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[FR Doc No: 94-16487]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

 

Office of the Secretary; Availability of a Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement (DEIS) for Proposed Deep-Draft Dredging at Military 
Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point, NC

Agency: Department of Defense, United States Army.

Action: Notice of availability.

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Summary: The Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point, located along the 
west bank of the Cape Fear River in southeastern North Carolina, is 25 
miles south of Wilmington and 5 miles north of Southport. The proposed 
improvements consist of dredging to deepen the south and center basins 
and their entrance channels from 34 feet mean low water (m.l.w.) to 38 
feet m.l.w., plus 2 feet of overdepth, and to widen these entrance 
channels from 300 feet to 400 feet. Also, a portion of the center basin 
will be widened from 800-1,000 feet wide to 1,500 feet wide. Existing 
permanent navigation facilities require improvements to provide 
sufficient depth and width to allow the safe passage and maneuvering of 
modern deep-draft vessels and to permit loading them to their designed 
capacity and draft. Dredged material disposal will likely be at the 
Wilmington Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site, although other 
reasonable alternatives will be considered. Any modification of this 
proposed plan will be addressed, as appropriate, during preparation of 
the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS).
    Significant resources which may occur in the area and be impacted 
by the proposed plan include endangered species; estuarine, marine, and 
terrestrial habitat; estuarine, marine, and terrestrial life; historic 
properties; water quality; recreational and aesthetic resources; and 
wetlands.

Alternatives:
    a. No action/maintaining status quo.
    b. Improvement of existing navigation facilities.

    Federal, State, and local officials; conservation groups; and 
interested businesses, groups, and individuals are invited to comment 
on the DEIS. Comments will be addressed in the FEIS. In order to be 
considered, comments should be received no later than 45 days from the 
date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes the Notice of 
Availability in the Federal Register.

Addresses: Written comments may be forwarded to: District Engineer, 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, (Attention: Mr. 
Philip Payonk), P.O. Box 1890, Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890.

For Further Information Contact: Questions regarding this proposal may 
be directed to Mr. Payonk, (919) 251-4589.

    Dated: June 29, 1994.
Lewis D. Walker,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health), OASA (I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 94-16487 Filed 7-7-94; 8:45 am]
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