[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 221 (Thursday, November 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 66757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9220]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Public Hearing To Receive Comments for the San Luis Rey River 
Flood Control Project, From College Blvd. to the Pacific Ocean, San 
Diego County, CA, Operation and Maintenance for Vegetation and Sediment 
Management, Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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

ACTION: Notice of hearing.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District (Corps) 
will hold a public hearing to receive comments on the proposed project 
action as described and evaluated in Draft Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement (SEIS) for the operation and maintenance, related to 
vegetation and sediment management, of the San Luis Rey River Flood 
Control Project.

DATES: The public hearing will be held on Thursday, November 30, 2006, 
at 7 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held in the Community Meeting 
Room at Oceanside City Hall, 300 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Oceanside, 
CA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Tiffany Kayama, Project 
Environmental Coordinator, (213) 452-3845.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft SEIS addresses potential 
environmental impacts associated with the proposed changes to the 
operation and maintenance for vegetation and sediment management of the 
San Luis Rey River Flood Control Project, and identifies measures to 
reduce such impacts. Modifications to existing operation and 
maintenance procedures are necessary to address new conditions within 
the project area, including the presence of Federal and state listed 
endangered and/or threatened species and listing of their critical 
habitat within the project footprint. The proposed modification is 
designed to convey flows of approximately 71,200 cubic feet per second 
(cfs).
    The Federal lead agency that is responsible for implementing the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is the Corps. The local lead 
agency that is responsible for implementing the California 
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is the City of Oceanside.
    A range of alternatives, conceptual and a more refined set, were 
developed during coordination between the Corps and various regulatory 
and resource agencies and focused on variation in patterns of 
vegetation management, and the ``implementability'' and hydraulic 
acceptability of these patterns inside the existing leveed flood 
control channel, and their relative benefit to riparian species. Four 
alternatives are evaluated in the Draft SEIS. The public review period 
for the Draft SEIS began on November 3, 2006 and extends through 
December 18, 2006. Interested parties are invited to attend the meeting 
and submit any comments. Written comments may also be sent to the 
following address: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 
San Luis Rey River Flood Control Project, ATTN: CESPL-PD-RN, P.O. Box 
532711, Los Angeles, CA 90053-2325. Comments concerning the Draft EIS 
should be submitted on or before December 18, 2006.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-9220 Filed 11-15-06; 8:45 am]
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