[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 94 (Friday, May 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26811-26812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10944]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Peckman River Basin Flood Control and Ecosystem Restoration Project, 
Passaic and Essex Counties, NJ

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 (Corps), New York District, 
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' principle 
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 flood control and ecosystem restoration project in the Peckman 
River Basin located in Passaic and Essex Counties, NJ. The study area 
includes the Peckman River, which originates in the Town of West 
Orange, NJ, and flows northeasterly through the Borough of Verona, the 
Township of Cedar Grove, the Township of Little Falls, and the Borough 
of West Paterson to its confluence with the Passaic River.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Bobbi Jo McClain, Project 
Biologist, Planning Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York 
District, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 2146, New York, NY, 10278-0090 at 
(212) 264-5818 or at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. This study is authorized by a U.S. House of Representatives' 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Resolution, Docket 
Number 2644, adopted on June 21, 2000, reading: ``Resolved by the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the United States 
House of Representatives, that the Secretary of the Army is requested 
to review the report of the Chief of Engineers on the Passaic River 
Mainstream project, New Jersey and New York, published as House 
Document 163, 101st Congress, 1st Session, and other reports to 
determine whether modifications of the recommendations contained 
therein are

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advisable at the present time, in the interest of water resources 
development, including flood control, environmental restoration and 
protection, stream bank restoration, and other allied purposes for the 
Peckman River and tributaries, New Jersey.''
    2. A Public Scoping has been completed with the development of a 
Public Scoping Document. The meeting was held February 11, 2004, at the 
Little Falls Civic Center in Little Falls, NJ. All comments from public 
and agency scoping coordination will be addressed in the DEIS. Parties 
interested in receiving the Scoping Document should contact Bobbi Jo 
McClain at the above address.
    3. A DEIS is due for completion by June 2006, as subject to 
availability of funds.
    4. 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.

Leonard Houston,
Chief, Environmental Analysis Branch.
[FR Doc. 04-10944 Filed 5-13-04; 8:45 am]
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