Corps of Engineers gathering public input for Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Published Jan. 8, 2014

The St. Louis District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host three open house events to provide information and get public feedback on a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for regulating works on the Middle Mississippi River between the confluences of the Missouri and Ohio Rivers.

The open house events in Alton and Chester, Ill., and Cape Girardeau, Mo., will provide information on the Corps of Engineers' river engineering mission with subject matter experts available to answer questions.

Tuesday, Jan. 14
5-7pm
National Great Rivers Museum - Classroom
#2 Locks and Dam Way, Alton, Ill. 62002

Wednesday, Jan. 15
5-7pm
Chester City Hall
1330 Swanwick Street, Chester, Ill. 62233

Thursday, Jan. 16
5-7pm
Cape Girardeau Nature Center - Multipurpose room
2289 County Park Drive
Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63701

The Corps of Engineers ensures America's inland waterways are navigable for commerce through various means, including locks and dams, dredging, river training structures and revetments. The St. Louis District manages 300 miles of the Mississippi River, which includes the 195 mile long Middle Mississippi River.

Since the production of the Final Environmental Statement, Mississippi River between the Ohio and Missouri Rivers, Regulating Works (1976 EIS), there has been a large amount of new information and circumstances relating to potential environmental impacts on the Middle Mississippi River. Therefore, the St. Louis District is preparing a Supplemental EIS. The SEIS will cover the use of river training structures, bank line revetments, dredging, the Chain of Rocks Canal and Locks (Locks 27), and the Low Water Dam (Dam No. 27). The St. Louis District is preparing the SEIS in the interest of environmental stewardship, incorporating new information and reflecting the best science in our work.

Information on river engineering and the Corps' navigation mission can be found at the St. Louis District web site: www.mvs.usace.army.mil.


Contact
Michael Petersen
314-331-8002
michael.w.petersen@usace.army.mil

Release no. 14-010