[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-3147]


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[Federal Register: February 11, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Corps of Engineers

 

Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement (DEIS) to the Final EIS, Red River Waterway, Louisiana, 
Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma Related Projects, Red River Levees and 
Bank Stabilization, Below Denison Dam, Arkansas Levees

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of the proposed action is to reduce flood damage 
potential of the Red River below Denison Dam area by rehabilitating the 
Arkansas levee system to minimum levee grade and section design and 
replacing seven drainage structures through the levee. The project 
begins in the vicinity of Interstate 30 near Fulton, Arkansas, and 
extends to the Arkansas-Louisiana border, a distance of approximately 
110 miles. The project also includes approximately 6.2 miles of levee, 
located along McKinney Bayou, which is influenced by backwater 
conditions of the Red River.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, ATTN: 
CELMK-PD-Q, 2101 North Frontage Road, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180-
5191.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Mr. Wendall L. King (601) 631-5967 or 
Mr. Stuart C. McLean (601) 631-5965.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. The initial authorization for Red River Levees and Bank 
Stabilization, Below Denison Dam, Arkansas, Levees was provided in the 
Flood Control Act of July 24, 1946 (Pub. L. 79-526). A final EIS for 
the Authorized Red River Waterway and related projects was filed with 
the Council on Environmental Quality on May 21, 1973. Authorization for 
the proposed project is contained in the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriation Acts for Fiscal Years 1992, 1993, and 1994. The Fiscal 
Year 1992 and 1993 Acts (Pub. L. 102-104 and 102-337) directed the 
Corps of Engineers to determine the extent of project levee 
deficiencies, and the Fiscal year 1994 Act (Pub. L. 103-126) directs 
the Corps to reshape and rehabilitate defective levees.
    2. The range of alternatives to be considered includes no action 
and accomplishment of levee rehabilitation riverward or landward of the 
levee, depending on the environmental and/or cultural significance of 
the area in question.
    3. a. Significant issues tentatively identified include bottom-1; 
and hardwood/wetlands, water fowl, fisheries, water quality, cultural, 
socioeconomic conditions, etc. Additional environmental requirements 
may be identified during the scoping process.
    b. The Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and Soil Conservation 
Service will be invited to participate as cooperating agencies.
    c. A scoping meeting is tentatively scheduled to be held in March 
1994 in Texarkana, Arkansas. Public notice will be published to inform 
the general public of the location, time and date. All affected 
Federal, State, and local agencies and other interested private 
organizations and parties will be invited to participate.
    4. The DEIS will be available for review by the public during 
Fiscal Year 1995.
Kenneth L. Denton,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 94-3147 Filed 2-10-94; 8:45 am]
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