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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for a
20-Year Dredged Material Management
Plan for the Atlantic Intracoastal
Waterway from Port Royal Sound,
South Carolina, to the Georgia-Florida
Stateline
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
The U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers is the lead Federal agency for
an evaluation of the maintenance
dredging of the Atlantic Intracoastal
Waterway (AIWW) from Port Royal
Sound, South Carolina, southward to
the Georgia-Florida state line. The
Corps’ Savannah District intends to
prepare a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) to analyze the impacts
of the maintenance dredging of this
portion of the AIWW, including
disposal of dredged materials. The DEIS
will update the project’s 1976 EIS and
will analyze the impacts that have
occurred from periodic dredging events
since 1976 to provide a baseline for
evaluating projected impacts from
implementing a new Dredged Material
Management Plan (DMMP) over the next
20 years. The DEIS will evaluate the
anticipated 20-year dredging needs and
alternative disposal options, including
using existing upland confined disposal
areas and Ocean Dredged Material
Disposal Sites (ODMDS), establishing
new ODMDS, constructing new upland
confined disposal areas, constructing
confining structures on existing marsh
disposal areas, and using open water
disposal areas. In accordance with
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act, the Corps of
Engineers hereby notifies the public that
it is beginning preparation of a DEIS.
SUMMARY:
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Questions or written comments
about the proposed action and DEIS
should be provided by May 21, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Mr.
Charles W. Seyle, US Army Corps of
Engineers, Savannah District, ATTN:
PD, Post Office Box 889, Savannah, GA
31402 or email: CESASPD.SAS@usace.army.mil. This Notice of
Intent will be available on the internet
at: https://www.sas.usace.army.mil/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Charles W. Seyle at 912–652–6017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background. The AIWW between
Savannah, Georgia, and Fernandina,
Florida, was initially authorized by the
Congress in 1882. The River and Harbor
Act of 1937 provided for a 7-foot
protected route around St. Andrew
Sound, Georgia, and for a 12-foot
channel between Beaufort, South
Carolina and Savannah, Georgia. In
1938, a 12-foot channel was authorized
between Savannah and Fernandina,
Florida. The widths of the AIWW were
to be 90 feet in land cuts and 150 feet
in open waters. In addition to providing
for the 12-foot channel between
Beaufort and Fernandina, Congress
imposed upon local interests the
responsibility to furnish all lands or
easements necessary for the 7-foot St.
Andrews Sound channel and all
necessary rights-of-way and dredged
sediment disposal areas for new work
and subsequent maintenance of the 12foot channel between Beaufort and
Fernandina. Work on the 12-foot
channel between Beaufort and
Fernandina was completed in 1941.
Savannah District, US Army Corps of
Engineers records provide historical
dredging information between 1942 and
2011. These records show that many of
the 36 defined AIWW reaches from Port
Royal Sound, South Carolina, and the
Georgia-Florida border are naturally
12 feet deep or deeper and have not
required dredging since construction of
the waterway in the 1940s. Twenty of
the reaches require periodic dredging,
and of these, five require dredging every
1 to 5 years. The southernmost Georgia
reach is located near the U.S. Naval
Submarine Base at Kings Bay, Georgia,
and the Navy is responsible for
maintaining this reach. Consequently,
no Corps action will be analyzed in the
DEIS for that reach.
During previous dredging events
along several reaches of the AIWW,
dredged material that was primarily
fine-grained silt was pumped onto
unconfined saltmarsh disposal sites or
into existing confined saltmarsh
disposal sites. Material that was
primarily coarse-grained sand was
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deposited in approved open-water
disposal areas. State natural resource
agencies have requested that the Corps
discontinue placement of fine-grained
dredged material on unconfined
saltmarsh sites. The proposed DEIS
would examine unconfined sediment
placement on saltmarsh sites and
identify locations where it would no
longer be used and where its use may
still be the least damaging practicable
disposal method. The DMMP proposes
to use a combination of new and
existing disposal sites, open-water
placement of sandy dredged material,
and ODMDS for disposal of AIWW
dredged material over the next 20 years.
The DEIS will examine a wide range
of environmental resource areas
including, but not limited to, air quality,
traffic, noise, biological resources,
cultural resources, socio-economic
resources, wetlands, land use,
hazardous and toxic substances, and
cumulative environmental effects.
