[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 238 (Friday, December 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68437-68438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32946]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Water Allocation for the 
Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) River Basin, Alabama and Georgia 
(Extension of Comment Period)

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Alabama, is 
announcing today the extension of the comment period for the Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

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on the Water Allocation for the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) River 
Basin, Alabama and Georgia.

DATES: The public comment period for the Draft EIS has been extended 
through February 26, 1999.

ADDRESSES: To receive a copy of the Draft EIS, or to submit comments, 
contact: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Inland 
Environment Section, Post Office Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001 or 
call 1-800-421-7637. Copies are available in hard copy or CD-ROM 
format. A copy of the full document may also be viewed at 61 libraries 
in the major cities and universities within the States of Alabama, 
Florida, and Georgia, or the Main Report can be viewed on the Mobile 
District Web Page (http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/sam/pd/actacfeis).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael J. Eubanks, ACT Basin EIS Project Manager, (334) 694-3861, 
facsimile number (334) 694-3815, e-mail address 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A previous Notice of Availability was 
published in the Federal Register, Vol. 63, No. 191, pages 53022-53023, 
Friday, October 2, 1998, for public comment. The original comment 
period was to close on December 18, 1998. The comment period has been 
extended through February 26, 1999. Extension of the public comment 
period has been based on requests from several agencies, organizations, 
and individuals, as well as the likely extension of the water 
allocation formula development deadline by the ACT Compact Commission.

    Dated: December 3, 1998.
Curtis M. Flakes,
Chief, Planning and Environmental Division.
[FR Doc. 98-32946 Filed 12-10-98; 8:45 am]
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