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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare an Integrated Water
Supply Storage Reallocation Report;
Environmental Impact Statement for
Missouri River Municipal and Industrial
(M & I) Reallocation and Hold Public
Meetings
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), as amended and the 1958 Water
Supply Act, as amended, the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE), Omaha
District, intends to prepare an integrated
Municipal and Industrial (M&I) Water
Supply Storage Reallocation Report and
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the Missouri River. The purpose of
the study is to determine if changes to
the current allocation of storage for M&I
water supply may be warranted, and
what the effects of making those
changes would be on other authorized
project purposes. If found to be feasible,
storage could be allocated for purposes
specific to M&I water supply storage,
allowing for non-federal entities to
acquire the rights to storage on a longterm or permanent basis via water
supply contracts with the Corps of
Engineers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information on the NEPA
process, or to be added to the mailing
list, contact Eric Laux, by mail:
CENWO–PM–AC, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, 1616 Capitol Avenue,
Omaha, NE 68102, or by telephone:
(402) 995–2682. For additional
information on the Reallocation Study,
contact Gwyn Jarrett, by mail: CENWO–
PM–AA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
1616 Capitol Avenue, Omaha, NE
68102, or by telephone: (402) 995–2717.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Geographic Area. The study area will
encompass the six mainstem reservoirs
and river proper from the headwaters of
Fort Peck Reservoir, Ft. Peck, MT to St.
Louis, MO.
SUMMARY:
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Project Scope. The demand for M&I
water has increased in recent years and
the Corps has received numerous
requests for intakes and permission to
withdraw water as a result of this
demand. The Corps of Engineers is
pursuing this study to evaluate the longterm Missouri River main stem water
storage reallocation need in order to
respond to the current and future water
supply needs.
The 1944 Flood Control Act, as
amended, directed the USACE to
allocate the river’s resources among the
authorized Missouri River project
purposes; which are: fish and wildlife,
flood control, irrigation, navigation,
hydropower, recreation, water quality,
and water supply. Although water
supply is one of the several purposes of
the Missouri River main stem projects,
no specific allocation of storage has
been made for M&I. The Water Supply
Act of 1958 provides the Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
(ASA[CW]) the discretion to make a
change in the use of storage in an
existing reservoir project from its
present use to M&I water supply
(reallocation) and allows the secretary to
enter into agreements for long term or
permanent storage at Corps reservoir
projects.
While water rights are conveyed by
the state, the rights to water supply
storage in a Corps reservoir may be
acquired by non-federal entities on a
long-term or permanent basis via a
water supply contract with the Corps of
Engineers. The cost of acquiring the
right to storage would be based on the
ASA (CW)’s determination of
appropriate costs to be borne by the
non-federal entities, as would be spelled
out in the Decision Document that
would result from the study.
The Reallocation Study will take a
comprehensive, systems approach to
evaluate present and future M&I storage
needs along the Missouri River from the
headwaters of Ft. Peck, MT to St. Louis,
MO. In contemplating an allocation of
storage to M&I to meet needs in the
basin, the Reallocation Report/EIS will
discuss and evaluate the following: (1)
Identify current and future water
demand and potential need for
reallocated storage to support demand;
(2) evaluate the impacts on the project
purposes and existing users and
whether or not compensation would be
required; (3) determine environmental
effects of any proposed action and
whether or not mitigation would be
required; (4) determine the price to be
charged the purchasers of reallocated
storage; and (5) determine appropriate
compensation, if any, to existing users/
beneficiaries. In addition to reallocation
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alternatives, other alternative sources of
water supply will also be evaluated and
compared to the use of Missouri River
storage.
Scoping and agency meetings. Public
concerns on issues, studies needed,
alternatives to be examined, procedures
and other related matters will be
addressed during scoping. This process
will be the key to preparing a concise
EIS and clarifying the significant issues
to be analyzed in depth. Public meetings
are scheduled as follows:
August 20, 2012—Nebraska City, NE:
Lied Lodge and Conference Center, 2700
Sylvan Road.
August 21, 2012—St. Joseph, MO:
Stoney Creek Inn and Conference
Center, 1201 North Woodbine Road.
August 22, 2012—St. Louis, MO:
Marriott West, 660 Maryville Centre
Drive.
August 23, 2012—Sioux City, IA:
Holiday Inn, 701 Gordon Drive.
August 27, 2012—Pierre, SD: Best
Western Ramkota, 920 W. Sioux
Avenue.
August 28, 2012—Bismarck, ND: Best
Western Doublewood Inn and
Conference Center, 1400 E Interchange
Avenue.
August 29, 2012—Glasgow, MT: Fort
Peck Visitor Center, Highway 24 South
17 miles to Fort Peck.
