[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 2193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-318]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Boston Harbor Inner Harbor Maintenance Dredging 
Project

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

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, has 
prepared a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and State 
Notice of Project Change (DSEIS/NPC) to maintenance dredge the 
following Federal navigation channels: the Main Ship Channel upstream 
of Spectacle Island to the Inner Confluence, the upper Reserved 
Channel, the approach to the Navy Dry Dock, and a portion of the 
Chelsea River (previously permitted) in Boston Harbor, MA. Maintenance 
dredging of the navigation channels landward of Spectacle Island is 
needed to remove shoals and restore the Federal navigation channels to 
their authorized depths. Materials dredged from the Federal channels 
will either be disposed of at the Massachusetts Bay Disposal Site (if 
the material is suitable for unconfined open water disposal) or, if the 
material is not suitable for unconfined open water disposal, in 
confined aquatic disposal (CAD) cell(s). Major navigation channel 
improvements (deepening) were made in 1999 through 2001 in the Reserved 
Channel, the Mystic River, Inner Confluence and the Chelsea River. A 
final EIS was prepared for this previous navigation improvement project 
in June of 1995 in which the use of CAD cells in the Mystic River, 
Inner Confluence, and Chelsea River were investigated. A CAD cell for 
the proposed maintenance project will be constructed in the Mystic 
River and in the Main Ship Channel just below the Inner Confluence.

DATES: Submit comments on or before February 27, 2006.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to receive a copy of the DSEIS, Executive 
Summary, or provide comments on the DSEIS/NPC, please contact Ms. 
Catherine Rogers, Ecologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England 
District, Evaluation Branch, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Catherine Rogers, (978) 318-8231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is 
authorized by the various Rivers and Harbor Acts and Water Resources 
Development Acts to conduct maintenance dredging of the Federal 
navigation channels and anchorage areas in Boston Harbor.
    A public meeting to solicit comments has been scheduled for 2 p.m. 
on Tuesday, February 14, 2006, on the second floor of the Black Falcon 
Cruise Terminal, One Black Falcon Avenue, Boston, MA.

    Dated: December 30, 2005.
Curtis L. Thalken,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, New England District.
[FR Doc. 06-318 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am]
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