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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Corps of Engineers

 

Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Proposed Sandstone Project, Carbon County, WY

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

SPONSOR: Wyoming Water Development Commission, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (DEIS).

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SUMMARY: 1. The proposed action is to construct a roller compacted 
concrete dam on Savery Creek, with a storage capacity of 23,000 acre-
feet. The project would provide late season irrigation water to 
approximately 12,000 acres of lands in the Little Snake River Valley. 
The project would also provide secondary recreation benefits. The 
proposed project is located in Carbon County, Wyoming, approximately 10 
miles north of Savery, Wyoming.
    2. Alternatives being evaluated by the applicant include:
    a. Construction of a new reservoir (several alternate sites).
    b. Use of groundwater resources.
    c. Conservation.
    d. No action.
    Alternatives available to the Corps of Engineers include:
    a. Approve the permit application.
    b. Denial of the permit.
    c. Approve the permit with some modification.
    3. Other applicable and pertinent environmental review and 
consultation requirements will be undertaken simultaneously with the 
NEPA process, including requirements of the National Historic 
Preservation Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Fish and Wildlife 
Coordination Act, section 404 of the 1977 Clean Water Act, Clean Air 
Act, Executive Order 11988 on flood plains, and Executive Order 11990 
on wetlands.
    4. A public scoping meeting for the DEIS will be held on Wednesday, 
July 13, 1994, at 7 p.m. at the Little Snake River School at Meeker & 
High Streets, Baggs, Wyoming. The participation of the public and all 
interested Government agencies is invited.
    5. The Omaha District estimates that the DEIS will be released for 
public review in June 1995.

ADDRESS: Questions about the proposed action, DEIS, or scoping meetings 
should be directed to Richard Gorton; Chief, Environmental Analysis 
Branch; Planning Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 215 North 17th 
Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68102-4978. Telephone: 402-221-4598.

    Dated: June 7, 1994.
Kenneth S. Cooper,
Chief, Planning Division Omaha District.
[FR Doc. 94-14620 Filed 6-15-94; 8:45 am]
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