Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Initiate the Public Scoping Period and Host Public Scoping Meetings for the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (“GLMRIS”)-Evaluation of Aquatic Nuisance Species Controls Near Brandon Road Lock and Dam, 69099-69100 [2014-27531]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS),
Initiate the Public Scoping Period and
Host Public Scoping Meetings for the
Great Lakes and Mississippi River
Interbasin Study (‘‘GLMRIS’’)—
Evaluation of Aquatic Nuisance
Species Controls Near Brandon Road
Lock and Dam
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The Chicago District, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
announces its intent to (1) prepare a
Draft EIS, (2) accept public comments
and (3) host public scoping meetings in
Lemont, Illinois at Argonne National
Laboratories and Chicago, Illinois for
GLMRIS—Evaluation of Aquatic
Nuisance Species Controls near
Brandon Road Lock and Dam
(GLMRIS—Brandon Road).
In collaboration with other Federal,
State, and local agencies as well as nongovernmental entities, USACE is
evaluating structural and nonstructural
options and technologies near the
Brandon Road Lock and Dam site. This
effort is an interim response to the
GLMRIS authority. The purpose of the
GLMRIS—Brandon Road evaluation is
to consider a control point to reduce the
risk of upstream transfer of ANS, from
the Mississippi River (MR) Basin into
the Great Lakes (GL) Basin through the
Chicago Area Waterway System
(CAWS), to the maximum extent
possible. The GLMRIS—Brandon Road
effort will seek to minimize adverse
impacts to waterway users or resources.
DATES: The NEPA scoping period ends
on January 16, 2015. The GLMRIS—
Brandon Road NEPA Public Scoping
meetings are scheduled for December 6,
2014 in Lemont, Illinois at Argonne
National Laboratories, and December 9,
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2014 in Chicago, Illinois. Please refer to
the ‘‘Scoping and Public Involvement’’
section below for information regarding
the public scoping meeting and for
instructions on how to submit public
comments.
For
further information and/or questions
about GLMRIS, please contact USACE,
Chicago District, Project Manager, Mr.
David Wethington, by mail: USACE,
Chicago District, 231 S. LaSalle, Suite
1500, Chicago, Illinois 60604, or by
email: david.m.wethington@
usace.army.mil.
For media inquiries, please contact
USACE, Chicago District, Public Affairs
Officer, Ms. Lynne Whelan, by mail:
USACE, Chicago District, 231 S. LaSalle,
Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 60604, by
phone: 312.846.5330 or by email:
lynne.e.whelan@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background. In January 2014,
USACE released the GLMRIS Report,
which evaluated the potential range of
alternatives to control ANS transfer
between the GL and MR basins via the
CAWS. In GLMRIS, USACE has
interpreted the term ‘‘prevent’’ to mean
the reduction of risk to the maximum
extent possible, because it may not be
technologically feasible to achieve an
absolute solution.
The GLMRIS Report identified eight
alternatives, six of which were
structural alternatives. Three structural
alternatives established an ANS control
point near Brandon Road Lock and Dam
in Joliet, Illinois. The GLMRIS Report
identified the Brandon Road control
point as a single location that can
address upstream transfer of MR ANS
through the CAWS.
Based on evaluations presented in the
GLMRIS Report and in response to
stakeholder input, USACE has been
directed by the Assistant Secretary of
the Army (Civil Works) to proceed with
a formal evaluation of potential ANS
controls to be applied near the Brandon
Road Lock and Dam, located near Joliet,
Illinois. The GLMRIS—Brandon Road
effort will evaluate the range of options
or technologies available to prevent
additional MR ANS transfer through the
CAWS into the GL Basin.
This effort will assess the potential of
various ANS controls to address the
one-way, upstream transfer of ANS
through the approach channel and/or
lock chamber at Brandon Road Lock and
Dam, and seek to minimize any adverse
impacts to waterway users or resources.
The Brandon Road Lock and Dam
Historic District includes the Brandon
Road Lock and Dam and was
retroactively listed on the National
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Register of Historic Places on March 11,
2004.
GLMRIS will be conducted in
accordance with NEPA and with the
Economic and Environmental Principles
and Guidelines for Water and Related
Land Resource Implementation Studies,
Water Resources Council, March 10,
1983.
2. Scoping and Public Involvement.
USACE will accept comments related to
GLMRIS—Brandon Road until January
16, 2014.
All forms of comments received
during the scoping period will be
weighted equally. Using input obtained
during the scoping period, USACE will
refine the scope of GLMRIS to focus on
significant issues, as well as eliminate
issues that are not significant from
further detailed study.
Comments may be submitted in the
following ways:
• GLMRIS project Web site: Use the
web comment function found at https://
glmris.anl.gov/.
• NEPA Scoping Meeting: USACE is
hosting scoping meetings and asks those
who wish to make oral comments in
person to register on the GLMRIS
project Web site at https://glmris.anl
.gov/. Each meeting’s on-line
registration to speak will be closed at 10
a.m. central time the day of the meeting.
