FLOOD03889

• County: Statewide
• Community: Harrison County, Iowa
• Stream Name: Missouri River Miles 651-64905
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: California Bend Habitat Restoration/Preservation Project Volume 1
• Date: 10/1/1994
• Prepared For: US Army Corps of Engineers
• Prepared By: Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc.
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Project

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MISSOURI RIVER BANK STABILIZATION AND NAVIGATION
FISH AND WILDLIFE MITIGATION PROJECT
DEFINITE PROJECT REPORT
WITH
INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
AND SECTION 404(b)(1) EVALUATION

CALIFORNIA BEND HABITAT RESTORATION/PRESERVATION PROJECT

1. INTRODUCTION

a. Purpose: The purpose of this report is to present a detailed proposal for the
restoration/preservation of terrestrial and aquatic habitat along the Missouri River at California
Bend in Harrison County, Iowa. This Definite Project Report (DPR) provides planning,
engineering, and sufficient construction details for the selected plan to allow final design and
construction to proceed subsequent to approval of this document. The report also addresses the
requirements of pertinent environmental regulations, such as the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) of 1969 as amended, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Regulations for
Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA, the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973
as amended, the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as amended, and Section 404(b)(1)
of the Clean Water Act of 1986.

b. Authority: The Missouri River Bank Stabilization and Navigation Fish and Wildlife
Mitigation Project, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska was authorized by Section 601(a) of
the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-662). Title VI of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1986 authorized the mitigation project in accordance with the
plans and subject to the conditions recommended in the "Missouri River Stabilization and
Navigation Project Final Feasibility Report and Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for
the Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Plan" (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1981). The goal of the
mitigation project is to restore, preserve, and develop 18,200 acres of existing public lands and
to acquire and develop 29,900 acres of nonpublic land. A total of 48,100 acres of land in the
four affected States would be acquired, restored, preserved, and developed for the mitigation
project. Allocation of the acreages by the affected states are presented in the report entitled
"Missouri River Bank Stabilization and Navigation Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Project,
Reaffirmation Report" (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1990) as presented in Table 1.

c. Previous Reports: The following reports previously prepared are pertinent to the
California Bend Definite Project Report:

(1) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Division. 1981. Missouri
River Bank Stabilization and Navigation Project, Final Feasibility Report
and Final EIS for the Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Plan.

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