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waiting period, the Department of the

Army will complete a Record of

Decision (ROD).

Questions and Requests for FEIS

Questions regarding the FEIS, or a

request for a copy of the document may

be directed to Mr. Alan Gehrt at the

Kansas City District, Corps of Engineers,

601 E. 12th Street, Kansas City, MO

64106-2896; phone: (816) 983-3142 or

Telefax: (816) 426-2142.

Raymond J. Fatz,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army

(Environment, Safety and Occupational

Health) OASA(I, L&E).

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Department of the Army, Corps of

Engineers

Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement

[SEIS] for Remaining Construction of

Main Stem Mississippi River Levees

between Cape Girardeau, Missouri,

and Head of Passes, Louisiana

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Vicksburg District, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The Corps of Engineers is

undertaking the Mississippi River and

Tributaries Project in order to provide

flood protection from the ‘‘project

flood.’’ As part of that project, the Corps

has proposed enlarging levees and

constructing berms and other

appurtenances to provide that level of

flood protection. The enlargement of

remaining levees and appurtenant

features within the boundaries of the

Lower Mississippi Valley Division of

the Corps would result in the loss of

bottom-land hardwoods and forested

wetlands and would have impacts on

waterfowl and fisheries habitat. In order

to determine the impacts of this element

of the project, the Corps intends to

prepare a SEIS. That SEIS will include

an evaluation of the no-action

alternative, completion of the original

project plan, and alternative plans that

incorporate various design features that

reduce negative environmental impacts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marvin Cannon (telephone (601) 631–

5437), CELMK–PD–Q, 4155 Clay Street,

Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180–3435.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Mississippi River and Tributaries

Project was authorized by Congress in

1928. The project is designed to control

a ‘‘project flood’’ with a discharge of 3

million cubic feet per second in the

alluvial valley of the lower Mississippi

River. A final Environmental Impact

Statement for this project was filed with

the Council on Environmental Quality

on 8 April 1976.

1. Proposed Action: The proposed

action is construction of the Mississippi

River Mainline Levee Enlargement and

Berm Construction Feature of the

Mississippi River and Tributaries

Project on the Mississippi River

between Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and

Head of Passes, Louisiana. As currently

proposed, the recommended plan would

include the use of some or all of the

following alternative mitigation

measures—avoiding significant

resources, using relief wells to reduce

the amount of borrow area and replace

berms, using hydraulic dredges to

obtain dredged material from the river

for berm construction to reduce the

amount of borrow area, using

construction measures that allow either

reforestation of lands or creation of high

quality fisheries, reforesting some lands,

and purchasing and reforesting

agricultural lands.

2. Alternatives: Preliminary

alternatives that will be evaluated

include no-action, completion of the

original plan, and a plan that

incorporates environmental design

features and results in no net losses to

significant resources in the project area.

3. a. Public scoping meetings will be

held at various locations within the

project area. Initial public scoping

meetings will be held in May or June

1997. The public will be notified of each

of these meetings in advance. The

studies will analyze impacts to

significant environmental resources

such as impacts to bottom-land

hardwoods, wetlands, migratory birds,

bats, water quality, endangered species,

waterfowl, and fisheries. Public

meetings to present the results of these

studies and a recommended plan of

action are scheduled to be held in

February 1998 while the draft SEIS is

under review by the public. In addition,

workshops will be conducted to discuss

issues, inform interested parties of the

progress of the studies, and afford

additional opportunity for public input.

These workshops will be scheduled as

needed and where most convenient for

the analysis being conducted.

b. The draft SEIS is scheduled for

public review in February 1998.

Gary W. Wright,

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer.

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Department of the Army Corps of

Engineers

Grant of Exclusive Licenses

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR

404.7(b)(1)(i), announcement is made of

prospective exclusive licenses of the

following foreign patent applications,

each entitled ‘‘Concrete Armor Unit to

Protect Coastal and Hydraulic

Structures and Shorelines.’’

Country Application No. Filed

Peoples Republic of China ............................................................................................................................... 94192851.9 ....... Aug. 17, 1994.

Indonesia .......................................................................................................................................................... P–941654 .......... Sep. 30, 1994.

Republic of Korea ............................................................................................................................................. 95–703936 ........ Aug. 17, 1994.

Republic of China ............................................................................................................................................. 83108468 .......... Sep. 14, 1994.

Malaysia ........................................................................................................................................................... PI9402596 ......... Sep. 29, 1994.

Argentina .......................................................................................................................................................... 333,588 ............. Sep. 20, 1995.

Brazil ................................................................................................................................................................. PCT/US94/

09263.

May 27, 1996.

Chile ................................................................................................................................................................. 1518–95 ............ Oct. 3, 1995.

Ecuador ............................................................................................................................................................ SP–95–1552 ..... Oct. 13, 1995.

France .............................................................................................................................................................. (EP) 94926514.4 Aug. 17, 1994.

Italy ................................................................................................................................................................... (EP) 94926514.4 Aug. 17, 1994.

Monaco ............................................................................................................................................................. (EP) 94926514.4 Aug. 17, 1994.

United Kingdom ................................................................................................................................................ (EP) 94926514.4 Aug. 17, 1994.

Portugal ............................................................................................................................................................ (EP) 94926514.4 Aug. 17, 1994.