permit applicant is the buried pipeline to carry raw water from 6. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa
NTMWD. the new reservoir approximately 35 District, Regulatory Office, 1645 S 101 E
The Draft EIS was prepared in miles in a southwesterly direction to a Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74128–4609.
accordance with the National new water treatment plant and terminal Electronic copies of the Draft EIS may
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of storage reservoir that would be located be obtained from the Corps’ Tulsa
1969, as amended, and the USACE’s west of the City of Leonard, also in District Regulatory Office or its Web site
regulations for NEPA implementation Fannin County. A number of rural roads at http://www.swt.usace.army.mil/
(33 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] within the footprint and in the vicinity Missions/Regulatory/PublicNotices/
parts 230 and 325, Appendices B and of the proposed reservoir would have to tabid/4955/Year/2015/Default.aspx.
C). The USACE, Tulsa District, be closed or relocated; the most Andrew R. Commer,
Regulatory Branch is the lead federal significant of these is FM 1396, which Chief, Regulatory Office, Tulsa District.
agency responsible for the Draft EIS and would be relocated to cross the reservoir
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as the basis for a decision whether or new bridge that would need to be
not to issue a Section 404 permit. It also constructed.
provides information for Federal, state An aquatic resources mitigation plan
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
and local agencies having jurisdictional has been prepared by the applicant to
responsibility for affected resources. comply with the federal policy of ‘‘no Department of the Army, Corps of
DATES: Written comments on the Draft overall net loss of wetlands’’ and to Engineers
EIS will be accepted on or after provide compensatory mitigation, to the
February 20, 2015 until April 21, 2015. extent practicable, for impacts to other Board on Coastal Engineering
Oral and/or written comments may also waters of the U.S. that would be Research
be presented at the Public Meeting to be impacted by construction of the
proposed reservoir. NTMWD has AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.
held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, ACTION:Notice of Advisory Committee
2015 at the Fannin County Multi- purchased a 14,960-acre parcel of land
known as the Riverby Ranch, which meeting.
Purpose Complex, FM 87, 700 Texas 56,
Bonham, TX 75418. borders the Red River. This working SUMMARY: The Department of the Army
ranch is located downstream of the
ADDRESSES: Send written comments is publishing this notice to announce
proposed project within both the same
regarding the Proposed Action and Draft the following Federal advisory
watershed (Bois d’Arc Creek) and the
EIS to Andrew R. Commer, USACE, committee meeting of the Board on
same county (Fannin). NTMWD
Tulsa District Regulatory Office, 1645 S Coastal Engineering Research. This
acquired the Riverby Ranch specifically
101 E Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74128–4609, meeting is open to the public.
because its biophysical features have the
or via email: ceswt-ro@usace.army.mil. potential to provide appropriate DATES: Dates and Location: The Board
Requests to be placed on or removed mitigation for the proposed project. on Coastal Engineering Research will
from the mailing list should also be sent Additional mitigation would be meet from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on
to this address. provided within the proposed reservoir March 3, 2015, and reconvene from 8:00
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: itself and on Bois d’Arc Creek a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on March 4, 2015.
Andrew R. Commer, U.S. Army Corps of downstream of the reservoir as a result Both sessions of the meeting will be
Engineers, Tulsa District, Regulatory of an operations plan and flow regime held in the Conference Facility, Coastal
Office, at 918–669–7400. established in consultation with the and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), U.S.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Texas Commission on Environmental Army Engineer Research and
purpose of the Proposed Action is to Quality (TCEQ), and stipulated in the Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry
provide additional firm annual yield to Draft Water Right Permit issued by Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180–6199. All
NTMWD’s member cities and direct TCEQ to NTMWD. sessions are open to the public. For
customers to address anticipated water The U.S. Environmental Protection more information about the Board,
demands associated with projected Agency Region VI, U.S. Forest Service, please visit http://
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growth in the cities and suburbs in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the chl.erdc.usace.army.mil/cerb.
NTMWD service area northeast of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dallas. (TPWD) participated as cooperating Colonel Jeffrey R. Eckstein, Designated
The purpose of the Draft EIS is to agencies in the formulation of the Draft Federal Officer (DFO) and Executive
provide decision-makers and the public EIS. Secretary, U.S. Army Engineer Research
with information pertaining to the Copies of the Draft EIS will be and Development Center, Waterways
Proposed Action and alternatives, and available for review at: Experiment Station, 3909 Halls Ferry

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of Availability.
Dates		Written comments on the Draft EIS will be accepted on or after February 20, 2015 until April 21, 2015. Oral and/or written comments may also be presented at the Public Meeting to be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at the Fannin County Multi-Purpose Complex, FM 87, 700 Texas 56, Bonham, TX 75418.
Contact		Andrew R. Commer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Regulatory Office, at 918-669-7400.
FR Citation		80 FR 9445

80 FR 9445 - Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Lower Bois d'Arc Creek Reservoir Project, Fannin County, TX

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