[Federal Register: December 29, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 249)]
[Notices]
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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
Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact
Statement/Environmental Impact Report and a Draft General Conformity
Determination for the Berths 97-109 [China Shipping] Container Terminal
Project, Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA
AGENCY: Department of the Army--U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: On April 30, 2008, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los
Angeles District, Regulatory Division (Corps) in coordination with the
Los Angeles Harbor Department (LAHD) completed and published the
Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact
Report (EIS/EIR) for the Berths 97-109 [China Shipping] Container
Terminal Project (Project) in the Port of Los Angeles. The Corps and
LAHD considered all comments received in preparing the Final EIS/EIR,
which is available for a 30-day review. The Final EIS/EIR includes a
draft general conformity determination (see Section 3.2 and Appendix
P), pursuant to Section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. A general
conformity determination is necessary because Project construction
would require Federal action (i.e., issuance of a Corps permit for
activities proposed in and over navigable waters and waters of the
U.S.) and not all the Federal action's direct and indirect emissions
would be below specified de minimis thresholds (40 CFR 93.153(b)).
Pursuant to the general conformity regulations (40 CFR Part 93 Subpart
B), general conformity determinations do not have to be included in the
EIS and can be separately noticed, but the draft general conformity
determination for the Federal action associated with the Project is
being included in the Final EIS/EIR in this case.
The Final EIS/EIR, including the draft general conformity
determination, is available for public review during the next 30 days
at the Los Angeles Harbor Department, 425 South Palos Verdes Street,
San Pedro, California, on the Port's Web site: http://
www.portoflosangeles.org, and on the Corps' Web site: http://
www.spl.usace.army.mil/regulatory/POLA.htm (scroll down to the links
under China Shipping Project). In addition, the Final EIS/EIR,
including the draft general conformity determination, is available at
the
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following libraries: L.A. Public Library, Central Branch, 630 West 5th
Street, Los Angeles, California; L.A. Public Library, San Pedro Branch,
921 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro, California; and L.A. Public
Library, Wilmington Branch, 1300 North Avalon, Wilmington, California.
Any comments received by the Corps and LAHD on the Final EIS/EIR or
the included draft general conformity determination during the next 30
days will be considered fully before the Corps makes a final general
conformity determination and finalizes the Record of Decision (ROD) for
the Federal action associated with the Project. The Corps will publish
a notice of a final general conformity determination in the Federal
Register within 30 days of rendering a final decision. The public can
request from the Corps copies of the ROD, which includes responses to
comments on the Final EIS/EIR, including any on the draft general
conformity determination, following publication of a final general
conformity determination and upon execution of the ROD.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions or comments concerning the
Final EIS/EIR or the included draft general conformity determination
should be directed within the next 30 days to Dr. Spencer D. MacNeil,
Senior Project Manager, North Coast Branch, Regulatory Division, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, 2151 Alessandro Drive, Suite 110, Ventura,
California 93001, (805) 585-2152.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.
David J. Castanon,
Chief, Regulatory Division, Los Angeles District.
[FR Doc. E8-30585 Filed 12-24-08; 8:45 am]
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