[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 47300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20266]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay, Combined Erosion Control and Storm 
Damage Reduction Study, Borough of Keyport, Monmouth County, NJ: 
Feasibility Phase

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

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
(Corps) is preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), in 
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which 
will lead to a NEPA document in accordance with Council on 
Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations, as defined and amended in 40 
CFR parts 1500-1508 (promulgated pursuant to NEPA), Corps' principles 
and guidelines as defined in Engineering Regulations (ER) 1105-2-100, 
Planning Guidance Notebook, and ER 200-2-2, Procedures for Implementing 
NEPA, and other applicable Federal and State environmental laws for the 
proposed storm damage reduction project in the Borough of Keyport, 
Monmouth County, NJ.
    The study area consists of low-lying areas along the Raritan Bay 
shoreline between and including Luppatatong Creek to the west and 
Chingarora Creek to the east in the Borough of Keyport, Monmouth 
County, NJ. Bay area flooding primarily occurs in the low-lying 
commercial areas located in the central and northwestern portions of 
the Borough and in residential areas to the northeast. Flooding also 
occurs in areas adjacent to Luppatatong and Chingarora Creeks.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ronald Pinzon, Project Biologist, 
Planning Division, Environmental Analysis Branch, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, New York District, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY, 10278-
0090, (212) 264-2199, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. This study is authorized by a resolution of the Committee on 
Public Works and Transportation of the U.S. House of Representatives 
dated August 1, 1990, reading: ``Resolved by the Committee on Public 
Works and Transportation of the United States House of Representatives, 
that, the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors is requested to 
review the report of the Chief of Engineers on Raritan Bay and Sandy 
Hook Bay, New Jersey, published as House Document No. 464, Eighty-
seventh Congress, Second Session, and other pertinent reports, to 
determine the advisability of modifications to the recommendations 
contained therein to provide erosion control and storm damage 
prevention for the Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay.''
    2. A public scoping meeting is scheduled for September 2003. 
Results from the public scoping meeting with Federal, State, and local 
agencies, as well as the public, will be addressed in the DEIS.
    3. Federal agencies interested in participating as a Cooperating 
Agency are requested to submit a letter of intent to Colonel John B. 
O'Dowd, District Engineer, at the above address.
    4. Estimated date of DEIS availability: August 2004.

Leonard Houston,
Chief, Environmental Analysis Branch.
[FR Doc. 03-20266 Filed 8-7-03; 8:45 am]
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