Significant issues to be analyzed in
the DEIS will include potential impacts
to water quality, marine and estuarine
resources, wetlands, endangered
species, cultural resources, commercial
maritime interests, and recreational
boating. Additional resources and
conditions may be identified as a result
of the scoping process initiated by this
Notice of Intent (NOI).
All reasonable alternatives will be
analyzed in the DEIS. The range of
alternatives will include, but are not
limited to:
• No Action (status quo);
• Use existing confined dredged
material containment areas;
• Use existing Ocean Dredged
Material Disposal Sites;
• Establish new Ocean Dredged
Material Disposal Sites;
• Construct new confined dredged
material containment areas.
The DMMP will identify disposal
alternatives for several of the critical
reaches and the impacts of each of these
alternatives will be analyzed in the
DEIS. As a result of information
developed during the DEIS scoping
process, other alternatives may be
considered. The DEIS will analyze each
alternative’s impact on the natural and
cultural environments along the AIWW
and the surrounding area. Mitigation
measures to avoid or reduce
environmental impacts will also be
considered in the DEIS. The DEIS is
presently scheduled for release in
Summer 2012. However, this date may
change. Notification of the availability
of the document will be published in
the Federal Register and local
newspapers.
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Scoping Process: The Corps of
Engineers invites tribal, federal, state
and local agencies and the public to
participate in the scoping process for
preparation of the DEIS. The scoping
process will help identify additional
reasonable alternatives, potential
environmental impacts, and key issues
of concern to be analyzed in the DEIS.
Dated: April 13, 2012.
William G. Bailey,
Chief, Planning Division, Savannah District,
US Army Corps of Engineers.
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Public Hearing and Notice of
Availability for the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the Proposed
Widening of the Pascagoula Lower
Sound/Bayou Casotte Channel,
Jackson County, MS
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
On April 6, 2011, the Jackson
County Port Authority (JCPA) submitted
an application to the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers (Corps), Mobile District,
Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and the
Mississippi Department of Marine
Resources (MDMR) for authorization to
impact wetlands and other waters of the
United States associated with the
proposed widening of the Pascagoula
Lower Sound/Bayou Casotte Channel
(the proposed project). The proposed
project is located in the Pascagoula
Lower Sound/Bayou Casotte,
Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi
(Latitude 30.365° North, Longitude
88.556° West). The Corps prepared a
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS) to assess the potential
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed project. The proposed
project is the dredging of approximately
38,200 feet (7.2 miles) of the existing
Pascagoula Lower Sound/Bayou Casotte
Channel segment to widen the channel
from the Federally authorized width of
350 feet and depth of ¥42 feet mean
lower low water (MLLW) (with 2 feet of
allowable over-depth and 2 feet of
advanced maintenance) to a width of
450 feet, parallel to the existing channel
centerline and to the existing Federally
authorized depth of ¥42 feet MLLW.
The proposed project would include the
placement of approximately 3.35
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a
20-Year Dredged Material Management Plan for the Atlantic Intracoastal
Waterway from Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, to the Georgia-Florida
Stateline
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is the lead Federal agency
for an evaluation of the maintenance dredging of the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) from Port Royal Sound, South Carolina,
southward to the Georgia-Florida state line. The Corps' Savannah
District intends to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS) to analyze the impacts of the maintenance dredging of this
portion of the AIWW, including disposal of dredged materials. The DEIS
will update the project's 1976 EIS and will analyze the impacts that
have occurred from periodic dredging events since 1976 to provide a
baseline for evaluating projected impacts from implementing a new
Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) over the next 20 years. The
DEIS will evaluate the anticipated 20-year dredging needs and
alternative disposal options, including using existing upland confined
disposal areas and Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites (ODMDS),
establishing new ODMDS, constructing new upland confined disposal
areas, constructing confining structures on existing marsh disposal
areas, and using open water disposal areas. In accordance with
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, the Corps of
Engineers hereby notifies the public that it is beginning preparation
of a DEIS.
