The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) have released a draft Environmental Assessment for a proposed two-lane boat ramp in Indianas Southern Orange County.
The agencies are accepting public comments on the proposal for the addition of a boat ramp at the Osborne Bridge area east of State Road 145, just north of the causeway. Parking at the new site would accommodate up to 45 vehicles with trailers.
Those interested in reviewing the draft assessment can download a copy from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Midwest homepage: http://midwest.fws.gov/fed_aid/download/patoka.pdf
Copies of the Environmental Assessment are also available for review from the Indiana DNR, Patoka Lake office located north of Wickliffe off of State Road 164 or by calling the office at 812-685-2464 to have a copy mailed to you.
Those interested in commenting can send written comments to:
Lucinda Corcoran
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Division of Federal Aid
1 Federal Drive
Ft. Snelling, MN 55111-4056
The Services practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home address from the public record, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law.
There also may be circumstances in which we would withhold from the public record a respondents identity, as allowable by law. If you wish to have your name and/or address withheld, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. Anonymous comments will not be accepted.
All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their entirety.
