[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 132 (Monday, July 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 39668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16899]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement 
for the Proposed Rio del Oro Specific Plan Project, in Sacramento 
County, CA, Corps Permit Application number SPK-1999-00590

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

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Sacramento District has prepared 
a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Rio del Oro 
Specific Plan Project, a proposed master-planned, mixed use development 
within south-eastern Sacramento County.
    On December 8, 2006, USACE published a notice in the Federal 
Register (71 FR 71142), informing the public of the availability of the 
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that analyzes the potential 
effects of implementing each of five alternative scenarios for a mixed-
use development in the approximately 3,828-acre Rio del Oro Specific 
Plan Area. In response to new information and comments received on the 
DEIS, on May 7, 2008, USACE published a notice in the Federal Register 
(73 FR 25687) which provides new information and additional analyses 
related to utilities and service systems (specifically water supply) 
and provides additional analyses of each of the five alternative 
scenarios analyzed in the 2006 DEIS.
    The FEIS has been prepared to respond to comments received from 
agencies, organizations, and members of the public on the 2006 DEIS and 
2008 SDEIS, and to present corrections, revisions, and other 
clarifications and amplifications of the 2006 DEIS and 2008 SDEIS, 
including minor project modifications made in response to these 
comments and as a result of the applicants' ongoing planning efforts.
    The FEIS has been prepared as joint documents with the City of 
Rancho Cordova (City). The City is the local agency responsible for 
preparing an Environmental Impact Report in compliance with the 
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The USACE is the lead 
Federal agency responsible for the FEIS and information contained in 
the DEIS, SDEIS and FEIS serves as the basis for a decision regarding 
issuance of an individual permit under section 404 of the Clean Water 
Act. It also provides information for Federal, State and local agencies 
having jurisdictional responsibility for affected resources. All 
incoming comments on the FEIS will be considered by USACE and responses 
will be provided for substantive issues raised which have not been 
addressed in the DEIS, SDEIS or FEIS.

DATES: All written comments must be postmarked on or before August 9, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in writing to: Lisa M. Gibson, 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Regulatory Division; 
1325 J Street, Room 1480, Sacramento, CA 95814-2922, or via e-mail to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa M. Gibson, (916) 557-5288, or via 
e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Elliott Homes, Inc., and GenCorp, the 
project applicants, are requesting a Section 404 individual permit from 
USACE for the placement of fill material into 27.903 acres of waters of 
the United States for the construction of the Rio del Oro Specific Plan 
project, which involves the construction of a mixed use development 
that supports a combination of employment generating uses, retail and 
supporting services, recreational uses, and a broad range of 
residential uses and associated infrastructure and roads on an 
approximately 3,828-acre site in eastern Sacramento County, south of 
U.S. Highway 50.
    The FEIS is available for review at the following locations:
    (1) An electronic version of the FEIS may be downloaded and 
reviewed at the USACE, Sacramento District Web site: http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/organizations/cespk-co/regulatory/EISs/EIS-index.html:
    (2) A hardcopy of the FEIS will be available for review by 
appointment only at USACE, Sacramento District, 1325 J Street, 
Sacramento, CA 95814-2922. To schedule an appointment please contact 
Lisa M. Gibson at (916) 557-5288.
    (3) A hardcopy of the FEIS will be available for review at the City 
of Rancho Cordova City Hall, Planning Department, 2729 Prospect Park 
Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670.

    Dated: June 24, 2010.
Thomas C. Chapman,
Colonel, U.S. Army, District Engineer.
[FR Doc. 2010-16899 Filed 7-9-10; 8:45 am]
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