Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Cordova Hills Project in Sacramento County, CA, Corps Permit Application Number SPK-2004-00116, 54452 [2011-22392]
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effects on air quality, water quality,
recreation, fisheries, and transportation.
c. USACE is consulting with the State
Historic Preservation Officer to comply
with the National Historic Preservation
Act, and with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and National Marine Fisheries
Service to comply with the Endangered
Species Act. USACE is also coordinating
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
to comply with the Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act.
d. A 45-day public review period will
be provided for all interested parties,
individuals, and agencies to review and
comment on the draft EIS/EIR. All
interested parties are encouraged to
respond to this notice and provide a
current address if they wish to be
notified of the draft EIS/EIR circulation.
4. Availability. The draft EIS/EIR is
currently scheduled to be available for
public review and comment in Spring
2012.
Dated: April 25, 2011.
William J. Leady,
Colonel, U.S. Army, District Commander.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the Proposed
Cordova Hills Project in Sacramento
County, CA, Corps Permit Application
Number SPK–2004–00116
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
In 2008, the Cordova Hills
Ownership Group (applicant) submitted
a Department of the Army permit
application for the proposed Cordova
Hills project. On June 18, 2008, the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento
District (Corps) determined that the
proposed project may result in
significant impacts to the environment,
and that the preparation of an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
is necessary. A revised permit
application was submitted by the
applicant on March 15, 2011.
The applicant proposes to implement
a large-scale, mixed-use, mixed-density
master planned community with an
integrated university, neighborhood and
regional commercial and residential
uses and associated infrastructure. The
proposed project consists of
approximately: 1,000 acres of residential
uses ranging from one dwelling unit per
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acre to 40 dwelling units per acres;
1,380,000 square feet of retail and
commercial uses; 240 acres of private
university campus; 635 acres of
recreation areas, parks, natural avoided
areas and open space corridors; 538
acres for on-site wetland and habitat
avoidance, and; 18 miles of off-street/
multi-use trails.
The project site is approximately
2,688 acres and contains 89.106 acres of
waters of the United States. The
proposed project would involve the
discharge of fill material into
approximately 39.630 acres of waters of
the United States, including vernal
pools, seasonal wetlands, seeps,
intermittent drainages, and stock ponds.
The proposed project may also have
have indirect impacts on other waters of
the U.S.
DATES: The Corps will conduct a public
scoping meeting that will be held on
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 from 5
p.m. to 7 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting will be
held at Rancho Cordova City Hall,
located at 2729 Prospect Park Drive,
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Lisa Gibson, (916) 557–5288, e-mail:
lisa.m.gibson2@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested
parties are invited to submit written
comments on the permit application on
or before October 26, 2011. Scoping
comments should be submitted within
the next 60 days, but may be submitted
at any time prior to publication of the
Draft EIS. To submit comments on this
notice or for questions about the
proposed action and the Draft EIS,
please contact Lisa Gibson, 650 Capitol
Mall, Suite 5–200, Sacramento, CA
95814–4708. Parties interested in being
added to the Corps’ electronic mail
notification list for the proposed project
can e-mail a request to spk-regulatoryinfo@usace.army.mil and indicate
which list you would like your e-mail
address to be added. Please refer to
Identification Number SPK–2004–00116
in any correspondence.
The proposed Cordova Hills Project
site is located in unincorporated eastern
Sacramento County. The site is bordered
on the west by Grant Line Road, and on
the north by Glory Lane. The proposed
project site is north of Kiefer Road and
west of the Carson Creek drainage, in
portions of Sections 13, 14, 23 and 24,
Township 8 North, Range 7 East, and
Section 18, Township 8 North, Range 8
East, Mount Diablo Meridian.
A wetland delineation of the project
site, which has been approved by the
Corps, indicates that a total of
approximately 89 acres of waters of the
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United States are present within the
proposed project area, including: 47.5
acres of vernal pools; 22.9 acres of
seasonal wetlands; 0.01 acres of seeps;
16.9 acres of intermittent drainage; 0.17
acres of Carson Creek, and; 1.5 acres of
man-made stock ponds.
The EIS will include alternatives to
the Proposed Action that will meet
NEPA requirements for a reasonable
range of alternatives, and will also meet
the requirements of CWA Section
404(b)(1) Guidelines. The alternatives to
be evaluated within the EIS have not yet
been developed, but will, at a minimum,
include the No Action Alternative, the
Proposed Project Alternative, additional
on-site alternatives, and off-site
alternatives.
Sacramento County, as the lead
agency responsible for compliance with
the California Environmental Quality
Act, is currently preparing a Draft
Environmental Impact Report (DEIR).
The DEIR is expected to be released in
the fall of 2011.
The Corps’ public involvement
program includes several opportunities
to provide verbal and written comments
on the proposed Cordova Hills Project
through the EIS process. Affected
federal, state, and local agencies, Native
American tribes, and other interested
private organizations and parties are
invited to participate. Potentially
significant issues to be analyzed in
depth in the EIS include loss of waters
of the United States (including
wetlands), and impacts related to
cultural resources, biological resources,
air quality, hydrology and water quality,
noise, traffic, aesthetics, utilities and
service systems, and socioeconomic
effects.
