Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Dam Safety Assurance Program Evaluation Report for Harlan County Lake Located in Harlan County, Nebraska Near the Cities of Alma and Republican City, NE, 15298-15299 [05-5923]
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program for the waterway and
watershed.
There is a history of flooding along
SLO Creek, with its attendant problems
of erosion, and water quality and
ecological issues. However, there are
relatively few structural flood control
features. The City/Zone 9 identified the
need to manage flooding within the SLO
Creek watershed because urban uses
have developed along the creek and its
tributaries in the natural floodway. The
under-city culvert and other manmade
structures have reduced the capacity of
the creek to convey floodwaters. The
Program’s objectives include (1)
identification and prioritization of the
amount and extent of flooding, erosion,
water quality and ecological issues in
the SLO Creek; (2) identification and
development of programs to address
these issues; (3) preparation of
guidelines for design of future
development and reconstructed
developments in the SLO Creek
watershed; (4) preparation of a
programmatic environmental and
permitting review process for
implementation of Objectives 2 and 3 as
applicable; and (5) development of an
implementation program. It is
anticipated this Program will result in a
means by which the Corps and other
pertinent agencies may
comprehensively assess identified
proposed actions within jurisdictional
waters of the United States that
encompass standard maintenance and
replacement or improvement of existing
flood structures, or repair of banks,
channels, and stream habitats, and
could include identified stream bank
repair projects provided they are
consistent with the Program. Other
capital improvement projects for flood
management not part of the City/Zone 9
Annual Work Plan would be subject to
further review by the Corps and the
local agency prior to implementation.
Currently, the Corps asserts
discretionary authority over bank
stabilization measures within the SLO
Creek and its tributaries. This was based
on a determination that proposals to
channelize or otherwise substantially
impact the Creek and its tributaries,
such as by armoring the banks, would
result in greater than minimal
cumulative impacts. In 1996, the Corps
requested that a comprehensive plan for
the watershed be developed, the
purpose and focus of which to ensure
that aquatic resource impacts are
avoided and minimized to the
maximum extent practicable. The Corps
suggested that the plan include an
analysis of alternatives that meet the
overall project purpose of anticipated
flood control needs, an assessment of
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habitat quantity and quality, an
assessment of habitat fragmentation
along the stream corridors, and
mitigation measures to offset
unavoidable adverse impacts.
https://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/
projects/hcdsap/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: March 10, 2005.
Alex C. Dornstauder,
Colonel, U.S. Army, District Engineer.
[FR Doc. 05–5903 Filed 3–24–05; 8:45 am]
The Republican River Flood of 1935
resulted in major property damage in
the Republican River Basin and the loss
of 113 lives. The Harlan County Dam
project was authorized under the Flood
Control Act of 1941, Public Law 228,
77th Congress, as part of the Missouri
River Basin Comprehensive Plan. The
Flood Control Act of 1944 authorized
project purposes of flood control,
irrigation, fish and wildlife, and
recreation. The U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation manages Harlan County
Dam’s 150,000 acre-feet of storage
allocated for irrigation. Harlan County
Dam began operation in 1952 will full
multipurpose pool being achieved in
1957. Engineering analysis of Harlan
County Dam’s 18 tainter gates indicated
operating issues if the gates were
required to operate as designed under
full water load conditions to control
reservoir water levels to the top of flood
control pool elevation of 1973.5 feet,
mean sea level (msl). The tainter gates
are 30 feet by 40 feet made of structural
steel. The design of the Harlan County
Dam tainter gates is similar to the
Folsom Dam tainter gates that
experienced structural and mechanical
failure in 1995. Harlan County Dam
engineering studies resulted in the
adoption in 2003 of a 5-year Interim
Operating Plan for Harlan County Dam
with top of flood control pool elevation
being lowered to 1960.5 msl. At this
lower elevation only 17.5 feet of water
would be on the gates prior to releasing
of floodwater as compared to
approximately 30 feet of water if the
gates were completely operating as
designed. The maximum height on the
gates to date is 12.5 feet. The Interim
