CURWENSVILLE – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District (USACE Baltimore), is in the process of updating the master plan, and preparing an environmental assessment for the Curwensville Lake, located on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in Clearfield County.
The update of the plan will be in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended; the January of 2013 updates to the Engineer Regulation and Engineering Pamphlet; and the November of 2015 policy memorandum Revision to ER and EP 1130-2-550 Master Plans.
The draft master plan supplement and environmental assessment are anticipated to be publicly released in spring of 2020. The purpose of this notice is to inform the public of the initiation of the preparation of an environmental assessment for the Curwensville Lake Project Master Plan.
USACE requests that federal and state agencies provide information concerning interests within your organization’s area of responsibility or expertise, and the public provide information that may be pertinent to this assessment.
The agencies and public can provide comments or information that may be pertinent to this assessment to the address listed below until July 7. A timely review of the enclosed map and a written response will be greatly appreciated and will assist us with preparation of the environmental assessment.
A public review meeting will be held after the initial public submittal to allow opportunity for the public to submit ideas, comments and feedback on the draft master plan and draft environmental assessment.
This public review meeting will be scheduled when the draft master plan and environmental assessment have been completed. An invite will be distributed in advance of the meeting indicating the location and time of the event.
All updates regarding the master plan and public meetings may be found online.
Members of the public can request a public scoping meeting to discuss the scope and intent of this project or if there are any questions, they can contact Natural Resource Management Specialist Andy Hofmann at 410-962-4370 or at Andrew.d.Hofmann@usace.army.mil by July 7.
Additionally, questions can be mailed to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Operations Division, Subject: Curwensville Lake Project, 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21201.
Curwensville Lake was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1954, and was constructed, and is managed, by USACE for the purposes of flood risk management, water supply, recreation and environmental stewardship.
This master plan considers all USACE-managed and maintained portions of land at Curwensville Lake. It does not consider specific future development opportunities for leased areas, including Clearfield County recreation area, and lake and land areas managed by the Pennsylvania’s Fish and Boat Commission and Game Commission.
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