[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28993]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army

Corps of Engineers


Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement 
(PEIS) for the Upper Trinity River Feasibility Study, in Dallas, 
Denton, and Tarrant Counties, Texas

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

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The Fort Worth District is preparing a PEIS for the proposed 
Upper Trinity River Feasibility Study, in Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant 
Counties, Texas. The tentatively selected plans consist of structural 
and non-structural measures at sites in the Upper Trinity River Basin 
study area which include: detention structures, channel modifications, 
levee enhancements, floodway sumps, channel and levee combinations, and 
other allied purposes of water quality improvement, environmental 
enhancement/restoration opportunities, and recreation development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Gene T. Rice, Jr., CESWF-PL-M, U.S. Army Engineer District, Fort 
Worth, P.O. Box 17300 Fort Worth, Texas 76102-0300, phone (817) 978-
2187.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action is being conducted in response 
to the authority contained in the following United States Senate 
Committee on Environment and Public Works Resolution dated April 22, 
1988, as quoted below:

    Resolved by the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
United States Senate, that the Board of Engineers for Rivers and 
Harbors is hereby requested to requested to review the report of the 
Chief of Engineers on the Trinity River and Tributaries, Texas, 
House Document No. 276, Eighty-Ninth Congress, and other pertinent 
reports, with a view to determining the advisability of modifying 
the proposal for further studies contained therein, with particular 
reference to providing improvements in the interest of flood 
protection, environmental enhancement, water quality, recreation, 
and other allied purposes in the Upper Trinity River Basin with 
specific attention on the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

    Numerous water resource development projects are being proposed in 
the Upper Trinity River Basin in Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant Counties, 
Texas. Projects in the study area tentatively include: non-structural 
flood damage reduction river channel modifications, environmental 
restoration, and recreation facility development along Johnson Creek, 
Arlington, Texas; environmental restoration within River Legacy Parks 
in Arlington, Texas; environmental restoration and recreation facility 
development within Coppell, Texas; environmental restoration and 
recreation facility development in Denton County, Texas, channel and/or 
levee modifications, environmental restoration (including a Chain-of-
Lakes), and recreation development within the existing Dallas Floodway 
project limits in Dallas, Texas; levee alignments and recreation 
facility development in the Stemmons North Industrial Corridor of 
Dallas, Texas; modification to existing urban sumps (14W/15W) in Fort 
Worth, Texas; and river channel modification, and levee construction 
and modification at Riverside Drive in Fort Worth, Texas.
    1. Proposed Action: The plan to be addressed in the PEIS consists 
of several projects which implement structural and non-structural 
measures in the Upper Trinity River Basin, specifically the Texas 
counties of Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant. The structural and non-
structural measures include: detention structures, channel 
modifications, levee enhancements, floodway sumps, and a combination of 
channel modifications and floodway levees. These measures will provide 
flood damage reduction, water quality improvement, environmental 
enhancement/restoration opportunities, and recreation development.
    2 Alternatives: Alternatives to the projects which will be 
considered include numerous structural and non-structural measures, in 
addition to the ``No Action'' alternative.
    3. The Corps' scoping process and public involvement for the PEIS 
under consideration are described as follows:
    a. The public involvement program for this study will consist of at 
least one public meeting to be scheduled at a later date. The public 
information meeting would be scheduled at the conclusion of the study 
to present study results to local interests. Additional public 
workshops would be scheduled as necessary.
    b. Some of the significant issues that will be analyzed in depth 
include: (1) Impacts of flooding and construction on biological 
resources (bottomland hardwoods, wetlands, etc.), water quality, and 
socio-economic factors; (2) Recreational opportunities; and (3) 
Mitigation and environmental restoration opportunities.
    c. No other Federal agencies have been invited to participate in 
the development of the PEIS at this time.
    d. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will furnish information on 
endangered and threatened species in accordance with the Endangered 
Species Act. The State Historic Preservation Officer and the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation will be consulted for information in 
accordance with Section 106 of the Historic Preservation Act.
    4. Scoping meetings have been tentatively scheduled for January 7, 
1997, and January 9, 1997. Information regarding the scoping meeting 
for the PEIS will be distributed through public notice and media 
releases.
    5. The Draft PEIS has been scheduled for public review in the fall 
of 1997.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 96-28993 Filed 11-12-96; 8:45 am]
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