[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7044]


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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 Aliso 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 Aliso Creek Watershed encompasses a drainage area of 
approximately thirty-six (36) square miles in southern Orange County 
extending approximately nineteen (19) miles from the foothills of the 
Santa Ana Mountains to the Pacific Ocean south of Laguna Beach. Rapid 
residential and commercial development within the past thirty-five 
years has produced a number of unintended consequences on the watershed 
and its creeks. These include decreased water quality and supply, loss 
of habitat, flooding, erosion, and loss of recreational opportunities. 
In response to these and other problems raised by various federal and 
state offices, interest groups, and private parties the Corps is 
developing an integrated watershed management plan to enhance positive 
trends in maintaining the Aliso 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 25, 1998, at 
7 p.m., at the Laguna Niguel City Council Chambers, located at 27841 La 
Paz Road, Laguna Niguel, California. This scoping 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other environmental studies, published and unpublished data, 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 Aliso Creek 
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. 98-7044 Filed 3-17-98; 8:45 am]
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