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also include the construction of

maintenance roads along the river

channel, which would also serve as

recreational trails. Three park areas are

planned for construction on the

overbanks of the channel to serve as

public gateways to the river.

In the Tempe Reach the proposal is to

supply water, from an existing well, to

Indian Bend Wash at McKellips Road,

allow the water to flow downstream to

a point just above the confluence with

the Salt River, where it will be piped by

gravity flow to a location just above the

upstream dam to Tempe Town Lake.

The water will pond across the Salt

River, and will be pumped out on the

south bank, and piped downstream past

the Town Lake, where it will be

reintroduced to the Salt River. The

habitat to be established in the Tempe

reach consists of 50 acres of aquatic

strand, 16 acres of wetland marsh, 20

acres of cottonwood/willow, and 30

acres of mesquite upland.

The proposed project is expected to

have significant beneficial

environmental impacts. Restoring native

riparian and wetland vegetation to the

Salt River is expected to benefit several

native wildlife species and threatened

and endangered species. No long-term

adverse ecological or environmental

health effects are expected due to the

proposed environmental restoration. No

significant impacts are expected to

occur.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information on the Draft

Feasability Report contact Mr. Mike

Ternak, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Los Angeles District, Attn: CESPL–PD–

WC, 3636 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix

AZ 85012–1936 at (602) 640–2003, and

for information on the DEIS contact Mr.

Alex Watt, U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, Los Angeles District, Attn:

CESPL–PD–RQ, P.O. Box 532711, Los

Angeles CA 90053 at (213) 452–3860.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Army

Corps of Engineers has prepared a DEIS

to assess the environmental effects

associated with the proposed Rio Salado

environmental restoration. The public

will have the opportunity to comment

on this analysis before any action is

taken to implement the proposed action.

Scoping: The Army Corps of

Engineers conducted two scoping

meetings prior to preparing the

Environmental Impact Statement to aid

in determining the significant

environmental issues associated with

the proposed action. These meetings

were held in the City of Tempe on June

10, 1996, and in the City of Phoenix on

June 11, 1996.

Two public hearings to receive

comments on the DEIS will be held in

conjunction with the public meetings to

present the feasibility report. The public

hearings are to be held in the City of

Tempe on January 7, 1998 from 7 to 9

p.m. at the City of Tempe Police

Auditorium, 120 E. 5th Street, Tempe,

AZ 85281, and in the City of Phoenix on

January 8, 1998 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the

Phoenix City Council Chambers, 200 W.

Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003. The

location, date, and time of the public

hearings will be announced in the local

news media, and separate notice will

also be sent to all parties on the project

mailing list.

Individuals and agencies may present

oral or written comments relevant to the

DEIS by attending either of the two

public hearings, or by mailing the

information to Mr. Alex Watt at the

address below prior to January 20, 1998.

Comments, suggestions, and requests to

be placed on the mailing list for

announcements and for the Draft DEIS,

should be sent to Alex Watt, U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District,

Attn: CESPL–PD–RQ, P.O. Box 532711,

Los Angeles CA 90053.

Availability of the Draft EIS: Copies of

the DEIS are available for review at the

following locations:

City of Phoenix, Planning Department,

200 W. Washington Street, 6th Floor,

Phoenix, AZ.

City of Tempe, Rio Salado Project

Office, 31 E. 5th Street, 2nd Floor,

Tempe, AZ.

Phoenix Central Library, 1221 N.

Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ.

Ocotillo Branch Library, 102 W.

Southern, Phoenix, AZ.

Harmon Branch Library, 411 W. Yavapai

St., Phoenix, AZ.

Arizona State University, Hayden,

Library, Reference Department,

Tempe, AZ.

University of Arizona, Main Library,

Main Reference Department, 1510 E.

University, Tucson, AZ.

Flood Control District of Maricopa

County, 2801 West Durango, Phoenix,

AZ.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Planning

Section C, 3636 N. Central Avenue,

Suite 740, Phoenix, AZ.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los

Angeles District, Environmental

Resources Branch, 911 Wilshire

Boulevard, 14th Floor, Los Angeles,

CA.

For a copy of the DEIS or for further

information, please contact Mr. Mike

Ternak, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Los Angeles District, Attn: CESPL–PD–

WC, 3636 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix,

AZ 85012–1936 at (602) 640–2003.

Written comments on the DEIS can be

sent to Mr. Alex Watt, U.S. Army Corps

of Engineers, Los Angeles District, Attn:

CESPL–PD–RQ, P.O. Box 532711, Los

Angeles, CA 90053 or Faxed to him at

(213) 452–4204.

Dated: November 25, 1997.

Robert L. Davis,

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers, Department of

Army

Intent To Prepare a Joint

Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report for the

Bolsa Chica Wetlands Restoration

Project, Orange County, CA

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

(Corps), Los Angeles District, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The Corps, the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service (Service), and the

California State Lands Commission

(CSLC) propose to restore the Bolsa

Chica Wetlands by dredging

approximately 1.5 million cubic yards

of material from the interior, and

creating full and managed tidal areas

through the construction of a new ocean

inlet at the southeastern corner of the

project site and interior culvert

placement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions regarding the scoping process

or preparation of the EIS/EIR may be

directed to Ms. Ruth Bajza Villalobos,

Chief, Environmental Resources Branch,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, P.O. Box

532711, Los Angeles, California, 90053–

2325, (213) 452–3840.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Proposed Action

On behalf of a Federal/State

Interagency Steering Committee, the

Corps, the Service and the CSLC are

proposing to restore the Bolsa Chica

wetlands to enable the restoration of

habitats offsetting the biological impacts

of future port development and

expansion at both the Ports of Los

Angeles and Long Beach. The proposed

project will restore wetland and aquatic

functions at Bolsa Chica as oil

extraction is phased out and

contamination is removed. The Bolsa

Chica Wetlands have been acquired

through the use of funds provided by

the Ports of Los Angeles and Long

Beach, and title to the property is held

by the California State Lands
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Commission. The project goal is to

retain existing fish and wildlife

resources and, to the extent feasible, the

enhancement thereof. Further, the

ecosystem resulting from

implementation of the plan should be

naturalistic, biologically diverse,

productive, and estuarine in nature.

