[Federal Register: October 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 204)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for Potential Multipurpose Projects for Ecosystem
Restoration, Flood Damage Reduction, and Recreation Development Within
and Along the Clear and West Forks of the Trinity River in Fort Worth,
Tarrant County, TX
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hereby
announces its intent to modify the study area to be evaluated during
the preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for
the potential multipurpose projects for ecosystem restoration, flood
damage reduction, and recreation development within and along the
portion of the Trinity River located in Forth Worth, Tarrant County,
TX, as published in the Federal Register on October 14, 2002 (67 FR
63900).
A resolution by the United States Senate Committee on Environment
and Public Works dated April 22, 1988, requested that the Board of
Engineers review the report of the Chief of Engineers on the Trinity
River and Tributaries, Texas, House Document No. 276, Eighty-Ninth
Congress, and other pertinent reports, with a view to determining the
advisability of modifying the recommendations contained therein, with
particular reference to providing improvements in the interest of flood
protection, environmental enhancement, water quality, recreation, and
other allied purposes in the Upper Trinity River Basin with specific
attention on the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. An initial assessment
based on the resolution guidance indicates a Federal interest in
continuing with more detailed studies for these purposes and in
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
public was informed in October 2002 of the intent to prepare a DEIS.
The notice identified a study area that was bound by Interstate Highway
30 on the Clear Fork, Rockwood Park on the upstream end of the West
Fork, Northeast 28th Street on Marine Creek, a tributary of the West
Fork, and Riverside Drive on the downstream end of the West Fork.
A public scoping and project studies have progressed, it has been
determined that the study area for consideration of project purposes
should be expanded further upstream of Rockwood Park on the West Fork
of the Trinity River to include the additional area between Rockwood
Park and U. S. Highway 183 (approximately 793 acres). Studies of the
expanded area will concentrate on identifying new plans to evaluate
flood damage reduction potential and/or prevent future damages through
establishing hydraulic and hydrologic mitigation through new and
creative methodologies that reduce environmental impact and provide for
improved aesthetic properties. Expansion of the study area also
provides opportunities for ecosystem restoration, including increased
connectivity of existing high resource value environmental and
recreational opportunities between isolated natural resource bases
along the study area.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Rebecca Griffith, CESWF-PER-P,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, 819
Taylor Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300, phone (817) 886-1820, fax
(817) 886-6498.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No additional public meetings have been
scheduled as a result of the decision to expand the study area, as
public participation during the process was a factor in determining to
expand the study area. However, all affected Federal, state, and local
agencies, affected Indian tribes, and other interested private
organizations and parties are hereby invited to provide scoping
comments that should be considered during the remainder of the
feasibility study. The public will be given the opportunity to review
the DEIS during the 45-day public comment period. Prior to the close of
the comment period, any person may make a written request for a public
meeting, setting forth the particular reasons for the request. The
District Engineer will then determine whether the issues raised are
substantial and should be considered in his decision. If a public
meeting is warranted, all known interested parties will be notified of
the time, date, and location of such a meeting in the local news media.
Release of the DEIS for public comment is scheduled for March 2005. The
exact release date, once established, will be announced in the local
news media.
Dated: October 14, 2004.
John R. Minahan,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Commanding.
[FR Doc. 04-23681 Filed 10-21-04; 8:45 am]
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