[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 105 (Wednesday, May 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34677-34678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13576]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Destination 
Broadwater Resort, Biloxi, MS

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

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice of availability announces the public release of 
the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Proposed 
Destination Broadwater Resort, Biloxi, Mississippi. On August 18, 1998, 
President Casinos, LLC submitted a Joint Permit Application and 
Notification to the US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, the 
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Pollution 
Control and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources for the 
Destination Broadwater project. The proposed action involves the 
redevelopment and construction of a large-scale casino destination 
resort at the existing Broadwater Resort and President Casino adjacent 
to US Highway 90 in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi. Based on a 
review of the level of impacts associated with the proposed action, the 
Mobile District published a Notice of Intent to Prepare an 
Environmental Impact Statement on May 11, 1999. The Draft EIS has been 
developed by the Corps of Engineers (lead agency) and eight cooperating 
Federal and state agencies. The Draft EIS provides a comprehensive 
environmental analysis to aid in the decision-making process to deny or 
approve the Department of the Army permit for the proposed Destination 
Broadwater Project.

DATES: The public comment period for the Draft EIS will extend through 
July 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES: To receive a copy of the Draft EIS, or to submit comments, 
contact U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Coastal 
Environment Team, Post Office Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001. A copy 
of the full document may also be viewed in the library in Biloxi, 
Mississippi or in the Mobile District.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Ivester Rees, Ph.D., EIS 
Manager, (334) 694-4141, facsimile number (334)

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690-2727 or e-mail address ([email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public comments can be submitted through a 
variety of methods. Written comments may be submitted to the Corps by 
mail, facsimile, or electronic methods, comments (written or oral) may 
be presented at a public meeting to be scheduled during the month of 
July, 2000 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Additional information on these 
meetings will be mailed in a public notice to the agencies and the 
public and announced in news releases.

John A. Hall,
Alternate Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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