[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58948-58949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28875]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Intent To Prepare Draft Supplement II 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: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Engineer District, Louisville Corps of Engineers 
is initiating the preparation of Draft Supplement II to a Final EIS for 
a regulatory permit application from the City of Marion, IL. 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. The Draft Supplement II will address combinations of 
alternative actions, including separable alternatives, to provide water 
to the City of Marion, IL and Lake of Egypt Water District from various 
sources in southern Illinois.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions or comments concerning the 
preparation of this Draft Supplement II to the Final EIS should be 
addressed to Mr. Terry Siemsen, U.S. Army Engineer District, 
Louisville, Corps of Engineers, CELRL-PD-R, P.O. Box 59, Louisville, 
Kentucky 40201-0059 or phone (502) 582-5550.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Louisville District prepared a Draft and 
Final EIS (Final EIS completed July 1995) for this permit application 
as well as a Draft and Final Supplement I to the Final EIS (Final 
Supplement I completed May 1996). A Record of Decision was prepared and 
a Department of the Army permit was issued (July 1996) to the City of 
Marion for placement of material in Sugar Creek as part of the 
construction of their proposed water supply reservoir.

    The Department of the Army permit was contested in the U.S. 
District Court for the Southern District of Illinois and the issuance 
of the permit was upheld (December 1996). The Department of the Army 
permit was vacated, however, by order of the 7th Circuit Court of 
Appeals on July 14, 1997. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals indicated 
that alternatives of supplying the water needs of the City of Marion, 
IL and Lake of Egypt Water District from separate sources were not 
sufficiently described in the completed Final EIS and Final Supplement 
I to the Final EIS.

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    The City of Marion has reinstated their application for a 
Department of the Army permit that will be needed to construct the 
proposed water supply reservoir. Because of the request by the City of 
Marion, the Draft Supplement II to the Final EIS will be prepared and 
will address separate water source options.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-28875 Filed 10-30-97; 8:45 am]
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