Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Permit Application for the Proposed Timber Branch Subdivision Phase II, Near Covington, St. Tammany Parish, LA, 12854-12855 [05-5123]
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resulted in abundance estimates ranging
from 313 to 435, with no clear trend.
Since 1999 the subsistence harvest of
this stock has been significantly
restricted as compared to previous years
(down to 0–2 whales annually).
However, the population has not shown
any significant response as was
expected following the restriction on the
number of animals taken in the
subsistence harvest.
This draft Plan delineates reasonable
actions necessary to protect the depleted
Cook Inlet beluga whales under the
MMPA. The conservation strategy
outlined in the Plan is meant to guide
Federal and other actions toward the
goal of recovering the Cook Inlet beluga
whales.
The Plan provides a description of the
biology and life history of the Cook Inlet
stock of beluga whales, a description of
the population trends in recent decades
and their current depleted status under
the MMPA, and management goals and
objectives for recovery of the stock. The
Plan also outlines known and possible
factors that may be influencing the stock
including natural factors such as
stranding events, predation, disease and
environmental change, and humaninduced factors that may be, or have
been in recent years, influencing trends
in the abundance of this stock. These
human-induced factors include the
subsistence harvest, commercial fishing
and its potential to influence prey
availability, pollution in the inlet, vessel
traffic, noise, oil and gas development
and possible effects from research
activities.
The Plan outlines a conservation
strategy that addresses each of the
natural and human-induced factors that
may be influencing the recovery of the
stock. It also outlines a monitoring
strategy for future subsistence harvests
and the development and use of beluga
whale habitat in Cook Inlet, and a
research plan as part of the monitoring
and recovery strategy. The
recommended conservation actions are
developed for each known factor that
may be influencing the stock, and
linked to the applicable research
recommendations.
Public and Agency Involvement: The
goals and objectives of the draft Plan
can be achieved only if a long-term
commitment is made to support the
respective actions recommended herein.
The shared resources and cooperative
involvement of federal, state, and local
governments, industry, academia, nongovernmental organizations, Alaska
Natives, and other invested individuals
will be required throughout the recovery
period.
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NMFS is soliciting comments on the
draft Plan with this notice. Comments
can be forwarded to [see ADDRESSES].
Dated: March 11, 2005.
Donna S. Wieting
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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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)
for a Permit Application for the
Proposed Timber Branch Subdivision
Phase II, Near Covington, St. Tammany
Parish, LA
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Office of the Actuary; Notice of a
Meeting
AGENCY:
Department of Defense.
Notice of meeting; DoD
Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care
Board of Actuaries.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: A meeting of the Board has
been scheduled to execute the
provisions of Chapter 56, Title 10,
United States Code (10 U.S.C. 1114 et.
seq.). The Board shall review DoD
actuarial methods and assumptions to
be used in the valuation of benefits
under DoD retiree health care programs
for Medicare-eligible beneficiaries.
Persons desiring to: (1) Attend the DoD
Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care
Board of Actuaries meeting, or (2) make
an oral presentation or submit a written
statement for consideration at the
meeting, must notify Bill Klunk at 703–
696–7404 by May 10, 2005. Notice of
this meeting is required under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act.
DATES:
June 3, 2005, 1:30 p.m.–5 p.m.
4040 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite
270, Arlington, VA 22203.
ADDRESSES:
Bill
Klunk, DoD Office of the Actuary, 4040
N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 308, Arlington,
VA 22203, (703) 696–7404.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: March 10, 2005.
Jeannette Owings-Ballard,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, New Orleans District, is
initiating the preparation of an
Environmental Impact Statement under
the National Environmental Policy Act
in compliance with a judicial order. The
Environmental Impact Statement is for a
Department of the Army permit issued
under Section 404 of the Clean Water
Act to install the infrastructure
necessary to implement an
approximately 82-acre residential
development to provide single and
multi-family residential lots in the
vicinity of LA Hwy 1085 and Bricker
Road, near Covington, Louisiana, some
of the property containing regulated
wetlands. The permit was subsequently
enjoined by the United States District
Court, Eastern District of Louisiana.