Those who do not register to speak via
the GLMRIS Web site may register at the
meeting. Those registering through the
Web site may be given a preference over
those that register to make an oral
comment at the meeting. Each
individual wishing to make oral
comments shall be given three (3)
minutes, and a stenographer will
document oral comments;
• Mail: Mail written comments to
GLMRIS—Brandon Road Scoping, 231
S. LaSalle, Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois
60604. Comments must be postmarked
by January 16, 2014; and
• Hand Delivery: Comments may be
hand-delivered to the Chicago District,
USACE office located at 231 S. LaSalle,
Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 60604
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Comments must be received by January
16, 2014.
The public meetings will begin with
a brief presentation regarding the study
followed by an oral comment period.
During the meeting, USACE will also
collect written comments.
The public meetings are scheduled for
the following:
• 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday,
December 6, 2014, at Argonne National
Laboratory’s Theory and Computing
Sciences Building, located at Theory
and Computing Sciences Building,
Building 240, Argonne National
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Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue,
Argonne, Illinois 60439 (directions
available on the GLMRIS project Web
site), and
• 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday,
December 9, 2014, at the Gleacher
Center, located at 450 North Cityfront
Plaza Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
Please see the GLMRIS project Web site
at https://glmris.anl.gov/ for directions,
more information regarding the meeting
and if you wish to make an oral
comment.
Comments received during the
scoping period will be posted on the
GLMRIS project Web site and will
become part of the EIS.
If you require assistance under the
Americans with Disabilities Act, please
contact Ms. Lynne Whelan via email at
lynne.e.whelan@usace.army.mil or
phone at (312) 846–5330 at least seven
(7) working days prior to the meeting to
request arrangements.
3. Significant Issues. Issues associated
with the proposed study are likely to
include, but will not be limited to
impacts of ANS on current waterway
uses and resources; impacts of potential
ANS controls on current waterway uses
and resources; and statutory and legal
responsibilities relative to the lakes and
waterways. Examples of waterway uses
and resources that may be impacted by
ANS include significant natural
resources such as ecosystems and
threatened and endangered species,
commercial and recreational fisheries,
and current recreational uses of the
lakes and waterways. Examples of
current waterway uses that may be
impacted by potential ANS controls are
commercial and recreational navigation,
flood risk management and water
supply and quality.
4. Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement.
Availability of the Draft EIS is
contingent upon sufficient allocation of
funding for the study. Draft EIS
availability will be announced to the
public in the Federal Register in
compliance with 40 CFR 1506.9 and
1506.10.
5. Authority. This action is being
undertaken pursuant to the Water
Resources and Development Act of
2007, Section 3061, Pub. L. 110–114,
121 STAT. 1121, and the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq., as
amended.
Dated: November 14, 2014.
Susanne J. Davis, P.E.,
Chief, Planning Branch, Chicago District,
Corps of Engineers.
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[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0152]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request;
Personal Authentication Service (PAS)
for FSA ID
Federal Student Aid (FSA),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
20, 2015.
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submitted electronically through the
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or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov
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Please note that comments submitted by
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addressed to the Director of the
Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ,
Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E103,
Washington, DC 20202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Beth
Grebeldinger, 202 377–4018.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
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ID enables electronic authentication and
authorization of users for FSA webbased applications and information and
protects users from unauthorized access
to user accounts on all protected FSA
sites.
Dated: November 17, 2014.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS), Initiate the Public Scoping Period and Host Public
Scoping Meetings for the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin
Study (``GLMRIS'')--Evaluation of Aquatic Nuisance Species Controls
Near Brandon Road Lock and Dam
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Chicago District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
announces its intent to (1) prepare a Draft EIS, (2) accept public
comments and (3) host public scoping meetings in Lemont, Illinois at
Argonne National Laboratories and Chicago, Illinois for GLMRIS--
Evaluation of Aquatic Nuisance Species Controls near Brandon Road Lock
and Dam (GLMRIS--Brandon Road).
In collaboration with other Federal, State, and local agencies as
well as non-governmental entities, USACE is evaluating structural and
nonstructural options and technologies near the Brandon Road Lock and
Dam site. This effort is an interim response to the GLMRIS authority.
The purpose of the GLMRIS--Brandon Road evaluation is to consider a
control point to reduce the risk of upstream transfer of ANS, from the
Mississippi River (MR) Basin into the Great Lakes (GL) Basin through
the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS), to the maximum extent
possible. The GLMRIS--Brandon Road effort will seek to minimize adverse
impacts to waterway users or resources.
DATES: The NEPA scoping period ends on January 16, 2015. The GLMRIS--
Brandon Road NEPA Public Scoping meetings are scheduled for December 6,
2014 in Lemont, Illinois at Argonne National Laboratories, and December
9, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. Please refer to the ``Scoping and Public
Involvement'' section below for information regarding the public
scoping meeting and for instructions on how to submit public comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or
questions about GLMRIS, please contact USACE, Chicago District, Project
Manager, Mr. David Wethington, by mail: USACE, Chicago District, 231 S.
LaSalle, Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 60604, or by email:
david.m.wethington@usace.army.mil.
