Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Cambria Water Supply Project, San Luis Obispo County, CA, 11084-11085 [2012-4313]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
Army Education Advisory Committee
Meeting
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5
U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the
Sunshine in the Government Act of
1976 (U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 41
Code of the Federal Regulations (CFR
102–3. 140 through 160, the Department
of the Army announces the following
committee meeting:
Name of Committee: Army Education
Advisory Committee (AEAC).
Date of Meeting: March 14–15, 2012.
Time of Meeting: 0800–1600.
Place of Meeting: Deputy Chief of
Staff G–3/5/7 Conference Room, 950
Jefferson Ave., Building 950, 3rd Floor,
Ft. Eustis, VA.
Proposed Agenda: Purpose of the
meeting is to gather and review
information, discuss, and deliberate
issues related to shifting Army training
from an instructor-centric to a learnercentric paradigm required by the Army
2020 learning environment. The agenda
will include topics relating Arm
Learning Model 2015 and to support
context-based, collaborative, problemcentered instruction.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information please contact Mr. Wayne
Joyner, Designated Federal Officer, at
albert.w.joyner.civ@mail.mil, (757) 501–
5810, or to the following address: Army
Education Advisory Committee,
Designated Federal Officer, Attn:
ATTG–OPS–EI (Joyner), 950 Jefferson
Ave., Building 950, Ft. Eustis, Virginia
23604.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting of
the Advisory Committee is open to the
public and any member of the public
wishing to attend this meeting should
contact the Designated Federal Officer
previously listed at least ten calendar
days prior to the meeting for
information on base entry. Individuals
without a DoD Government Common
Access Card require an escort at the
meeting location. Attendance will be
limited to those persons who have
notified the Committee Management
Office of their intention to attend.
Filing Written Statement: Pursuant to
41 CFR 102–3.140d, the Committee is
not obligated to allow the public to
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speak, however, any member of the
public wishing to provide input to the
Committee should submit a written
statement in accordance with 41 CFR
102–3.140(c) and section 10(a)(3) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act and
the procedures described in this
paragraph. Written statements can be
submitted to the Designated Federal
Officer at the address listed (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Statements being submitted in response
to the agenda mentioned in this notice
must be received at least ten calendar
days prior to the meeting which is the
subject of this notice. Written
statements received after this date may
not be provided to or considered by the
Advisory Committee until its next
meeting. The Designated Federal Officer
will review all timely submissions with
the Advisory Committee Chairperson
and ensure they are provided to
members of the Board before the
meeting that is the subject of this notice.
After reviewing written comments, the
Chairperson and the Designated Federal
Officer may choose to invite the
submitter of the comments to orally
present their issue during open portion
of this meeting or at a future meeting.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report for the
Proposed Cambria Water Supply
Project, San Luis Obispo County, CA
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
The Los Angeles District of
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(Corps) and Cambria Community
Services District (CCSD), the nonFederal sponsor under a Project
Cooperation Agreement dated March 27,
2006, intend to jointly prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR)
to study, plan, and implement a project
to provide for a reliable water supply for
the community of Cambria in San Luis
Obispo County. The relatively remote
location of Cambria has resulted in the
area relying solely upon local
groundwater for its current water
supply. The groundwater supplies from
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the Santa Rosa and San Simeon
groundwater basins no longer are
adequate to meet existing demand under
extreme drought conditions or to meet
projected future demand in most years.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
March 24, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Kathleen Anderson, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles
District, P.O. Box 532711, Los Angeles,
CA 90053–2325.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathleen Anderson, (818) 776–9049 Ext.
2106; or Email at
kathleen.s.anderson@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corps
intends to prepare a joint EIS/EIR to
assess the environmental effects
associated with the proposed project.
