[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 135 (Friday, July 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32641-32642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14975]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Public Scoping Meetings for the Draft Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement for the Allatoona Lake Water Supply Storage 
Reallocation Study and Updates to Weiss and Logan Martin Reservoir 
Project Water Control Manuals in the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River 
Basin

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Supplement to Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Mobile District, 
issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register (83 FR 18829) 
published on April 30, 2018, to prepare a Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement (SEIS), pursuant to the National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA), to evaluate potential changes to the Water Control Manuals 
(WCMs) for three reservoirs in the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) River 
Basin and to the Master WCM for the ACT River Basin. The Draft SEIS 
will be prepared as an integrated document with the reallocation study. 
The USACE will hold five public scoping meetings during the months of 
July and August as part of its preparation to conduct the water supply 
storage reallocation study and update the WCMs for the Alabama Power 
Company's Weiss and Logan Martin reservoirs in the ACT River Basin.

DATES: The meeting dates and times are:
    1. Monday, July 30, 2018, 4-8 p.m. (EDT), Acworth, GA.
    2. Tuesday, July 31, 2018, 4-8 p.m. (EDT), Rome, GA.
    3. Wednesday, August 1, 2018, 4-8 p.m. (CDT), Gadsden, AL.
    4. Thursday, August 2, 2018, 4-8 p.m. (CDT), Childersburg, AL.
    5. Friday, August 3, 2018, 4-8 p.m. (CDT), Montgomery, AL.

ADDRESSES: The meeting locations are:
    1. Acworth, GA--Cauble Park Beach House, 4425 Beach Street, 
Acworth, Georgia 30101, (770) 917-1234.
    2. Rome, GA--Forum River Civic Center, Berry/Shorter Room, 301 
Tribune Street, Rome, Georgia 30161, (706) 291-5281.
    3. Gadsden, AL--The Pitman Theater, 629 Broad St., Gadsden, Alabama 
35901, (256) 549-4740.
    4. Childersburg, AL--Friends on Eighth, 109 8th Ave. SW, 
Childersburg, Alabama 35044, (205) 296-2397.
    5. Montgomery, AL--AUM Center for Lifelong Learning, 75 
TechnaCenter

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Drive, Montgomery, AL 36117, (334) 244-3343.
    Following the scoping meetings, individuals who have not already 
submitted their comments should submit them by August 15, 2018, by 
either:
    * Email to [email protected], or
    * Mail to Mr. Mike Malsom, Inland Environment Team, Environment and 
Resources Branch, Planning and Environmental Division, USACE-Mobile, 
Post Office Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct questions about the NEPA 
process to Mr. Mike Malsom by mail at Inland Environment Team, 
Environment and Resources Branch, Planning and Environmental Division, 
USACE-Mobile, Post Office Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628-0001; telephone at 
(251) 690-2023; electronic facsimile at (251) 694-3815; or email at 
[email protected]. You can also request to be added to the mailing 
list for public distribution of notices, meeting announcements, and 
documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information on the ACT River 
Basin study will be posted as it becomes available on the Mobile 
District website at http://www.sam.usace.army.mil/.
    The USACE will hold five public scoping meetings during the months 
of July and August as part of its preparation to conduct the water 
supply storage reallocation study and update the WCMs for the Alabama 
Power Company's Weiss and Logan Martin reservoirs in the ACT River 
Basin. The public is invited to attend the scoping meetings, which will 
provide information on the study process and afford interested parties 
the opportunity to submit to USACE input about their issues and 
concerns regarding that process. Each of the public scoping meetings 
will be presented in an open house format, allowing time for 
participants to review specific information and to provide comments 
either on forms available at the meeting or to a court reporter on-site 
at the meeting.

Curtis M. Flakes,
Chief, Planning and Environmental Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-14975 Filed 7-12-18; 8:45 am]
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