[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9205]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Office of the Secretary of the Army; Availability for Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 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 be at the Wilmington 
Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site, although other reasonable 
alternatives are addressed in 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 FEIS. In order to 
be considered, comments should be received no later than 30 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), PO Box 1890, Wilmington, NC 28402-1890.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding this proposal may be directed to Mr. Payonk, (919) 
251-4589.

    Dated: April 10, 1995.
Lewis D. Walker,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and 
Occupational Health) OASA (I, L&E).
[FR Doc. 95-9205 Filed 4-13-95; 8:45 am]
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