[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19239-19240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08429]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Withdrawal of Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Gregory Canyon Landfill Project, San Diego County, 
California

AGENCY: 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), Los Angeles 
District, is issuing this notice to advise Federal, state, and local 
governmental agencies and the public that the Corps is withdrawing its 
Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) for the Gregory Canyon Landfill Project located in San Diego 
County, California (Corps File No. SPL-2010-00354).

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, Carlsbad 
Field Office (Attn: Michelle Lynch), 5900 La Place Court, Suite 100, 
Carlsbad, California 92008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Lynch, South Coast Branch 
Chief, Carlsbad Field Office. Email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corps published an NOI in the Federal 
Register on May 7, 2010 (75 FR 25218) to prepare a Draft EIS pursuant 
to the National Environmental Policy Act for the proposed Gregory 
Canyon Landfill Project. A public scoping meeting was held on June 3, 
2010 to solicit public input on the scope of analysis; significant 
issues to be evaluated in the Draft EIS; direct, indirect and 
cumulative impacts resulting from the proposed action; and proposed 
alternatives. The Corps published a

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Notice of Availability (NOA) for the Draft EIS for the Gregory Canyon 
Landfill Project on December 14, 2012 (77 FR 74470) and held a public 
hearing on January 31, 2013. The Draft EIS was circulated for public 
comments for 125 days, ending on April 15, 2013. However, the Corps 
withdrew the DA permit application on April 28, 2014 pursuant to 33 CFR 
325.2(d)(5), due to a lack of essential information needed from the 
applicant to continue with the permit application evaluation process. 
The applicant subsequently provided the essential information and a new 
DA permit application, and the Corps issued a Public Notice for the 
updated application on September 24, 2015 with a 30-day comment period. 
Since that time, the project proponent has withdrawn its Department of 
the Army permit application and is no longer actively pursuing the 
proposed project. Therefore, the Corps is withdrawing the Draft EIS for 
the Gregory Canyon Landfill Project.

David J. Castanon,
Chief, Regulatory Division, Los Angeles District.
[FR Doc. 2017-08429 Filed 4-25-17; 8:45 am]
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