For media inquiries, please contact USACE, Chicago District, Public
Affairs Officer, Ms. Lynne Whelan, by mail: USACE, Chicago District,
231 S. LaSalle, Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 60604, by phone:
312.846.5330 or by email: lynne.e.whelan@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background. In January 2014, USACE released the GLMRIS Report,
which evaluated the potential range of alternatives to control ANS
transfer between the GL and MR basins via the CAWS. In GLMRIS, USACE
has interpreted the term ``prevent'' to mean the reduction of risk to
the maximum extent possible, because it may not be technologically
feasible to achieve an absolute solution.
The GLMRIS Report identified eight alternatives, six of which were
structural alternatives. Three structural alternatives established an
ANS control point near Brandon Road Lock and Dam in Joliet, Illinois.
The GLMRIS Report identified the Brandon Road control point as a single
location that can address upstream transfer of MR ANS through the CAWS.
Based on evaluations presented in the GLMRIS Report and in response
to stakeholder input, USACE has been directed by the Assistant
Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) to proceed with a formal evaluation
of potential ANS controls to be applied near the Brandon Road Lock and
Dam, located near Joliet, Illinois. The GLMRIS--Brandon Road effort
will evaluate the range of options or technologies available to prevent
additional MR ANS transfer through the CAWS into the GL Basin.
This effort will assess the potential of various ANS controls to
address the one-way, upstream transfer of ANS through the approach
channel and/or lock chamber at Brandon Road Lock and Dam, and seek to
minimize any adverse impacts to waterway users or resources.
The Brandon Road Lock and Dam Historic District includes the
Brandon Road Lock and Dam and was retroactively listed on the National
Register of Historic Places on March 11, 2004.
GLMRIS will be conducted in accordance with NEPA and with the
Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and
Related Land Resource Implementation Studies, Water Resources Council,
March 10, 1983.
2. Scoping and Public Involvement. USACE will accept comments
related to GLMRIS--Brandon Road until January 16, 2014.
All forms of comments received during the scoping period will be
weighted equally. Using input obtained during the scoping period, USACE
will refine the scope of GLMRIS to focus on significant issues, as well
as eliminate issues that are not significant from further detailed
study.
Comments may be submitted in the following ways:
GLMRIS project Web site: Use the web comment function
found at https://glmris.anl.gov/.
NEPA Scoping Meeting: USACE is hosting scoping meetings
and asks those who wish to make oral comments in person to register on
the GLMRIS project Web site at https://glmris.anl.gov/. Each meeting's
on-line registration to speak will be closed at 10 a.m. central time
the day of the meeting. Those who do not register to speak via the
GLMRIS Web site may register at the meeting. Those registering through
the Web site may be given a preference over those that register to make
an oral comment at the meeting. Each individual wishing to make oral
comments shall be given three (3) minutes, and a stenographer will
document oral comments;
Mail: Mail written comments to GLMRIS--Brandon Road
Scoping, 231 S. LaSalle, Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Comments
must be postmarked by January 16, 2014; and
Hand Delivery: Comments may be hand-delivered to the
Chicago District, USACE office located at 231 S. LaSalle, Suite 1500,
Chicago, Illinois 60604 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Comments must
be received by January 16, 2014.
The public meetings will begin with a brief presentation regarding
the study followed by an oral comment period. During the meeting, USACE
will also collect written comments.
The public meetings are scheduled for the following:
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 6, 2014, at
Argonne National Laboratory's Theory and Computing Sciences Building,
located at Theory and Computing Sciences Building, Building 240,
Argonne National
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Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (directions
available on the GLMRIS project Web site), and
3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at
the Gleacher Center, located at 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive,
Chicago, Illinois 60611.
Please see the GLMRIS project Web site at https://glmris.anl.gov/ for
directions, more information regarding the meeting and if you wish to
make an oral comment.
Comments received during the scoping period will be posted on the
GLMRIS project Web site and will become part of the EIS.
If you require assistance under the Americans with Disabilities
Act, please contact Ms. Lynne Whelan via email at
lynne.e.whelan@usace.army.mil or phone at (312) 846-5330 at least seven
(7) working days prior to the meeting to request arrangements.
3. Significant Issues. Issues associated with the proposed study
are likely to include, but will not be limited to impacts of ANS on
current waterway uses and resources; impacts of potential ANS controls
on current waterway uses and resources; and statutory and legal
responsibilities relative to the lakes and waterways. Examples of
waterway uses and resources that may be impacted by ANS include
significant natural resources such as ecosystems and threatened and
endangered species, commercial and recreational fisheries, and current
recreational uses of the lakes and waterways. Examples of current
waterway uses that may be impacted by potential ANS controls are
commercial and recreational navigation, flood risk management and water
supply and quality.
4. Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
Availability of the Draft EIS is contingent upon sufficient allocation
of funding for the study. Draft EIS availability will be announced to
the public in the Federal Register in compliance with 40 CFR 1506.9 and
1506.10.
5. Authority. This action is being undertaken pursuant to the Water
Resources and Development Act of 2007, Section 3061, Pub. L. 110-114,
121 STAT. 1121, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq., as amended.
Dated: November 14, 2014.
Susanne J. Davis, P.E.,
Chief, Planning Branch, Chicago District, Corps of Engineers.
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