[Federal Register: February 6, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 25)]
[Notices]
[Page 5842-5843]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army: Corps of Engineers
Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS),
for the Pike County, KY (Levisa Fork Basin), Section 202 Project
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE), Huntington District has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) in response to section 202 of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1996 (WRDA). This act authorizes the Corps to
design, construct and implement flood damage reduction measures
relating to the Levisa and Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River and
Cumberland River in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia. The DEIS
documents analyses of flood damage reduction measures that would
provide protection for the Levisa Fork and Russell Fork basins within
Pike County, Kentucky against flooding such as occurred in April 1977,
the flood of record for most of the county.
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DATES: The agency must receive comments on or before March 26, 2004, to
ensure consideration in final plan development. A public hearing on the
Pike County, Kentucky (Levisa Fork Basin), Section 202 Project DEIS
will be held at the Pikeville High School, 120 Championship Drive,
Pikeville, Kentucky on Thursday, March 4, 2004, beginning at 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments and suggestions concerning this
proposed project to S. Michael Worley, PM-PD, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Huntington District, 502 Eighth Street, Huntington, WV
25701-2070. Telephone: (304) 399-5636 or Fax: (304) 399-5136. Requests
for copies of the DEIS or to be placed on the mailing list should also
be sent to this address. Submit electronic comments in ASCII, Microsoft
Word, or Word Perfect file format to Stephen.M.Worley@usace.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To obtain additional information about
the proposed project, contact Mr. Mark D. Kessinger, PM-P, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, 502 Eighth Street, Huntington,
WV 25701-2070. Telephone: (304) 399-5083. Electronic mail:
Mark.d.kessinger@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Detailed project studies have included
consideration of a number of basin-wide and local flood damage
reduction measures including floodwall/levee systems protecting
Pikeville and Coal Run, non-structural flood-proofing measures,
floodplain acquisition and ring walls protecting several individual
structures. The project would provide flood protection measures to
approximately 2,000 structures, 75 percent of which are residential.
Three alternatives, based on these flood damage reduction measures,
along with the no action alternative, have been evaluated in detail and
the results documented in the DEIS.
A public hearing on the DEIS will be held at Pikeville High School
(see DATES). The hearing will provide an opportunity for the public to
present oral and/or written comments. All persons and organizations
that have an interest in the Levisa Fork Basin flooding problems as
they affect Pike County and the environment are urged to participate in
this meeting.
USACE has distributed copies of the DEIS to appropriate Members of
Congress, State and local government officials in Kentucky, Federal
agencies, and other interested parties. Copies of the document may be
obtained by contacting USACE Huntington District Office of the Corps of
Engineers (See ADDRESSES) and are available for public review at the
following locations:
(1) Pike County Public Library, 119 College Street, Pikeville,
Kentucky 41522.
(2) Pike County Public Library, Elkhorn City Branch, 309 Main
Street, Elkhorn City, KY 41522.
(3) Pike County Public Library, Phelps Branch, 38575 State Highway
194 E., Phelps, KY 41553.
(4) Vesta Roberts Johnson Memorial Library, Virgie, KY 41572.
(5) Frank M. Allara Library, Pikeville College, 147 Sycamore
Street, Pikeville, KY 41500.
(6) US Army Corps of Engineers, Room 3100, 502 Eighth Street PD-R,
Huntington, WV 25701.
(7) Internet-http://www.lrh.usace.army.mil/projects/current/pikelevisafork
.
After the public comment period ends on March 26, 2004, USACE will
consider all comments received. The Draft EIS will be revised as
appropriate, and a Final EIS will be issued.
Luz D. Ortiz,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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