Availability of Final General Reevaluation Report and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Poplar Island Environmental Restoration Project, Talbot County, MD, 60798 [05-20902]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE),
Baltimore District has prepared a Final
General Reevaluation Report (GRR) and
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS) for the Poplar Island
Environmental Restoration Project
(PIERP). The GRR/SEIS evaluated the
vertical and/or lateral expansion of the
PIERP, design modifications to the
existing project, the addition of
recreational/educational opportunities
to the existing project, and the potential
to accept dredged material from
additional channels not specified in the
1996 EIS for the existing project. A
Notice of Availability (NOA) for the
Draft GRR/SEIS was published by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) in the Federal Register on June
22, 2005 (70 FR 36129).
The preferred alternative includes a
northern lateral expansion consisting of
approximately 575 acres, which would
include wetland and upland habitat,
and a protected open water embayment;
construction of a 5-ft vertical raising of
the existing upland Cells 2 and 6 at the
PIERP; amending the existing project
authorization and Project Cooperation
Agreement to include the placement of
dredged material from the southern
approach channels to the Chesapeake
and Delaware (C&D) Canal;
incorporation of design modifications
required for the completion of the
existing project, and development of
recreational and educational
enhancement for the PIERP.
DATES: USACE filed the final document
with EPA on September 30, 2005. EPA
published a Notice of Availability in the
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U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore
District, Attn: Mr. Mark Medelsohn,
CENAB–PL–P, P.O. Box 1715,
Baltimore, MD 21203–1715 or
electronically at
mark.mendelsohn@usace.army.mil or
by telephone at (410) 962–9499 or (800)
295–1610.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
PIERP is
located in the Chesapeake Bay,
approximately 39 miles south-southeast
of the Port of Baltimore, and two miles
northwest of Tilghman Island in Talbot
County, MD. Approximately 10,000
acres of remote island habitat has been
lost throughtout the Chesapeake Bay in
the last 150 years. Dredged material
from the Upper Chesapeake Bay
Approach Channels to the Port of
Balitmore is being beneficially used to
restore 1,140 acres of wetland and
upland habitat (approximately 570 acres
of wetland habitat and 570 acres of
upland habitat), and it is estimated that
by 2014 the PIERP will provide up to 40
million cubic yards (mcy) of dredged
material placement capacity. To date,
approximately 12 mcy of dredged
material have been placed at the site.
Construction and site operation at the
PIERP is a collaborative effort that is
cost shared between the Federal
sponsor, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers—Baltimore District and the
non-Federal sponsor, Maryland Port
Administration (MPA).
To address a predicted dredged
material placement capacity shortfall,
USACE-Baltimore and MPA initiated
the Poplar Island Expansion Study
(PIES) under the existing PIERP
Congressional Authorization, Section
537 of the Water Resources
Development Act (WRDA) of 1996.
Authorization for ecosystem restoration
projects using dredged material is
included in Section 204 of the WRDA of
1992, as amended by Section 207 of the
WRDA of 1996. A Notice of Intent (NOI)
to initiate the preparation of the GRR/
SEIS was published in the Federal
Register in June 2003 (68 FR 33685).
The Final Integrated GRR/SEIS
documents NEPA compliance for the
proposed expansion of the PIERP,
provides information specific to the
actions of the GRR, and supplements the
Poplar Island Restoration Study,
Maryland: Integrated Feasibility Report
and Environmental Impact Statement
(ERP No. D–COE–D350557–MD)
(USACE/MPA, 1996).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Availability of Final General
Reevaluation Report and Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Poplar Island Environmental
Restoration Project, Talbot County, MD
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Federal Register on October 7, 2005 (70
FR 58700). A Record of Decision may be
signed no earlier than 30 days after the
EPA notice.
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Public meetings on the draft
document were held on July 19, 2005,
in Easton Maryland, and on July 20,
2005, at Tilghman, Maryland. Both
meetings provided an opportunity for
the public to present oral and/or written
comments.
You may view the Final GRR/SEIS
and related information on our Web
page at: https://
www.nab.usace.army.mil./projects/
Maryland/PoplarIsland/expansion.html.
The Final and Draft GRR/SEIS have
been prepared in accordance with (1)
NEPA of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of the
Council on Environmental Quality for
implementing the procedural provisions
of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), and
(3) USACE regulations implementing
NEPA (ER–200–2–2).
Mark Mendelsohn,
Study Manager.
