Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Open- Water Placement of Dredged Material at Site 104, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Corps of Engineers

Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Proposed Open-

Water Placement of Dredged Material at Site 104, Queen Anne's County,

Maryland

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Reference previous Federal Register notice, Volume 64, Number

126, page 35634, dated July 1, 1999, announcing the Baltimore

District's extension of comment period to July 31, 1999. the Baltimore

District is announcing that it will prepare a revised Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed open-water

placement of dredged material at Site 104, Queen Anne's County,

Maryland. The public is encouraged to continue to submit its comments

during this revision process. The revised DEIS will be made available

to the public for 45 days once it's completed. The Baltimore District

will consider all public comments received on the February 1999 DEIS,

the revised DEIS, and the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)

before making a decision.

DATES: The District expects to release the revised DEIS to the public

in December 1999. The District expects to release the FEIS to the

public in April 2000.

ADDRESSES: Questions and comments should continue to be directed to Mr.

Wesley E. Coleman, Jr. at the Corps of Engineers Baltimore District

(ATTN: CENAB-PL-P), P.O. Box 1715, Baltimore, MD 21203-1715 or by e-

mail at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Wesley E. Coleman, Jr. at 1-800-

295-1610 or by facsimile at (410) 962-4698.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Availability (NOA) and a summary

of the proposed action was published in the Federal Register (64 FR

9480) on February 26, 1999. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Baltimore's District is evaluating the potential use of Site 104 as an

open-water placement area. Site 104 is located in the Chesapeake Bay

one-half mile north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and one mile west of

Kent Island. Open-water placement is proposed for approximately 18

million cubic yards of dredged material from the mainstem Chesapeake

Bay channels leading to the port of Baltimore. This does not include

material from the channels in the Patapsco River. The Maryland Port

Administration has recommended the use of Site 104 for open-water

placement of clean sediment. No decision has been made to use the site.

The Baltimore District will consider all public comments received on

the February 1999 DEIS, the revised DEIS, and the FEIS before making a

decision.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 99-20195 Filed 8-4-99; 8:45 am]

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