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Release Date: Monday, November 1, 2006 For Immediate Release Bill Line (202) 619-7400 or Kevin Brandt (301) 714-2201
National Park Service Invites Public Comment on an Environmental Assessment to Analyze Impacts Associated with the Construction of the proposed New Design Raw Water Main and McKinney Treated Effluent Outfall
Hagerstown, MD. – The National Park Service (NPS) has prepared an environmental assessment to analyze impacts associated with the construction of a proposed raw water main and treated effluent outfall by Frederick County in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The environmental assessment also provides information to be used in fulfilling Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
The environmental assessment will be made available for public comment from November 1 through November 30, 2006 on the NPS Planning, Environment & Public Comment (PEPC) website: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/choh. This site provides access to the environmental assessment and should be used to submit comments on the document.
On November 15, 2006, the NPS will hold a public meeting to elicit comments from the general public. The meeting will be held at the Administrative Offices for Frederick County Division of Utilities and Solid Waste, 4520 Metropolitan Court, Frederick, MD 21704. The meeting will held in room 108 and is scheduled from 6:00-8:00 PM
Public reading copies of the environmental assessment will be available for review at the following locations:
C&O Canal National Historical Park Headquarters 1850 Dual Highway, Suite 100 Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
C&O Canal NHP Visitor Center 40 West Potomac Street Brunswick, MD 21716
Brunswick Branch Frederick County Public Library 915 North Maple Avenue Brunswick, MD 21716
Frederick County Administration Building Division of Utilities and Solid Waste Management 4520 Metropolitan Court Frederick, MD 21904
United States Post Office 315 Brunswick Street Brunswick, MD 21716
United States Post Office 1597 Bowis Drive Point of Rocks, MD 21777
United States Post Office 5537 Mountville Road Adamstown, MD 21710
United States Post Office 4001 Buckeystown Pike Buckeystown, MD 21717
United States Post Office 5709-a Tuscarora Road Tuscarora, MD 21790
The proposed project site is located within the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park (C&O Canal NHP) at mile 44.85. The portion of the project within the C&O Canal NHP is 1,210 linear feet.
The proposed action analyzed in the environmental assessment is the construction of a raw water main and a treated effluent outfall to support programmed improvements to the Frederick County water and wastewater infrastructure system. An associated power and communication ductbank is also proposed. The purpose of the raw water main is to increase raw water conveyance capacity from the existing Potomac River intake pumping station to the existing New Design Water Treatment Plant. The purpose of the treated effluent outfall is to provide greater transport capacity to the existing Potomac River diffuser.
The environmentally preferred alternative is the construction of the raw water main and treated effluent outfall with associated power and communications ductbank.
Under the no build alternative, the raw water main and treated effluent outfall would not be constructed at the NPS site. Failure to construct the project will not satisfy the demonstrated need for regional water/wastewater system improvements.
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Last updated: April 10, 2015