Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 42 / Friday, March 2, 2001 / Notices 13055

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of

Engineers

Intent To Prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for an Expansion of the Existing

Craney Island Dredged Material

Management Area in Hampton Roads,

Virginia

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DOD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: An Environmental Impact

Statement will be prepared to evaluate

environmental impacts, project

alternatives, and other public interest

review factors for proposed expansion

of the Craney Island Dredged Material

Management Area.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions about the proposed action

and the DEIS may be directed to: Craig

L. Seltzer, U.S. Army Engineer District

(USAED), Norfolk, 803 Front Street,

Norfolk, Virginia 23510–1096, (757)

441–7390.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Proposed Action: The Corps of

Engineers, along with the

Commonwealth of Virginia through the

Virginia Port Authority, is preparing a

comprehensive feasibility investigation

report and Environmental Impact

Statement to evaluate project impacts,

and the need for and interest in an

expansion of the Craney Island Dredged

Material Management Area (CIDMMA)

located in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

The proposed expansion would provide

dredged material placement capacity

and port facilities to support port

commerce in Hampton Roads. This

activity will require a State permit

pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean

Water Act (Public Law 95–217). A

Section 404(b)(1) analysis will be

completed and presented in the NEPA

document.

2. Alternatives: Alternatives to be

investigated include, but will not be

limited to various expansion

configurations of the existing CIDDMA

facility, ocean disposal of dredged

material, island construction, overboard

placement in Chesapeake Bay, other

alternative upland sites, and the ‘‘No

Action’’ alternative. Alternative

construction and access methods which

avoid or minimize wetland impacts will

be investigated.

3. Scoping Process: A NEPA

Technical Review Committee has been

formed and one meeting has been

conducted with Federal, state, local

agency and private interest group

representatives. Alternatives have been

discussed and continue to be developed

by this group. The public scoping

process may add to or subtract from the

list of alternatives that have been

discussed.

4. Public Scoping Meeting: Because a

number of pre-scoping meetings will be

held with the Federal, state, and local

representatives, no additional scoping

meetings are anticipated at this time.

Since there has been no opportunity for

public input to this point, a public

notice and the pertinent maps will be

sent to the adjacent property owners,

newspapers having circulation in the

area, and individuals and organizations

having previously asked to receive

copies of Corps public notices. Written

comments on the scope of the DEIS will

be accepted from any interested agency,

organization, or individual.

5. DEIS Availability: It is estimated

that the DEIS will be available to the

public for review and comment in the

fall of 2001.

Allan B. Carroll,

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of

Engineers

Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (DEIS) for the

Hudson River at Athens, New York

Navigation Channel Project: Feasibility

Phase.

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The New York District of the

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is

preparing a Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (DEIS) to ascertain

compliance with and to lead to the

production of a National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA) document in

accordance with the President’s Council

of Environmental Quality (CEQ) Rules

and Regulations, as defined and

amended in 40 Code Federal

Regulations (CFR) Parts 1500–1508,

Corps’ Principals and Guidelines as

defined in Engineering Regulation (ER)

1105–2–100 and (ER) 1105–1–200 and

other applicable Federal and State

environmental laws for the proposed

Hudson River at Athens, New York

Federal Navigation Project. This project

is an element of the Hudson River, New

York to Waterford, New York Project.

The study area includes the Hudson

River Main Channel from the Hudson

City Light to Athens Harbor, Athens,

New York.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request additional information, please

contact Jenine Gallo, Project Biologist at

(212) 264–0912, Planning Division,

Corps of Engineers, New York District,

26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York

10278–0090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This study

is authorized by Section 110 of the

Energy and Water Appropriations Act

1997 which reads:

‘‘The Secretary of the Army is

authorized and directed to modify the

project for the Hudson River, New York,

New York City to Waterford, authorized

by the Act of June 25, 1910 (Pub. L. 264,

61st Congress, 36 Stat. 635), to include

design and construction of a 300-foot

wide channel to a depth of 24 feet MLW

(mean low water), extending from the

existing federal channel in the vicinity

of the Hudson City Light to the north

dock at Union Street, Athens, New

York.’’

1. Description of the Previously

Authorized Project: The Hudson River at

Athens Federal Navigation Project area

is located on the west bank of the

Hudson River in Athens Township,

Greene County, New York. The purpose

of the project is to construct a new

navigation channel as a spur off the

existing Federal channel. The new

channel would serve two terminals in

the Port of Athens. Currently, vessels of

the classes that typically call at Athens

cannot reach the terminals there while

fully loaded because the depth of the

channel is insufficient. The Project will

allow these vessels to reach Athens at

low tide (MLW) while fully loaded.

2. Two types of environmental

analysis will be conducted; (1) of

impacts associated with channel

deepening and widening and (2) of

impacts[TH1] associated with placement

of dredged material at a site specified by

the project sponsor.