[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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