Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Sandstone Project, Carbon County, WY

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers

Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the

Proposed Sandstone Project, Carbon County, WY

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

SPONSOR: Wyoming Water Development Commission, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (DEIS).

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SUMMARY: 1. The proposed action is to construct a roller compacted

concrete dam on Savery Creek, with a storage capacity of 23,000 acre-

feet. The project would provide late season irrigation water to

approximately 12,000 acres of lands in the Little Snake River Valley.

The project would also provide secondary recreation benefits. The

proposed project is located in Carbon County, Wyoming, approximately 10

miles north of Savery, Wyoming.

2. Alternatives being evaluated by the applicant include:

a. Construction of a new reservoir (several alternate sites).

b. Use of groundwater resources.

c. Conservation.

d. No action.

Alternatives available to the Corps of Engineers include:

a. Approve the permit application.

b. Denial of the permit.

c. Approve the permit with some modification.

3. Other applicable and pertinent environmental review and

consultation requirements will be undertaken simultaneously with the

NEPA process, including requirements of the National Historic

Preservation Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Fish and Wildlife

Coordination Act, section 404 of the 1977 Clean Water Act, Clean Air

Act, Executive Order 11988 on flood plains, and Executive Order 11990

on wetlands.

4. A public scoping meeting for the DEIS will be held on Wednesday,

July 13, 1994, at 7 p.m. at the Little Snake River School at Meeker &

High Streets, Baggs, Wyoming. The participation of the public and all

interested Government agencies is invited.

5. The Omaha District estimates that the DEIS will be released for

public review in June 1995.

ADDRESS: Questions about the proposed action, DEIS, or scoping meetings

should be directed to Richard Gorton; Chief, Environmental Analysis

Branch; Planning Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 215 North 17th

Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68102-4978. Telephone: 402-221-4598.

Dated: June 7, 1994.

Kenneth S. Cooper,

Chief, Planning Division Omaha District.

[FR Doc. 94-14620 Filed 6-15-94; 8:45 am]

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