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(1) A fish screen structure in the Main 

Canal with fish bypass to river; and 

(2) A rotary drum fish screen on the 

bank of the river. 

The EIS will also include a no action 

alternative that does not improve fish 

passage or reduce entrainment. The 

public is invited and encouraged to 

identify other reasonable alternatives to 

improve fish passage and reduce 

entrainment at the Intake Diversion Dam 

and canal headworks. 

Preliminary Identification of 

Environmental Issues 

A range of issues relevant to the 

proposed Federal action have 

tentatively been identified for 

consideration and analysis in the EIS. 

This list is preliminary and is intended 

to facilitate public comment on the 

scope of this EIS. Reclamation and the 

Corps invite you to comment on the 

following general questions that reflect 

potentially significant issues or 

questions of widespread public interest 

believed to be relevant to the proposed 

Federal action. Reclamation and the 

Corps invite and encourage comments 

that identify other potentially 

significant issues and effects that you 

believe should be addressed in the EIS. 

How would the proposed action affect 

or address the following: 

• Aquatic communities and habitats 

in the lower Yellowstone River? 

• Delivery of irrigation water for the 

Lower Yellowstone Project? 

• Continued operation and viability 

of irrigated agriculture in the Lower 

Yellowstone Project? 

• Water-based recreation, such as 

changes to boat ramps and/or changes to 

angling opportunities for paddlefish and 

other fish? 

• Economic conditions related to the 

paddlefish caviar industry? 

• Social and economic conditions in 

affected communities associated with 

construction activities and long-term 

operation and maintenance, including 

paddlefish caviar harvest and 

concession activities? 

• Short-term and long-term impacts 

on surface water quality? 

• Floodplain, wetlands, and riparian 

communities? 

• Water quantity associated with 

operations and climate change? 

• Land-based recreation, including 

possible changes to the public park area 

and river access? 

• Relevant cumulative environmental 

impacts to the Yellowstone River from 

past, present, and reasonably 

foreseeable future actions? 

• Cultural resources such as historic, 

archaeological, architectural, or 

traditional properties? 

• Environmental justice, particularly 

whether or not water management 

activities have a disproportionate 

adverse effect on minority and lowincome populations? 

• Compliance with all applicable 

Federal, State, and local statutes and 

regulations and with international 

agreements and required Federal and 

State environmental permits, 

consultations, and notifications? 

• Compliance with all applicable 

executive orders? 

Public Disclosure Statement 

Reclamation and the Corps believe it 

is important to inform the public of the 

environmental review process. To assist 

Reclamation and the Corps in 

identifying and considering issues 

related to the proposed Federal action, 

comments made during formal scoping 

and later on the draft EIS should be as 

specific as possible. Reviewers must 

structure their participation in the 

environmental review of the proposal so 

that it is meaningful and alerts 

Reclamation and the Corps to the 

reviewer’s position and contentions. It 

is very important that those interested 

in this proposed Federal action 

participate by the close of the scoping 

period so that substantive comments 

and objections are made available to 

Reclamation and the Corps at a time 

when they can meaningfully consider 

and respond to them. 

If you wish to comment, you may 

mail or e-mail your comments as 

indicated under the ADDRESSES section. 

Before including your name, address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or any 

other personal identifying information 

in your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment including 

your personal identifying information 

may be made available to the public at 

any time. 

While you can request in your 

comment for us to withhold your 

personal identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Dated: September 5, 2008. 

Michael J. Ryan, 

Regional Director, Great Plains Region, 

Bureau of Reclamation. 

Witt Anderson, 

Director, Programs, Northwestern Division, 

Corps of Engineers. 

[FR Doc. E8–21188 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Folsom South of U.S. 

Highway 50 Specific Plan Project, in 

Sacramento County, CA, Corps Permit 

Application Number SPK–2007–02159 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The South Folsom Property 

Owners Group proposes to implement a 

large-scale, mixed-use, mixed-density 

master planned community with 

residential, commercial, office, public/ 

quasi-public uses, open space, and 

parks. The proposed project consists of 

approximately 1,464 acres of residential 

development, 523 acres of mixed-use 

and commercial development, 109 acres 

of parks, and 1,053 acres of open space. 

The majority of the 1,053 acres of open 

space would be located in the western 

portion of the project site. This area 

includes Alder Creek, numerous 

cultural resources sites, and the highest 

concentration of oak woodland habitat 

within the project site. 

The proposed Folsom South of 50 

Specific Plan includes development of 

up to 10,045 mixed-density residential 

homes and approximately 7.4 million 

square feet of retail and office uses 

within an area south of Highway 50 that 

would be annexed to the City of Folsom. 

The proposed project would provide 

five elementary schools, one joint 

middle school/high school, and a 

campus for the Sacramento County Day 

School. It is anticipated that 

construction would begin in 2010. The 

initiation and duration of construction 

would depend on market conditions 

and receipt of environmental permits 

and clearances; full build-out would 

likely be completed within 20 years 

from construction commencement. 

The project site is approximately 

3,502 acres and contains 82.89 acres of 

waters of the United States. The 

proposed project would directly affect 

approximately 21.28 acres of waters of 

the United States, including vernal 

pools and other wetlands. These 

acreages do not include indirect impacts 

from the proposed action or impacts 

anticipated to result from off-site 

infrastructure that may be determined to 

be required as part of the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

process. 

The EIS will be prepared as a joint 

document with the City of Folsom. The 


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City is the local agency responsible for 

preparing an Environmental Impact 

Report in compliance with the 

California Environmental Quality Act 

(CEQA). 

