Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Nourishment of 7.25 Miles of Beach, the Repositioning of the New River Inlet Channel, and the Implementation of an Inlet Management Plan, in North Topsail Beach, Onslow County, NC, 59498-59499 [06-8562]
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any other additional payment for fuel is
already in existence.
2. Percentage: Please see the table
included to the Attachment to this
policy for a demonstration of the
percentage amount of the FRA for
applicable shipments.
the carrier would be entitled to an FRA of 7%
of the line-haul rate.
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H. Billing Procedures
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Carriers will clearly show fuel price
adjustments on all paper and electronic
commercial freight bills and Bills of
Lading and invoices. The amount of any
diesel fuel rate surcharge must be
shown as a separate item on the carrier’s
invoice.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
This action is not considered
rulemaking within the meaning of
Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–
612.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS) for the Nourishment of 7.25
Miles of Beach, the Repositioning of
the New River Inlet Channel, and the
Implementation of an Inlet
Management Plan, in North Topsail
Beach, Onslow County, NC
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (COE), Wilmington District,
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office has
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received an amendment to the request
U.S.C. 3051 et seq., does not apply
for Department of the Army
because no information collection or
authorization, pursuant to Section 404
record keeping requirements are
of the Clean Water Act and Section 10
imposed on contractors, offerors or
of the Rivers and Harbors Act, from the
members of the public.
town of North Topsail Beach to nourish
approximately 7.25 miles of shoreline.
David R. McClean,
The modification will include an
Colonel, U.S. Army, Deputy Chief of Staff
additional 3.85 miles of beachfront to
for Strategy, Plans, Policy and Programs.
protect residential homes and town
Attachment
infrastructures located along the south
section of the Town limits. The
The table below demonstrates the
percentage of the line-haul rate SDDC will
proposed sources of material for the
pay at a given fuel cost given a $2.50
addition will be dredged from the same
baseline. Should the baseline differ at any
offshore borrow area as described in the
time, the same principle applies simply with
original 7.25 mile plan. The placement
a different starting point for calculating the
of beach fill along the Town’s southern
percent adjustment. The table ends at $4.40,
shoreline would result in the initial
but the same principle applies to fuel costs
widening of the beach 75 to 1590 feet
above that dollar amount.
seaward, depending on the final design
volume and foreshore slopes that the fill
Rate adjustment
Cost per gallon
assumes during construction.
(percent)
The 3.85 miles of shoreline are
250.0 and below .............
0 located at the southern end of North
251.1—260.0 ..................
1 Topsail Beach. Unlike the original 7.25
260.1—270.0 ..................
2 miles of proposed nourishment, the
270.1—280.0 ..................
3 additional section is outside the Coastal
280.1—290.0 ..................
4 Barrier Resource System (CBRS)
290.1—300.0 ..................
5
designation; therefore, it is not subject
300.1—310.0 ..................
6
310.1—320.0 ..................
7 to the expenditure of Federal funding
320.1—330.0 ..................
8 restrictions associated with the Coastal
330.1—340.0 ..................
9 Barrier Resource Act of 1982 and the
340.1—350.0 ..................
10 coastal Barrier Improvement Act of
350.1—360.0 ..................
11 1990. This south section, or stretch, of
360.1—370.0 ..................
12 shoreline is currently being considered
370.1—380.0 ..................
13 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for
380.1—390.0 ..................
14 a federal shoreline protection project.
400.1—410.0 ..................
15
Due to delays to complete the federal
410.1—420.0 ..................
16
420.1—430.0 ..................
17 plan formulation process, the North
430.1—440.0 ..................
18 Topsail Beach Board of Alderman voted
to include the 3.85 mile section in the
non-federal 7.25 mile section that is
For example, if the reported DOE, EIA
National Average diesel fuel price is $3.15
currently under review pursuant to the
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Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
procedures. The decision to include the
south section in the present EIS process
is intended to act as interim or
emergency beach fill by preserving
existing development and infrastructure
along the 3.85 miles of shoreline while
the federal plan formulation continues.
The original Notice of Intent was
published on May 19, 2005 (70 FR
28924) with a commenting deadline of
June 21, 2005.
