[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 144 (Friday, July 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41028-41029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16324]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Withdrawal of the Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental 
Impact Statement the Lower Santa Cruz River Flood Risk Management 
Feasibility Study, Pinal County, Arizona

AGENCY: Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District is 
notifying interested parties that it has withdrawn the notice of intent 
(NOI) to develop an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the 
proposed Lower Santa Cruz River Flood Risk Management Feasibility 
Study. The original NOI to prepare a EIS was published in the Federal 
Register on November 9, 2015. The proposed Lower Santa Cruz River Flood 
Risk Management Feasibility Study is being converted to a Continuing 
Authority Program (CAP) study.

DATES: The notice of intent to prepare an EIS published in the Federal 
Register on November 9, 2015 (80 FR 69201), is withdrawn as of July 30, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 
Environmental Resources Branch, (CESPL-PDR), 915 Wilshire Boulevard, 
Los Angeles, CA 90017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the withdrawal of 
this NOI should be addressed to Mr. Kenneth Wong, 
[email protected], (213) 452-3847.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles 
District, in partnership with the Pinal County Flood Control District, 
intended to prepare an Integrated Feasibility Report and EIS for the 
Lower Santa Cruz River Flood Risk Management Feasibility Study.
    The study's purpose is to evaluate methods for minimizing flood 
risks along the Lower Santa Cruz River and its major tributaries within 
an approximately 1,400 square mile study

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area in Pinal County, Arizona. After the NOI's publication, the 
geographic scope of the study was reduced such that the study will be 
converted to a CAP Section 205 study which address Flood Risk 
Management projects of limited size, cost, and complexity.

Antoinette R. Gant,
Colonel, U.S. Army, Division Commander.
[FR Doc. 2021-16324 Filed 7-29-21; 8:45 am]
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