Federal Register - "Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Feasibility Report for the Can o Marti n Pen a Ecosystem Restoration, San Juan, PR"

Title: Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Feasibility Report for the Can o Marti n Pen a Ecosystem Restoration, San Juan, PR Source: Federal Register Data/Action: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (Notice) Date: 11/16/2012 Text Preview: -Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (on Essential Fish Habitat)] and Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. The proposed action is also being coordinated with the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Other Environmental Review and strong Federal interest in proceeding to the feasibility phase. [[Page 68749]] Background: The CMP is a tidal channel 3.75 miles long in metropolitan San Juan, Puerto Rico and one of eight interconnected bodies of water within the SJBE, the only tropical estuary in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Estuary Program (NEP). The SJBE interior coastal lagoons and tidal channels are connected to the Atlantic Ocean at both ends. Extending from east to west through eight densely populated impoverished communities in San Juan, the CMP connects the San Juan Bay with the San Jose and