DATES: Written comments for this
project amendment or modification
must be provided by November 10,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and
questions regarding the inclusion of the
additional 3.85 miles of nourishment
may be addressed to: U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, Wilmington District,
Regulatory Division. Attn: File Number
2004–344–067, Post Office Box 1890,
Wilmington, NC 28402–1890.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposed
amendment and DEIS can be directed to
Mr. Mickey Sugg, Wilmington
Regulatory Field Office, telephone: (910)
251–4811.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Project
Description. The formulation of the
federal storm damage reduction project
for the southern 3.85 miles of North
Topsail Beach by the Corps of Engineers
is based on the condition of the
shoreline that existed in 2002. Corps of
Engineers guidance for the design of the
emergency beach fill in the South
Section indicated that the volume of
material should be based on: (1)
Restoring the 2002 shoreline condition
and (2) providing advanced
nourishment sufficient to maintain the
2002 shoreline condition until the
federal storm damage reduction project
is implemented (estimated timeframe 6
to 8 years). The volume of material
necessary to achieve the project
objective will range between 500,000
and 1,000,000 cubic years. The material
would be distributed along the 3.85 mile
shoreline in the form of a horizontal
beach berm at elevation +7.0 NGVD
(National Geodetic Vertical Datum). The
berm would begin near the seaward toe
of the existing dune system and would
extend 75 to 150 feet seaward
depending on the final design volume
and foreshore slopes that the fill
assumes during construction.
2. Proposed Action. The scope of
activities for the proposed emergency
beach fill project includes: (a)
Additional vibracores in the borrow
area, (b) side scan sonar surveys of the
ocean bottom just offshore of the South
Section, (c) in-water investigations of
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potential near shore hard bottom
resources identified by the side scan
sonar survey, and (d) beach profile
surveys. The boundaries of the borrow
area will take into consideration the
location and extent of hard bottom
resources identified by side scan sonar
and seismic surveys and in-water
observations conducted in connection
with the planning and design of the
northern 7.25 mile beach nourishment
project. A magnetometer survey will be
conducted in the borrow area. Any
historically significant archaeological
artifacts located by the magnetometer
surveys and verified through field
investigations will be avoided. A final
compatibility analysis of the material in
the borrow area with the native beach
material will be performed following the
refinement of the boundaries of the
borrow area.
3. Issues. There are several potential
environmental issues that will be
addressed in the EIS. Issues initially
identified as potentially significant
include:
a. Potential impact to marine
biological resources (benthic organisms,
passageway for fish and other marine
life) and Essential fish Habitat,
particularly Hard Bottoms.
b. Potential impact to threatened and
endangered marine mammals, birds,
fish, and plants.
c. Potential impacts to water quality.
d. Potential increase in erosion rats to
adjacent Onslow Beach.
e. Potential effects on military training
on U.S. Marine Corps Camp Lejeune
Base.
f. Potential impacts to Navigation,
commercial and recreational.
g. Potential impacts to the long-term
management of New River Inlet.
h. Potential impacts to private and
public property.
i. Cumulative impacts of Inlet and
Inlet channel relocations throughout
North Carolina.
j. Cumulative impacts for using inlets
as sand source in nourishment projects.
k. Potential impacts on public health
and safety.
l. Potential impacts to recreational
and commercial fishing.
m. The compatibility of the material
for nourishment.
n. Potential economic impacts.
4. Alternatives. Several alternatives,
including various borrow areas, are
being considered for the 11.1 miles of
shoreline. These alternatives are being
further formulated and developed
during the scoping process and an
appropriate range of alternatives,
including the no federal action
alternative, will be considered in the
EIS.
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5. Scoping Process. A public scoping
meeting was held on June 7, 2005, and
Project Delivery Team (PDT) meetings
are continuing on a periodic basis. The
release of the Draft EIS is expected
sometime in early 2007.
The COE will also be consulting with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under
the Endangered Species Act and the
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, and
with the National Marine Fisheries
Service under the Magnuson-Stevens
Act and Endangered Species Act.
Additionally, the EIS will assess the
potential water quality impacts
pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean
Water Act, and will be coordinated with
the North Carolina Division of Coastal
Management (DCM) to determine the
projects consistency with the Coastal
Zone Management Act. The COE will
closely work with DCM through the EIS
to ensure the process complies with all
State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)
requirements. It is the COE and DCM’s
intentions to consolidate both NEPA
and SEPA processes to eliminate
duplications.
6. Availability of the Draft EIS. The
Draft EIS is expected to be published
and circulated sometime in early 2007,
and a public hearing will be held after
the publication of the Draft EIS.
Dated: October 6, 2006.
John E. Pulliam, Jr.,
Colonel, U.S. Army, District Commander.