Information obtained from preparation
of this EIS will be utilized in the reevaluation of the enjoined permit
decision.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions concerning the
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
should be addressed to Mr. Brian
Breaux at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
OD–S, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans,
LA 70160–0267, phone (504) 862–1938,
fax number (504) 862–2117 or by E-mail
at
brian.w.breaux@mvn02.usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Proposed Action. The proposed
action would include land-clearing,
excavation, and deposition of fill
material for site preparation and
construction of drainage, utility and
roadway infrastructure. Single-family
and multi-family residential lots would
then be offered for public sale. The
approximately 82-acre project site
grades through ridge and swale
hardwood, mixed pine-hardwood/
hardwood flats, pine flatwood, and pine
savannah community types. Of the 82acre development, 38.9 acres of pine
flatwood/pine savannah wetlands
would be directly affected by
development.
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2. Alternatives. Reasonable
alternatives to consider include the
avoidance and minimization of impacts
and the ‘‘no action’’ alternative.
3. Scoping. Scoping is the process for
determining the range of alternatives
and issues to be addressed in the EIS.
For this analysis, a public notice will be
posted on the New Orleans District Web
site, https://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/
ops/regulatory/publicnotices.asp,
requesting input on alternatives and
issues to be evaluated. The public notice
will also notify interested parties of any
public scoping meetings that will be
held in the local area. Notices will also
be sent to local news media. All
interested parties are invited to
comment at this time.
4. Significant Issues. An
Environmental Assessment and Finding
of No Significant Impact were
completed on the subject proposal and
a Section 404 permit issued. The permit
decision was subsequently challenged
through litigation, O’Reilly, et al. v. U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.D.C., E.D.
of La., CA 04 0940. The decision of the
court enjoined the permit and required
preparation of an EIS. Specific issues
identified in the decision include
wildlife resources, substrate, wetlands,
aquatic resources, mitigation,
segmenting of project phases, and
cumulative effects.
5. Environmental Consultation and
Review. Federal, State and local
agencies will be consulted. The U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will
be consulted to assist in the
documentation of existing conditions
and assessment of effects of project
alternatives through Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act consultation
procedures. Consultation will be
accomplished with the USFWS and the
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) concerning threatened and
endangered species and their critical
habitat. The NMFS will be consulted on
the effects of this proposed action on
Essential Fish Habitat. The draft EIS
(DEIS) or a notice of its availability will
be distributed to all interested agencies,
organizations, and individuals.
6. Estimated Date of Availability. The
DEIS is expected to be available not
earlier than the spring of 2006.
Dated: March 4, 2005.
Stephen E. Jeselink,
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Deputy
District Engineer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Availability of GovernmentOwned Inventions; Available for
Licensing
Department of the Navy, DOD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The following inventions are
assigned to the U.S. Government as
represented by the Secretary of the Navy
and are available for licensing by the
Department of the Navy.
U.S. Patent Application Serial
Number 11/009847 entitled ‘‘Multiple
Shock Event Sensing Device.’’ U.S.
Patent Application Serial Number 11/
040,291 entitled ‘‘MEMS Inertial Delay
Device.’’ U.S. Patent Application Serial
Number 10/826,791 entitled ‘‘Container,
and Related Methods.’’ U.S. Patent
Application serial Number 11/040,300
entitled ‘‘MEMS Multi-Directional
Shock Sensor.’’ U.S. Patent Application
Serial Number 10/040,292 entitled
‘‘Method and Device for Clearing
Firebreaks and Controlling Fire.’’ U.S.
Patent Application Serial Number 11/
010,701 entitled ‘‘Inhibition of
Aluminum Oxidation Through the
Vapor Deposition of a Passivation Layer
and method Thereof.’’
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the
Patent Applications cited should be
directed to the Naval Surface Warfare
Center, Code CAB, 101 Strauss Avenue,
Indian Head, MD 20640–5035.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
J. Scott Deiter, Head, Technology
Transfer Office, Naval Surface Warfare
Center Indian Head Division, Code CAB,
101 Strauss Avenue, Indian Head, MD
20640–5035, telephone 301–744–6111.
Dated: March 9, 2005.
I.C. Le Moyne Jr.,
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps,
U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal Register Liaison
Officer.
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Department of the Navy, DOD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The invention listed below is
assigned to the United States
Government, as represented by the
Secretary of the Navy and is available
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for licensing by the Department of the
Navy. U.S. Patent No. 6,857,371: Two
Payload Decoy Device.
Requests for copies of the
inventions cited should be directed to
the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane
Division, Code 054, Building 1, 300
Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522–5001,
and must include the patent number.
ADDRESSES:
Mr.
Brian Bailey, Naval Surface Warfare
Center, Crane Division, Code 054,
Building 1, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN
47522–5001, telephone (812) 854–1865.
An application for license may be
downloaded from https://
www.crane.navy.mil/newscommunity/
techtrans_CranePatents.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404.)
