[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13238-13239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7043]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army
Corps of Engineers


Intent To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) for the San Juan Creek Watershed Feasibility Study; Orange 
County, CA

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Los Angeles District, 
DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The San Juan Watershed encompasses a drainage area of 
approximately 176 square miles in southern Orange County. Eight major 
tributaries feed San Juan Creek along its twenty-seven mile course from 
the Cleveland National Forest in the Santa Ana Mountains to the Pacific 
Ocean at Doheny State Beach near Dana Point Harbor. Rapid development 
since the early 1980s has produced a variety of environmental concerns 
that threaten the overall functional integrity of the watershed. Issues 
warranting concern identified in the Reconnaissance Study include 
channel degradation, loss of habitat, decreased water quality and 
supply, loss of recreational and aesthetic values, and increased 
flooding. In response to these and other problems raised by various 
federal and state offices, interest groups, and private parties the 
Corps is developing an

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integrated watershed management plan to enhance positive trends in 
maintaining the San Juan Creek Watershed system.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Mr. 
Timothy J. Smith, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CESPL-PD-RN, P.O. 
Box 532711, Los Angeles, California 90053-2325; phone (213) 452-3854; 
email [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To prepare for preparation of the EIS, the 
Corps will be conducting a public scoping meeting on March 26, 1998, at 
7 p.m., at the Del Obispo Community Center, located at 34052 Del Obispo 
Road, Dana Point, California. This scoping meeting will be held to 
solicit public input on significant environmental issues associated 
with the proposed project. The public, as well as Federal, State, and 
local agencies are encouraged to participate in the scoping process by 
attending the Scoping Meeting and/or submitting data, information, and 
comments identifying relevant environmental and socioeconomic issues to 
be addressed in the environmental analysis. Useful information includes 
other environmental studies, published and unpublished data, 
alternatives that should be addressed in the analysis, and potential 
environmental enhancement and restoration opportunities that exist in 
the watershed. Individuals and agencies may offer information or data 
relevant to the proposed study and provide comments suggestions by 
attending the public scoping meeting, or by mailing the information to 
Mr. Timothy J. Smith. Requests to be placed on the mailing list for 
announcements and the Draft EIS should be sent to Mr. Timothy J. Smith.
    Alternatives: The study will develop an integrated watershed 
management plan as well as a list of potential environmental 
enhancement and restoration opportunities throughout the San Juan 
Watershed. Specific measures selected for implementation will be 
analyzed in detail in supplementary National Environmental Policy Act/
California Environmental Quality Act documentation.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-7043 Filed 3-17-98; 8:45 am]
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