[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 213 (Friday, November 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 64687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9051]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Withdrawal of Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Baltimore Metropolitan Water Resources 
Study--Gwynns Falls in Baltimore County, Maryland

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Baltimore District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
(Corps) is withdrawing its intent to prepare a DEIS for the Baltimore 
Metropolitan Water Resources Study--Gwynns Falls in Baltimore County, 
Maryland. The Notice of Intent for the DEIS was published in the 
Federal Register on July 9, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 132, Page 36038). 
Negative environmental impacts of the recommended plan are not 
significant and the Corps has determined that a DEIS is not 
appropriate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Steve Garbarino, Project Manager, 
Baltimore District, Corps of Engineers, CENAB-PP-C, P.O. Box 1715, 
Baltimore, MD 21203-1715, phone (410) 962-6134, e-mail: 
[email protected]; or Mr. Christopher Spaur, Ecologist, 
same address except CENAB-PL-P, phone (410) 962-6134, e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (1) In January 2006, the Project Report for 
Gwynns Falls and April 2004 Baltimore Metropolitan Water Resources 
Gwynns Falls Watershed Study Draft Feasibility Report and Integrated 
Environmental Assessment (report) were made available for agency and 
public review. The public review period formally ended on March 9, 
2006. No agency or public comments were received during the review 
period. However, the proposed projects had previously been extensively 
coordinated with resource agencies and the public and were supported by 
both. The document contains letters of support from the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
    (2) The report describes sanitary sewer rehabilitation, stream 
restoration, wetlands restoration, and stormwater management projects 
that the Corps and City of Baltimore (City) will construct within the 
Gwynns Fall watershed. The projects were authorized and partially 
funded by the Fiscal Year 2006 and Fiscal Year 2004 Energy and Water 
Appropriations Acts (Public Laws 109-103 and 108-137, respectively). 
The 2006 Act states that the City shall receive credit toward its share 
for work carried out prior to execution of a project cooperation 
agreement, if the Secretary of the Army determines that the work is 
integral to the projects. The 2006 Act further provides that the City 
may also receive credit for any work performed pursuant to a project 
cooperation agreement and that the City shall be reimbursed for any 
work performed that is in excess of its share of project costs.

Amy M. Guise,
Chief, Civil Project Development Branch.
[FR Doc. 06-9051 Filed 11-2-06; 8:45 am]
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