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Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Availability of Elizabeth River and
Southern Branch Navigation
Improvements Draft General
Reevaluation Report/Environmental
Assessment
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) in association with
the nonfederal sponsor, the Virginia
Port Authority, an agent of the
Commonwealth of Virginia, announces
the availability of the Elizabeth River
and Southern Branch Navigation
Improvements Draft General
Reevaluation Report/Environmental
Assessment (GRR/EA) for public review
and comment. The purpose of this Draft
GRR/EA is to evaluate alternatives that
have the potential to improve the
current and future operational efficiency
of commercial vessels currently using
the Norfolk Harbor federal channel in
the Elizabeth River. Channel deepening
alternatives were evaluated as well as
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the No Action/Future without Project
Alternative. Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, as amended, the USACE
developed the draft GRR/EA to examine
and assess the impacts of the project
alternatives and determined that
implementation of the Proposed Action
would not result in significant impacts.
DATES: The Draft GRR/EA is available
for a 30-day review period. Written
comments, pursuant to the NEPA, will
be accepted until the close of public
review at the close of business on
January 15, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Written comments or
questions from the public may be
submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Norfolk District, ATTN: Mr.
David Schulte, Planning Branch,
Environmental Analysis Section
(CENAO–WR–PE), 803 Front Street,
Norfolk, VA 23510 or via email to
david.m.schulte@usace.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
David Schulte, 757–201–7007.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
document is available at the following
locations: (1) Elizabeth River and
Southern Branch Navigation
Improvements website: https://www.nao.
usace.army.mil/About/Projects/
ElizabethRiverSouthernBranch
Nav.aspx, (2) Slover Public Library, 235
East Plume Street, Norfolk, VA 23510.
(3) Copies may also be requested in
writing at (see ADDRESSES).
Proposed Action. The Study Area is
located in Hampton Roads, a 25 squaremile natural harbor serving port
facilities in the cities of Norfolk,
Newport News, Portsmouth,
Chesapeake, and Hampton in
southeastern Virginia. The study area
consists of a of a federally improved
channel extending from Lamberts Bend
(on the main stem of the Elizabeth
River) to the Chesapeake Extension in
the southern branch of the Elizabeth
River.
The Action Alternative consists of
constructing and maintaining the
following features:
• Deepening the channel from
Lamberts Bend to Perdue Farms
(Segment 1a) from a required depth of
40 feet to 45 feet deep in Segment 1a,
and deepening the channel from Perdue
Farms to the Norfolk Southern Lift
Bridge (Segment 1b) from a required
depth of 40 feet to 42 feet.
• Deepening the channel from the
Norfolk Southern Lift Bridge to the
Gilmerton Bridge (Segment 2), from a
required depth of 35 feet to 39 feet deep;
and
• Continuing to maintain the channel
from the Gilmerton Bridge to the
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Chesapeake Extension to a required
depth of 35 feet (Segment 3).
Implementation of the Preferred
Alternative would have the potential to
impact water quality, benthic resources,
cultural resources, floodplains, federally
listed threatened and endangered
species, marine mammals, and other
natural resources. The Proposed Action
must be located in a floodplain in order
to use the Craney Island Dredged
Material Management Area (CIDMMA)
as a dredged material placement site.
The Proposed Action will adhere to the
8-step process as outlined under
Executive Order 11988, Floodplain
Management.
Alternatives. The Draft GRR/EA
considers a reasonable range deepening
alternatives in the project channels to
meet the proposed action’s purpose and
need. It also incorporates measures to
avoid and minimize impacts to
threatened and endangered species, fish
and wildlife species, estuarine and
marine habitat, and other resources. In
response to problems and opportunities,
a range of alternatives was evaluated
through an iterative screening and
formulation process, resulting in
identification of a Preferred Alternative.
Public Involvement. On September 22,
2015, a Notice of Intent to publish an
EA was published, along with
information on a NEPA public scoping
meeting on September 24, 2015. A
Federal Register Notice was also
published to announce the initiation of
the feasibility study and also the public
NEPA scoping meeting. As part of the
public involvement process, all affected
federal, Commonwealth of Virginia, and
local agencies, private organizations,
and the public were invited to the
Public Scoping Meeting on September
24, 2015 in Norfolk, Virginia.