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Dredged Material Management Plan for
the Lower Atchafalaya, Bayous Chene,
Boeuf, and Black Navigation Channel,
and the Gulf of Mexico, in Assumption,
St. Mary, and Terrebone Parishes in
the Vicinity of Morgan City, LA
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Vicksburg District Corps
of Engineers is preparing the Dredged
Material Management Plan (DMMP) for
the existing Atchafalaya River and
Bayous Chene, Boeuf, and Black,
Louisiana, navigation project. The
DMMP will require a Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)
No. 3 to the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) for the Atchafalaya
River and Bayous Chene, Boeuf, and
Black, Louisiana (March 1973),
navigation project. The project was
authorized by the River and Harbor Act
of 1968 in accordance with House
Document 155, 90th Congress, 1st
Session. The purpose of the DMMP is to
develop a long term management
strategy to accomplish the placement of
dredged material associated with the
navigation project in the least costly
manner, that is consistent with sound
engineering practice, and that meets all
applicable Federal environmental laws.
The Atchafalaya River and Bayous
Chene, Boeuf, and Black, Louisiana,
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Availability of Final General Reevaluation Report and
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Poplar Island
Environmental Restoration Project, Talbot County, MD
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE), Baltimore District has prepared a Final General Reevaluation
Report (GRR) and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for
the Poplar Island Environmental Restoration Project (PIERP). The GRR/
SEIS evaluated the vertical and/or lateral expansion of the PIERP,
design modifications to the existing project, the addition of
recreational/educational opportunities to the existing project, and the
potential to accept dredged material from additional channels not
specified in the 1996 EIS for the existing project. A Notice of
Availability (NOA) for the Draft GRR/SEIS was published by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Federal Register on June
22, 2005 (70 FR 36129).
The preferred alternative includes a northern lateral expansion
consisting of approximately 575 acres, which would include wetland and
upland habitat, and a protected open water embayment; construction of a
5-ft vertical raising of the existing upland Cells 2 and 6 at the
PIERP; amending the existing project authorization and Project
Cooperation Agreement to include the placement of dredged material from
the southern approach channels to the Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D)
Canal; incorporation of design modifications required for the
completion of the existing project, and development of recreational and
educational enhancement for the PIERP.
DATES: USACE filed the final document with EPA on September 30, 2005.
EPA published a Notice of Availability in the Federal Register on
October 7, 2005 (70 FR 58700). A Record of Decision may be signed no
earlier than 30 days after the EPA notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Baltimore District, Attn: Mr. Mark Medelsohn, CENAB-PL-P, P.O. Box
1715, Baltimore, MD 21203-1715 or electronically at
mark.mendelsohn@usace.army.mil or by telephone at (410) 962-9499 or
(800) 295-1610.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PIERP is located in the Chesapeake Bay,
approximately 39 miles south-southeast of the Port of Baltimore, and
two miles northwest of Tilghman Island in Talbot County, MD.
Approximately 10,000 acres of remote island habitat has been lost
throughtout the Chesapeake Bay in the last 150 years. Dredged material
from the Upper Chesapeake Bay Approach Channels to the Port of
Balitmore is being beneficially used to restore 1,140 acres of wetland
and upland habitat (approximately 570 acres of wetland habitat and 570
acres of upland habitat), and it is estimated that by 2014 the PIERP
will provide up to 40 million cubic yards (mcy) of dredged material
placement capacity. To date, approximately 12 mcy of dredged material
have been placed at the site. Construction and site operation at the
PIERP is a collaborative effort that is cost shared between the Federal
sponsor, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers--Baltimore District and the
non-Federal sponsor, Maryland Port Administration (MPA).
To address a predicted dredged material placement capacity
shortfall, USACE-Baltimore and MPA initiated the Poplar Island
Expansion Study (PIES) under the existing PIERP Congressional
Authorization, Section 537 of the Water Resources Development Act
(WRDA) of 1996. Authorization for ecosystem restoration projects using
dredged material is included in Section 204 of the WRDA of 1992, as
amended by Section 207 of the WRDA of 1996. A Notice of Intent (NOI) to
initiate the preparation of the GRR/SEIS was published in the Federal
Register in June 2003 (68 FR 33685).
The Final Integrated GRR/SEIS documents NEPA compliance for the
proposed expansion of the PIERP, provides information specific to the
actions of the GRR, and supplements the Poplar Island Restoration
Study, Maryland: Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact
Statement (ERP No. D-COE-D350557-MD) (USACE/MPA, 1996).
Public meetings on the draft document were held on July 19, 2005,
in Easton Maryland, and on July 20, 2005, at Tilghman, Maryland. Both
meetings provided an opportunity for the public to present oral and/or
written comments.
You may view the Final GRR/SEIS and related information on our Web
page at: https://www.nab.usace.army.mil./projects/Maryland/PoplarIsland/
expansion.html.
The Final and Draft GRR/SEIS have been prepared in accordance with
(1) NEPA of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), (2) regulations
of the Council on Environmental Quality for implementing the procedural
provisions of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), and (3) USACE regulations
implementing NEPA (ER-200-2-2).
Mark Mendelsohn,
Study Manager.
[FR Doc. 05-20902 Filed 10-18-05; 8:45 am]
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