[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5842-5843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2499]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army: Corps of Engineers


Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), 
for the Pike County, KY (Levisa Fork Basin), Section 202 Project

AGENCY: Department of the Army, 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 Environmental Impact 
Statement (DEIS) in response to section 202 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1996 (WRDA). This act authorizes the Corps to 
design, construct and implement flood damage reduction measures 
relating to the Levisa and Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River and 
Cumberland River in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia. The DEIS 
documents analyses of flood damage reduction measures that would 
provide protection for the Levisa Fork and Russell Fork basins within 
Pike County, Kentucky against flooding such as occurred in April 1977, 
the flood of record for most of the county.

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DATES: The agency must receive comments on or before March 26, 2004, to 
ensure consideration in final plan development. A public hearing on the 
Pike County, Kentucky (Levisa Fork Basin), Section 202 Project DEIS 
will be held at the Pikeville High School, 120 Championship Drive, 
Pikeville, Kentucky on Thursday, March 4, 2004, beginning at 5 p.m.

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, WV 
25701-2070. Telephone: (304) 399-5636 or Fax: (304) 399-5136. Requests 
for copies of the DEIS or 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 Mr. Mark D. Kessinger, PM-P, U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, 502 Eighth Street, Huntington, 
WV 25701-2070. Telephone: (304) 399-5083. 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 floodwall/levee systems protecting 
Pikeville and Coal Run, non-structural flood-proofing measures, 
floodplain acquisition and ring walls protecting several individual 
structures. The project would provide flood protection measures to 
approximately 2,000 structures, 75 percent of which are residential. 
Three alternatives, based on these flood damage reduction measures, 
along with the no action alternative, have been evaluated in detail and 
the results documented in the DEIS.
    A public hearing on the DEIS will be held at Pikeville High School 
(see DATES). The hearing will provide an opportunity for the public to 
present oral and/or written comments. All persons and organizations 
that have an interest in the Levisa Fork Basin flooding problems as 
they affect Pike County and the environment are urged to participate in 
this meeting.
    USACE has distributed copies of the DEIS to appropriate Members of 
Congress, State and local government officials in Kentucky, 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) Pike County Public Library, 119 College Street, Pikeville, 
Kentucky 41522.
    (2) Pike County Public Library, Elkhorn City Branch, 309 Main 
Street, Elkhorn City, KY 41522.
    (3) Pike County Public Library, Phelps Branch, 38575 State Highway 
194 E., Phelps, KY 41553.
    (4) Vesta Roberts Johnson Memorial Library, Virgie, KY 41572.
    (5) Frank M. Allara Library, Pikeville College, 147 Sycamore 
Street, Pikeville, KY 41500.
    (6) US Army Corps of Engineers, Room 3100, 502 Eighth Street PD-R, 
Huntington, WV 25701.
    (7) Internet-http://www.lrh.usace.army.mil/projects/current/pikelevisafork.
    After the public comment period ends on March 26, 2004, USACE will 
consider all comments received. The Draft EIS will be revised as 
appropriate, and a Final EIS will be issued.

Luz D. Ortiz,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-2499 Filed 2-5-04; 8:45 am]
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