Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 149 / Friday, August 2, 2013 / Notices 46931 

DEPARTMENT of DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Feasibility Study/Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Chatfield Reservoir 

Storage Reallocation, Littleton, CO 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, the U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers has prepared a Final 

Feasibility Study/Environmental Impact 

Statement (FR/EIS) for the Chatfield 

Reservoir Storage Reallocation, 

Littleton, CO. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 3, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or questions 

about the Final Chatfield Reservoir 

Storage Reallocation FR/EIS, please 

contact Ms. Gwyn Jarrett, Project 

Manager, by telephone: (402) 995–2717, 

by mail: 1616 Capitol Avenue, Omaha, 

NE 68102–4901, or by email: chatfield

study@usace.army.milmailto:Gwyn.M.

Jarrett@usace.army.mil. For inquiries 

from the media, please contact the 

USACE Omaha District Public Affairs 

Officer (PAO), Ms. Eileen Williamson by 

telephone (402) 995–2487, by mail: 1616 

Capitol Avenue, Omaha, NE 68102– 

4901, or by email: 

Eileen.L.Williamson@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

Population growth within the Denver, 

Colorado, metropolitan area continues 

to create a demand on water providers. 

Colorado’s population is projected to be 

between 8.6 and 10.3 million in 2050. 

The Statewide Water Supply Initiative 

(SWSI), commissioned by the State 

Legislature, estimates that by 2050, 

Colorado will need between 600,000 

and 1 million acre-feet/year of 

additional municipal and industrial 

water. There is also a strong need for 

additional water supplies for the 

agricultural community in the South 

Platte Basin as thousands of acres of 

previously irrigated land has not been 

farmed in recent years due to 

widespread irrigation well curtailments. 

The purpose and need of the Chatfield 

Reservoir Storage Reallocation study is 

to increase availability of water, 

sustainable over the 50-year period of 

analysis, in the greater Denver area so 

that a larger proportion of existing and 

future (increasing) water needs can be 

met. 

By authority provided under Section 

808 of the Water Resources 

Development Act (WRDA) of 1986 (Pub. 

L. 99–622), as amended by Section 3042 

of the Water Resources Development 

Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110–114), the 

Secretary of the Army, upon request of 

and in coordination with, the Colorado 

Department of Natural Resources 

(CDNR), and upon the Chief of 

Engineers’ finding of feasibility and 

economic justification, may reassign a 

portion of the storage space in the 

Chatfield Lake project to joint flood 

control-conservation purposes, 

including storage for municipal and 

industrial water supply, agriculture, 

environmental restoration, and 

recreation and fishery habitat protection 

and enhancement. The reallocation was 

conditioned upon the appropriate nonFederal interests agreeing to repay the 

cost allocated to such storage in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Water Supply Act of 1958, the Federal 

Water Project Recreation Act, and such 

other Federal laws as the Secretary 

determines appropriate. The payments 

would go to the United States Treasury. 

The recreation modifications and 

environmental mitigation work are 

additionally authorized by Section 

103(c)(2) WRDA 1986, requiring nonFederal payment of 100 percent of the 

costs of municipal and industrial water 

supply projects, and this work will be 

cost shared pursuant to that section. 

It is the purpose of this study to 

identify alternatives, compare those 

alternatives, and select the best 

alternative for meeting the needs based 

on solid planning principles. The FR/ 

EIS allows the public, cooperating 

agencies, and Corps decisionmakers to 

compare the impacts and costs among a 

range of alternatives. 

2. Document Availability 

The Final Chatfield Reservoir Storage 

Reallocation FR/EIS is available online 

at: http://cdm16021.contentdm.oclc.org/ 

cdm/ref/collection/p16021coll7/id/10. 

Hard copies are available at the 

following community libraries and 

Corps of Engineers Chatfield Project 

Office: Highlands Ranch Library, 9292 

Ridgeline Blvd., Highlands Ranch, CO 

80129, (303) 647–6642; Colorado Water 

Conservation Board, 1313 Sherman 

Street, Room 721, Denver, CO 80203, 

(303) 866–3441; Columbine Library, 

7706 West Bowles Avenue, Littleton, 

CO 80123, (303) 235–5275; Lincoln Park 

Library, 919 7th Street, Suite 100, 

Greeley, CO 80631, (970) 506–8460; 

Aurora Public Library, 14949 E. 

Alameda Parkway, Aurora, CO 80012, 

(303) 739–6600; US Army Corps of 

Engineers, Tri-Lakes Project Office, 9307 

S. Wadsworth Blvd., Littleton, CO 

80128. 

For more information about the 

Chatfield Reservoir Storage Reallocation 

FR/EIS, please visit http://

www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Missions/

CivilWorks/Planning/PlanningProjects/

ChatfieldReallocationStudy.aspx. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18548 Filed 8–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Hold North Dakota Task 

Force Meeting as Established by the 

Missouri River Protection and 

Improvement Act of 2000 (Title VII) 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The duties of the Task Force 

are to prepare and approve a plan for 

the use of the funds made available 

under Title VII to reduce siltation of the 

Missouri River in the State of North 

Dakota, develop and implement a longterm strategy to improve conservation, 

protect recreation from sedimentation, 

improve water quality, improve erosion 

control, and protect historic and 

cultural sites along the Missouri River 

in North Dakota from erosion, and to 

identify and develop new projects. 

DATES: North Dakota Missouri River 

Task Force established by the Missouri 

River Protection and Improvement Act 

of 2000 will hold a meeting on August 

20, 2013 from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Wingate Hotel located at 1421 

Skyline Blvd. in Bismarck, ND. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gwyn M. Jarrett at (402) 995–2717. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

objectives of the Task Force are to 

prepare and approve a plan for the use 

of the funds made available under Title 

VII, develop and recommend to the 

Secretary of the Army ways to 

implement critical restoration projects 

meeting the goals of the plan, and 

determine if these projects primarily 

benefit the Federal Government. Written 

requests may be sent to Gwyn M. Jarrett, 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1616 


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