CCSD is the state lead agency for the EIR
pursuant to the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
1. Authorization. The proposed
project would be conducted in
accordance with Section 219 of the
Water Resources Development Act
(WRDA) of 1992 (Pub. L. 102–580), as
amended, which states in part:
* * * (a) IN GENERAL—The Secretary is
authorized to provide assistance to nonFederal interests for carrying out waterrelated environmental infrastructure and
resource protection and development
projects described in subsection (c),
including waste water treatment and related
facilities and water supply, storage,
treatment, and distribution facilities. Such
assistance may be in the form of technical
and planning and design assistance. If the
Secretary is to provide any design or
engineering assistance to carry out a project
under this section, the Secretary shall obtain
by procurement from private sources all
services necessary for the Secretary to
provide such assistance, unless the Secretary
finds that (1) the service would require the
use of a new technology unavailable in the
private sector, or (2) a solicitation or request
for proposal has failed to attract 2 or more
bids or proposals.
(f) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE—The
Secretary may provide assistance under
subsection (a) and assistance for construction
for the following:
(48) CAMBRIA, CALIFORNIA—
$10,300,000 for desalination infrastructure,
Cambria, California.
2. Background: Cambria, an
unincorporated community, is located
in the coastal region of central
California, in the northwestern portion
of San Luis Obispo County. Cambria lies
within the Santa Rosa Creek Valley.
Located along Highway 1, Cambria is
approximately 35 miles north of San
Luis Obispo and approximately four
miles south of San Simeon. The primary
transportation corridor that bisects
Cambria is Highway 1, which traverses
the community in a north-south
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orientation. Currently, Cambria has a
population of approximately 6,400
permanent residents with a substantial
tourist and second home population.
The CCSD provides water supply,
wastewater collection and treatment,
fire protection, garbage collection, and a
limited amount of street lighting and
recreation. The CCSD currently serves a
population of about 6,400 as well as a
large number of visitors to the Central
Coast and covers approximately four
square miles. The relatively remote
location of Cambria has resulted in the
area relying solely upon local
groundwater for its water supply.
3. Proposed Project. To study, plan,
and implement a project to provide for
a reliable water supply for the
community of Cambria in San Luis
Obispo County, CA.
4. Alternatives. Potential water supply
alternatives were compiled from studies
conducted by the CCSD over a period of
more than ten years identifying and
evaluating potential sources of
additional potable water for CCSD. The
alternatives initially being considered
for the proposed project include
seawater desalination, local and
imported surface water, groundwater,
hard rock drilling, and seasonal
reservoir storage.
5. Scoping Process.
a. Potential impacts associated with
the proposed project will be fully
evaluated. Resource categories that will
be analyzed include: Physical
environment, geology, biological
resources, air quality, water quality,
recreational usage, aesthetics, cultural
resources, transportation, noise,
hazardous waste, socioeconomics and
safety.
b. The Corps intends to hold a public
scoping meeting(s) for the EIS/EIR to aid
in the determination of significant
environmental issues associated with
the proposed project. Affected federal,
state and local resource agencies, Native
American groups and concerned interest
groups/individuals are encouraged to
participate in the scoping process.
Public participation is critical in
defining the scope of analysis in the
Draft EIS/EIR, identifying significant
environmental issues in the Draft EIS/
EIR, providing useful information such
as published and unpublished data, and
knowledge of relevant issues and
recommending mitigation measures to
offset potential impacts from proposed
actions. The time and location of the
public scoping meeting will be
advertised in letters, public
announcements and news releases.
c. Individuals and agencies may offer
information or data relevant to the
environmental or socioeconomic
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impacts of the proposed project by
submitting comments, suggestions, and
requests to be placed on the mailing list
for announcements to (see ADDRESSES)
or the following email address:
kathleen.s.anderson@usace.army.mil.
d. The project will require
concurrence by the California Coastal
Commission with the federal Coastal
Consistency Determination in
accordance with the Coastal Zone
Management Act, as well as certification
under Section 401 of the Clean Water
Act from the Regional Water Quality
Control Board. Depending upon the
recommended alternative, the project
may also require additional real
property rights for construction and
operation of a facility, and compliance
with the Endangered Species Act.
6. Scoping Meeting Date, Time, and
Location. The Public Scoping Meeting
will take place on March 15, 2012, 7
p.m. to 9 p.m., Veterans Hall, 1000 Main
Street, Cambria, CA 93428.
