83 FR 32641 - Public Scoping Meetings for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Allatoona Lake Water Supply Storage Reallocation Study and Updates to Weiss and Logan Martin Reservoir Project Water Control Manuals in the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 135 (July 13, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-14975

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District, issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register (83 FR 18829) published on April 30, 2018, to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to evaluate potential changes to the Water Control Manuals (WCMs) for three reservoirs in the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) River Basin and to the Master WCM for the ACT River Basin. The Draft SEIS will be prepared as an integrated document with the reallocation study. The USACE will hold five public scoping meetings during the months of July and August as part of its preparation to conduct the water supply storage reallocation study and update the WCMs for the Alabama Power Company's Weiss and Logan Martin reservoirs in the ACT River Basin.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Public Scoping Meetings for the Draft Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Allatoona Lake Water Supply Storage 
Reallocation Study and Updates to Weiss and Logan Martin Reservoir 
Project Water Control Manuals in the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River 
Basin

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

ACTION: Supplement to Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District, 
issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register (83 FR 18829) 
published on April 30, 2018, to prepare a Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement (SEIS), pursuant to the National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA), to evaluate potential changes to the Water Control Manuals 
(WCMs) for three reservoirs in the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) River 
Basin and to the Master WCM for the ACT River Basin. The Draft SEIS 
will be prepared as an integrated document with the reallocation study. 
The USACE will hold five public scoping meetings during the months of 
July and August as part of its preparation to conduct the water supply 
storage reallocation study and update the WCMs for the Alabama Power 
Company's Weiss and Logan Martin reservoirs in the ACT River Basin.

DATES: The meeting dates and times are:
    1. Monday, July 30, 2018, 4-8 p.m. (EDT), Acworth, GA.
    2. Tuesday, July 31, 2018, 4-8 p.m. (EDT), Rome, GA.
    3. Wednesday, August 1, 2018, 4-8 p.m. (CDT), Gadsden, AL.
    4. Thursday, August 2, 2018, 4-8 p.m. (CDT), Childersburg, AL.
    5. Friday, August 3, 2018, 4-8 p.m. (CDT), Montgomery, AL.

ADDRESSES: The meeting locations are:
    1. Acworth, GA--Cauble Park Beach House, 4425 Beach Street, 
Acworth, Georgia 30101, (770) 917-1234.
    2. Rome, GA--Forum River Civic Center, Berry/Shorter Room, 301 
Tribune Street, Rome, Georgia 30161, (706) 291-5281.
    3. Gadsden, AL--The Pitman Theater, 629 Broad St., Gadsden, Alabama 
35901, (256) 549-4740.
    4. Childersburg, AL--Friends on Eighth, 109 8th Ave. SW, 
Childersburg, Alabama 35044, (205) 296-2397.
    5. Montgomery, AL--AUM Center for Lifelong Learning, 75 
TechnaCenter

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Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117, (334) 244-3343.
    Following the scoping meetings, individuals who have not already 
submitted their comments should submit them by August 15, 2018, by 
either:
    * Email to [email protected], or
    * Mail to Mr. Mike Malsom, Inland Environment Team, Environment and 
Resources Branch, Planning and Environmental Division, USACE-Mobile, 
Post Office Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct questions about the NEPA 
process to Mr. Mike Malsom by mail at Inland Environment Team, 
Environment and Resources Branch, Planning and Environmental Division, 
USACE-Mobile, Post Office Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001; telephone at 
(251) 690-2023; electronic facsimile at (251) 694-3815; or email at 
[email protected]. You can also request to be added to the mailing 
list for public distribution of notices, meeting announcements, and 
documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information on the ACT River 
Basin study will be posted as it becomes available on the Mobile 
District website at http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/.
    The USACE will hold five public scoping meetings during the months 
of July and August as part of its preparation to conduct the water 
supply storage reallocation study and update the WCMs for the Alabama 
Power Company's Weiss and Logan Martin reservoirs in the ACT River 
Basin. The public is invited to attend the scoping meetings, which will 
provide information on the study process and afford interested parties 
the opportunity to submit to USACE input about their issues and 
concerns regarding that process. Each of the public scoping meetings 
will be presented in an open house format, allowing time for 
participants to review specific information and to provide comments 
either on forms available at the meeting or to a court reporter on-site 
at the meeting.

