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OMB Reviewer: Milo Sunderhauf, (202)

395–7340, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10226, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC

20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

Environmental Impact Statement: Use

of Lands Acquired for the Columbia

Dam Component of the Duck River

Project

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (NEPA), the Tennessee Valley

Authority (TVA), in cooperation with

the Tennessee Duck River Development

Agency, will prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS) on alternative

uses of lands acquired as part of the

Columbia Dam component of the Duck

River Project. The project cannot be

completed as a dam and reservoir due

to the presence of endangered species.

The EIS will consider the environmental

impacts of a range of alternative uses of

TVA-owned project lands, including the

protection of resident endangered

species and potential development of a

recreational waterway between Iron

Bridge Road boat ramp to Carpenter’s

Bridge (River Mile 137 to River Mile

165). With this notice, TVA is inviting

comments on the scope of the EIS.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 22, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

Dale V. Wilhelm, NEPA Liaison,

Tennessee Valley Authority, WT 8C,

400 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville,

Tennessee 37902–1499.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jack L. Davis, Manager, Water Resource

Projects, Tennessee Valley Authority,

WT 10C, 400 West Summit Hill Drive,

Knoxville, Tennessee 37902–1499,

phone 615/632–4678.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TVA and

local entities began a cooperative effort

in 1964 to advance economic growth

and provide an adequate and

dependable water supply in the Duck

River watershed (in Maury, Marshall,

Bedford, and Coffee Counties, middle

Tennessee). While the state-chartered

Tennessee Duck River Development

Agency worked to develop a water

supply system to connect the five largest

cities in the watershed, TVA was

requested to investigate water resource

development. In 1965, TVA concluded

that multipurpose reservoir

development on the Duck River

mainstem offered the best potential for

meeting the area’s needs. The

construction of dams on the river would

control flooding, create water supply

sources, and provide opportunities for

water-based recreation. Eventually, two

dam sites were identified: a downstream

dam proposed to be built at Duck River

Mile 136.7, near Columbia, and an

upstream dam to be built at River Mile

248.6, near Normandy. After further

study, these two dam and reservoir

projects were presented in a 1968

planning report as components of a

combined Duck River Project.

Following the enactment of NEPA,

TVA issued a draft EIS on the project in

June 1971. A public hearing on the

proposed project was held in August

1971 and a final EIS on the Duck River

Project (TVA–OHES–EIS–72–5) was

issued in April 1972. This EIS was

supplemented in June 1974 to correct

identified deficiencies. Construction of

the 3,230-acre Normandy Dam and

Reservoir component was completed in

1976 and is currently in operation.

Construction of the 12,600-acre

Columbia Dam and Reservoir

component of the project began in 1973.

Completion of this component was

slowed and, in 1983, halted because

consultation with the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service indicated that the

reservoir could jeopardize the continued

existence of two endangered species.

These two species, the birdwing pearly

mussel and the Cumberland monkeyface

pearly mussel, had been listed as

endangered in 1975 under provisions of

the 1973 Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Subsequent fieldwork and ESA listings

have indicated that two additional

endangered mussel species (tan

riffleshell and pale lilliput pearly

mussel) and an endangered plant (leafy

prairie clover) also occur in the project

area. Other species known to occur in

the area have been proposed for

endangered status or are identified
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candidates for possible ESA listing.

Under the ESA, the presence of several

endangered species in the project reach

of the Duck River will prevent TVA

from being able to complete this

component of the project as a dam and

reservoir.

The purpose of this Notice is to solicit

comments on the scope of the EIS. TVA

anticipates the range of alternatives will

include no action (retaining project

lands in their current condition and use)

and one or more options using some

project lands for protective corridor and

recreational development along the river

accompanied by the disposal of other

land tracts. Potentially important issues

likely to be discussed in the EIS

include:

1. Impacts on terrestrial and aquatic life,

including endangered and threatened

species;

2. Impacts on recreation and other land

uses;

3. Impacts on water quality and

quantity;

4. Impacts on public water supplies;

5. Impacts on floodplains, wetlands, and

prime farm land;

6. Impacts on archaeological and

historical resources;

7. Socioeconomic and cultural effects.

This list is not intended to be allinclusive, nor is it intended to be a

predetermination of impacts. As

preparation of the EIS proceeds, other

issues may be revealed which will

warrant detailed analysis.

The Tennessee Duck River

Development Agency has agreed to

participate in this EIS as a cooperating

agency. Other agencies, such as the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, also may

become cooperating agencies.

TVA invites interested persons and

agencies to comment on the scope of

this EIS. TVA also requests comments

on environmental issues which should

not be viewed as important and which

should not be discussed in detail in the

EIS. A public meeting will be held in

the Duck River area on April 18, 1995

at 7:00 CDT at the Culleoka School,

Culleoka, Tennessee to receive oral

comments about the scope of this EIS.

Details about this meeting will be

announced later in area newspapers.

Comments received at the meeting will

be accorded the same weight as written

comments.

After the scoping process and the

initial environmental analysis are

completed, TVA will prepare a draft EIS

on this proposed action. A Notice of

Availability of this draft will be

published in the Federal Register and

area newspapers. Public comments on

the draft EIS will be solicited. Those

persons who choose not to comment on

the scope of the EIS but wish to receive

a copy of the draft for their review and

comment should send their names and

addresses to Dale V. Wilhelm at the

address presented above. TVA

anticipates releasing a final EIS on this

project in August 1996.

Dated: February 17, 1995.

Kathryn J. Jackson,

Senior Vice President, Resource Group.

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