[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 86 (Friday, May 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22414-22415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11068]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Shrewsbury River Basin, Monmouth County, NJ, Flood Control and 
Ecosystem Restoration Study: Feasibility Phase

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

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District 
(District), is preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 
to ascertain compliance with and to lead to the production of a 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document in accordance with 
the President's Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) Rules and 
Regulations, as defined and amended in 40 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR), parts 1500-1508, USACE principals and guidelines as defined in 
Engineering Regulation (ER) 1105-2-100, and other applicable Federal 
and State environmental laws for the proposed flood control and 
ecosystem restoration efforts in the Shrewsbury River Basin in Monmouth 
County, New Jersey.
    The study area consists of the Shrewsbury River Basin, including 
the Shrewsbury River, Navesink River, and multiple tributaries. The 
Shrewsbury River Basin is a back-bay waterway located in northeastern 
Monmouth County, New Jersey, which discharges into Sandy Hook Bay at 
Highlands, New Jersey.

DATES: June 13, 2002, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Melissa Alvarez, Project 
Biologist, Planning Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York 
District, Jacob Javitz Federal Building, New York, NY 10278-0090, at 
(212) 264-2008.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This study is authorized by a U.S. House of 
Representatives Resolution dated May 7th, 1997, which reads: Resolved 
by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the United 
States House of Representatives, that the

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Secretary of the Army is requested to review the report of the Chief of 
Engineers on the Shore of New Jersey from Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet, 
published as House Document, 332, 85th Congress, 2nd Session, the 
Report of Limited Reconnaissance Study on the entire Shore of New 
Jersey, dated September 1990, and other pertinent reports, with a view 
to determining whether any modifications of the recommendations 
contained herein are advisable at the present time, in the interest of 
water resources development, environmental restoration, and other 
applied purposes.
    1. Public scoping meetings are schedule for June 13, 2002 from 2 
p.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The meetings will be held in 
Monmouth County at the Sea Bright Borough Hall gymnasium. Results from 
the public scoping meetings with the District, Federal, state, and 
local agency will be addressed in the DEIS. Parties interested in 
receiving notices of public scoping meetings or copies of the Scoping 
Document should contact Ms. Alvarez at the above address.
    2. Federal agencies interested in participating as a Cooperating 
Agency are requested to submit a letter of intent to COL. John B. 
O'Dowd, District Engineer, at the above address.
    3. Estimated date of DEIS availability: July 19, 2005.

Luz D. Ortiz,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-11068 Filed 5-2-02; 8:45 am]
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