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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 (EIR) for
a Permit Application for the Carryover
Storage and San Vicente Dam Raise
Project, San Diego County, CA
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent (NOI).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (Corps), Los Angeles District,
has received an application for a
Department of the Army permit under
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act from
the San Diego County Water Authority
(Water Authority) to construct the San
Vicente Carryover Storage Project
(Proposed Action). As part of the permit
process, and in conjunction with the
Water Authority, the Corps is evaluating
the environmental effects associated
with raising San Vicente Dam beyond
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the permitted height of the Emergency
Storage Project (ESP), to provide
additional reservoir capacity for
carryover storage.
The primary Federal involvement
associated with the Proposed Action is
the discharge of fill materials (including
permanent inundation) within Federal
jurisdictional areas and waters of the
United States. In addition, the Proposed
Action could have potential significant
effects on the human environment.
Therefore, the Corps will prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
in compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to
render a final decision on the Water
Authority’s permit application. The
Corps decision will be to either issue or
deny a Department of the Army permit
for the Proposed Action. The EIS will be
prepared as a joint document. Pursuant
to the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA), the Water Authority will
serve as Lead Agency for the
preparation of an Environmental Impact
Report (EIR). The Corps and Water
Authority have agreed to jointly prepare
a Draft EIS/EIR for the Proposed Action
to optimize efficiency and avoid
duplication. The Draft EIS/EIR is
intended to be sufficient in scope to
address Federal, state, and local
requirements and environmental issues
concerning the Proposed Action and
permit approvals.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the Proposed Action
and Draft EIS/EIR can be answered by
Mr. Robert R. Smith, Corps Regulatory
Project Manager, by telephone at (858)
674–6784 or by e-mail at
robert.r.smith@usace.army.mil. Written
comments should be addressed to both
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Rancho Bernardo Branch Office, Attn:
File Number 200601015–RRS, 16885
West Bernardo Drive, Suite 300A, San
Diego, CA 92127, and to Ms. Kelley
Gage, Senior Water Resources
Specialist, San Diego County Water
Authority, 4677 Overland Avenue, San
Diego, CA 92123. Information about the
Proposed Action and Draft EIS/EIR can
also be obtained from the Water
Authority’s Web site at https://
www.sdcwa.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Project Site and Background
Information. The Proposed Action is
located at the existing San Vicente
Reservoir in the unincorporated area of
San Diego County, north of Lakeside.
The site is within the USGS 7.5’ San
Vicente Reservoir Quadrangle, Sections
13, 14, 25, and 36, Township 14 South,
Range 1 West; and Sections 16–20, 23,
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) for the Nourishment of 7.25 Miles of Beach, the
Repositioning of the New River Inlet Channel, and the Implementation of
an Inlet Management Plan, in North Topsail Beach, Onslow County, NC
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 (COE), Wilmington District,
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office has received an amendment to the
request for Department of the Army authorization, pursuant to Section
404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors
Act, from the town of North Topsail Beach to nourish approximately 7.25
miles of shoreline. The modification will include an additional 3.85
miles of beachfront to protect residential homes and town
infrastructures located along the south section of the Town limits. The
proposed sources of material for the addition will be dredged from the
same offshore borrow area as described in the original 7.25 mile plan.
The placement of beach fill along the Town's southern shoreline would
result in the initial widening of the beach 75 to 1590 feet seaward,
depending on the final design volume and foreshore slopes that the fill
assumes during construction.
The 3.85 miles of shoreline are located at the southern end of
North Topsail Beach. Unlike the original 7.25 miles of proposed
nourishment, the additional section is outside the Coastal Barrier
Resource System (CBRS) designation; therefore, it is not subject to the
expenditure of Federal funding restrictions associated with the Coastal
Barrier Resource Act of 1982 and the coastal Barrier Improvement Act of
1990. This south section, or stretch, of shoreline is currently being
considered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a federal shoreline
protection project. Due to delays to complete the federal plan
formulation process, the North Topsail Beach Board of Alderman voted to
include the 3.85 mile section in the non-federal 7.25 mile section that
is currently under review pursuant to the Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) procedures. The decision to include the south section
in the present EIS process is intended to act as interim or emergency
beach fill by preserving existing development and infrastructure along
the 3.85 miles of shoreline while the federal plan formulation
continues.
The original Notice of Intent was published on May 19, 2005 (70 FR
28924) with a commenting deadline of June 21, 2005.
