[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 64030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30291]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers


Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplement to a Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for Proposed Construction of a Water Supply 
Reservoir on Sugar Creek in Williamson and Johnson Counties, IL

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Engineer District, 
Louisville, Corps of Engineers, CEORL-PD-R, P.O. Box 59, Louisville, 
Kentucky 40201-0059.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft SEIS.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Engineer District, Louisville Corps of Engineers 
is initiating the preparation of a Draft Supplement to a Final EIS for 
a regulatory permit application from the City of Marion, Illinois. The 
proposed action by the City of Marion is the construction of a water 
supply reservoir on Sugar Creek in Williamson and Johnson Counties, 
Illinois by the City of Marion, Illinois. The Draft supplement will 
address only the alternative action of purchase of water from Rend 
Lake, an existing reservoir in southern Illinois.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions or comments concerning the preparation of this Draft 
Supplement to the Final EIS should be addressed to Mr. Terry Siemsen at 
the above address or by telephone (502) 582-5550.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Louisville District prepared a Draft and 
Final EIS (Final EIS completed July 1995) for this permit application. 
The Final EIS concluded that purchase of water from Rend Lake by the 
City of Marion was not a viable alternative since the information 
available at that time indicated that the available water supply of 
that reservoir was fully committed. Since that document was completed 
and circulated for public opinion, additional information has been 
provided to the Louisville District that indicates that the public 
water supply capability of Rend Lake has not been fully committed.

    Dated: December 1, 1995.
Michael F. Hullihan,
Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Commander.
[FR Doc. 95-30291 Filed 12-12-95; 8:45 am]
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