Dated: July 11, 2012.
Gwyn Jarrett,
Project Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement To
Reduce Avian Predation on Juvenile
Salmonids Through Management of
Double-Crested Cormorants in the
Columbia River Estuary
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Department of
Defense.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Portland District (Corps),
intends to prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
to reduce avian predation on juvenile
salmonids through management of
double-crested cormorants
(Phalacrocorax auritus; hereafter,
cormorant used alone refers to doublecrested cormorant) in the Columbia
River Estuary (CRE). Recent increases in
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the number of cormorants nesting in the
CRE has led to concerns over their
potential impact on the recovery of
federally-listed threatened and
endangered Columbia River basin
salmonids (Oncorhynchus spp.; i.e.,
salmon and steelhead). In 2010 and
2011, the cormorant colony at East Sand
Island (ESI) in the CRE consumed about
19.2 and 22.6 million out-migrating
juvenile salmonids, which equates to
about 18 percent of the entire outmigrating salmon for those years. A
portion of the salmonids consumed are
listed under the Endangered Species Act
(ESA). Managing cormorants to reduce
predation on salmonids would
complement other recovery efforts to
address the threats that caused these
fish to be listed under the ESA and
would contribute to the overall recovery
of listed salmonids in the Columbia
River basin.
DATES: The Corps expects to release the
DEIS for public review and comment in
the fall of 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Sondra Ruckwardt, Project Manager,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland
District, P.O. Box 2946, Portland, OR
97208, by phone at 503–808–4691 or by
email at:
sondra.k.ruckwardt@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corps
will prepare a DEIS to reduce avian
predation on juvenile salmonids
through management of cormorants in
the CRE.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
responsibilities for cormorant
management are identified under Public
Law 106–53, Section 582c ‘‘(1)
NESTING AVIAN PREDATORS—In
conjunction with the Secretary of
Commerce and the Secretary of the
Interior, and consistent with a
management plan to be developed by
the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service, the Secretary [of the Army]
shall carry out methods to reduce
nesting populations of avian predators
on dredge spoil islands in the Columbia
River under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary.’’
The Corps is currently preparing a
draft management plan that will include
effective alternatives to reduce salmonid
consumption by cormorants at ESI. The
management plan is necessary to
implement avian predation management
actions provided for in the 2008 Federal
Columbia River Power System (FCRPS)
Biological Opinion (BiOp) (NOAA
Fisheries 2008), the Reasonable and
Prudent Alternative included in the
2008 BiOp and the 2010 FCRPS
Supplemental BiOp (NOAA Fisheries
2010) to facilitate achievement of adult
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escapement goals identified for ESAlisted salmonids in the Columbia Basin.
The increase in consumption of
juvenile salmonids by cormorants is the
result of an unprecedented increase of
cormorants on ESI where the number of
breeding pairs increased by 1,400
percent between 1989 and 2007.
Reducing cormorant predation in the
CRE, in combination with other
initiatives that aim to improve juvenile
salmonid survival, is anticipated to
increase population growth rates of
ESA-listed salmonids in the Columbia
River basin.
The Corps will evaluate alternatives
for their ability to reduce cormorant
predation on ESA-listed Columbia River
salmonids in the CRE. The preliminary
range of alternatives will include, but
are not limited to reducing the ESI
colony by 25 percent, by 50 percent and
by 75 percent by a variety of methods.
Some of these methods may include
dissuasion techniques, habitat
alterations and lethal removal. Also, per
the National Environmental Policy Act
regulations the Corps will also analyze
a No Action alternative (status quo).
Preliminary analyses of the benefits of
reducing bird numbers with the
preliminary action alternatives indicate
increases in population growth rates for
three of the thirteen ESA-listed
salmonids by 0.5 to 1.5 percent. Any
additional alternatives will be
developed through public involvement
and best available scientific
information.
Scoping Process: a. The Corps invites
affected Federal, State, local agencies,
Native American tribes and other
interested organizations and individuals
to participate in the development of the
DEIS. The Corps anticipates conducting
public scoping meetings for the DEIS in
late summer of 2012 although the exact
date, time and location of these meeting
have not been determined yet. Once
meeting arrangements have been made,
the Corps will publicize this
information. The Corps will provide
notice to the public of additional
opportunities for public input on the
EIS during review periods for the draft
and final EIS.
b. Significant issues to be analyzed in
the DEIS include, but are not limited to:
avian predation of juvenile salmonids,
management of the largest doublecrested cormorant colony in the Western
Region, potential impacts to fisheries
outside the CRE, potential impacts to
commercial and recreational fisheries
and potential impacts to tribal fisheries.
