Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 4.12.1995

Intent To Prepare A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for A Multiuser Disposal Site Program for Contaminated Sediments in Puget Sound, WA

The following are joint lead agencies for the combined Federal and State Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): Federal (NEPA): Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense; State (SEPA): Washington Department of Ecology and Washington Department of Natural Resources. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Washington Department of Ecology, and the Washington Department of Natural Resources, intend to prepare a joint federal-state Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Washington State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). The EIS will evaluate disposal alternatives for contaminated sediments from Puget Sound. Disposal alternatives that will be evaluated include: (1) Level bottom capping and confined aquatic disposal, (2) nearshore confined disposal, (3) upland disposal, (4) disposal in solid waste landfills, and (5) multiuser access to larger fill projects. The need for disposal of contaminated sediments comes from (1) dredging of federal and non-federal navigation channels, (2) waterfront development projects, (3) environmental cleanup projects directed through federal or state enforceme