GOODING. Idaho – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Walla Walla District (Corps), invites public comments on the draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), and the Rehabilitation Report and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Gooding Flood Control Project, in the City of Gooding. Idaho, on the Little Wood River.
The Report/EA describes actions the Corps could take to provide localized flood risk management and, if possible, ecosystem restoration through improvement of aquatic habitat and riparian vegetation.
Links to the draft FONSI, and Report and EA are available online at http://www.nww.usace.army.mil/Missions/EnvironmentalCompliance.aspx.
The public comment period will be from Sept. 7-21, 2016. E-mail comments to: NEPANWW@usace.army.mil, noting “Gooding Flood Control” in the subject line. Comments may also be submitted via U.S. Postal Service to:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District
CENWW-PM-PD-EC, Gooding Flood Control
201 North Third Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362-1876
Comments must be postmarked or e-mailed no later than Sept. 21, 2016, to be considered and included in the public record.
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Release no. 16-066