Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for El Rancho Road Bridge Replacement Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force

Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for

El Rancho Road Bridge Replacement Project, Vandenberg Air Force Base,

California

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,

the United States Air Force (USAF) is issuing this notice to advise the

public that the USAF intends to prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) to assess potential environmental impacts of the

proposed actions and possible alternatives for the El Rancho Road

Bridge Replacement Project at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

The proposed action is to construct a causeway bridge on El Rancho Road

that will span the entire San Antonio Creek floodplain. Identified

alternatives are to build a system of elevated culverts spanning the

entire stream and bridge area, or to take no action and continue

regular debris and sedimentation clearing in the affected area.

A scoping meeting is planned in Lompoc, California for the purpose

of identifying environmental concerns that need to be addressed in the

EIS. Notice of the time and location of the meeting will be made

available to the community using the local news media. The schedule for

the scoping meeting is as follows:

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Date Location Time

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18 Aug 99....................... Lompoc City......... 6:30 p.m.

Council.............

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The purpose of this meeting is to identify the environmental issues

and concerns that should be analyzed in developing the EIS. Public

input and comments are solicited concerning the environmental aspects

of the proposed program. To assure the USAF will have sufficient time

to fully consider public inputs on issues, written comments should be

mailed to ensure receipt no later than September 1, 1999.

Please direct written comments or request for further information

concerning El Rancho Road Bridge Replacement Project to: James L.

Johnston, 30 CES/CEV, 806 13th Street, Suite 116, Vandenberg AFB, CA

93437-5242, (805) 605-0633.

Janet A. Long,

Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 99-19414 Filed 7-28-99; 8:45 am]

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