DATES: The Corps and the City of 

Folsom will jointly conduct a public 

scoping meeting that will be held on 

Thursday, September 25, 2008 from 5 

p.m. to 7 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting will be 

held at the Folsom Public Library 

located at 411 Stafford Street, Folsom, 

CA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Lisa Gibson, (916) 557–5288, e-mail: 

lisa.m.gibson2@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

parties are invited to submit written 

comments on the permit application on 

or before October 1, 2008. Scoping 

comments should be submitted within 

the next 60 days, but may be submitted 

at any time prior to publication of the 

Draft EIS. To submit comments on this 

notice or for questions about the 

proposed action and the Draft EIS, 

please contact Lisa Gibson, 1325 J Street 

(Room 1480), Sacramento, CA 95814– 

2922. Parties interested in being added 

to the Corps’ electronic mail notification 

list for the proposed project can register 

at: http://www.spl.usace.army.mil/ 

regulatory/register.html. Please refer to 

Identification Number SPK–2007–02159 

in any correspondence. 

The South Folsom Property Owners 

Group consists of seven property 

owners. Each property owner would file 

an application for Department of the 

Army authorization under Section 404 

of the Clean Water Act. The City of 

Folsom has filed a permit application 

for the proposed project. Because these 

applications are interrelated, USACE is 

considering them in a comprehensive 

and combined manner. The joint 

purpose of these applications is to 

construct a large-scale, mixed-use, 

mixed-density master planned 

community and associated supporting 

infrastructure. To comply with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), USACE has decided to prepare 

an EIS to assess the potential impacts to 

waters of the United States from these 

combined applications. 

The proposed Folsom South of 50 

Specific Plan project site lies within 

unincorporated Sacramento County, CA, 

immediately south of the City of 

Folsom’s existing city limits. The site is 

within the City of Folsom’s Sphere of 

Influence (SOI). It is located south of 

U.S. Highway 50, north of White Rock 

Road, east of Prairie City Road, and west 

of the El Dorado County line. 

Preliminary wetland delineations of 

the project site show that a total of 82.89 

acres of waters of the United States are 

present within the proposed project 

area, including 4.11 acres of vernal 

pools, 24.43 acres of seasonal wetland 

swales, 4.75 acres of seasonal wetlands, 

1.25 acre of freshwater marsh, 10.46 

acres of freshwater seeps, 7.72 acres of 

ponds, 17.80 acres of stream channels 

(relatively permanent waters), 10.43 

acres of ephemeral drainage channels 

(non relatively permanent waters), and 

1.93 acres of ditches. The City of Folsom 

has applied to fill approximately 21.28 

acres of these waters to construct the 

proposed project. These acreages do not 

include indirect impacts from the 

proposed action or impacts anticipated 

to result from off-site infrastructure that 

may be determined to be required to 

support the proposed project as part of 

the EIS process. 

The EIS/EIR will include alternatives 

to the Proposed Action that will meet 

both NEPA and CEQA requirements. 

The alternatives will also meet the 

requirements of CWA Section 404(b)(1) 

Guidelines. At this time it is expected 

that the joint EIS/EIR will evaluate the 

following on-site alternatives: (1) No 

Action Alternative; (2) Proposed Action; 

(3) Resource Impact Minimization 

Alternative; (4) Centralized 

Development Alternative; (5) Reduced 

Hillside Development Alternative; (6) 

No Build Alternative; and at least one 

off-site alternative. 

The Corps’ public involvement 

program includes several opportunities 

to provide verbal and written comments 

on the proposed Folsom South of 50 

Specific Plan project through the EIS 

process. Affected federal, state, and 

local agencies, Native American tribes, 

and other interested private 

organizations and parties are invited to 

participate. Potentially significant issues 

to be analyzed in depth in the EIS 

include loss of waters of the United 

States (including wetlands), and 

impacts related to cultural resources, 

biological resources, air quality, 

hydrology and water quality, noise, 

traffic, aesthetics, utilities and service 

systems, and socioeconomic effects. 

USACE would initiate formal 

consultation with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS) under 

Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act 

for the proposed impacts to listed 

species. USACE would also consult 

with the State Historic Preservation 

Office under Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act for properties 

listed or potentially eligible for listing 

on the National Register of Historic 

Places, as appropriate. 

The joint lead agencies expect the 

Draft EIS/EIR to be made available to the 

public in the summer 2009. 

Dated: August 22, 2008. 

Thomas C. Chapman, 

Colonel, U.S. Army, District Engineer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Public Hearings for the Naval 

Sea Systems Command Naval 

Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport 

Range Complex Extension Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Overseas Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 United States 

Code [U.S.C.] 4321); the Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

Regulations for implementing the 

procedural provisions of NEPA (Title 40 

Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] Parts 

1500–1508); Department of the Navy 

Procedures for Implementing NEPA (32 

CFR 775); Executive Order (EO)12114, 

Environmental Effects Abroad of Major 

Federal Actions; and Department of 

Defense (DoD) regulations implementing 

EO 12114 (32 CFR Part 187), the 

Department of the Navy (Navy) has 

prepared and filed with the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Overseas Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS/OEIS) on September 3, 

2008. The National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS) is a Cooperating Agency 

for the EIS/OEIS. 

The EIS/OEIS evaluates the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

current and proposed research, 

development, testing, and evaluation 

(RDT&E) and related activities 

scheduled and coordinated by Naval 

Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) 

Keyport at the Naval Sea Systems 

Command (NAVSEA) NUWC Keyport 

Range Complex in Washington State. 

The proposed action includes an 

extension of the operational areas of the 

NAVSEA NUWC Keyport Range 

Complex and small increases in the 

average annual number of tests and days 

of testing at two of the three range sites 

that comprise the Range Complex. A 

Notice of Intent for this Draft EIS/OEIS 

was published in the Federal Register 

on September 11, 2003 (68 FR 176). 


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