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DATES: Questions or written comments about the proposed action and DEIS
should be provided by May 21, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Mr. Charles W. Seyle, US Army Corps of
Engineers, Savannah District, ATTN: PD, Post Office Box 889, Savannah,
GA 31402 or email: CESAS-PD.SAS@usace.army.mil. This Notice of Intent
will be available on the internet at: https://www.sas.usace.army.mil/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Charles W. Seyle at 912-652-6017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background. The AIWW between Savannah,
Georgia, and Fernandina, Florida, was initially authorized by the
Congress in 1882. The River and Harbor Act of 1937 provided for a 7-
foot protected route around St. Andrew Sound, Georgia, and for a 12-
foot channel between Beaufort, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia. In
1938, a 12-foot channel was authorized between Savannah and Fernandina,
Florida. The widths of the AIWW were to be 90 feet in land cuts and 150
feet in open waters. In addition to providing for the 12-foot channel
between Beaufort and Fernandina, Congress imposed upon local interests
the responsibility to furnish all lands or easements necessary for the
7-foot St. Andrews Sound channel and all necessary rights-of-way and
dredged sediment disposal areas for new work and subsequent maintenance
of the 12-foot channel between Beaufort and Fernandina. Work on the 12-
foot channel between Beaufort and Fernandina was completed in 1941.
Savannah District, US Army Corps of Engineers records provide
historical dredging information between 1942 and 2011. These records
show that many of the 36 defined AIWW reaches from Port Royal Sound,
South Carolina, and the Georgia-Florida border are naturally 12 feet
deep or deeper and have not required dredging since construction of the
waterway in the 1940s. Twenty of the reaches require periodic dredging,
and of these, five require dredging every 1 to 5 years. The
southernmost Georgia reach is located near the U.S. Naval Submarine
Base at Kings Bay, Georgia, and the Navy is responsible for maintaining
this reach. Consequently, no Corps action will be analyzed in the DEIS
for that reach.
During previous dredging events along several reaches of the AIWW,
dredged material that was primarily fine-grained silt was pumped onto
unconfined saltmarsh disposal sites or into existing confined saltmarsh
disposal sites. Material that was primarily coarse-grained sand was
deposited in approved open-water disposal areas. State natural resource
agencies have requested that the Corps discontinue placement of fine-
grained dredged material on unconfined saltmarsh sites. The proposed
DEIS would examine unconfined sediment placement on saltmarsh sites and
identify locations where it would no longer be used and where its use
may still be the least damaging practicable disposal method. The DMMP
proposes to use a combination of new and existing disposal sites, open-
water placement of sandy dredged material, and ODMDS for disposal of
AIWW dredged material over the next 20 years.
The DEIS will examine a wide range of environmental resource areas
including, but not limited to, air quality, traffic, noise, biological
resources, cultural resources, socio-economic resources, wetlands, land
use, hazardous and toxic substances, and cumulative environmental
effects.
Significant issues to be analyzed in the DEIS will include
potential impacts to water quality, marine and estuarine resources,
wetlands, endangered species, cultural resources, commercial maritime
interests, and recreational boating. Additional resources and
conditions may be identified as a result of the scoping process
initiated by this Notice of Intent (NOI).
All reasonable alternatives will be analyzed in the DEIS. The range
of alternatives will include, but are not limited to:
No Action (status quo);
Use existing confined dredged material containment areas;
Use existing Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites;
Establish new Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites;
Construct new confined dredged material containment areas.
The DMMP will identify disposal alternatives for several of the
critical reaches and the impacts of each of these alternatives will be
analyzed in the DEIS. As a result of information developed during the
DEIS scoping process, other alternatives may be considered. The DEIS
will analyze each alternative's impact on the natural and cultural
environments along the AIWW and the surrounding area. Mitigation
measures to avoid or reduce environmental impacts will also be
considered in the DEIS. The DEIS is presently scheduled for release in
Summer 2012. However, this date may change. Notification of the
availability of the document will be published in the Federal Register
and local newspapers.
Scoping Process: The Corps of Engineers invites tribal, federal,
state and local agencies and the public to participate in the scoping
process for preparation of the DEIS. The scoping process will help
identify additional reasonable alternatives, potential environmental
impacts, and key issues of concern to be analyzed in the DEIS.
Dated: April 13, 2012.
William G. Bailey,
Chief, Planning Division, Savannah District, US Army Corps of
Engineers.
[FR Doc. 2012-9578 Filed 4-19-12; 8:45 am]
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