[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 183 (Friday, September 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54391-54392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21912]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Public Scoping Meetings for Update of the Water Control Manual 
for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin in Georgia, 
Florida, and Alabama

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Supplement to Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Mobile District, 
issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register (73 FR 9780) 
published on February 22, 2008, describing the preparation of a Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), as required by the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to address the proposed update of the 
Water Control Manual (WCM) for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint 
(ACF) River Basin located in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. The Corps 
will hold five public scoping meetings during the month of October as 
part of its review and update of the WCM for the ACF River Basin. The 
public is invited to attend the scoping meetings which will provide 
information on the WCM update process and afford the opportunity to 
receive input from the public about their issues and concerns regarding 
that process. All five public meetings will be held using an open house 
format, allowing time for participants to review specific information 
and to provide comments to the resource staff attending the meeting.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting dates.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for meeting addresses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the manual update or 
NEPA process can be answered by: Mr. Brian Zettle, Biologist, 
Environment and Resources Branch, Planning and Environmental Division, 
U.S. Army Engineer District-Mobile, Post Office Box 2288, Mobile, AL 
36628-0001; Telephone (251) 690-2115; or delivered by electronic 
facsimile at (251) 694-3815; or e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e88a9a818986c689c6928d9c9c848da8c69d9b898b8dc6899a8591c6858184">[email protected]</a>. 
You may also request to be included on the mailing list for public 
distribution of notices, meeting announcements and documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting dates are:
    1. October 20, 2008, 5 p.m.-8 p.m. (EDT), Apalachicola, FL.

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    2. October 21, 2008, 5 p.m.-8 p.m. (CDT), Dothan, AL.
    3. October 22, 2008, 5 p.m.-8 p.m. (EDT), LaGrange, GA.
    4. October 23, 2008, 4 p.m.-7 p.m. (EDT), Marietta, GA.
    5. October 29, 2008, 5 p.m.-8 p.m. (EDT), Gainesville, GA.
    The meeting locations are:
    1. Apalachicola, FL--Franklin County Courthouse, 33 Market Street, 
Apalachicola, FL 32320, (850) 653-8861.
    2. Dothan, AL--Dothan Convention Center, 4106 Ross Clark Circle, 
Dothan, AL 36303, (334) 712-9808.
    3. LaGrange, GA--Callaway Center at West Georgia Technical College, 
One College Circle, LaGrange, GA 30240, (706) 845-4323.
    4. Marietta, GA--Cobb County Government: Civic Center, Hudgins 
Hall, 548 S. Marietta Parkway SE., Marietta, GA 30060, (770) 528-8450.
    5. Gainesville, GA--Georgia Mountain Center, 301 Main Street, SW., 
Gainesville, GA 30503, (770) 534-8420.
    Additional information on the ACF River Basin and the Water Control 
Manual update process will be posted on the Mobile District Web page as 
it becomes available: http://www.sam.usace.army.mil.

    Dated: September 12, 2008.
Byron G. Jorns,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Commander.
[FR Doc. E8-21912 Filed 9-18-08; 8:45 am]
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