7. Availability of the Draft EIS/EIR.
The Draft EIS/EIR is scheduled to be
published and circulated in September
2012. Pursuant to CEQA, a public
hearing on the EIS/EIR will be held by
the CCSD following its publication.
Dated: February 15, 2012.
R. Mark Toy,
Colonel, U.S. Army, Commander and District
Engineer, Los Angeles District.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the Installation of a Terminal Groin
Structure at Lockwood Folly Inlet and
to Conduct Supplemental Beach
Nourishment Along the Eastern
Oceanfront Shoreline of Holden Beach,
in Brunswick County, NC
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE), Wilmington
District, Wilmington Regulatory Field
Office has received a request for
Department of the Army authorization,
pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean
Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers
and Harbor Act, from the Town of
Holden Beach to develop and
implement a shoreline protection plan
that includes the installation of a
terminal groin structure on the west side
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of Lockwood Folly Inlet (a federally
maintained navigational channel) and
the nourishment of the oceanfront
shoreline along the eastern end of
Holden Beach.
DATES: A public scoping meeting for the
Draft EIS will be held at Holden Beach
Town Hall, located at 110 Rothschild
Street in Holden Beach, on March 8,
2012 at 6 p.m. Written comments will
be received until March 26, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and
questions regarding scoping of the Draft
EIS may be submitted to: U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District,
Regulatory Division. ATTN: File
Number 2011–01914, 69 Darlington
Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28403.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposed action
and Draft EIS can be directed to Mr.
Mickey Sugg, Project Manager,
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office,
telephone: (910) 251–4811. Additional
description of the Town’s proposal can
be found at the following link, https://
www.saw.usace.army.mil/WETLANDS/
Projects/, under Holden
Beach Terminal Groin and Nourishment
Project.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Project
Description. Over the past decades, the
eastern end of Holden Beach has
experienced consistent and relatively
severe erosional conditions along the
oceanfront shoreline and primary dune
system. As a result of chronic erosion,
the Town has implemented, typically in
coordination with the U.S. Corps of
Engineers federal channel maintenance
dredging, periodic beach nourishment
activities within this eastern stretch and
near the inlet. These measures have
been short-term in nature; and it is the
Town’s desire to implement a long-term
beach and dune stabilization strategy.
As stated by the Town, this strategy
would help protect public and private
infrastructure from future storms. Their
proposal includes constructing a
terminal groin near the Lockwood Folly
Inlet (western side) and conducting
supplemental sand placement along the
eastern end of the island. Final locations
and placement of sand will be
determined during the project design
process. For the groin structure, final
location and design has yet to be
determined. No groin structure is
proposed on the opposite, or eastern,
side of Lockwood Folly Inlet.
2. Issues. There are several potential
environmental and public interest
issues that will be addressed in the EIS.
Additional issues may be identified
during the scoping process. Issues
initially identified as potentially
significant include:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Cambria Water Supply
Project, San Luis Obispo County, CA
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The Los Angeles District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(Corps) and Cambria Community Services District (CCSD), the non-Federal
sponsor under a Project Cooperation Agreement dated March 27, 2006,
intend to jointly prepare an Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) to study, plan, and implement a
project to provide for a reliable water supply for the community of
Cambria in San Luis Obispo County. The relatively remote location of
Cambria has resulted in the area relying solely upon local groundwater
for its current water supply. The groundwater supplies from the Santa
Rosa and San Simeon groundwater basins no longer are adequate to meet
existing demand under extreme drought conditions or to meet projected
future demand in most years.
DATES: Submit comments on or before March 24, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Kathleen Anderson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles
District, P.O. Box 532711, Los Angeles, CA 90053-2325.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Anderson, (818) 776-9049 Ext.
2106; or Email at kathleen.s.anderson@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corps intends to prepare a joint EIS/EIR
to assess the environmental effects associated with the proposed
project. CCSD is the state lead agency for the EIR pursuant to the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
1. Authorization. The proposed project would be conducted in
accordance with Section 219 of the Water Resources Development Act
(WRDA) of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-580), as amended, which states in part:
* * * (a) IN GENERAL--The Secretary is authorized to provide
assistance to non-Federal interests for carrying out water-related
environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development
projects described in subsection (c), including waste water
treatment and related facilities and water supply, storage,
treatment, and distribution facilities. Such assistance may be in
the form of technical and planning and design assistance. If the
Secretary is to provide any design or engineering assistance to
carry out a project under this section, the Secretary shall obtain
by procurement from private sources all services necessary for the
Secretary to provide such assistance, unless the Secretary finds
that (1) the service would require the use of a new technology
unavailable in the private sector, or (2) a solicitation or request
for proposal has failed to attract 2 or more bids or proposals.
