DR9604-CS 961211 ~""~EPARTMENT.OF ~HE ARMY
FORT~.,~ORTH DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGIN.
P.O. BOX 17300
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF: December I I, 1996
Planning Division
UPPER TRINITY RIVER FEASIBILITY STUDY, PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL'
IMPACT STATEMENT FOR DALLAS AND TARRANT COUNTIES, TEXAS
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SCOPING MEETINGS
Imerested parties are hereby notified that the District Engineer, Fort Worth District, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, is preparing a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the
Upper Trinity River Feasibility Study (ITI'RFS), Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas. The
purpose of this notice is to inform you of public meetings to solicit your comments on factors
affecting the public interest. Public input will better enable a reasonable decision on the
proposed projects. We hope you will participate in these meetings and the scoping process.
Statutory Authority. This public notice is being issued to all interested parties in accordance
with the provision of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, Public Law 91-
190, as amended. The authority for the UTR~S is stated in the following United States Senate
Committee on Environment and Public Works Resolution dated April 22, 1988. "Resolved by
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the United States Senate, that the Board of
Engineers for Rivers and Harbors is hereby requested to review the report of the Chief of
Engineers on the Trinity River and Tributaries, Texas, House Document No. 276, Eighty-Ninth
Congress, and other pertinent reports, with a view to determining the advisability of modifying
the proposal for further studies contained therein, with particular reference to providing
improvements in the interest of flood protection, environmental enhancement, water quality,
recreation, and other allied p .urposes in the Upper Trinity River Basin with specific attention on
the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex."
Purpose and Background. The UTRFS is a regional study originally initiated to identify
potential Federally assisted projects for flood damage reduction. The purpose of the Feasibility
Study is to develop plans for Federally assisted projects that will provide flood damage
reduction, recreation, water quality, environmental enhancement and other functions in the Upper
Trinity River Basin with specific attention on the Dallas-Fort Worth regional area.
Authorized Projects. Numerous water resource development projects are being proposed in the
Upper Trinity River Basin in Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas. Projects in the study area
tentatively include: non-structural flood damage reduction, river channel modifications,
environmental restoration, and recreation facility development along Johnson Creek, Arlington;
environmental restoration along the West Fork of the Trinity River in Arlington; environmental
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restoration and recreation facility development within Coppell; channel and/or levee
modifications, environmental restoration (including a chain-of-lakes), and recreation
development within the existing Dallas Floodway project limits in Dallas; levee alignments and
recreation facility development in the Stemmons North Industrial Corridor of Dallas;
modification to existing urban sumps (14W/15W) in Fort Worth; and fiver channel modification,
and levee construction and modification at Riverside Drive in Fort Worth.
Meeting Location. Two Public Scoping Meetings are scheduled for the UTRFS in January.
The first meeting will be held January 7, 1997, at 7:00 p.m., in the Public Library, 1515 Young
Street, Dallas, Texas, 75201. The second meeting will be held January 9, 1997, at 7:00 p.m., in
the Arlington City Council Chambers, 101 West Abram Street, Arlington, Texas, 76004-0231.
Maps to the meeting sites have been enclosed.
Public Input. Active participation in these Scoping Meetings and throughout this study by all
interested parties is important. Any comments, suggestions, or information relative to the need
and feasibility of flood damage reduction, resource issues, studies needed, and alternatives to be
considered, will be accepted and appreciated. Specific information regarding hazardous and
toxic waste sites and cultural resources is of particular interest.
Meeting Format. The Scoping Meetings are forums designed to document comments from the
public. Following a bfiefproject overview, comments (possibly limited in length due to the
number of interested speakers) will be taken. Questions' and answers will not be exchanged
during the meetings.
Comments and suggestions may be sent to the Study Manager, Mr. Gene T. Rice, Jr., CESWF-
PL-M, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, Fort Worth, Texas
76102-0300, telephone (817) 978-2187. Comments and suggestions will be accepted through
March 1997.
Colonel, Corps of Engineers
District Engineer
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