48934 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 185 / Friday, September 25, 2009 / Notices 

Federally-listed threatened or 

endangered species would be developed 

in consultation with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service. Mitigation for 

potential impacts to cultural resources 

would comply with a Programmatic 

Agreement with the State Historic 

Preservation Office and Native 

Americans. 

Schedule: A Notice of Availability 

will be published in the Federal 

Register and local print media to start 

the 45-day public comment period for 

the Draft EIS. The Marine Corps will 

consider and respond to all written 

comments, including e-mail, in 

preparing the Final EIS. The Department 

of the Navy intends to issue the Final 

EIS in April 2010, at which time an 

NOA will be published in the Federal 

Register and local print media. A 

Record of Decision is expected in June 

2010. 

Dated: September 17, 2009. 

A. M. Vallandingham, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–23184 Filed 9–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for Pine Mountain 

Dam, Arkansas, General Reevaluation 

Report 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), 

Little Rock District will prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Pine Mountain Dam, Arkansas, 

General Reevaluation Report. 

The purpose of the EIS will be to 

present alternatives and assess the 

impacts to the human environment 

associated with providing water supply 

to the surrounding areas in Arkansas 

from the proposed project. The study 

area includes the entire Lee Creek 

watershed together with the lower Lee 

Creek reservoir near Van Buren, AR. 

The proposed project could affect 

agriculture, recreation, flood control, 

water supply and natural resources 

within the study area. 

The EIS will evaluate potential 

impacts (positive and negative) to the 

natural, physical, and human 

environment as a result of implementing 

any of the proposed project alternatives 

that may be developed during the EIS 

process. 

This notice replaces a Notice of Intent 

(NOI) that was previously published in 

the Federal Register on May 1, 2006 (71 

FR 25573) which included flood control 

as part of the project purpose. Flood 

control is no longer being considered as 

a project purpose. 

ADDRESSES: Questions or comments 

concerning the proposed action should 

be addressed to: Ms. Laura Cameron, 

USACE, Little Rock District, Planning 

and Environmental Office, PO Box 867, 

Little Rock, AR 72203–0867, e-mail: 

laura.l.cameron@usace.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Laura Cameron, (501) 324–5037. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Study History: The Pine Mountain 

Dam project was authorized for 

construction by Congress in 1965. 

Additional studies and a preliminary 

draft EIS were prepared in the 1970s. In 

1980, prior to public review of the EIS, 

the local sponsor decided not to 

continue sponsoring the project. In 

2000, the River Valley Regional Water 

District identified themselves as a 

willing sponsor and requested that the 

Corps of Engineers reevaluate the 

project. The proposed Pine Mountain 

Dam, Arkansas, General Reevaluation 

Report is being undertaken by USACE, 

Little Rock District under the direction 

of the U.S. Congress. A study will be 

conducted consisting of major 

hydraulics and hydrologic 

investigations, economic analyses, 

alternative development and related 

analyses in conjunction with the EIS. 

2. Comments/Scoping Meeting: 

Interested parties are requested to 

express their views concerning the 

proposed activity. The public is 

encouraged to provide written 

comments in addition to or in lieu of 

oral comments at scoping meetings. To 

be most helpful, scoping comments 

should clearly describe specific 

environmental topics or issues, which 

the commentator believes the document 

should address. Oral and written 

comments receive equal consideration. 

Scoping meetings will be held with 

government agencies and the public in 

October 2009 in Crawford and Pulaski 

Counties, AR. The location, time, and 

date will be published at least 14 days 

prior to each scoping meeting. 

Comments received as a result of this 

notice and the news releases will be 

used to assist Little Rock District in 

identifying potential impacts to the 

quality of the human or natural 

environment. Affected local, state, or 

Federal agencies, affected Indian Tribes, 

and other interested private 

organizations and parties may 

participate in the scoping process by 

forwarding written comments to (see 

ADDRESSES). Interested parties may also 

request to be included on the mailing 

list for public distribution of meeting 

announcements and documents. 

4. Alternatives/Issues: The EIS will 

evaluate the effects of all viable water 

supply alternatives including the 

construction of the Pine Mountain Dam 

and Lake, which was authorized by 

Congress in 1965. Anticipated 

significant issues to be addressed in the 

EIS include impacts on: (1) Water 

supply, (2) recreation and recreation 

facilities, (3) stream hydraulics, (4) fish 

and wildlife resources and habitats, and 

(6) other impacts identified by the 

public, agencies or USACE studies. 

5. Availability of the Draft EIS: The 

Draft EIS is anticipated to be available 

for public review in early 2013 subject 

to the receipt of Federal funding. 

6. Authority: Pine Mountain Dam and 

Lake was authorized for construction by 

the Flood Control Act of 1965 (Title II, 

Pub. L. 89–298) substantially in 

accordance with the recommendations 

of the Chief of Engineers in House 

Document No. 270, 89th Congress. 

Donald E. Jackson, Jr., 

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District 

Commander. 

[FR Doc. E9–23172 Filed 9–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Availability for the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report and a 

Draft General Conformity 

Determination for the San Pedro 

Waterfront Project, Port of Los 

Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army—U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: On September 22, 2008, the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los 

Angeles District, Regulatory Division 

(Corps) in coordination with the Los 

Angeles Harbor Department (LAHD) 

completed and published the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) 

for the San Pedro Waterfront Project 

(Project) in the Port of Los Angeles. The 

Corps and LAHD considered all 

comments received in preparing the 


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