[Federal Register: February 17, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 30)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed Northern Integrated Supply Project in
Northeastern Colorado
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) is preparing a
Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) to further
analyze the direct, indirect and cumulative effects of the Northern
Integrated Supply Project (NISP). Construction of the proposed Project
will result in temporary and permanent impacts to jurisdictional waters
of the United States, thereby requiring a Clean Water Act Section 404
permit. The COE released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
for NISP April 30, 2008. Significant comments were received during
three public hearings held for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS) as well as submitted during the comment period. The COE has
determined that substantial additional analysis is required and that
the purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act would be
furthered through the preparation of the SDEIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions and comments regarding the
proposed action and SDEIS should be addressed to Chandler Peter, NEPA/
404b1 Coordinator, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 9307 South Wadsworth
Boulevard, Littleton, CO 80128; (303) 979-4120;
chandler.j.peter@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NISP is a collaborative regional water
supply project between 15 water providers (Participants) and the
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District acting by and through the
Northern Integrated Supply Project Water Activity Enterprise
(District). The Participants are a group of growing towns and rural
domestic water districts located in Larimer, Weld, and Boulder
Counties, CO. The participants are: Central Weld County Water District,
Dacono, Eaton, Erie, Evans, Firestone, Frederick, Fort Collins Loveland
Water District, Fort Lupton, Fort Morgan, Lafayette, Left Hand Water
District, Morgan County Quality Water District, Severance, and Windsor.
The project will provide approximately 40,000 acre-feet of new reliable
water supply, which will meet a portion of the Participants' estimated
2025 additional water supply needs. The Northern Integrated Supply
Project would be a non-federal project constructed, owned and operated
by the District.
The SDEIS will be prepared according to the COE's procedures for
implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as
amended, 42 U.S.C.4332(2)(c), and consistent with the COE's policy to
facilitate public understanding and review of agency proposals. A full
range of reasonable alternatives, including the proposed Project and no
action, were evaluated in the DEIS. Revisions to some of those
alternatives as well as additional analysis involving factors such as
hydrology, geomorphology, aquatic resources, water quality, and
cumulative effects will be accomplished in the SDEIS. Scoping meetings
will not be held pursuant to 40 CFR 1502.9(c)(4). Public hearings will
be conducted on the SDEIS which has an anticipated release of June
2010.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, the Colorado Department of Transportation, and
Larimer County are cooperating agencies in the formulation of the EIS.
Chandler J. Peter,
NEPA/404b1 Coordinator, Operations Division, Omaha District.
[FR Doc. E9-3249 Filed 2-13-09; 8:45 am]
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