Record of Decision for the Remaining Balanced Vision Plan and Interior Drainage Plan Features Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement, Dallas County, TX, 63747 [2016-22321]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 180 / Friday, September 16, 2016 / Notices the EIS process will be reinitiated and a NOI published. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Peter Weppler, Chief, Environmental Analysis Branch. Withdrawal of Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey Feasibility Report for Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Union Beach, New Jersey Final Feasibility Report Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. AGENCY: ACTION: Notice of Intent; Withdrawal. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District (NY District), is withdrawing its intent to prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Study. The Notice of Intent to prepare the SEIS was published in the Friday, January 24, 2014, issue of the Federal Register (79 FR 4155). SUMMARY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, Planning Division, Environmental Analysis Branch, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 2151, New York, NY 10278–0090. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Voisine, Project Biologist, at matthew.voisine@usace.army.mil or 917.790.8718. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NY District published a notice of intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement in the January 24, 2014 issue of the Federal Register (FR Doc. 2014– 01443 ). Since that time, resource agency involvement through meetings, changes in plan formulation, and reevaluation of the project have reduced the magnitude and extent of proposed flood risk management measures and associated environmental impacts to the point that an SEIS is no longer necessary. A Supplemental Environmental Assessment will be prepared and circulated for review by agencies and the public. The NY District invites participation and consultation of agencies and individuals that have special expertise, legal jurisdiction, or interest in the preparation of the draft environmental assessment. Comments received, including the names and addresses of those who comment, will be considered part of the public record for this proposal. As a result of the process, if it is determined that the project may have significant impacts, mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:55 Sep 15, 2016 Jkt 238001 [FR Doc. 2016–22336 Filed 9–15–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 63747 alterations were analyzed in the Final Feasibility Report and disclosed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement dated December 2014, for the Dallas Floodway Project. This ROD addresses the USACE Section 408 Permission. Douglas C. Sims, Chief, Environmental Compliance Branch, Regional Planning and Environmental Center. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE [FR Doc. 2016–22321 Filed 9–15–16; 8:45 am] Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Record of Decision for the Remaining Balanced Vision Plan and Interior Drainage Plan Features Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement, Dallas County, TX Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth District, is issuing this notice to advise Federal, state, and local governmental agencies and the public that USACE has signed a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Remaining Balanced Vision Plan (BVP) and Interior Drainage Plan (IDP) Features Feasibility Report and Final Environmental Impact Statement, in Dallas County, TX. This ROD was rendered to declare that a USACE action, a Section 408 Permission for the City of Dallas to alter the Dallas Floodway, is in the public interest. DATES: The USACE Fort Worth District Commander, Colonel Calvin C. Hudson II, signed the ROD and Section 408 Permission on July 28, 2016. ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Planning and Environmental Center, CESWF–PEC–CC (Attn: Mr. Jason Story), P.O. Box 17300, Room 3A12, Fort Worth, TX 76102– 0300. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Story, Environmental Resources Specialist, Regional Planning and Environmental Center. Email address: jason.e.story@usace.army.mil. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City of Dallas has requested permission to construct the Dallas Floodway Project remaining BVP and IDP features in Dallas County, TX. These remaining BVP and IDP features will constitute an alteration of the existing Dallas Floodway, a USACE federally authorized civil works project that requires Title 33 United States Code, Section 408 (Section 408) compliance. The proposed alterations within the Dallas Floodway consist of ecosystem restoration, recreation, and interior drainage improvements. 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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 180 (Friday, September 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 63747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22321]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Record of Decision for the Remaining Balanced Vision Plan and 
Interior Drainage Plan Features Feasibility Report and Environmental 
Impact Statement, Dallas County, TX

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 (USACE), Fort Worth District, 
is issuing this notice to advise Federal, state, and local governmental 
agencies and the public that USACE has signed a Record of Decision 
(ROD) for the Remaining Balanced Vision Plan (BVP) and Interior 
Drainage Plan (IDP) Features Feasibility Report and Final Environmental 
Impact Statement, in Dallas County, TX. This ROD was rendered to 
declare that a USACE action, a Section 408 Permission for the City of 
Dallas to alter the Dallas Floodway, is in the public interest.

DATES: The USACE Fort Worth District Commander, Colonel Calvin C. 
Hudson II, signed the ROD and Section 408 Permission on July 28, 2016.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Planning and 
Environmental Center, CESWF-PEC-CC (Attn: Mr. Jason Story), P.O. Box 
17300, Room 3A12, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Story, Environmental Resources 
Specialist, Regional Planning and Environmental Center. Email address: 
jason.e.story@usace.army.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City of Dallas has requested permission 
to construct the Dallas Floodway Project remaining BVP and IDP features 
in Dallas County, TX. These remaining BVP and IDP features will 
constitute an alteration of the existing Dallas Floodway, a USACE 
federally authorized civil works project that requires Title 33 United 
States Code, Section 408 (Section 408) compliance. The proposed 
alterations within the Dallas Floodway consist of ecosystem 
restoration, recreation, and interior drainage improvements. These 
alterations were analyzed in the Final Feasibility Report and disclosed 
in the Final Environmental Impact Statement dated December 2014, for 
the Dallas Floodway Project. This ROD addresses the USACE Section 408 
Permission.

Douglas C. Sims,
Chief, Environmental Compliance Branch, Regional Planning and 
Environmental Center.
[FR Doc. 2016-22321 Filed 9-15-16; 8:45 am]
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