[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30862]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Termination of Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 
Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities Foothills West 
Transportation Access Project

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Withdrawal of notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Alaska District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is 
notifying interested parties that it has terminated the process to 
develop an Environmental Impact Statement and has withdrawn the 
application for a Department of the Army permit from the Alaska 
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) proposed 
Foothills West Transportation Access Project (Foothills Project). The 
original Notice of Intent to Prepare the EIS was published in the 
Federal Register on May 20, 2011 (76 FR 29218).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the termination of 
this EIS process should be addressed to: Ms. Melissa Riordan, 
Regulatory Division, telephone: (907) 474-2166, or mail: U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers, CEPOA-RD, 2175 University Avenue, Suite 201(E), 
Fairbanks, AK 99709-4927. Or email: [email protected]. 
Emailed questions, including attachments, should be provided in .doc, 
.docx, .pdf or .txt formats.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The Alaska District published the original 
Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS for the proposed Foothills project 
in the Federal Register on Friday, May 20, 2011 (76 FR 29218). In the 
summer of 2013 the Alaska DOT&PF decided to re-evaluate plans for 
future EIS work, and in response the Corps suspended work and closed 
the EIS project file. After confirming on October 21, 2014 that the 
DOT&PF has no future plans to proceed with the project, the Corps 
officially determined that it is appropriate to terminate the EIS. The 
Corps' neutral role in the EIS process was to evaluate the 
environmental consequences of the proposed project under the authority 
of Section 10 of the River and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 of 
the Clean Water Act. The preparation of the EIS was being conducted by 
a third-party contractor directed by the Corps, and funded by the 
applicant, which is typical of the Corps Regulatory EIS studies. 
Withdrawal of the permit application and termination of the EIS process 
will not prevent DOT&PF from reapplying at a later date.

    Dated: November 3, 2014.

    Approved by:
Michael Salyer,
North Branch Chief, Alaska District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
[FR Doc. 2014-30862 Filed 1-2-15; 8:45 am]
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