Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 225 / Tuesday, November 22, 2011 / Notices 72187 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Proposed 

Westbrook Project, Corps Permit 

Application Number SPK–2005–00938 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Sacramento District, (Corps) 

received a Department of the Army 

permit application from Westpark S.V. 

400, LLC (Applicant) to fill 

approximately 9.6 acres of waters of the 

United States to construct the proposed 

Westbrook Project in Placer County, CA, 

in June 2011. The Corps, as the lead 

agency responsible for compliance with 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), determined that the proposed 

project may result in significant impacts 

to the environment, and that the 

preparation of an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) is required. 

The Applicant proposes to implement 

a moderate scale, mixed-use, mixeddensity master planned community. The 

Westbrook Project, as proposed, would 

include a mixture of land uses, 

including new residential 

neighborhoods, elementary school, 

parks and several neighborhood serving 

retail centers. The Westbrook Project 

would involve approximately 146 acres 

of low-density residential, 84 acres of 

medium-density residential 28 acres 

high-density residential and 43 acres of 

commercial land uses. Other proposed 

land uses include a 10-acre elementary 

school site, approximately 16 acres for 

three neighborhood parks, and 

approximately 37 acres of open space 

for the preservation of natural resources 

areas. 

The proposed project site is 

approximately 400 acres and contains 

approximately 13 acres of waters of the 

United States. The project, as proposed, 

would result in direct impacts to 

approximately 9.6 acres of waters of the 

United States. These acreages do not 

include indirect impacts from the 

proposed action or impacts anticipated 

to result from offsite infrastructure that 

may be determined to be required as 

part of the project through the 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

process. 

ADDRESSES: To submit comments on 

this notice or for questions about the 

proposed action and the Draft EIS, 

please contact James T. Robb, 650 

Capitol Mall, Room 5–200, Sacramento, 

CA 95814. Please refer to Identification 

Number SPK–2005–00938 in any 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

James T. Robb, (916) 557–7610, email: 

DLL–CESPK–RD–EIS– 

Comments@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

parties are invited to submit written 

comments on the permit application on 

or before November 14, 2011. Scoping 

comments should be submitted within 

the next 45 days, but may be submitted 

at any time prior to publication of the 

Draft EIS. 

The USACE will evaluate alternatives 

including the no action alternative, the 

proposed action alternative, and other 

on-site and off-site alternatives. No 

project alternatives have been defined to 

date. The proposed project and the 

alternatives to its proposed size, design, 

and location will be developed through 

the EIS process. 

The proposed project would result in 

direct impacts to approximately 9.6 

acres of waters of the United States and 

would avoid approximately 2.9 acres of 

these waters of the United States. 

Waters of the U.S. on-site include two 

intermittent streams, seasonal wetlands, 

wetland swales, and vernal pools. 

The proposed site for the Westbrook 

community is in unincorporated Placer 

County, CA, immediately west of the 

City of Roseville’s existing city limits. 

The proposed project site is 

approximately 6 miles west of Interstate 

80 and State Route 65, 10 miles 

northeast of the City of Sacramento, 10 

miles east of State Route 99, 5 miles 

west of downtown Roseville, and 4 

miles east of the Sutter County line. The 

proposed project site is bordered on the 

west by Fiddyment Road and is 

approximately 1.2 miles north of 

Baseline Road. The property to the 

north was previously authorized for 

development under permit SPK–2002– 

00666 (Westpark/Fiddyment Ranch) or 

is under review in the case of Creekview 

(SPK–2006–00650). The property to the 

south, directly adjacent to Baseline 

Road, is currently under review (Sierra 

Vista Specific Plan, SPK–2006–01050 

and Placer Vineyards, SPK–1999– 

00737). The proposed project site was 

once a part of the Sierra Vista Specific 

Plan area, but the landowners at the 

time withdrew their application for a 

Section 404 permit and the area was 

dropped from analysis under the Sierra 

Vista EIS in 2008. A new permit 

application was received for the 

proposed Westbrook project on June 9, 

2011. 

The Corps’ public involvement 

program includes several opportunities 

to provide oral and written comments 

on the Westbrook project through the 

EIS drafting process. Affected federal, 

state, and local agencies, Indian tribes, 

and other interested private 

organizations and parties are invited to 

participate. Significant issues to be 

analyzed in depth in the EIS include 

impacts to waters of the United States, 

including vernal pools and other 

wetlands; agricultural resources; 

cultural resources; threatened and 

endangered species; transportation; air 

quality; surface water and groundwater; 

hydrology and water quality; 

socioeconomic effects; and aesthetics. 

The applicant reports that the project 

area supports suitable habitat for certain 

federally listed branchiopods, including 

the threatened vernal pool fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta lynchi) and endangered 

Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 

conservatio) and vernal pool tadpole 

shrimp (Lepidurus packardi). The 

suitable habitat for branchiopods within 

the project area includes vernal pools 

and depressional seasonal wetlands 

(including depressional areas within 

wetland swales). 

The Applicant reports that there are 

historic properties within the Westbrook 

project area. The Corps will review this 

information, determine eligibility and 

initiate the appropriate state and tribal 

consultations as required under Section 

106 of the NHPA as outlined in the 

Corps’ Interim Guidance to 33 CFR part 

325 Appendix C. 

It is anticipated that the Draft EIS will 

be made available to the public between 

November 2012 and May 2013. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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