[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 9021-9022] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-3898] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) For a Proposed Small Boat Harbor at Chignik, Alaska AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. ACTION: Notice of intent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: A harbor at Chignik would support the local fishing fleet by providing moorage for approximately 70 [[Page 9022]] vessels. The harbor site in Anchorage Bay would require a rubblemound breakwater to protect an approximately 5-acre moorage basin. The harbor site is between two small streams and a freshwater marsh. Potential harbor impacts for any alternative are long-term generation of harbor related pollutants and commitment of tidelands to harbor development that would modify the habitat in the harbor area. The rock quarry would not be specified. ADDRESSES: Alaska District Corps of Engineers, ATTN: Chief, Environmental Resources Section, P.O. Box 898, Anchorage, Alaska 99506- 0898. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Guy R. McConnell or Ms. Lizette Boyer (907) 753-2637. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A previous draft and final Environmental Impact Statement was written for this project in 1987 (Federal Register Notice ERP No. F-COE-L39045-AK). A Record of Decision was not signed. A notice to the Federal Register was published on June 12, 1989 for preparation of a DSEIS to discuss additional project changes. The final supplemental EIS was not circulated because the project lost local funding. The project has been re-initiated. In addition to presenting all the project alternative, an alternatives plan is being proposed for study. The new alternative, at the previously selected site, would re- position the breakwater to include wave protection from the south- southwest as well as from the west. The analysis would study the best location for an entrance channel and tideland fill staging areas. Approximately 264,000 cubic yards of predominately sand would be dredged from the harbor basin. The DSEIS would analyze the new harbor alternative, all other alternatives as necessary, and update information. Much of the information contained in the previous EIS will be incorporated by reference. The final EIS will be made available. Scoping of the EIS will include continued coordination with interested local, State, and Federal agencies, and other interested parties. Scoping meetings are not planned at this time. Anticipated subjects to be addressed include, but are not limited to: water quality, juvenile salmon and other fish movement through the harbor, tideland fill, wetlands, rock quarry issues, and measures to minimize adverse impacts. The expected completion date of the DSEIS is spring 1995. Kenneth L. Denton, Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 95-3898 Filed 2-15-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3710-NL-M