[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 231 (Friday, November 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 61609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26040]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision for the Final
Missouri River Recovery Management Plan and Environmental Impact
Statement
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice; availability of the Record of Decision.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announces the
availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final Missouri
River Recovery Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
(MRRMP-FEIS) published in the Federal Register on Friday, August 31,
2018. The USACE Northwestern Division Commander signed the ROD on
November 20, 2018. Copies of the ROD along with the MRRMP-FEIS and
other supporting documents are available for viewing on the Missouri
River Recovery Program website at: http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/mrrp/mgmt-plan/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tiffany Vanosdall, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers at (402) 995-2695 or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USACE has developed the MRRMP-FEIS in
cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). This
document is the USACE Record of Decision for the MRRMP-FEIS dated
August, 2018. The MRRMP-FEIS is a programmatic assessment of major
federal actions necessary to avoid a finding of jeopardy for the pallid
sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus), interior least tern (Sterna
antillarum), and the Northern Great Plains piping plover (Charadrius
melodus) caused by operation of the Missouri and Kansas River reservoir
systems and operation and maintenance of the Missouri River Bank
Stabilization and Navigation Project. After consultation with the
USFWS, and extensive collaboration, analysis, and independent
scientific review, USACE has identified Alternative 3 (Mechanical
Construction Only) as the selected alternative. Alternative 3 will meet
the species objectives and fulfill the purpose and need of the plan
while avoiding and minimizing adverse impacts to stakeholders.
Importantly, Alternative 3 would be implemented within an adaptive
management framework detailed in the Science and Adaptive Management
Plan (SAMP). The ROD documents why the USACE has chosen to implement
Alternative 3 as described in the MRRMP-FEIS.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-26040 Filed 11-29-18; 8:45 am]
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