Corps Sets Workshops, Seeks Comments On Draft Eis For White River Minimum Flows

[Phil Lilley]

CORPS SETS WORKSHOPS, SEEKS COMMENTS

ON DRAFT EIS FOR WHITE RIVER MINIMUM FLOWS

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 21 --The Army Corps of Engineers' Little Rock District is seeking public comments through Sept. 22 on the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the White River Minimum Flow Reallocation Study. The Corps will also hold two public workshops to explain the findings of the draft document and gather public input.

Both workshops will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The first will be Tuesday, Aug. 26 at the Taney Center at Kisse Mills Junction in Forsyth, Mo. The second will be Wednesday, Aug. 27 in the McMullin Lecture Hall at Arkansas State University Mountain Home, 1600 S. College Street, Mountain Home, Ark.

Copies of the draft environmental document are available for review at several locations. They can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Corps’ Mountain Home Project Office at 324 West 7th St. in Mountain Home or the Corps’ Beaver Project Office at 2260 North 2nd St. in Rogers, Ark. Copies are also available for viewing at the Corps’ Table Rock Project Office at 4600 State Hwy 165 in Branson, Mo., the Greers Ferry Project Office at 700 Heber Springs Road North in Heber Springs, Ark., or the District Office in Room 7403 of the Federal Building at 700 W. Capitol Ave. in Little Rock, Ark.

Copies are also on hand at the following libraries: Forsyth Public Library at 162 Main St. in Forsyth, Mo.; Taneyhill Community Library at 200 S. 4th Street in Branson; Baxter County Library Gassville Branch at 6469 Hwy 62 in Gassville, Ark.; Baxter County Library Main Library at 424 West 7th in Mountain Home; Central Arkansas Roosevelt Thompson Library at 38 Rahling Circle in Little Rock; and Central Arkansas Main Library at 100 Rock Street also in Little Rock.

The document can also be viewed on the Internet at http://www.swl.usace.army.mil/planning/wrminflow.html.

Written comments should be addressed to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District, Attn: Mike Biggs CESWL-PE, P.O. Box 867, Little Rock, AR 72203-0867. Comments must be post marked by Sept. 22 to become part of the official record. For more information call Biggs at 501-324-7342.