[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31616]


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INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO


United States Section: Notice of Availability of a Draft 
Environmental Assessment for Rehabilitation of the Levee System in the 
Tijuana River Flood Control Project

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft Environmental Assessment 
(EA).

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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 Draft Environmental 
Assessment for Rehabilitation of the Levee System in the Tijuana River 
Flood Control Project is available. An environmental impact statement 
will not be prepared unless additional information which may affect 
this decision is brought to our attention within 30-days from the date 
of this Notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gilbert Anaya, United States Section, 
International Boundary and Water Commission, 4171 N. Mesa, C-100, El 
Paso, TX 79902. Telephone: (915) 832-4702, email: 
[email protected].
    Background: This Draft Environmental Assessment analyzes the 
potential impacts of rehabilitating the levee system in the Tijuana 
River Flood Control Project in southern San Diego County, California to 
ensure it will perform during a 100-year flood event and protect the 
surrounding communities.
    Availability: The electronic version of the Draft EA is available 
from the USIBWC Web page: http://www.ibwc.gov/EMD/EIS_EA_Public_Comment.html.

    Dated: December 21, 2016.
Wayne Belzer,
Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-31616 Filed 1-3-17; 8:45 am]
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