This study is authorized under
Section 216 of the Flood Control Act of
1970 (Pub. L. 91–611), which authorizes
the review of completed projects in the
interest of navigation and related
purposes to determine the feasibility of
further port deepening.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Availability of Elizabeth River and Southern Branch Navigation
Improvements Draft General Reevaluation Report/Environmental Assessment
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in association with
the nonfederal sponsor, the Virginia Port Authority, an agent of the
Commonwealth of Virginia, announces the availability of the Elizabeth
River and Southern Branch Navigation Improvements Draft General
Reevaluation Report/Environmental Assessment (GRR/EA) for public review
and comment. The purpose of this Draft GRR/EA is to evaluate
alternatives that have the potential to improve the current and future
operational efficiency of commercial vessels currently using the
Norfolk Harbor federal channel in the Elizabeth River. Channel
deepening alternatives were evaluated as well as
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the No Action/Future without Project Alternative. Pursuant to the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the USACE
developed the draft GRR/EA to examine and assess the impacts of the
project alternatives and determined that implementation of the Proposed
Action would not result in significant impacts.
DATES: The Draft GRR/EA is available for a 30-day review period.
Written comments, pursuant to the NEPA, will be accepted until the
close of public review at the close of business on January 15, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Written comments or questions from the public may be
submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, ATTN:
Mr. David Schulte, Planning Branch, Environmental Analysis Section
(CENAO-WR-PE), 803 Front Street, Norfolk, VA 23510 or via email to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Schulte, 757-201-7007.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The document is available at the following
locations: (1) Elizabeth River and Southern Branch Navigation
Improvements website: https://www.nao.usace.army.mil/About/Projects/ElizabethRiverSouthernBranchNav.aspx, (2) Slover Public Library, 235
East Plume Street, Norfolk, VA 23510. (3) Copies may also be requested
in writing at (see ADDRESSES).
Proposed Action. The Study Area is located in Hampton Roads, a 25
square-mile natural harbor serving port facilities in the cities of
Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, and Hampton in
southeastern Virginia. The study area consists of a of a federally
improved channel extending from Lamberts Bend (on the main stem of the
Elizabeth River) to the Chesapeake Extension in the southern branch of
the Elizabeth River.
The Action Alternative consists of constructing and maintaining the
following features:
Deepening the channel from Lamberts Bend to Perdue Farms
(Segment 1a) from a required depth of 40 feet to 45 feet deep in
Segment 1a, and deepening the channel from Perdue Farms to the Norfolk
Southern Lift Bridge (Segment 1b) from a required depth of 40 feet to
42 feet.
Deepening the channel from the Norfolk Southern Lift
Bridge to the Gilmerton Bridge (Segment 2), from a required depth of 35
feet to 39 feet deep; and
Continuing to maintain the channel from the Gilmerton
Bridge to the Chesapeake Extension to a required depth of 35 feet
(Segment 3).
Implementation of the Preferred Alternative would have the potential to
impact water quality, benthic resources, cultural resources,
floodplains, federally listed threatened and endangered species, marine
mammals, and other natural resources. The Proposed Action must be
located in a floodplain in order to use the Craney Island Dredged
Material Management Area (CIDMMA) as a dredged material placement site.
The Proposed Action will adhere to the 8-step process as outlined under
Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management.
Alternatives. The Draft GRR/EA considers a reasonable range
deepening alternatives in the project channels to meet the proposed
action's purpose and need. It also incorporates measures to avoid and
minimize impacts to threatened and endangered species, fish and
wildlife species, estuarine and marine habitat, and other resources. In
response to problems and opportunities, a range of alternatives was
evaluated through an iterative screening and formulation process,
resulting in identification of a Preferred Alternative.
Public Involvement. On September 22, 2015, a Notice of Intent to
publish an EA was published, along with information on a NEPA public
scoping meeting on September 24, 2015. A Federal Register Notice was
also published to announce the initiation of the feasibility study and
also the public NEPA scoping meeting. As part of the public involvement
process, all affected federal, Commonwealth of Virginia, and local
agencies, private organizations, and the public were invited to the
Public Scoping Meeting on September 24, 2015 in Norfolk, Virginia.
This study is authorized under Section 216 of the Flood Control Act
of 1970 (Pub. L. 91-611), which authorizes the review of completed
projects in the interest of navigation and related purposes to
determine the feasibility of further port deepening.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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