TVA Seeks Public Comment on Pickwick Reservoir Land Management Plan
May 3 , 2002
TVA is seeking public input on an environmental review of plans to update the 1981 Pickwick Reservoir Land Management Plan.
Open house meetings are scheduled in Muscle Shoals, Alabama; in Iuka, Mississippi; and in Memphis and Pickwick Dam, Tennessee between May 7 and 21.
TVA staff will be available at the meetings to answer questions and hear comments about a draft environmental impact statement regarding the land management plan. The plan will be used by TVA to guide future resource management and property administration decisions.
Open
houses are scheduled from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on these dates at the following
locations:
- Environmental Research Center Auditorium on the TVA Reservation at Muscle Shoals, Tuesday, May 7
- Tishomingo County
High School, 701 Highway 72, Iuka, Mississippi, Tuesday, May 14
- Adam’s Mark
Hotel, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd., Memphis, Tennessee, Thursday, May 16
- Pickwick Landing
State Park Resort, Pickwick Dam, Tennessee, Tuesday, May 21.
The draft environmental impact statement examines the potential effects of continuing to manage public lands on Pickwick Reservoir under the existing 1981 plan or adopting one of two proposed alternatives. Changes proposed in the alternatives are based on technical staff evaluations, reservoir data collected, and public input.
The alternatives under consideration seek to integrate land and water resources protection needs and balance competing resource uses, while providing for optimum public benefit from use of the land.
Copies of the draft environmental impact statement are available to the public at area libraries and courthouses. It also can be viewed on this site.
The public may comment on the draft environmental impact statement at the meetings or by submitting comments to Chellye Campbell, TVA, P.O. Box 1010 (SB 1H), Muscle Shoals, AL 35662, or by e-mail to tvainfo@tva.com (Attn.: Chellye Campbell). Comments must be submitted by June 9.
TVA is the nation’s largest public power producer, and its power system is self-financed. TVA provides power to large industries and 158 power distributors that serve 8.3 million consumers in seven southeastern states.
Media Contact:
Terry Johnson, Muscle Shoals (256-386-3076) or TVA News Bureau, Knoxville (865-632-6000)
