82 FR 52043 - Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 216 (November 9, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-24424 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 216 (Thursday, November 9, 2017)] [Notices] [Page 52043] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-24424] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER-FRL-9036-1] Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information (202) 564-7146 or http://www2.epa.gov/nepa/ nepa/. Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) Filed 10/30/2017 Through 11/03/2017 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. Notice Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act requires that EPA make public its comments on EISs issued by other Federal agencies. EPA's comment letters on EISs are available at: https://cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-nepa-public/action/eis/search. EIS No. 20170220, Draft, NSF, WV, Green Bank Observatory, Comment Period Ends: 01/08/2018, Contact: Elizabeth Pentecost (703) 292-4907. EIS No. 20170221, Draft, USFS, CA, San Gabriel River Confluence with Cattle Canyon Improvements Project, Comment Period Ends: 12/26/2017, Contact: Chinling Chen (626) 574-5255. Dated: November 6, 2017. Kelly Knight, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 2017-24424 Filed 11-8-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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District, Regulatory Office at 918–669– of these is FM 1396, which would be 2. Sam Rayburn Library, 800 West
7400. relocated to cross the reservoir in a Sam Rayburn Drive, Bonham, TX 75418;
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS different alignment on an entirely new (903) 583–2455.
was prepared in accordance with the bridge that would need to be 3. Bertha Voyer Memorial Library, 500
constructed. 6th Street, Honey Grove, TX 75446;
National Environmental Policy Act
An aquatic resources mitigation plan (903) 378–2206.
(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the
has been prepared by the applicant to 4. Leonard Public Library, 102 South
USACE regulations for NEPA Main Street, Leonard, TX 75452; (903)
implementation (33 Code of Federal comply with the federal policy of ‘‘no
overall net loss of wetlands’’ and to 587–2391.
Regulations [CFR] parts 230 and 325 5. North Texas Municipal Water
(with associated Appendices B and C)). provide compensatory mitigation, to the
extent practicable, for impacts to other District headquarters, 505 East Brown
The USACE Tulsa District, Regulatory Street, Wylie, TX 75098.
Office is the lead federal agency waters of the United States that would
6. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
responsible for the FEIS and be impacted by construction of the
Tulsa District, Regulatory Office, 2488
information contained in the EIS will proposed reservoir. NTMWD has
East 81st Street, Tulsa, OK 74137–4290.
serve as the basis for a decision whether purchased a 14,960-acre parcel of land Electronic copies of the FEIS may be
or not to issue a Section 404 permit. All known as the Riverby Ranch, which obtained from the USACE Tulsa District,
comments received on the Revised Draft borders the Red River. This working Regulatory Office or its Web site at
EIS (RDEIS), to include the Draft EIS ranch is located downstream of the http://www.swt.usace.army.mil/
(DEIS) comments not specifically proposed project within both the same Missions/Regulatory/Tulsa-District-
addressed in the RDEIS, are reflected watershed (Bois d’Arc Creek) and the Environmental-Impact-Statements/.
and responses are provided in the same county (Fannin). NTMWD
accompanying Comment Categories and acquired the Riverby Ranch specifically Edward M. Parisotto,
Responses Document. It also provides because its biophysical features have the Acting Chief, Regulatory Office, Tulsa
potential to provide a portion of the District.
information for Federal, State, and local
agencies having jurisdictional appropriate mitigation for the proposed [FR Doc. 2017–24396 Filed 11–8–17; 8:45 am]
responsibility for affected resources. project. Additional mitigation is BILLING CODE 3720–58–P
The USACE has determined that the proposed within a 1,900-acre upstream
basic project purpose in the present case site and within the proposed reservoir
is to develop a new water supply for the itself. Though not part of the proposed ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
applicant NTMWD and its member mitigation plan, Bois d’Arc Creek AGENCY
cities and customers. downstream of the reservoir will receive
[ER–FRL–9036–1]
The purpose of the FEIS is to provide environmental flow releases as a result
decision-makers and the public with of an operations plan and flow regime Environmental Impact Statements;
information pertaining to the Proposed established in consultation with the Notice of Availability
Action and Alternatives, and to disclose Texas Commission on Environmental
environmental impacts and identify Quality (TCEQ), and stipulated in the Responsible Agency: Office of Federal
mitigation measures to reduce impacts. Water Rights Permit issued by TCEQ to Activities, General Information (202)
NTMWD proposes to build the LBCR NTMWD. 564–7146 or http://www2.epa.gov/
with a total storage capacity of The U.S. Environmental Protection nepa/.
approximately 367,609 acre-feet. A dam Agency Region 6, U.S. Forest Service, Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact
approximately 10,400 feet (about 2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Statements (EIS)
miles) long and up to 90 feet high would Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Filed 10/30/2017 Through 11/03/2017
be constructed, and much of the participated as cooperating agencies in Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
reservoir footprint would be cleared of the formulation of the FEIS. Notice
trees and built structures. NTMWD also On December 8, 2009, the USACE
Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act
proposes to construct several related held a NEPA EIS public scoping
requires that EPA make public its
facilities or connected actions. These meeting in Bonham, Texas. On March
comments on EISs issued by other
include a raw water intake pump station 24, 2015, the USACE held a public
Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters
and electrical substation at the reservoir meeting during the comment period on
on EISs are available at: https://
site, as well as a 90 to 96-inch diameter the previous DEIS. On March 27, 2017,
cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-nepa-public/
buried pipeline to carry raw water from the USACE published the availability of
action/eis/search.
the new reservoir approximately 35 the RDEIS in response to comments
miles in a southwesterly direction. The received on the DEIS. The revision and EIS No. 20170220, Draft, NSF, WV,
raw water pipeline will connect to a publication of this FEIS is informed by Green Bank Observatory, Comment
new water treatment plant (WTP)—the public and agency comment on the Period Ends: 01/08/2018, Contact:
‘‘North WTP’’—and terminal storage original DEIS and RDEIS and changes Elizabeth Pentecost (703) 292–4907.
EIS No. 20170221, Draft, USFS, CA, San
reservoir (TSR) that would be located have been made to address commented
Gabriel River Confluence with Cattle
west of the City of Leonard, also in issues. No public meeting is planned
Canyon Improvements Project,
Fannin County, Texas. The North WTP during this comment period. Copies of
Comment Period Ends: 12/26/2017,
and TSR will be constructed regardless the FEIS will be available for review at
Contact: Chinling Chen (626) 574–
of whether NTMWD receives a Section the USACE Tulsa District Office, the
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
5255.
404 permit to proceed with the permit applicant’s office in Wylie Texas,
Proposed Action; the North WTP and and at four locations in the project area Dated: November 6, 2017.
TSR are not part of the Proposed Action. in Fannin County, Texas, addresses of Kelly Knight,
A number of rural roads within the each as follows. Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
footprint and in the vicinity of the 1. Bonham Public Library, 305 East of Federal Activities.
proposed reservoir would have to be 5th Street, Bonham, TX 75418; (903) [FR Doc. 2017–24424 Filed 11–8–17; 8:45 am]
closed or relocated; the most significant 583–3128. BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
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