[Federal Register: July 16, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 136)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers

 
Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 
for the Red River Navigation, Southwest Arkansas, Feasibility Report

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

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: Three or four locks and dams may be required to extend 
navigation on the Red River upstream of Shreveport/Bossier City, 
Louisiana, to the vicinity of Index, Arkansas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Marvin Cannon (telephone (601) 
631-5437), CEMVK-PP-PQ, 4155 Clay Street, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39183-
3435.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority for this feasibility study is 
contained in section 402 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 
(Pub. L. 104-303).
    1. Proposed Action: The proposed action includes the construction 
of three or four locks and dams to extend navigation from Shreveport-
Bossier City to the vicinity of Index, Arkansas (134 miles).
    2. Alternatives: Four reasonable alternatives were identified 
during the reconnaissance study. These alternatives included a no-
action alternative; extension of navigation from Shreveport-Bossier 
City to the vicinity of Garland, Arkansas; extension of navigation from 
Shreveport-Bossier City to the vicinity of Fulton, Arkansas; and 
extension of navigation from Shreveport-Bossier City to the vicinity of 
Index, Arkansas.
    3. a. Two public scoping meetings will be held. One meeting will 
probably be held in Texarkana, Arkansas, and the other one will 
probably be held in Shreveport/Bossier City, Louisiana. These meetings 
will probably be held in August-September 1999. The U.S. Coast Guard, 
Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, Louisiana Department of 
Environmental Quality, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Louisiana 
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the Arkansas Soil and Water 
Conservation Commission will be invited to become cooperating agencies. 
These agencies will review data and the feasibility report and 
appendixes. A public meeting will be held once the DEIS is completed, 
and all agencies, groups, tribes, and individuals will be sent copies 
of the DEIS and final EIS. Any significant issues identified in the 
scoping meetings will be analyzed in depth in the DEIS. Cooperating 
agencies will review data and appendixes.
    b. The DEIS is estimated to be completed in September 2002.
Gregory D. Showalter,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-18176 Filed 7-15-99; 8:45 am]
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