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mitigation measures primarily along 2.6

miles of the Guadalupe River in

downtown San Jose and two related

offsite mitigation areas. This Report will

support decision making by the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, Santa Clara

Valley Water District, and other

responsible agencies to implement the

proposed modifications and to ensure

compliance with NEPA, the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and

other pertinent laws and regulations.

Potential direct and indirect

environmental, social economic effects

of the Proposed Action and other

alternatives are evaluated, and project

modifications are recommended for

implementation.

The Draft Report analyses consider an

array of alternative plans developed to

modify the authorized project. These

alternatives were developed in a manner

that would avoid and minimize adverse

environmental impacts to the maximum

extent practicable, while meeting the

primary planning objectives to (1)

provide 100-year flood protection for

the downtown San Jose area; (2) protect

species listed under the Endangered

Species Act; (3) meet conditions for

State water quality certification under

the Clean Water Act; and (4) further

improve recreation opportunities along

the river corridor. Numerous

alternatives have been considered

including revised channel widening,

upstream detention, retention of the

original authorized project design with

additional mitigation, several channel

bypass alternative, and no action. The

Proposed Action fulfills all stated

objectives and includes construction of

some remaining components of the

original authorized project, proposed

modifications to include an

underground bypass to convey floodwaters around existing riparian habitat,

expanded onsite and offsite mitigation

measures to accomplish habitat

mitigation goals, and refined operation

and maintenance requirements. The

anticipated cumulative effects also have

been considered and addressed.

3. Project Area

The project area for resources

evaluated in the Report includes two

areas along the Guadalupe River and

one area Guadalupe Creek in Santa

Clara County, California. The flood

protection project is along the 2.6 mile

reach of the Guadalupe River in

downtown San Jose between Grant

Street (just upstream from I–280) and I–

880. The mitigation will be located (1)

in an area along the Guadalupe River

just downstream from I–880 and

adjacent to the San Jose Airport,

identified as the Reach A mitigation

site, and (2) the Guadalupe Creek

mitigation site, an area along Guadalupe

Creek, from 660 feet downstream from

Masson Dam to the Almaden

Expressway. Guadalupe Creek is

approximately 4 miles upstream from

the downtown flood protection area.

The project area includes the river, its

banks, and land adjacent to the bank in

each of these three locations.

4. Proposed Action

The Proposed Action is the

modification and implementation of the

remaining components of the

Guadalupe River Project. The Proposed

Action modification to the Authorized

Project accomplish the following

objectives:

• Provide 100-year flood protection

for the downtown San Jose area.

• Protect species recently listed or

proposed for listing under the

Endangered Species Act.

• Meet conditions for water quality

certification under the Clean Water Act.

• Refine recreational opportunities

along the Guadalupe River corridor.

• Implement mitigation commitments

specified in the Mitigation and

Monitoring Plan (MMP).

Modification to the Guadalupe River

Project include (1) construction and

operation of an underground bypass

between Santa Clara Street and Coleman

Avenue to convey floodwaters around

important riparian habitat, (2) riverfront

recreation trail between Santa Clara

Street and Coleman Avenue on the west

bank, and between New Julian Street

and Coleman Avenue on the east bank,

(3) expanded onsite SRA-cover

mitigation between Woz Way and I–880

(4) an additional offsite SRA-cover

mitigation site between I–880 and

Airport Parkway, and (5) an additional

offsite SRA-cover mitigation site on

Guadalupe Creek between Masson Dam

and Almaden Expressway. Remaining

components of the Authorized Project

which will be implemented as part of

the Proposed Action include (1)

construction of flood training walls near

I–280 to direct upstream flood flows

back into the river channel, (2)

westbank pedestrian overlook and

recreation trail between Park Avenue

and San Fernando Street, (3) eastbank

recreation trail between Park Avenue

and West Santa Clara, (4) westbank

recreation trail between New Julian

Street and Coleman, (5) removal of two

railroad bridges between New Julian

and Coleman Avenue.

5. Commenting

Comments received in response to

this report, including names and

addresses of those who comment, will

be considered part of the public record

on this proposed action. Comments

submitted anonymously will be

accepted and considered. Pursuant to 7

CFR 1.27(d), any person may request the

agency to withhold a submission from

the public record by showing how the

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

permits such confidentiality. Persons

requesting such confidentiality should

be aware that, under the FOIA,

confidentiality may be granted in only

very limited circumstances, such as to

protect trade secrets. The Corps will

inform the requester of the agency’s

decision regarding the request for

confidentiality, and where the request is

denied, the agency will return the

submission and notify the requester that

the comments may be resubmitted with

or without the name and address.

John A. Hall,

Alternate Army Federal Register Liaison

Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Golden Field Office; Request for

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Solar Decathlon

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ACTION: Notice of request for

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

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The contest focuses on designing a

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