Withdrawal of Notice of Intent (NOI) To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Amite River and Tributaries-East of the Mississippi River, Louisiana, Flood Risk Management Feasibility Study
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is issuing this notice to advise Federal, State, and local governmental agencies and the public that USACE is withdrawing the notice of intent for the preparation of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Amite River and Tributaries-East of the Mississippi River, Louisiana, Flood Risk Management Feasibility Study, which was published in the Federal Register on April 2, 2019. Since publication of the NOI, the USACE released a Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement (DIFR/EIS) associated with this study on November 26, 2019 for concurrent public, technical, legal, and policy review. The USACE, after further evaluation of potential impacts, determined the revised (and current) TSP is not likely to result in significant impacts requiring the preparation of an EIS. The USACE therefore prepared the Supplemental Second Draft Integrated Feasibility Report with Environmental Assessment #600 (SSDIFR/EA) that was made available for a 45-day public review starting on December 15, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64897-64898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17632]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Withdrawal of Notice of Intent (NOI) To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the Amite River and Tributaries-East
of the Mississippi River, Louisiana, Flood Risk Management Feasibility
Study
AGENCY: Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, Department of
Defense.
ACTION: Notice of intent; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is issuing this
notice to advise Federal, State, and local governmental agencies and
the public that USACE is withdrawing the notice of intent for the
preparation of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the
Amite River and Tributaries-East of the Mississippi River, Louisiana,
Flood Risk Management Feasibility Study, which was published in the
Federal Register on April 2, 2019. Since publication of the NOI, the
USACE released a Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental
Impact Statement (DIFR/EIS) associated with this study on November 26,
2019 for concurrent public, technical, legal, and policy review. The
USACE, after further evaluation of potential impacts, determined the
revised (and current) TSP is not likely to result in significant
impacts requiring the preparation of an EIS. The USACE therefore
prepared the Supplemental Second Draft Integrated Feasibility Report
with Environmental Assessment #600 (SSDIFR/EA) that was made available
for a 45-day public review starting on December 15, 2023.
DATES: The notice of intent to prepare an EIS published in the Federal
Register on April 4, 2019 (84 FR 12602), is withdrawn as of August 8,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New
Orleans District, 7400 Leake Avenue New Orleans, LA 70118-3651.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the withdrawal of the
Notice of Intent can be directed to Jordan Logarbo, at (504) 862-1158
or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9f3d6cbddd8d797cb97d5d6ded8cbdbd6f9cccad8dadc97d8cbd4c097d4d0d5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b7154495f5a5515491557545c5a4959547b4e485a585e155a49564215565257">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The study's purpose is to investigate flood
risk reduction alternatives to reduce flood damages from rainfall in
the Amite River Basin (ARB). The study is authorized by the Resolution
of the Committee on Public Works of the United States Senate, adopted
on April 14, 1967. The report is funded through Public Law 115-123 (the
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018).
A DIFR/EIS for this study was released on November 26, 2019, for
concurrent public, technical, legal, and policy review. It evaluated
four alternatives as a part of its final array, which included two
dams, and a nonstructural plan in its final array. The TSP of the 2019
DIFR/EIS was an estimated $2.3 billion-dollar new large-scale dry dam
with a nonstructural component to address residual risk over a 2200
mi\2\ study area. During review, the TSP was identified to have
extensive technical and policy concerns, which found the dam was
constrained by site conditions that made it in-feasible as designed and
potentially increased life safety risk.
Due to these concerns the USACE re-evaluated critical tasks to
inform the decision on the revised tentatively selected plan, a
nonstructural-only plan for voluntary elevation of eligible residential
structures and floodproofing of eligible nonresidential structures. The
USACE does not anticipate that this revised TSP would have impacts
requiring the preparation of an EIS. This was documented in the SSDIFR/
EA. The
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SSDIFR/EA was made available on the Amite River and Tributaries
Feasibility Study website (<a href="https://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Amite-River-and-Tributaries/">https://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Amite-River-and-Tributaries/</a>) for a 45-day public review and comment period
beginning on December 15, 2023 and ending on January 29, 2024.
James A. Bodron,
Programs Director, Mississippi Valley Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-17632 Filed 8-7-24; 8:45 am]
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