Operating Plan has resulted in the
reduction of the flood control storage
capacity of the reservoir by
approximately 50 percent from 500,000
acre feet to 227,000 acre feet. To date,
this lower storage capacity has had no
effect on the dam’s operation for flood
control, irrigation, recreation, or fish
and wildlife use. The Interim Operating
Plan’s top of flood control pool of
1960.5 msl elevation is 4.8 feet higher
than the Dam’s highest historic pool
elevation. Engineering analysis
indicates that if corrective action is not
taken the gate mechanisms will
probably continue to corrode and
deteriorate requiring potentially more
stringent operating restrictions at some
point in the future. There are
substantive economic, social,
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement and
Dam Safety Assurance Program
Evaluation Report for Harlan County
Lake Located in Harlan County,
Nebraska Near the Cities of Alma and
Republican City, NE
Department of the Army; U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Kansas City District, intends
to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) and Dam Safety
Assurance Program (DSAP) Evaluation
Report for Harlan County Lake. Harlan
County Lake is located near the cities of
Alma and Republican City, Nebraska,
immediately north of the NebraskaKansas border. The dam provides
irrigation water supply to areas on both
sides of the state line and flood control
for the Republican River Basin between
Harlan County, Nebraska and Milford
Lake located in east central Kansas near
Junction City, in Clay and Geary
counties. The DEIS study will analyze
the economic, environmental, and social
impacts that may occur as a result of the
various alternatives solutions being
considered in the DSAP Report for
Harlan County Lake, The DSAP Report
will analyze both structural and nonstructural solutions for Harlan County
Dam’s current tainter gate operational
issues, the dam’s overall hydrologic
adequacy, spillway stability and the
interdependence of all these factors on
the performance of the dam.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric
S. Lynn, Project Manager, Plan
Formulation Section, ATTN: CENWK–
PM–PF, U.S. Army Engineer District,
Kansas City, 601 East 12th Street,
Kansas City, Missouri 64106–2896,
Phone 816–983–3258 or e-mail to:
Eric.S.Lynn@usace.army.mil. Additional
information is also available on the
Harlan County Dam Project Web site
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environmental and cultural issues
associated with alternatives being
evaluated for the operation of Harlan
County Dam including flood control,
irrigation, agriculture, recreation,
tourism, cultural resources, aesthetics,
transportation, project costs, and other
factors to be identified during the
scoping process.
2. Scoping Process
The one or more scoping meetings
planned during 2005 for the Dam Safety
Assurance Program will also provide
information to the public regarding the
Harlan County Dam Interim Operating
Plan and the potential impacts this Plan
may have on the Republican River
Basin. The scoping meeting(s) will be
advertised in local newspapers, and a
mailing list will be used to notify the
public and other interested parties of
the meetings. The public, native
American tribes, and affected
government agencies at the local, State,
and Federal level are encouraged to
participate in the scoping process by
forwarding written comments to the
above noted address. The scoping
process is designed to obtain comments
and input for the DEIS and DSAP Report
from the public concerning alternative
measurers that may be considered for
the future operation of the Harlan
County Dam. Interested parties may also
request to be included on the mailing
list for public distribution of meeting
announcements and the status of EIS
document preparation. Environmental
consultation and review will be
conducted in accordance with the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
per regulations of the Council of
Environmental Quality (Code of Federal
Regulations Parts 40 CFR 1500–1508),
and other applicable laws, regulations,
and guidelines.
3. Availability of EIS Documents
The availability of the Draft and Final
EIS will be presented in the Federal
Register and by notices in the local
newspapers. The mailing list will also
be used to notify interested parties of
the availability and location of the Draft
and Final EIS for public review.
Dated: March 11, 2005.
David L. Combs,
Chief, Planning Branch, Kansas City District,
Corps of Engineers.
[FR Doc. 05–5923 Filed 3–24–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Personnel Preparation To
Improve Services and Results for
Children With Disabilities—Combined
Priority for Personnel Preparation;
Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.325K.
