[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40572-40573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19566]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Corps of Engineers


Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Draft 
Environmental Impact Report (DEIS/R) for the San Pedro Creek Section 
205 Flood Control Project

agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.

action: Notice of intent.

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summary: The San Francisco District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 
its local sponsor, the City of Pacifica, are planning the construction 
of a flood control project along San Pedro Creek in San Mateo County, 
California. The project would provide a 100-year level of flood 
protection to homes and businesses in the floodplain of the lower 
portion of the San Pedro Creek drainage. This project would also 
restore wetlands and riparian habitat along this portion of San Pedro 
Creek that have been lost due to past development.
    The Corps of Engineers is the lead agency for this project under 
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the City of Pacifica 
is the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act 
(CEQA). The DEIS/R will enable the lead agencies to comply with the 
requirements of NEPA and CEQA.

for further information contact: Mr. Bill DeJager at (415) 744-3341, or 
at the Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, 211 Main 
Street, Room 918, San Francisco, CA 94105.

supplementary information: The San Pedro Creek Flood Control Project 
would be constructed under the authority of Section 205 of the Water 
Resources Act of 1948. An initial study of potential flood control 
alternatives along San Pedro Creek was completed in 1988. This study 
determined that there is a Federal interest in structural flood-control 
measures in the study area. A detailed project report has subsequently 
been initiated with the City of Pacifica, to support further Federal 
participation in the project.
    As part of this study, the City of Pacifica has devised a flood 
control project for San Pedro Creek based on extensive public input. 
This project would involve construction of an underground bypass 
channel and an aboveground excavated floodway, both located on the 
southside of San Pedro Creek. The bypass channel would start at the 
Adobe Drive Bridge and would extend downstream approximately 2,300 feet 
to a point midway between the Adobe Drive Bridge and the Highway 1 
Bridge. The bypass would be routed almost entirely under city streets, 
and would discharge into an excavated floodway. The excavated floodway 
would extend from the downstream end of the bypass west to State 
Highway 1. The portion of San Pedro Creek alongside the floodway would 
be rerouted and would meander through the floodway, which would be 
developed into a riparian forest. From Highway 1 downstream to the 
Pacific Ocean, the existing stream channel would be widened. In 
addition, an area north of the creek and west of Highway 1 would be 
excavated and would serve as a wetland and wildlife habitat.
    Other alternatives to be considered in the DEIS/R will include: (1) 
no action; (2) channelization of the creek; and (3) construction of a 
floodwall. These alternatives have been considered in the past by both 
the Corps and the local sponsor.
    The Corps of Engineers is requesting public input during the 
preparation of the DEIS/R for this project. All interested Federal, 
State, and local agencies, Indian tribes, private organizations, and 
individuals are invited to participate in the environmental scoping 
process established by Federal regulations.
    A scoping meeting will be held in the City Council chambers, 2212 
Beach Boulevard, Pacifica, California on September 7, 1995 at 7:30 p.m. 
The purpose of the meeting will be to determine the environmental 
issues of concern to the public that should be addressed by the DEIS/R. 
A public comment period for the proposal will open on August 16, 1995 
and will close on September 15, 1995. The public will 

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have an additional opportunity to comment on this proposal after the 
DEIS/R is released to the public, which is expected to be in January 
1996.
    The DEIS/R will examine environmental impacts of public concern 
arising from the scoping process, as well as project impacts already 
known to the Corps. These impacts will include, but are not limited to: 
wildlife, fisheries, threatened and endangered species, water quality, 
recreation, aesthetics, air quality, public safety, transportation, and 
construction impacts.
    The DEIS/R will disclose the project's compliance with all other 
Federal environmental statutes, rules, and regulations. Included will 
be consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Fish 
and Wildlife Coordination Act and possibly the Endangered Species Act, 
and consultation with the State of California under the Coastal Zone 
Management Act, Clean Water Act, and Clean Air Act.
    The City of Pacifica is issuing a separate notice regarding 
compliance with the requirements of CEQA. The aforementioned DEIS 
scoping meeting will also serve as a scoping meeting for the purposes 
of CEQA.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 95-19566 Filed 8-8-95; 8:45 am]
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