[Federal Register: November 16, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 221)]
[Notices]
[Page 66757]
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
Public Hearing To Receive Comments for the San Luis Rey River
Flood Control Project, From College Blvd. to the Pacific Ocean, San
Diego County, CA, Operation and Maintenance for Vegetation and Sediment
Management, Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of hearing.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District (Corps)
will hold a public hearing to receive comments on the proposed project
action as described and evaluated in Draft Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement (SEIS) for the operation and maintenance, related to
vegetation and sediment management, of the San Luis Rey River Flood
Control Project.
DATES: The public hearing will be held on Thursday, November 30, 2006,
at 7 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held in the Community Meeting
Room at Oceanside City Hall, 300 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Oceanside,
CA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Tiffany Kayama, Project
Environmental Coordinator, (213) 452-3845.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft SEIS addresses potential
environmental impacts associated with the proposed changes to the
operation and maintenance for vegetation and sediment management of the
San Luis Rey River Flood Control Project, and identifies measures to
reduce such impacts. Modifications to existing operation and
maintenance procedures are necessary to address new conditions within
the project area, including the presence of Federal and state listed
endangered and/or threatened species and listing of their critical
habitat within the project footprint. The proposed modification is
designed to convey flows of approximately 71,200 cubic feet per second
(cfs).
The Federal lead agency that is responsible for implementing the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is the Corps. The local lead
agency that is responsible for implementing the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is the City of Oceanside.
A range of alternatives, conceptual and a more refined set, were
developed during coordination between the Corps and various regulatory
and resource agencies and focused on variation in patterns of
vegetation management, and the ``implementability'' and hydraulic
acceptability of these patterns inside the existing leveed flood
control channel, and their relative benefit to riparian species. Four
alternatives are evaluated in the Draft SEIS. The public review period
for the Draft SEIS began on November 3, 2006 and extends through
December 18, 2006. Interested parties are invited to attend the meeting
and submit any comments. Written comments may also be sent to the
following address: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District,
San Luis Rey River Flood Control Project, ATTN: CESPL-PD-RN, P.O. Box
532711, Los Angeles, CA 90053-2325. Comments concerning the Draft EIS
should be submitted on or before December 18, 2006.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-9220 Filed 11-15-06; 8:45 am]
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