Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 02/10/1998

Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Water Allocation for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin, Alabama, Florida and Georgia

This notice of availability announces the public release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Water Allocation for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin, Alabama, Florida and Georgia. The ACF River Basin Compact Commission is developing a water allocation formula for the ACF River basin to provide an equitable sharing of water within the basin within the States of Alabama, Florida and Georgia. A change in allocation of water resources by the States may impact other resources within the basin for which there is a Federal interest or responsibility. This Draft EIS has been developed by the Corps of Engineers (lead agency) and ten other cooperating Federal agencies. The Draft EIS uses a programmatic framework for evaluating a range of flow and reservoir conditions selected to bracket the flow conditions that may result from the allocation formula. The objectives of the EIS are to address the range of potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts across the entire basin, serve as a baseline document for future implementing actions, and meet the schedule for completion of agency and public review prior to a decision by the Federal Commissioner to th