Note: This notice includes one priority
with five focus areas, and funding
information for each focus area of the
competition.
Dates: Applications Available: March
28, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 9, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: July 8, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education.
Estimated Available Funds:
$15,000,000.
For funding information regarding
each of the specific focus areas of the
priority, see the chart in the Award
Information section of this notice.
Estimated Range of Awards: See
chart.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
See chart.
Maximum Awards: See chart.
Estimated Number of Awards: See
chart.
Project Period: Up to 48 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purposes of
this program are to (1) help address
State-identified needs for highly
qualified personnel—in special
education, related services, early
intervention, and regular education—to
work with children with disabilities;
and (2) ensure that those personnel have
the skills and knowledge—derived from
practices that have been determined
through research and experience to be
successful—that are needed to serve
those children.
Priority: In this competition, we are
establishing one absolute priority (with
five focus areas), a competitive
preference priority within one of these
five focus areas, and two separate
competitive preference priorities. In
accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(v),
these priorities are from allowable
activities specified in the statute (see
section 662(d) and 681(d) of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA)).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005 this
priority is, except as otherwise
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specified, an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that meet this absolute
priority.
This priority is:
Combined Priority for Personnel
Preparation
Background: State agencies,
university training programs, local
schools, and other community-based
entities confirm the importance and
difficulty of improving training
programs for personnel to serve children
with disabilities or infants and toddlers
with disabilities.
The national demand for fully
credentialed special education, related
services and early intervention
personnel to serve children with
disabilities also exceeds available
supply. Thus, Federal support is
required to improve both the quality
and supply of personnel who serve
children with disabilities.
Priority: The purpose of this priority
is to increase the number and quality of
personnel who are fully credentialed to
serve children with disabilities,
especially in areas of chronic shortage,
by supporting projects that prepare
special education, early intervention,
and related services personnel at the
associate, baccalaureate, master’s and
specialist levels. In order to be eligible
under this priority, programs must
provide training and support for
students to complete, within the term of
the project, a degree and/or State
certification, professional license, or
State endorsement in early intervention,
special education or related services.
Programs preparing students to be
special education paraprofessionals or
related services assistants are also
eligible under this priority. The
Secretary is particularly interested in
programs that prepare special educators
who provide instruction in core
academic areas to children with
disabilities to be highly qualified under
section 602(10) of IDEA, in accordance
with State requirements. The Secretary
is also particularly interested in
programs that provide enhanced
support for beginning special educators
(see section 662(b)(3) of IDEA).
Absolute Priority Requirements:
Projects funded under this absolute
priority must—
(a) Demonstrate, in the narrative
section of the application under
‘‘Quality of Project Services’’, how—
(1) Research that has been shown to
be effective in improving outcomes for
children with disabilities is
incorporated into training requirements
and reflected in required coursework for
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Dam
Safety Assurance Program Evaluation Report for Harlan County Lake
Located in Harlan County, Nebraska Near the Cities of Alma and
Republican City, NE
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, Kansas City District,
intends to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and
Dam Safety Assurance Program (DSAP) Evaluation Report for Harlan County
Lake. Harlan County Lake is located near the cities of Alma and
Republican City, Nebraska, immediately north of the Nebraska-Kansas
border. The dam provides irrigation water supply to areas on both sides
of the state line and flood control for the Republican River Basin
between Harlan County, Nebraska and Milford Lake located in east
central Kansas near Junction City, in Clay and Geary counties. The DEIS
study will analyze the economic, environmental, and social impacts that
may occur as a result of the various alternatives solutions being
considered in the DSAP Report for Harlan County Lake, The DSAP Report
will analyze both structural and non-structural solutions for Harlan
