Termination of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Proposed Regional Watershed Supply Project in Wyoming and Colorado, 43994 [2011-18523]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Termination of the Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for the
Proposed Regional Watershed Supply
Project in Wyoming and Colorado
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Omaha District, Regulatory
Branch is notifying interested parties
that it has terminated the process to
develop a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) and has withdrawn
the Section 404 Clean Water Act permit
application for the proposed ‘Regional
Watershed Supply Project’ submitted in
2008 by a private water development
entity known as Million Conservation
Resource Group (MCRG). The original
Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS was
published in the Federal Register on
Friday, March 20, 2009 (74 FR 11920),
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with subsequent amended
announcements on May 8, 2009 (74 FR
21665) and August 11, 2009 (74 FR
40171).
affect other ongoing Corps water supply
studies along the Colorado Front Range.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Questions regarding the termination of
this EIS process should be addressed to
Ms. Rena Brand, Project Manager,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Denver
Regulatory Office, 9307 S. Wadsworth
Blvd., Littleton, CO 80128–6901; (303)–
979–4120; mcrg.eis@usace.army.mil.
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After the
initial public scoping process in 2009,
the Corps received 7,409 substantive
comments related to the applicant’s
proposal to construct a 558 mile water
pipeline from Flaming Gorge Reservoir
in Southwest Wyoming to a terminating
storage reservoir near Pueblo, Colorado,
designed to supply up to 250,000 acre
feet of water annually to various
municipal and agricultural entities in
Eastern Wyoming and the Front Range
of Colorado. A common concern
expressed dealt with the need for the
water, what entities would be using the
water, and for what purposes. On April
1, 2011, MCRG expressed to the Corps
that they wished to change the primary
purpose of the project to power
generation. When the EIS process
started in 2009, it was understood that
the project purpose was water supply,
so all EIS work done to date, to include
public scoping was related to that
purpose. The project now has an
uncertain and variable purpose, which
technically makes the applicant’s permit
application incomplete. Additionally,
Corps’ regulations require that
applicants be provided sufficient time to
respond to requests from the Corps for
information, normally not to exceed
30 days. At the close of a recent 60-day
stop work request by MCRG, the Corps
decided to withdraw the permit
application, as MCRG did not officially
respond with a decision about how the
EIS was to proceed, as requested by the
Corps. The Corps decided that now is
the appropriate time to officially
terminate the EIS. The Corps’ neutral
role in this EIS process was to evaluate
the environmental consequences of
proposed projects such as these under
authority of Section 404 of the Clean
Water Act. The preparation of the EIS
was being conducted by a third-party
contractor directed by the Corps, and
funded by the permit applicant, which
is typical of Corps Regulatory EIS
studies. Withdrawal of the permit
application and termination of the EIS
process will not prevent MCRG from reapplying at a later date, and will not
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Termination of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the
Proposed Regional Watershed Supply Project in Wyoming and Colorado
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Regulatory
Branch is notifying interested parties that it has terminated the
process to develop a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and
has withdrawn the Section 404 Clean Water Act permit application for
the proposed `Regional Watershed Supply Project' submitted in 2008 by a
private water development entity known as Million Conservation Resource
Group (MCRG). The original Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS was
published in the Federal Register on Friday, March 20, 2009 (74 FR
11920), with subsequent amended announcements on May 8, 2009 (74 FR
21665) and August 11, 2009 (74 FR 40171).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the termination of
this EIS process should be addressed to Ms. Rena Brand, Project
Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Denver Regulatory Office, 9307
S. Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton, CO 80128-6901; (303)-979-4120;
mcrg.eis@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After the initial public scoping process in
2009, the Corps received 7,409 substantive comments related to the
applicant's proposal to construct a 558 mile water pipeline from
Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Southwest Wyoming to a terminating storage
reservoir near Pueblo, Colorado, designed to supply up to 250,000 acre
feet of water annually to various municipal and agricultural entities
in Eastern Wyoming and the Front Range of Colorado. A common concern
expressed dealt with the need for the water, what entities would be
using the water, and for what purposes. On April 1, 2011, MCRG
expressed to the Corps that they wished to change the primary purpose
of the project to power generation. When the EIS process started in
2009, it was understood that the project purpose was water supply, so
all EIS work done to date, to include public scoping was related to
that purpose. The project now has an uncertain and variable purpose,
which technically makes the applicant's permit application incomplete.
Additionally, Corps' regulations require that applicants be provided
sufficient time to respond to requests from the Corps for information,
normally not to exceed 30 days. At the close of a recent 60-day stop
work request by MCRG, the Corps decided to withdraw the permit
application, as MCRG did not officially respond with a decision about
how the EIS was to proceed, as requested by the Corps. The Corps
decided that now is the appropriate time to officially terminate the
EIS. The Corps' neutral role in this EIS process was to evaluate the
environmental consequences of proposed projects such as these under
authority of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The preparation of the
EIS was being conducted by a third-party contractor directed by the
Corps, and funded by the permit applicant, which is typical of Corps
Regulatory EIS studies. Withdrawal of the permit application and
termination of the EIS process will not prevent MCRG from re-applying
at a later date, and will not affect other ongoing Corps water supply
studies along the Colorado Front Range.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-18523 Filed 7-21-11; 8:45 am]
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