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result in detailed designs for stream

restoration, stormwater management,

and stormwater retrofit projects. These

projects are expected to restore stream

habitat, provide wetland habitat, and

improve water quality. A DEIS will be

integrated into the feasibility study to

document existing conditions, project

actions, and project effects and

products. Montgomery County and the

Maryland National Capital Park and

Planning Commission are the nonFederal sponsors for the project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the proposed action

and DEIS can be addressed to Ms. April

Perry, Study Manager, Baltimore

District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

ATTN: CENAB–PL–P, P.O. Box 1715,

Baltimore Maryland 21203–1715,

telephone (410) 962–0684. E-mail

address:

april.s.perry@ccmail.nab.usace.army.mil

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. The U.S. House of Representatives,

Committee on Public Works and

Transportation, authorized the

Anacostia River and Tributaries

Reconnaissance Study in a resolution

dated September 8, 1988. It was further

authorized in the June 25, 1990

Statement of New Environmental

Approaches by the Assistant Secretary

of the Army (Civil Works), which gave

fish and wildlife restoration the status of

a priority project output.

2. The Anacostia River and

Tributaries Phase 1 Feasibility Study

produced by the Corps in 1994

determined that previous Corps activity

in the Anacostia Watershed has had a

detrimental impact to the eocsystem of

the Anacostia. The study recommended

that additional feasibility studies

focusing on environmental restoration

be pursued. Following the completion

of the 1994 Phase 1 feasibility report,

the Baltimore District Corps of

Engineers and Montgomery County

Department of Environmental Protection

identified the potential for additional

environmental restoration opportunities

within the Anacostia watershed.

3. In September of this year, the Corps

and Montgomery County executed a

feasibility cost-sharing agreement for a

Phase 2 Feasibility study. The area

proposed for environmental restoration

is known as the Northwest Branch of the

Anacostia River and is located in the

western portion of Montgomery County.

The watershed has several

environmental problems including

channel instability, erosion, and

sedimentation that adversely impact the

existing habitat and threaten planned

restoration measures. The Phase 2 study

will identify areas with such problems

and recommend projects for specific

sites that will be selected. It is

anticipated that the study will result in

a combination of stream restoration and

stormwater management projects.

4. The planning goals of the Phase 2

study are to restore acquatic and

riparian habitat, improve water quality,

and contribute to the restoration of the

Anacostia River ecosystem by

stabilizing stream channels that make

significant contributions to stream

channel erosion and sedimentation and

by reducing stormwater runoff rates,

velocities, and pollutant loads. To

achieve this goal, the Corps will further

define the problems and opportunities

in the Northwest Branch watershed;

analyze and forecast environmental

resource conditions; formulate,

evaluate, and compare alternative plans

for multiple sites; develop detailed

designs and costs at selected sites; and

recommend a cost-effective plan for the

Montgomery County portion of the

Northwest Branch watershed.

5. The decision to implement these

actions will be based on an evaluation

of the probable impact of the proposed

activities on the public interest. That

decision will reflect the national

concern for both protection and

utilization of important resources. The

benefit which reasonably may be

expected to accrue from the proposal

will be balanced against its reasonably

foreseeable costs. The Baltimore District

is preparing a DEIS which will describe

the impacts of the proposed projects on

environmental and cultural resources in

the study area and the overall public

interest. The DEIS will be in accordance

with NEPA and will document all

factors which may be relevant to the

proposal, including the cumulative

effects thereof. Among these factors are

habitat restoration, channel and erosion

control, improvements to water quality,

and stormwater management. If

applicable, the DEIS will also apply

guidelines issued by the Environmental

Protection Agency, under the authority

of Section 404(b)(1) of the Clean Water

Act of 1977 (Pub. L. 95–217).

6. The public involvement program

will include workshops, meetings, and

other coordination with interested

private individuals and organizations,

as well as with concerned Federal, state

and local agencies. Coordination letters

and newsletters have been sent to

appropriate agencies, organizations, and

individuals on an extensive mailing list.

Additional public information will be

provided through print media, mailings,

radio and television announcements.

7. In addition to the Corps,

Montgomery County, the Maryland

National Capital Park and Planning

Commission, other participants that will

be involved in the study and DEIS

process include the following: U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency; U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Forest

Service; U.S. Geological Survey; Natural

Resource Conservation Service; and the

U.S. National Park Service. The

Baltimore District invites potentially

affected Federal, state, and local

agencies, and other organizations and

entities to participate in this study.

8. The Anacostia Phase 2 Feasibility

Study and integrated DEIS are

tentatively scheduled for public review

in March 1999.

Harold L. Nelson,

Acting Chief, Planning Division.

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