[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 10131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03742]


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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 for the Zoar Levee and Diversion Dam, Dam Safety 
Modification Study, Tuscarawas County, OH

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

ACTION: Notice of intent; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Huntington District, 
is withdrawing its intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS) for the Zoar Levee and Diversion Dam, Dam Safety 
Modification Study. The Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS was 
published in the Federal Register on May 4, 2011 (76 FR 25310).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Andrew Johnson, Acting Chief, 
Environmental Analysis Section, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
Huntington District, 502 Eighth Street, Huntington, WV 25701-2070. 
Telephone: (304) 399-5189. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Originally, the Huntington District planned 
to prepare a Draft EIS to disclose potential impacts to the natural, 
physical, and human environment resulting from implementation of 
alternatives formulated to address reliability risks associated with 
Zoar Levee and Diversion Dam. These high hazard structures do not meet 
current performance standards and exceed acceptable risk levels. 
Initially, a full array of alternatives was planned to be formulated to 
meet the purpose and need of the study. After full consideration of all 
alternatives, the best plan was to be selected to achieve acceptable 
risk levels.
    Completion of Dam Safety Baseline Risk Assessment in November 2013 
reduced urgency, complexity and controversy associated with risks 
allowing for early screening of non-structural options driving 
potential for significant and controversial effects. Environmental 
Assessment (EA) level effort was determined sufficient for the 
Modification Study. Therefore, it is anticipated the EA will result in 
a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), an EIS is not anticipated.

Leon F. Parrott,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer.
[FR Doc. 2014-03742 Filed 2-21-14; 8:45 am]
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