Dated: March 9, 2005.
I.C. Le Moyne Jr.,
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps,
U.S. Navy, Alternate Federal Register Liaison
Officer.
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Exclusive License; Autoliv, Inc.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Department of the Navy, DOD.
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy
gives notice of its intent to grant
Autoliv, Inc., a revocable,
nonassignable, partially exclusive
license, with exclusive field of use in
airbag inflators, in the United States to
practice the Government-Owned
invention, U.S. Patent Number
6,562,160 B2 entitled ‘‘Airbag
Propellant.’’
Anyone wishing to object to the
grant of this license must file written
objections along with supporting
evidence, if any, not later than April 9,
2005.
DATES:
Written objections are to be
filed with Indian Head Division, Naval
Surface Warfare Center, Code CAB, 101
Strauss Avenue, Indian Head, MD
20640–5035.
ADDRESSES:
Notice of Availability of GovernmentOwned Invention; Available for
Licensing
ACTION:
12855
Dr.
J. Scott Deiter, Head, Technology
Transfer Office, Naval Surface Warfare
Center Indian Head Division, Code CAB,
101 Strauss Avenue, Indian Head, MD
20640–5035, telephone (301) 744–6111.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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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) for a Permit Application for the Proposed Timber Branch
Subdivision Phase II, Near Covington, St. Tammany Parish, LA
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, is
initiating the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement under
the National Environmental Policy Act in compliance with a judicial
order. The Environmental Impact Statement is for a Department of the
Army permit issued under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act to install
the infrastructure necessary to implement an approximately 82-acre
residential development to provide single and multi-family residential
lots in the vicinity of LA Hwy 1085 and Bricker Road, near Covington,
Louisiana, some of the property containing regulated wetlands. The
permit was subsequently enjoined by the United States District Court,
Eastern District of Louisiana. Information obtained from preparation of
this EIS will be utilized in the re-evaluation of the enjoined permit
decision.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning the Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) should be addressed to Mr. Brian Breaux at U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, OD-S, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans, LA 70160-
0267, phone (504) 862-1938, fax number (504) 862-2117 or by E-mail at
brian.w.breaux@mvn02.usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Proposed Action. The proposed action would include land-
clearing, excavation, and deposition of fill material for site
preparation and construction of drainage, utility and roadway
infrastructure. Single-family and multi-family residential lots would
then be offered for public sale. The approximately 82-acre project site
grades through ridge and swale hardwood, mixed pine-hardwood/hardwood
flats, pine flatwood, and pine savannah community types. Of the 82-acre
development, 38.9 acres of pine flatwood/pine savannah wetlands would
be directly affected by development.
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2. Alternatives. Reasonable alternatives to consider include the
avoidance and minimization of impacts and the ``no action''
alternative.
3. Scoping. Scoping is the process for determining the range of
alternatives and issues to be addressed in the EIS. For this analysis,
a public notice will be posted on the New Orleans District Web site,
https://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/ops/regulatory/publicnotices.asp,
requesting input on alternatives and issues to be evaluated. The public
notice will also notify interested parties of any public scoping
meetings that will be held in the local area. Notices will also be sent
to local news media. All interested parties are invited to comment at
this time.
4. Significant Issues. An Environmental Assessment and Finding of
No Significant Impact were completed on the subject proposal and a
Section 404 permit issued. The permit decision was subsequently
challenged through litigation, O'Reilly, et al. v. U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, U.S.D.C., E.D. of La., CA 04 0940. The decision of the court
enjoined the permit and required preparation of an EIS. Specific issues
identified in the decision include wildlife resources, substrate,
wetlands, aquatic resources, mitigation, segmenting of project phases,
and cumulative effects.
5. Environmental Consultation and Review. Federal, State and local
agencies will be consulted. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
will be consulted to assist in the documentation of existing conditions
and assessment of effects of project alternatives through Fish and
Wildlife Coordination Act consultation procedures. Consultation will be
accomplished with the USFWS and the National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) concerning threatened and endangered species and their critical
habitat. The NMFS will be consulted on the effects of this proposed
action on Essential Fish Habitat. The draft EIS (DEIS) or a notice of
its availability will be distributed to all interested agencies,
organizations, and individuals.
6. Estimated Date of Availability. The DEIS is expected to be
available not earlier than the spring of 2006.
Dated: March 4, 2005.
Stephen E. Jeselink,
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Deputy District Engineer.
[FR Doc. 05-5123 Filed 3-15-05; 8:45 am]
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