81 FR 45136 - Termination of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Dam Safety Study, Lewisville Dam, Elm Fork Trinity River, Denton County, Texas

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 133 (July 12, 2016)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth District, is issuing this notice to advise Federal, state, and local governmental agencies and the public that USACE is withdrawing its Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Dam Safety Study, Lewisville Dam, Elm Fork Trinity River, Denton County, Texas.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45136-45137]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16517]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Termination of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Dam Safety Study, Lewisville Dam, Elm Fork Trinity 
River, Denton County, Texas

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

ACTION: Notice of Intent; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth District, 
is issuing this notice to advise Federal, state, and local governmental 
agencies and the public that USACE is withdrawing its Notice of Intent 
(NOI) to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 
Dam Safety Study, Lewisville Dam, Elm Fork Trinity River, Denton 
County, Texas.

DATES: The Fort Worth District is planning to hold the next public 
meeting for the Dam Safety Study, Lewisville Dam, Elm Fork Trinity 
River, Denton County, TX on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 from 6:00-8:00 
p.m. in the Black Box Theater Room at the Lewisville Grand Theater. 
Notice of this meeting will be sent to all appropriate parties at a 
later date.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Planning and 
Environmental Center, CESWF-PEC-CI (Attn: Ms. Marcia Hackett), 819 
Taylor Street, Room 3A12, Fort Worth, TX 76102.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marcia Hackett, Senior Environmental 
Planner, Regional Planning and Environmental Center. Email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USACE published an NOI in the Federal 
Register on August 15, 2013 (78 FR 49735) to prepare a Draft EIS 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the Dam 
Safety Study, Lewisville Dam, Elm Fork Trinity River, Denton County, 
TX. Public scoping meetings were held on August 20, 2013 and November 
16, 2015 to solicit public input on the scope of analysis; significant 
issues to be evaluated in the Draft EIS; cooperating agencies; direct, 
indirect and cumulative impacts resulting from the proposed action; and

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proposed alternatives. Since that time, in the course of project 
planning and preliminary impact analysis, it no longer appears that 
impacts associated with project implementation would rise to a level 
necessitating an EIS, so the Fort Worth District has decided to 
complete NEPA compliance by preparing an Environmental Assessment 
instead. Therefore, the Fort Worth District is withdrawing the NOI to 
prepare a Draft EIS.

Douglas C. Sims,
Chief, Environmental Compliance Branch, Regional Planning and 
Environmental Center.
[FR Doc. 2016-16517 Filed 7-11-16; 8:45 am]
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