DATES: Written comments for this project amendment or modification must
be provided by November 10, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and questions regarding the inclusion of
the additional 3.85 miles of nourishment may be addressed to: U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, Regulatory Division. Attn:
File Number 2004-344-067, Post Office Box 1890, Wilmington, NC 28402-
1890.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the proposed amendment
and DEIS can be directed to Mr. Mickey Sugg, Wilmington Regulatory
Field Office, telephone: (910) 251-4811.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Project Description. The formulation of
the federal storm damage reduction project for the southern 3.85 miles
of North Topsail Beach by the Corps of Engineers is based on the
condition of the shoreline that existed in 2002. Corps of Engineers
guidance for the design of the emergency beach fill in the South
Section indicated that the volume of material should be based on: (1)
Restoring the 2002 shoreline condition and (2) providing advanced
nourishment sufficient to maintain the 2002 shoreline condition until
the federal storm damage reduction project is implemented (estimated
timeframe 6 to 8 years). The volume of material necessary to achieve
the project objective will range between 500,000 and 1,000,000 cubic
years. The material would be distributed along the 3.85 mile shoreline
in the form of a horizontal beach berm at elevation +7.0 NGVD (National
Geodetic Vertical Datum). The berm would begin near the seaward toe of
the existing dune system and would extend 75 to 150 feet seaward
depending on the final design volume and foreshore slopes that the fill
assumes during construction.
2. Proposed Action. The scope of activities for the proposed
emergency beach fill project includes: (a) Additional vibracores in the
borrow area, (b) side scan sonar surveys of the ocean bottom just
offshore of the South Section, (c) in-water investigations of
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potential near shore hard bottom resources identified by the side scan
sonar survey, and (d) beach profile surveys. The boundaries of the
borrow area will take into consideration the location and extent of
hard bottom resources identified by side scan sonar and seismic surveys
and in-water observations conducted in connection with the planning and
design of the northern 7.25 mile beach nourishment project. A
magnetometer survey will be conducted in the borrow area. Any
historically significant archaeological artifacts located by the
magnetometer surveys and verified through field investigations will be
avoided. A final compatibility analysis of the material in the borrow
area with the native beach material will be performed following the
refinement of the boundaries of the borrow area.
3. Issues. There are several potential environmental issues that
will be addressed in the EIS. Issues initially identified as
potentially significant include:
a. Potential impact to marine biological resources (benthic
organisms, passageway for fish and other marine life) and Essential
fish Habitat, particularly Hard Bottoms.
b. Potential impact to threatened and endangered marine mammals,
birds, fish, and plants.
c. Potential impacts to water quality.
d. Potential increase in erosion rats to adjacent Onslow Beach.
e. Potential effects on military training on U.S. Marine Corps Camp
Lejeune Base.
f. Potential impacts to Navigation, commercial and recreational.
g. Potential impacts to the long-term management of New River
Inlet.
h. Potential impacts to private and public property.
i. Cumulative impacts of Inlet and Inlet channel relocations
throughout North Carolina.
j. Cumulative impacts for using inlets as sand source in
nourishment projects.
k. Potential impacts on public health and safety.
l. Potential impacts to recreational and commercial fishing.
m. The compatibility of the material for nourishment.
n. Potential economic impacts.
4. Alternatives. Several alternatives, including various borrow
areas, are being considered for the 11.1 miles of shoreline. These
alternatives are being further formulated and developed during the
scoping process and an appropriate range of alternatives, including the
no federal action alternative, will be considered in the EIS.
5. Scoping Process. A public scoping meeting was held on June 7,
2005, and Project Delivery Team (PDT) meetings are continuing on a
periodic basis. The release of the Draft EIS is expected sometime in
early 2007.
The COE will also be consulting with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service under the Endangered Species Act and the Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act, and with the National Marine Fisheries Service under
the Magnuson-Stevens Act and Endangered Species Act. Additionally, the
EIS will assess the potential water quality impacts pursuant to Section
401 of the Clean Water Act, and will be coordinated with the North
Carolina Division of Coastal Management (DCM) to determine the projects
consistency with the Coastal Zone Management Act. The COE will closely
work with DCM through the EIS to ensure the process complies with all
State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) requirements. It is the COE and
DCM's intentions to consolidate both NEPA and SEPA processes to
eliminate duplications.
6. Availability of the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS is expected to be
published and circulated sometime in early 2007, and a public hearing
will be held after the publication of the Draft EIS.
Dated: October 6, 2006.
John E. Pulliam, Jr.,
Colonel, U.S. Army, District Commander.
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