That is, it shall be predominately salt

water influenced, but incorporate

biologically beneficial freshwater

influences. In addition, the acreage of

waters and wetlands in the lowland

should not be diminished. The

proposed Concept Plan for restoration

would consists of: (1) Acquisition of

approximately 880 acres in the Bolsa

Chica lowlands; (2) restoration of

wetlands and habitat areas in Bolsa

Chica Lowlands, including

approximately 384 acres of full tidal and

220 acres of managed tidal; (3)

monitoring activities to determine the

condition of the restored habitats on a

regular basis and the necessary

operation, maintenance and

management of the project feature and

its associated physical features, both

during and after construction of those

physical features, and (4) necessary

maintenance/management of the

restored wetland. The Concept Plan

involves the dredging of approximately

1.5 million cubic yards of material from

the interior of the wetland, the

construction of a new stabilized tidal

inlet through the existing beach, and

associated bridges as required to

maintain traffic flows through the area.

2. Alternatives

A series of informal public workshops

were held to solicit public input into the

development of preliminary project

alternatives. These preliminary

alternatives conceptually include the

‘‘No Action’’ Scenario; water

management measures; the Concept

Plan, as described above; alternate

scenarios for routing floodwaters from

the existing Garden Grove-Wintersburg

flood control channel through the

project area; alternate locations for a

new tidal inlet; and alternate ways to

restore tidal influence to the wetland

(such as culverts or a non-jettied inlet).

These preliminary project alternatives,

along with the proposed action and the

No Action scenarios, will be screened

down into a series of final alternatives.

These final alternatives will be carried

forward into detailed analyses pursuant

to the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321, as

amended) and the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) of

1970 (Public Resources Code, Sections

21000–21177).

3. Scoping Process

The Corps, Service and CSLC, on

behalf of all 8 Project Steering

Committee agencies, are preparing a

joint Environmental Impact Statement/

Report (EIS/R) to address potential

impacts associated with implementing

their respective discretionary actions

associated with the proposed project.

The Corps and the Service are the Lead

Federal Agencies for compliance with

NEPA for the project, and the CSLC is

the Lead State Agency for compliance

with the CEQA for the non-Federal

aspects of the project. The Draft EIS/R

(DEIS/R) document will incorporate

public concerns in the analysis of

impacts associated with the Proposed

Action and associated project

alternatives. The DEIS/R will be sent out

for a 45-day public review period,

during which time both written and

verbal comments will be solicited on the

adequacy of the document. The Final

EIS/R (FEIS/R) will address the

comments received on the DEIS/R

during public review, and will be

furnished to all who commented on the

DEIS/R, and is made available to anyone

that requests a copy during the 30-day

public comment period. The final step

involves, for the federal EIS, preparing

a Record of Decision (ROD) and, for the

state EIR, certifying the EIR and

adopting a Mitigation Monitoring and

Reporting Plan. The ROD is a concise

summary of the decisions made by the

Corps and the Service from among the

alternatives presented in the FEIS/R.

The ROD can be published immediately

after the FEIS public comment period

ends. A certified EIR indicates that the

environmental document adequately

assesses the environmental impacts of

the proposed project with respect to

CEQA. A formal scoping meeting to

solicit public comment on the proposed

action and alternatives will be held on

December 11, 1997 at 7:00 P.M., in the

Huntington Beach City Council

Chambers, Huntington Beach,

California.

Dated: November 26, 1997.

Robert L. Davis,

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Department of the Navy

ACTION: Notice of a System of Records

SUMMARY: An administrative oversight

occurred when a listed change to a

system of records notice published on

November 20, 1997, at 62 FR 62020 was

not incorporated into the notice, as

amended. Therefore, the notice is being

republished in its entirety.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the

Department of the Navy, PA/FOIA

Policy Branch, Chief of Naval

Operations (N09B30), 2000 Navy

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350–2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.

Doris Lama at (202) 685–6545 or DSN

325–6545.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

complete inventory of the Department of

the Navy’s record system notices for

records systems subject to the Privacy

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended,

have been published in the Federal

Register and are available from the

address above.

An administrative oversight occurred

when a listed change to a system of

records notice published on November

20, 1997, at 62 FR 62020 was not

incorporated into the notice, as

amended. Therefore, the notice is being

republished in its entirety.

Dated: November 28, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

N01752–1

SYSTEM NAME:

Family Advocacy Program System.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Navy Case Files: Family Service

Center, Family Advocacy Center, and/or

Medical Treatment Facilities at the local

naval activity that services the local

beneficiaries. Official mailing addresses

for naval activities are published as an

appendix to the Department of the

Navy’s compilation of systems of

records notices.

Marine Corps Family Advocacy

Program Records: Marine Corps

installations with a Family Service

Center. Official mailing addresses are

published as an appendix to the

Department of the Navy’s compilation of

records notices.

Navy Central Registry: Commanding

Officer, Naval Medical Management

Information Center, 8901 Wisconsin

Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20889–5066.

Marine Corps Central Registry:

Commandant of the Marine Corps;

Head, Family Advocacy Program (MHF25), Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 2

Navy Annex, Washington, DC 20380–

1775.