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generated from the widening project;
and
f. Approximately 300,000 cubic yards
of dredged material will be used
beneficially for beach nourishment on
Quintana Beach and the remainder of
the dredged material will be placed
offshore approximately 2.5 miles off
Quintana in approximately 40 feet of
water.
2. Scoping and Public Involvement
Process: A scoping meeting to gather
information on the subjects to be
studied in detail in the DEIS will be
conducted on (see DATES). An informal
open house, allowing for review of the
proposed project and questions and
answers, will be conducted between 5
and 7 p.m., prior to the scoping meeting.
3. Significant Issues: Issues associated
with the proposed project to be given
significant analysis in the DEIS are
likely to include, but may not be limited
to, the potential impacts of the proposed
dredging, dredged material placement,
the beneficial uses of dredged material,
water quality, fish and wildlife values
including threatened and endangered
species; air quality; environmental
justice; socioeconomic environment;
archaeological and cultural resources;
recreation and recreational resources;
energy supply and natural resources;
hazardous waste and materials;
aesthetics; public health and safety;
navigation; shoreline erosion and
accretion; cumulative impacts, and the
needs and welfare of the people.
4. Technical Review and
Consultation: Several State and Federal
Agencies will be invited to provide
technical review of the DEIS. Those
agencies include: The Environmental
Protection Agency, National Marine
Fisheries Service, United States Fish
and Wildlife Service, the United States
Coast Guard, Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality, Texas General
Land Office, Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department and the Texas Department
of Transportation.
5. Additional Review and
Consultation: Additional review and
consultation that will be incorporated
into the preparation of this DEIS will
include: Compliance with the Texas
Coastal Management Program;
protection of cultural resources under
Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act; protection of
navigation under the Rivers and Harbors
Act of 1899; protection of water quality
under section 401 of the Clean Water
Act; protection of air quality under the
Clean Air Act; and protection of
endangered and threatened species
under section 7 of the Endangered
Species Act.
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6. Availability of the DEIS: The Draft
Environmental Impact Statement is
projected to be available in September
2006. At this time the Galveston District
plans to conduct a Public Hearing
following the release of the DEIS.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining
Fish and Wildlife Service
Final Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement for Mountaintop
Mining and Valley Fills
U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Department of the Army,
DOD; Environmental Protection Agency;
Office of Surface Mining and Fish and
Wildlife Service, Interior; and West
Virginia Department of Environmental
Protection.
ACTION: Announcement of availability of
Final Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement (FPEIS).
AGENCIES:
SUMMARY: The above agencies announce
the availability of the FPEIS that
considers developing policies, guidance,
and coordinated agency decisionmaking processes to minimize, to the
maximum extent practicable, the
adverse environmental effects to waters
of the United States and to fish and
wildlife resources affected by
mountaintop mining operations, and to
environmental resources that could be
affected by the size and location of
excess spoil-disposal sites in valley fills
within the Appalachian study area in
West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, and
Tennessee. This FPEIS was prepared as
part of a settlement agreement that
resolved the Federal claims brought in
Bragg v. Robertson, Civ. No. 2:98–0636
(S.D.W.Va.).
This FPEIS was prepared consistent
with the provision set forth in 40 CFR
1503.4(c) of the Council on
Environmental Quality regulations
implementing NEPA, which allow the
agencies to attach an errata sheet to the
statement instead of rewriting the draft
statement and to circulate the errata,
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comments, responses, and the changes,
rather than the entire document. The
agencies are filing the entire statement
with a new cover sheet as the FPEIS.
The FPEIS is being made available by
mail and can be viewed on the Internet
at https://www.epa.gov/region3/mtntop/
index.htm. The FPEIS can also be
viewed at local offices of the above
agencies and at selected local libraries.
Copies of the FPEIS may be obtained by
writing to the address listed below.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for
copies of the FPEIS to John Forren, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(3EA30), 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Forren, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, at (215) 814–2705; Katherine
Trott, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at
(202) 761–5542; Mike Robinson, U.S.
Office of Surface Mining, at (412) 937–
2882; Cindy Tibbott, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, at (814) 234–4090; or
Russell Hunter, West Virginia
Department of Environmental
Protection, at (304) 926–0499.
Dated: October 20, 2005.
Gerald W. Barnes,
Chief, Operations, Directorate of Civil Works.
David Evans,
Director, Wetlands Division, Environmental
Protection Agency.
Glenda H. Owens,
Deputy Director, Office of Surface Mining.
Marshall P. Jones, Jr.
Deputy Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Public Hearings for a Draft
Overseas Environmental Impact
Statement/Environmental Impact
Statement for the Undersea Warfare
Training Range
Department of the Navy, DOD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Executive Order
12114, Environmental Effects Abroad of
Major Federal Actions, and Section
102(2) of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 as
implemented by the Council on
Environmental Quality regulations (40
CFR Parts 1500–1508), the Department
of the Navy (Navy) has prepared and
filed with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency a Draft Overseas
Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Statement (Draft
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining
Fish and Wildlife Service
Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Mountaintop
Mining and Valley Fills
AGENCIES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, DOD;
Environmental Protection Agency; Office of Surface Mining and Fish and
Wildlife Service, Interior; and West Virginia Department of
Environmental Protection.
ACTION: Announcement of availability of Final Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement (FPEIS).
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SUMMARY: The above agencies announce the availability of the FPEIS that
considers developing policies, guidance, and coordinated agency
decision-making processes to minimize, to the maximum extent
practicable, the adverse environmental effects to waters of the United
States and to fish and wildlife resources affected by mountaintop
mining operations, and to environmental resources that could be
affected by the size and location of excess spoil-disposal sites in
valley fills within the Appalachian study area in West Virginia,
Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. This FPEIS was prepared as part of a
settlement agreement that resolved the Federal claims brought in Bragg
v. Robertson, Civ. No. 2:98-0636 (S.D.W.Va.).
This FPEIS was prepared consistent with the provision set forth in
40 CFR 1503.4(c) of the Council on Environmental Quality regulations
implementing NEPA, which allow the agencies to attach an errata sheet
to the statement instead of rewriting the draft statement and to
circulate the errata, comments, responses, and the changes, rather than
the entire document. The agencies are filing the entire statement with
a new cover sheet as the FPEIS. The FPEIS is being made available by
mail and can be viewed on the Internet at https://www.epa.gov/region3/
mtntop/index.htm. The FPEIS can also be viewed at local offices of the
above agencies and at selected local libraries. Copies of the FPEIS may
be obtained by writing to the address listed below.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for copies of the FPEIS to John
Forren, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (3EA30), 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Forren, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, at (215) 814-2705; Katherine Trott, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, at (202) 761-5542; Mike Robinson, U.S. Office of Surface
Mining, at (412) 937-2882; Cindy Tibbott, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, at (814) 234-4090; or Russell Hunter, West Virginia Department
of Environmental Protection, at (304) 926-0499.
Dated: October 20, 2005.
Gerald W. Barnes,
Chief, Operations, Directorate of Civil Works.
David Evans,
Director, Wetlands Division, Environmental Protection Agency.
Glenda H. Owens,
Deputy Director, Office of Surface Mining.
Marshall P. Jones, Jr.
Deputy Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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