c. The Corps will serve as the lead
Federal agency in preparation of the
DEIS. A decision will be made during
the scoping process whether other
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare an Integrated Water Supply Storage Reallocation
Report; Environmental Impact Statement for Missouri River Municipal and
Industrial (M & I) Reallocation and Hold Public Meetings
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), as amended and the 1958 Water Supply Act, as amended, the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Omaha District, intends to prepare an
integrated Municipal and Industrial (M&I) Water Supply Storage
Reallocation Report and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the
Missouri River. The purpose of the study is to determine if changes to
the current allocation of storage for M&I water supply may be
warranted, and what the effects of making those changes would be on
other authorized project purposes. If found to be feasible, storage
could be allocated for purposes specific to M&I water supply storage,
allowing for non-federal entities to acquire the rights to storage on a
long-term or permanent basis via water supply contracts with the Corps
of Engineers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information on the NEPA
process, or to be added to the mailing list, contact Eric Laux, by
mail: CENWO-PM-AC, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1616 Capitol Avenue,
Omaha, NE 68102, or by telephone: (402) 995-2682. For additional
information on the Reallocation Study, contact Gwyn Jarrett, by mail:
CENWO-PM-AA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1616 Capitol Avenue, Omaha,
NE 68102, or by telephone: (402) 995-2717.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Geographic Area. The study area will encompass the six mainstem
reservoirs and river proper from the headwaters of Fort Peck Reservoir,
Ft. Peck, MT to St. Louis, MO.
Project Scope. The demand for M&I water has increased in recent
years and the Corps has received numerous requests for intakes and
permission to withdraw water as a result of this demand. The Corps of
Engineers is pursuing this study to evaluate the long- term Missouri
River main stem water storage reallocation need in order to respond to
the current and future water supply needs.
The 1944 Flood Control Act, as amended, directed the USACE to
allocate the river's resources among the authorized Missouri River
project purposes; which are: fish and wildlife, flood control,
irrigation, navigation, hydropower, recreation, water quality, and
water supply. Although water supply is one of the several purposes of
the Missouri River main stem projects, no specific allocation of
storage has been made for M&I. The Water Supply Act of 1958 provides
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (ASA[CW]) the
discretion to make a change in the use of storage in an existing
reservoir project from its present use to M&I water supply
(reallocation) and allows the secretary to enter into agreements for
long term or permanent storage at Corps reservoir projects.
While water rights are conveyed by the state, the rights to water
supply storage in a Corps reservoir may be acquired by non-federal
entities on a long-term or permanent basis via a water supply contract
with the Corps of Engineers. The cost of acquiring the right to storage
would be based on the ASA (CW)'s determination of appropriate costs to
be borne by the non-federal entities, as would be spelled out in the
Decision Document that would result from the study.
The Reallocation Study will take a comprehensive, systems approach
to evaluate present and future M&I storage needs along the Missouri
River from the headwaters of Ft. Peck, MT to St. Louis, MO. In
contemplating an allocation of storage to M&I to meet needs in the
basin, the Reallocation Report/EIS will discuss and evaluate the
following: (1) Identify current and future water demand and potential
need for reallocated storage to support demand; (2) evaluate the
impacts on the project purposes and existing users and whether or not
compensation would be required; (3) determine environmental effects of
any proposed action and whether or not mitigation would be required;
(4) determine the price to be charged the purchasers of reallocated
storage; and (5) determine appropriate compensation, if any, to
existing users/beneficiaries. In addition to reallocation
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alternatives, other alternative sources of water supply will also be
evaluated and compared to the use of Missouri River storage.
Scoping and agency meetings. Public concerns on issues, studies
needed, alternatives to be examined, procedures and other related
matters will be addressed during scoping. This process will be the key
to preparing a concise EIS and clarifying the significant issues to be
analyzed in depth. Public meetings are scheduled as follows:
August 20, 2012--Nebraska City, NE: Lied Lodge and Conference
Center, 2700 Sylvan Road.
August 21, 2012--St. Joseph, MO: Stoney Creek Inn and Conference
Center, 1201 North Woodbine Road.
August 22, 2012--St. Louis, MO: Marriott West, 660 Maryville Centre
Drive.
August 23, 2012--Sioux City, IA: Holiday Inn, 701 Gordon Drive.
August 27, 2012--Pierre, SD: Best Western Ramkota, 920 W. Sioux
Avenue.
August 28, 2012--Bismarck, ND: Best Western Doublewood Inn and
Conference Center, 1400 E Interchange Avenue.
August 29, 2012--Glasgow, MT: Fort Peck Visitor Center, Highway 24
South 17 miles to Fort Peck.
Dated: July 11, 2012.
Gwyn Jarrett,
Project Manager.
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