Notice2023-01456
Withdrawal of the Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Mississippi River Hatchie/Loosahatchie, MS River Mile 775-736, Tennessee and Arkansas, Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study
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Published
January 25, 2023
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Abstract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Memphis District is terminating preparation of a Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement (DIFR-EIS) for the Hatchie-Loosahatchie Mississippi River Ecosystem Restoration Study. A Notice of Intent to prepare the DIFR-EIS was published in the November 4, 2022, issue of the Federal Register. The USACE has since determined that a Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment (DIFR-EA) rather than an EIS is the appropriate level of environmental documentation for the study.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4818-4819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01456]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Withdrawal of the Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement for the Mississippi River Hatchie/Loosahatchie, MS
River Mile 775-736, Tennessee and Arkansas, Ecosystem Restoration
Feasibility Study
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Memphis District is
terminating preparation of a Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and
Environmental Impact Statement (DIFR-EIS) for the Hatchie-Loosahatchie
Mississippi River Ecosystem Restoration Study. A Notice of Intent to
prepare the DIFR-EIS was published in the November 4, 2022, issue of
the Federal Register. The USACE has since determined that a Draft
Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment (DIFR-EA)
rather than an EIS is the appropriate level of environmental
documentation for the study.
DATES: The DIFR-EA is presently scheduled to be available for public
review and comment in early 2023. A final IFR-EA is tentatively
scheduled for release in May 2024.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District, Attn: CEMVN-
PDC-UDC, 167 North Main St., Room B-202, Memphis, Tennessee 38103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Thron, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Memphis District; phone 901-544-0708; email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99d5d4cbcbd8b4d1f8edfaf1f0fcb4d5f6f6eaf8f1f8edfaf1f0fcd9eceaf8fafcb7f8ebf4e0b7f4f0f5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c28e8f909083ef8aa3b6a1aaaba7ef8eadadb1a3aaa3b6a1aaaba782b7b1a3a1a7eca3b0afbbecafabae">[email protected]</span></a>. For additional information about the
study, please visit the project website at: <a href="https://www.mvm.usace.army.mil/Missions/Environmental-Stewardship/Hatchie-Loosahatchie-Mississippi-River-Ecosystem-Restoration-Study/">https://www.mvm.usace.army.mil/Missions/Environmental-Stewardship/Hatchie-Loosahatchie-Mississippi-River-Ecosystem-Restoration-Study/</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Hatchie-Loosahatchie Mississippi River
Ecosystem Restoration Study seeks to examine restoring ecological
structure and function to the mosaic of habitats along the lower
Mississippi River (LMR) and its floodplain between River Miles 775 and
736 including secondary channels and other floodplain aquatic habitats;
floodplain forests; and several scarce vegetative communities such as,
wetlands, rivercane, riverfront forests, and bottomland hardwood
forests. The
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study was originally scoped as an EIS. A notice of intent to prepare an
EIS was published in the Federal Register on November 4, 2022 (87 FR
66681). The scoping comment period ended on December 5, 2022. During
scoping, a project website was prepared, press releases and
notifications were sent to affected agencies and interested parties,
and one virtual public meeting and three in-person public meetings were
conducted in Henning, Tennessee, Millington, Tennessee, and Marion,
Arkansas, respectively. No adverse comments were received, and all
comments were generally supportive of the proposed activities.
Additionally, the plan formulation process resulted in a reduced number
of measures in the current array of alternatives being considered since
the initiation of the study.
The USACE will notify the public in advance of the availability of
the draft and final IFR-EAs through press releases, special public
notices, and USACE-Memphis District social media platforms. All public
review and project related information will continue to be made
available at: <a href="https://www.mvm.usace.army.mil/Missions/Environmental-Stewardship/Hatchie-Loosahatchie-Mississippi-River-Ecosystem-Restoration-Study/">https://www.mvm.usace.army.mil/Missions/Environmental-Stewardship/Hatchie-Loosahatchie-Mississippi-River-Ecosystem-Restoration-Study/</a>.
James Bodron,
Acting Programs Director, Mississippi Valley Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-01456 Filed 1-24-23; 8:45 am]
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