[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 89 (Monday, May 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21822-21823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10942]


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INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO


United States Section; Notice of Availability of a Final 
Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for 
Emergency Repairs to the Presidio Flood Control Project in Presidio, TX

AGENCY: United States Section, International Boundary and Water 
Commission, United States and Mexico.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Assessment 
(EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Final 
Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through 1508); and the United States 
Section, Operational Procedures for Implementing Section 102 of NEPA, 
published in the Federal Register September 2, 1981, (46 FR 44083); the 
United States Section hereby gives notice that the Final Environmental 
Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Emergency Repairs 
to the Presidio Flood Control Project in Presidio, Texas are available. 
A notice of finding of no significant impact dated April 2, 2009, 
provided a thirty (30) day comment period before making the finding 
final. The Notice was published in the Federal Register on April 2, 
2009 (Federal Register Notice, Vol. 74, No. 62, Page 14999).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Borunda, Environmental 
Protection Specialist; Environmental Management Division; United States 
Section, International Boundary and Water Commission; 4171 N. Mesa, C-
100; El Paso, Texas 79902. Telephone: (915) 832-4767, e-mail: 
[email protected].
    Background: The USIBWC operates and maintains the Presidio Flood 
Control Project (FCP) located along the Rio Grande within the city of 
Presidio, Texas. The FCP extends approximately 15.2 miles, from 
Haciendita, upstream of the Rio Conchos confluence, and ending 
downstream of Presidio near Brito Creek. In September and October 2008, 
the Presidio FCP levees sustained major flood damage from overtopping, 
under-seepage, and erosion. The USIBWC intends to repair a 3000-foot 
section of levee near Station 7+000 that is susceptible to under-
seepage and possible levee failure. The USIBWC will remediate the levee 
failure by constructing a slurry-trench cut-off wall.

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Recent geotechnical evaluations have identified this reach as requiring 
immediate attention in order to provide flood control protection to the 
city of Presidio in preparation of the regional 2009 monsoon season.
    Availability: Electronic copies of the Final EA and FONSI are 
available from the USIBWC Home Page at http://www.ibwc.state.gov.

    Dated: May 4, 2009.
Robert McCarthy,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. E9-10942 Filed 5-8-09; 8:45 am]
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