[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 125 (Friday, June 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 35699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12540]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Notice of Availability for the Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Berths 136-147 [TraPac] 
Container Terminal Project, Los Angeles County, CA

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, Los Angeles District 
(Regulatory Division), in coordination with the Port of Los Angeles, 
has completed a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental 
Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the Berths 136-147 [TraPac] Container 
Terminal Project. The Port of Los Angeles requires authorization 
pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the 
River and Harbor Act to expand and modernize the container terminal at 
Berths 136-147 [TraPac], including: Expanding, redeveloping, and 
constructing container terminal facilities and a new on-dock rail 
facility; constructing 500 space parking lot for union workers; wharf 
work including dredging 295,000 cubic yards, renovating 2,900 feet of 
existing wharf, and constructing 705 feet of new wharf; installing five 
new gantry cranes to replace six existing gantry cranes; relocating the 
existing PHL Pier A switcher yard to Rear Berth 200; widening Harry 
Bridges Boulevard and constructing a new 30-acre landscaped buffer area 
between ``C'' Street and Harry Bridges Boulevard; and filling the 10-
acre Northwest Slip, constructing backlands facilities on the fill, and 
constructing a new 400-foot wharf along the edge of the fill. In 
addition, the Port of Los Angeles is considering transporting and 
discharging at ocean disposal sites excess clean material generated by 
the dredging activities, which would require authorization pursuant to 
Section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions or comments concerning the 
Draft EIS/EIR should be directed to Dr. Spencer D. MacNeil, North Coast 
Branch, Regulatory Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, P.O. Box 
532711, Los Angeles, CA, 90053-2325, (805) 585-2152.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

David J. Castanon,
Chief, Regulatory Division, Los Angeles District.
[FR Doc. E7-12540 Filed 6-28-07; 8:45 am]
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