[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 118 (Monday, June 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15697]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army


Intent To Prepare Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, 
Dworshak Dam and Reservoir, Idaho

AGENCY: Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, 
intends to prepare a supplement to the Dworshak Dam and Reservoir, 
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), September 1975. The 
Dworshak Dam and Reservoir Master Plan (MP), 1975, will be updated 
concurrently with preparation of the Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement (SEIS). The SEIS will evaluate environmental effects of 
multiple land-use management strategies that have developed since 
completion of the FEIS and are reflected in the updated MP. The SEIS 
evaluations will cover a range of activities and management practices 
proposed in the updated MP including reservoir operation, wildlife, 
fisheries, recreation, and forestry management.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James S. Smith, NEPA Coordinator, 
Walla Walla District Corps of Engineers, CENWW-PM-PD-E, 201 North Third 
Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362, phone (509) 527-7244.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dworshak Dam and Reservoir MP and FEIS 
were finalized in 1975 prior to completion of construction and 
establishment of current land-use strategies. The MP will be updated to 
reflect current environmental resource inventories, existing and 
planned recreational development, current regional strategies for 
wildlife and fishery management, and other reservoir and land-use 
strategies. The SEIS will evaluate the no action alternative and 
alternatives derived from the public scoping process.
    Public Meeting: The Corps plans to conduct public scoping meetings 
to identify issues relevant to the MP update and SEIS in mid- to late-
1999. Dates, times, and locations will be publicized.
    Availability: The draft SEIS should be available for public review 
in late-2000.
William E. Bulen, Jr.,
LTC, EN, Commanding.
[FR Doc. 99-15697 Filed 6-18-99; 8:45 am]
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