[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 213 (Friday, November 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55643-55644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27631]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Availability of the Draft Detailed Project Report and 
Environmental Impact Statement (DPR/EIS), Marlinton Local Protection 
Project, Marlinton, Pocahontas County, WV

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

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
(USACE), Huntington District has prepared a Draft Detailed Project 
Report and Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in response to section 
579 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (WRDA). This act 
authorizes the Corps to design and implement flood damage reduction 
measures for certain named communities in the Greenbrier River Valley. 
The report focuses on providing protection for the Town of Marlinton, 
Pocahontas County, West Virginia against flooding such as occurred in 
November 1985, January 1996 and May 1996.
    The purpose of the Corps action would be to implement a local 
protection measure that would reduce or eliminate the damages 
associated with flood-stage flows of the Greenbrier River and Knapp 
Creek near Marlinton to the elevation of the 1985 flood of record.

DATES: The agency must receive comments on or before December 21, 2001. 
A public hearing on the Marlinton Local Protection Project Draft DPR/
EIS will be held at the Marlinton Town Hall auditorium, 709 2nd Avenue, 
Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia on Thursday, December 6, 
2001, beginning at 7 PM.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments and suggestions concerning this 
proposed project to S. Michael Worley, PM-PD, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, Huntington District, 502 Eighth Street, Huntington, West 
Virginia 25701-2070. Telephone: (304) 529-5636. Requests to be placed 
on the mailing list should also be sent to this address. Submit 
electronic comments in ASCII, Microsoft Word, or Word Perfect file 
format to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain additional information about 
the proposed project, contact Karen Miller, PM-PD-F, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, Huntington District, 502 Eighth Street, Huntington, West 
Virginia 25701-2070. Telephone: 304-529-5638. Electronic mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Detailed project studies have included 
consideration of a number of basin-wide and local flood damage 
reduction measures including mainstem dams and reservoirs, tributary 
impoundments, floodwall/levee combinations, channel modification and 
various non-structural measures. As part of the Marlinton Local 
Protection Project study, various alternatives considered were found 
effective for protecting Marlinton from the 1985 flood of record, 
including: floodwall/levee, floodwall/levee with diversion of the lower 
portion of Knapps Creek, and floodproofing and structure relocation 
options. More detailed evaluations determined that all the alternatives 
except levee/floodwall combinations and stream diversion were 
ineffective, very costly and/or too disruptive to the community. The 
most effective plans are a levee/floodwall combination for Marlinton 
including Riverside, and a levee/floodwall combination with diversion 
of Knapps Creek. These two alternatives along with the no action 
alternative have been evaluated in detail and the results documented in 
this report and EIS.
    A public hearing on the Marlinton Local Protection Project Draft 
DPR/EIS will be held at the Marlinton Town Hall auditorium on Thursday, 
December 6, 2001, beginning at 7 PM. The hearing will provide an 
opportunity for the public to present oral, or written comments.
    USACE has distributed copies of the Draft EIS to appropriate 
Members of Congress, State and local government officials in West 
Virginia, Federal agencies, and other interested parties. Copies of the 
document may be obtained by contacting USACE Huntington District Office 
of the Corps of Engineers (See ADDRESSES) and are available for public 
review at the following locations:
    (1) McClintic Library, 500 8th Street, Marlinton, WV 24954.
    (2) Hillsboro Library, HC 64, Box 398, Hillsboro, WV 24954.
    (3) Durbin Library, P.O. Box 333, Durbin, WV 26264.
    (4) Green Bank Library, P.O. Box 1, Green Bank, WV 24944.
    (5) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Room 3100, 502 Eighth Street PD-
R, Huntington, WV 25701.
    (6) Internet--http://www.lrh.usace.army.mil/pd/MarlintonLPP/.

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    After the public comment period ends on December 21, 2001, USACE 
will consider all comments received, revise the Draft EIS as 
appropriate, and issue a Final EIS.

Luz D. Ortiz,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-27631 Filed 11-1-01; 8:45 am]
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