Curtis M. Flakes,
Chief, Planning and Environmental Division.
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Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117, (334) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE indirect, and cumulative impacts for an
244–3343. array of alternatives, including a No
Department of the Army, Corps of Action alternative.
Following the scoping meetings,
Engineers FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
individuals who have not already
submitted their comments should Comments and questions about SEIS II
Notice of Intent To Prepare should be submitted to USACE by email
submit them by August 15, 2018, by Supplement II to the Final
either: to: MRL-EIS-2@usace.army.mil; or by
Environmental Impact Statement, regular mail to: U.S. Army Corps of
* Email to act-arc@usace.army.mil, or Mississippi River and Tributaries Engineers, ATTN: CEMVN–PDC–UDC,
(MR&T) Project, Mississippi River 167 North Main Street, Room B–202,
* Mail to Mr. Mike Malsom, Inland
Mainline Levees and Channel Memphis, Tennessee 38103–1894. For
Environment Team, Environment and
Improvement additional information, including but
Resources Branch, Planning and
Environmental Division, USACE- AGENCY: Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. not limited to a copy of SEIS I and the
Mobile, Post Office Box 2288, Mobile, ACTION: Notice of Intent. 1976 EIS, please visit the Project
AL 36628–0001. website at: http://
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of www.mvk.usace.army.mil/MRLSEIS/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Engineers (‘‘USACE’’), Memphis SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Direct questions about the NEPA District, Vicksburg District, and the New 1. Project Background and
process to Mr. Mike Malsom by mail at Orleans District, is announcing its intent Authorization. The MR&T Project (and
Inland Environment Team, Environment to prepare Supplement II (SEIS II) to the the MRL feature) was authorized by the
and Resources Branch, Planning and Final Environmental Impact Statement, Flood Control Act of 1928, as amended.
Environmental Division, USACE- Mississippi River and Tributaries The 1976 EIS was filed with the Council
Mobile, Post Office Box 2288, Mobile, (MR&T) Project, Mississippi River of Environmental Quality on 8 April
AL 36628–0001; telephone at (251) 690– Mainline Levees and Channel 1976. SEIS I, which was prepared to
2023; electronic facsimile at (251) 694– Improvement of 1976 (1976 EIS), as supplement the 1976 EIS to evaluate the
3815; or email at ACT-ACR@ updated and supplemented by effects of continued construction of the
usace.army.mil. You can also request to Supplement No. 1, Mississippi River MRL levee enlargements, stability
be added to the mailing list for public and Tributaries Project, Mississippi berms, seepage control, and erosion
distribution of notices, meeting River Mainline Levee Enlargement and protection measures, was filed with the
announcements, and documents. Seepage Control of 1998 (SEIS I) to the Environmental Protection Agency on 31
1976 EIS, to cover construction of July 1998. SEIS I focused on the levees
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: remaining authorized work on the of the MRL that were the most deficient
Additional information on the ACT Mississippi River mainline levees (MRL) in height and on seepage control
River Basin study will be posted as it feature. Over the past twenty years since measures for levee reaches with
becomes available on the Mobile District the finalization of SEIS I, USACE has observable signs of seepage during
website at http:// determined that various sections previous high water events.
www.sam.usace.army.mil/. (reaches) of the mainline levee system The MR&T Project is designed to
The USACE will hold five public are deficient in varying amounts, and manage flood risk damages in the
scoping meetings during the months of that certain remedial measures need to alluvial valley between Cape Girardeau,
July and August as part of its be undertaken to control seepage and to Missouri and the Head of Passes,
preparation to conduct the water supply raise and stabilize the deficient sections Louisiana. The goal of the MR&T Project
storage reallocation study and update of the levee to protect the lower is to provide an environmentally
the WCMs for the Alabama Power Mississippi River Valley against the sustainable project for comprehensive
Project Design Flood (PDF) and flood damage control, protection, and
Company’s Weiss and Logan Martin
maintain the structural integrity of the risk reduction from the ‘‘Project Design
reservoirs in the ACT River Basin. The
MRL system. The Proposed Action of Flood’’, in the alluvial valley beginning
public is invited to attend the scoping SEIS II is to supplement and, as at Cape Girardeau, Missouri to the Head
meetings, which will provide necessary, augment the 1976 EIS and of Passes, Louisiana, by means of levees,
information on the study process and SEIS I using the primary MR&T goals of: floodwalls, floodways, reservoirs, banks
afford interested parties the opportunity (1) Providing flood protection from the stabilization and channel improvements
to submit to USACE input about their PDF; and (2) developing an in and along the Mississippi River and
issues and concerns regarding that environmentally sustainable project; its tributaries. The mainline levee
process. Each of the public scoping formulating alternatives; identifying system, comprised of levees, floodwalls,
meetings will be presented in an open significant resources; assessing the backwater areas, floodways, and various
house format, allowing time for direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts control structures, is approximately
participants to review specific to those resources; investigating and 1,610 miles long. The PDF is a
information and to provide comments environmentally assessing potential hypothetical flood that was developed
either on forms available at the meeting borrow areas; developing mitigation to determine the design flood to be used
or to a court reporter on-site at the measures; and evaluating and selecting in designing the MR&T levee system in
meeting. a preferred method for the construction the lower Mississippi River Basin, and
of necessary authorized MRL Project is defined as the ‘‘greatest flood having
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Curtis M. Flakes, features, which may include but are not a reasonable probability of occurrence’’
Chief, Planning and Environmental Division. limited to, implementing seepage when the operable features of the entire
[FR Doc. 2018–14975 Filed 7–12–18; 8:45 am] control measures and the construction MR&T Project are considered. The PDF
BILLING CODE 3720–58–P of various remediation measures for upon which the current design for the
deficient levee reaches to bring these construction of the mainline levee
reaches to the project design grade. SEIS system and remaining unconstructed
II will evaluate the potential direct, levees is based, is the ‘‘Refined 1973

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Section		Notices
Action		Supplement to Notice of Intent.
Dates		The meeting dates and times are:
Contact		Direct questions about the NEPA process to Mr. Mike Malsom by mail at Inland Environment Team, Environment and Resources Branch, Planning and Environmental Division, USACE-Mobile, Post Office Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001; telephone at (251) 690-2023; electronic facsimile at (251) 694-3815; or email at [email protected] You can also request to be added to the mailing list for public distribution of notices, meeting announcements, and documents.
FR Citation		83 FR 32641

83 FR 32641 - Public Scoping Meetings for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Allatoona Lake Water Supply Storage Reallocation Study and Updates to Weiss and Logan Martin Reservoir Project Water Control Manuals in the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin

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