The Corps will initiate formal
consultation with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS) under
Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
for impacts to listed species that may
result from the proposed project. The
Corps will also consult with the State
Historic Preservation Office under
Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act for properties listed or
potentially eligible for listing on the
National Register of Historic Places, as
appropriate.
The Draft EIS is expected to be made
available to the public in the summer of
2012.
Dated: August 15, 2011.
William J. Leady,
Colonel, U.S. Army District Engineer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the
Proposed Cordova Hills Project in Sacramento County, CA, Corps Permit
Application Number SPK-2004-00116
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: In 2008, the Cordova Hills Ownership Group (applicant)
submitted a Department of the Army permit application for the proposed
Cordova Hills project. On June 18, 2008, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Sacramento District (Corps) determined that the proposed
project may result in significant impacts to the environment, and that
the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is
necessary. A revised permit application was submitted by the applicant
on March 15, 2011.
The applicant proposes to implement a large-scale, mixed-use,
mixed-density master planned community with an integrated university,
neighborhood and regional commercial and residential uses and
associated infrastructure. The proposed project consists of
approximately: 1,000 acres of residential uses ranging from one
dwelling unit per acre to 40 dwelling units per acres; 1,380,000 square
feet of retail and commercial uses; 240 acres of private university
campus; 635 acres of recreation areas, parks, natural avoided areas and
open space corridors; 538 acres for on-site wetland and habitat
avoidance, and; 18 miles of off-street/multi-use trails.
The project site is approximately 2,688 acres and contains 89.106
acres of waters of the United States. The proposed project would
involve the discharge of fill material into approximately 39.630 acres
of waters of the United States, including vernal pools, seasonal
wetlands, seeps, intermittent drainages, and stock ponds. The proposed
project may also have have indirect impacts on other waters of the U.S.
DATES: The Corps will conduct a public scoping meeting that will be
held on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting will be held at Rancho Cordova City
Hall, located at 2729 Prospect Park Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lisa Gibson, (916) 557-5288, e-
mail: lisa.m.gibson2@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested parties are invited to submit
written comments on the permit application on or before October 26,
2011. Scoping comments should be submitted within the next 60 days, but
may be submitted at any time prior to publication of the Draft EIS. To
submit comments on this notice or for questions about the proposed
action and the Draft EIS, please contact Lisa Gibson, 650 Capitol Mall,
Suite 5-200, Sacramento, CA 95814-4708. Parties interested in being
added to the Corps' electronic mail notification list for the proposed
project can e-mail a request to spk-regulatory-info@usace.army.mil and
indicate which list you would like your e-mail address to be added.
Please refer to Identification Number SPK-2004-00116 in any
correspondence.
The proposed Cordova Hills Project site is located in
unincorporated eastern Sacramento County. The site is bordered on the
west by Grant Line Road, and on the north by Glory Lane. The proposed
project site is north of Kiefer Road and west of the Carson Creek
drainage, in portions of Sections 13, 14, 23 and 24, Township 8 North,
Range 7 East, and Section 18, Township 8 North, Range 8 East, Mount
Diablo Meridian.
A wetland delineation of the project site, which has been approved
by the Corps, indicates that a total of approximately 89 acres of
waters of the United States are present within the proposed project
area, including: 47.5 acres of vernal pools; 22.9 acres of seasonal
wetlands; 0.01 acres of seeps; 16.9 acres of intermittent drainage;
0.17 acres of Carson Creek, and; 1.5 acres of man-made stock ponds.
The EIS will include alternatives to the Proposed Action that will
meet NEPA requirements for a reasonable range of alternatives, and will
also meet the requirements of CWA Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines. The
alternatives to be evaluated within the EIS have not yet been
developed, but will, at a minimum, include the No Action Alternative,
the Proposed Project Alternative, additional on-site alternatives, and
off-site alternatives.
Sacramento County, as the lead agency responsible for compliance
with the California Environmental Quality Act, is currently preparing a
Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR). The DEIR is expected to be
released in the fall of 2011.
The Corps' public involvement program includes several
opportunities to provide verbal and written comments on the proposed
Cordova Hills Project through the EIS process. Affected federal, state,
and local agencies, Native American tribes, and other interested
private organizations and parties are invited to participate.
Potentially significant issues to be analyzed in depth in the EIS
include loss of waters of the United States (including wetlands), and
impacts related to cultural resources, biological resources, air
quality, hydrology and water quality, noise, traffic, aesthetics,
utilities and service systems, and socioeconomic effects.
The Corps will initiate formal consultation with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS) under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
for impacts to listed species that may result from the proposed
project. The Corps will also consult with the State Historic
Preservation Office under Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act for properties listed or potentially eligible for
listing on the National Register of Historic Places, as appropriate.
The Draft EIS is expected to be made available to the public in the
summer of 2012.
Dated: August 15, 2011.
William J. Leady,
Colonel, U.S. Army District Engineer.
[FR Doc. 2011-22392 Filed 8-31-11; 8:45 am]
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