(f) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE--The Secretary may provide assistance
under subsection (a) and assistance for construction for the
following:
(48) CAMBRIA, CALIFORNIA--$10,300,000 for desalination
infrastructure, Cambria, California.
2. Background: Cambria, an unincorporated community, is located in
the coastal region of central California, in the northwestern portion
of San Luis Obispo County. Cambria lies within the Santa Rosa Creek
Valley. Located along Highway 1, Cambria is approximately 35 miles
north of San Luis Obispo and approximately four miles south of San
Simeon. The primary transportation corridor that bisects Cambria is
Highway 1, which traverses the community in a north-south
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orientation. Currently, Cambria has a population of approximately 6,400
permanent residents with a substantial tourist and second home
population.
The CCSD provides water supply, wastewater collection and
treatment, fire protection, garbage collection, and a limited amount of
street lighting and recreation. The CCSD currently serves a population
of about 6,400 as well as a large number of visitors to the Central
Coast and covers approximately four square miles. The relatively remote
location of Cambria has resulted in the area relying solely upon local
groundwater for its water supply.
3. Proposed Project. To study, plan, and implement a project to
provide for a reliable water supply for the community of Cambria in San
Luis Obispo County, CA.
4. Alternatives. Potential water supply alternatives were compiled
from studies conducted by the CCSD over a period of more than ten years
identifying and evaluating potential sources of additional potable
water for CCSD. The alternatives initially being considered for the
proposed project include seawater desalination, local and imported
surface water, groundwater, hard rock drilling, and seasonal reservoir
storage.
5. Scoping Process.
a. Potential impacts associated with the proposed project will be
fully evaluated. Resource categories that will be analyzed include:
Physical environment, geology, biological resources, air quality, water
quality, recreational usage, aesthetics, cultural resources,
transportation, noise, hazardous waste, socioeconomics and safety.
b. The Corps intends to hold a public scoping meeting(s) for the
EIS/EIR to aid in the determination of significant environmental issues
associated with the proposed project. Affected federal, state and local
resource agencies, Native American groups and concerned interest
groups/individuals are encouraged to participate in the scoping
process. Public participation is critical in defining the scope of
analysis in the Draft EIS/EIR, identifying significant environmental
issues in the Draft EIS/EIR, providing useful information such as
published and unpublished data, and knowledge of relevant issues and
recommending mitigation measures to offset potential impacts from
proposed actions. The time and location of the public scoping meeting
will be advertised in letters, public announcements and news releases.
c. Individuals and agencies may offer information or data relevant
to the environmental or socioeconomic impacts of the proposed project
by submitting comments, suggestions, and requests to be placed on the
mailing list for announcements to (see ADDRESSES) or the following
email address: kathleen.s.anderson@usace.army.mil.
d. The project will require concurrence by the California Coastal
Commission with the federal Coastal Consistency Determination in
accordance with the Coastal Zone Management Act, as well as
certification under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act from the
Regional Water Quality Control Board. Depending upon the recommended
alternative, the project may also require additional real property
rights for construction and operation of a facility, and compliance
with the Endangered Species Act.
6. Scoping Meeting Date, Time, and Location. The Public Scoping
Meeting will take place on March 15, 2012, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Veterans
Hall, 1000 Main Street, Cambria, CA 93428.
7. Availability of the Draft EIS/EIR. The Draft EIS/EIR is
scheduled to be published and circulated in September 2012. Pursuant to
CEQA, a public hearing on the EIS/EIR will be held by the CCSD
following its publication.
Dated: February 15, 2012.
R. Mark Toy,
Colonel, U.S. Army, Commander and District Engineer, Los Angeles
District.
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