[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 7, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 38686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16862]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Withdrawal of the Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for the City of Abilene, TX, Cedar Ridge 
Reservoir Water Supply Project

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, 
Regulatory Division is notifying interested parties that it has 
withdrawn the Notice of Intent (NOI) to develop an EIS for the proposed 
Cedar Ridge Reservoir. The original NOI to Prepare an EIS was published 
in the Federal Register on Friday, April 13, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the withdrawal of 
this NOI should be addressed to Mr. Frederick Land, Regulatory Division 
(CESWF-DE-R), Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, P.O. 
Box 17300, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300; (817) 886-1729; 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 20, 2018, the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) and the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued 
an OMB/CEQ Memorandum for Heads of Federal Departments and Agencies 
titled ``One Federal Decision Framework for the Environmental Review 
and Authorization Process for Major Infrastructure Projects under 
Executive Order [E.O.] 13807.'' Additionally, twelve federal agencies, 
including Department of the Army, signed a Memorandum of Understanding 
(MOU) as an appendix to the OMB/CEQ Memorandum. The MOU is titled 
``Memorandum of Understanding Implementing One Federal Decision Under 
Executive Order 13807'' and was effective on April 10, 2018. E.O. 13807 
sets a goal for agencies of reducing the time for completing 
environmental reviews and authorization decisions to an agency average 
of not more than two years from publication of a NOI to prepare an EIS. 
The MOU set forth activities to be accomplished before the issuance of 
an NOI, including project prescoping, the development of a permitting 
timetable, and the development of project Purpose and Need. Because the 
Cedar Ridge Reservoir planning had not reached these milestones prior 
to publication of the NOI, the NOI is being withdrawn until such time 
that these milestones are complete.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-16862 Filed 8-6-18; 8:45 am]
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