County Dam's current tainter gate operational issues, the dam's overall
hydrologic adequacy, spillway stability and the interdependence of all
these factors on the performance of the dam.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric S. Lynn, Project Manager, Plan
Formulation Section, ATTN: CENWK-PM-PF, U.S. Army Engineer District,
Kansas City, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2896,
Phone 816-983-3258 or e-mail to: Eric.S.Lynn@usace.army.mil. Additional
information is also available on the Harlan County Dam Project Web site
https://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/projects/hcdsap/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Background
The Republican River Flood of 1935 resulted in major property
damage in the Republican River Basin and the loss of 113 lives. The
Harlan County Dam project was authorized under the Flood Control Act of
1941, Public Law 228, 77th Congress, as part of the Missouri River
Basin Comprehensive Plan. The Flood Control Act of 1944 authorized
project purposes of flood control, irrigation, fish and wildlife, and
recreation. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation manages Harlan County Dam's
150,000 acre-feet of storage allocated for irrigation. Harlan County
Dam began operation in 1952 will full multipurpose pool being achieved
in 1957. Engineering analysis of Harlan County Dam's 18 tainter gates
indicated operating issues if the gates were required to operate as
designed under full water load conditions to control reservoir water
levels to the top of flood control pool elevation of 1973.5 feet, mean
sea level (msl). The tainter gates are 30 feet by 40 feet made of
structural steel. The design of the Harlan County Dam tainter gates is
similar to the Folsom Dam tainter gates that experienced structural and
mechanical failure in 1995. Harlan County Dam engineering studies
resulted in the adoption in 2003 of a 5-year Interim Operating Plan for
Harlan County Dam with top of flood control pool elevation being
lowered to 1960.5 msl. At this lower elevation only 17.5 feet of water
would be on the gates prior to releasing of floodwater as compared to
approximately 30 feet of water if the gates were completely operating
as designed. The maximum height on the gates to date is 12.5 feet. The
Interim Operating Plan has resulted in the reduction of the flood
control storage capacity of the reservoir by approximately 50 percent
from 500,000 acre feet to 227,000 acre feet. To date, this lower
storage capacity has had no effect on the dam's operation for flood
control, irrigation, recreation, or fish and wildlife use. The Interim
Operating Plan's top of flood control pool of 1960.5 msl elevation is
4.8 feet higher than the Dam's highest historic pool elevation.
Engineering analysis indicates that if corrective action is not taken
the gate mechanisms will probably continue to corrode and deteriorate
requiring potentially more stringent operating restrictions at some
point in the future. There are substantive economic, social,
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environmental and cultural issues associated with alternatives being
evaluated for the operation of Harlan County Dam including flood
control, irrigation, agriculture, recreation, tourism, cultural
resources, aesthetics, transportation, project costs, and other factors
to be identified during the scoping process.
2. Scoping Process
The one or more scoping meetings planned during 2005 for the Dam
Safety Assurance Program will also provide information to the public
regarding the Harlan County Dam Interim Operating Plan and the
potential impacts this Plan may have on the Republican River Basin. The
scoping meeting(s) will be advertised in local newspapers, and a
mailing list will be used to notify the public and other interested
parties of the meetings. The public, native American tribes, and
affected government agencies at the local, State, and Federal level are
encouraged to participate in the scoping process by forwarding written
comments to the above noted address. The scoping process is designed to
obtain comments and input for the DEIS and DSAP Report from the public
concerning alternative measurers that may be considered for the future
operation of the Harlan County Dam. Interested parties may also request
to be included on the mailing list for public distribution of meeting
announcements and the status of EIS document preparation. Environmental
consultation and review will be conducted in accordance with the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as per
regulations of the Council of Environmental Quality (Code of Federal
Regulations Parts 40 CFR 1500-1508), and other applicable laws,
regulations, and guidelines.
3. Availability of EIS Documents
The availability of the Draft and Final EIS will be presented in
the Federal Register and by notices in the local newspapers. The
mailing list will also be used to notify interested parties of the
availability and location of the Draft and Final EIS for public review.
Dated: March 11, 2005.
David L. Combs,
Chief, Planning Branch, Kansas City District, Corps of Engineers.
[FR Doc. 05-5923 Filed 3-24-05; 8:45 am]
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