Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Restoring the Integrity of the Amite River and Restoring Various Natural Functions That Have Been Degraded or Lost as a Result of Human-Induced Factors, in All or Portions of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, and St. John Parishes, in Southeastern Louisiana, 7621-7622 [07-719]
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(2) State whether the nominee is
representing carriers, shippers or both.
(3) provide information on the
nominee’s personal qualifications.
(4) Include the commercial operations
of the carrier and/or shipper with whom
the nominee is affiliated. This
commercial operations information will
show the actual or estimated ton-miles
of each commodity carried or shipped
on the inland waterways system in a
recent year (or years) using the
waterway regions and commodity
categories previously listed.
Nominations received in response to
Federally Register notice published on
February 17, 2006 (71 FR 8568) and
notice published on July 7, 2006 (71 FR
38629) have been retained for
consideration. Renomination is not
required but may be desirable.
e. Deadline for Nominations. All
nominations must be received at the
address shown above no later than April
15, 2007.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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reduce leakage of the fluids that are
stored in the vessels.
The
invention pertains to the
implementation of image processing and
response surface methodology
algorithms to process images (e.g.,
mammogram, magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI), and ultrasound imagery)
to provide improved detection of
objects, such as anomalous masses in
dense breast tissue, to better
characterize these masses as cancerous
or benign, and to identify the margins of
cancerous tissue.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 07–721 Filed 2–15–07; 8:45 am]
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Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AGENCY:
Department of the Army
ACTION:
Availability for Non-Exclusive,
Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive
Licensing of U.S. Patent Application
Concerning Detection and
Discrimination of Anomalies in Breast
Tissue Images
SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR
404.6 and 404.7, announcement is made
of the availability of licensing of the
invention set forth in U.S. Patent
Application No. 11/460,593 entitled
‘‘Method of Inducing and Sealing Cracks
in Vessels,’’ filed on July 27, 2006. The
United States Government, as
represented by the Secretary of the
Army, has rights in this invention.
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR
404.6 and 404.7, announcement is made
of the availability for licensing of the
invention set forth in U.S. Patent
Application No. 11/340,375 entitled
‘‘Medical Image Processing
Methodology for Detection and
Discrimination of Objects in Tissue,’’
filed on January 26, 2006. The United
States Government, as represented by
the Secretary of the Army, has rights in
this invention.
ADDRESSES: Office of Research and
Technology Applications, SDMC–
RDTC–TDL (Ms. Susan D. McRae), Bldg.
5220, Von Braun Complex, Redstone
Arsenal, AL 35898.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Joan Gilsdorf, Patent Attorney, e-mail:
joan.gilsdorf@smdc.army.mil; (256)
955–3213 or Ms. Susan D. McRae, Office
of Research and Technology
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
Restoring the Integrity of the Amite
River and Restoring Various Natural
Functions That Have Been Degraded
or Lost as a Result of Human-Induced
Factors, in All or Portions of
Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East
Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, and
St. John Parishes, in Southeastern
Louisiana
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
Availability for Non-Exclusive,
Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive
Licensing of U.S. Patent Application
Concerning Inducing and Sealing
Cracks in Containment Vessels
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Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, New Orleans District, is
initiating this study under the authority
of the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the United States
House of Representatives resolution,
adopted July 23, 1998, which reads as
follows:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
‘‘Resolved by the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the
United States House of Representatives
Resolution, that the Secretary of the Army is
requested to review the report of the Chief of
Engineers on the Amite River and
Tributaries, Louisiana, published as House
Document 419, 84th Congress, 2nd Session,
and other pertinent reports, with a view to
determining whether modifications of the
recommendations contained therein are
advisable at the present time in the interest
of environmental restoration and protection,
water quality, and sediment control,
recreation, and the avoidance or
minimization of undesirable impacts
resulting from urbanization and other present
and future watershed activities.’’
The
invention pertains to inducing and
sealing cracks in newly constructed
containment vessels, such as linerless
composite tanks, that are subject to
crack propagation during the life of the
vessels. The cracks are sealed before the
vessel is placed in service to prevent or
The study will determine the
feasibility of reducing turbidity,
lowering temperatures, and reducing the
extent of the physical changes within
the Amite River corridor in an effort to
achieve fish and wildlife restoration and
provide outdoor public recreation
opportunities. This effort will
significantly contribute to the watershed
management objectives of the state of
Louisiana.
The study area includes the Amite
River drainage basin in southeastern
Louisiana, in Ascension, East Baton
Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, St.
Office of Research and
Technology Applications, SDMC–
RDTC–TDL (Ms. Susan D. McRae), Bldg.
5220, Von Braun Complex, Redstone
Arsenal, AL 35898.
ADDRESSES:
Ms.
Joan Gilsdorf, Patent Attorney, e-mail:
joan.gilsdorf@smdc.army.mil; (256)
955–3213 or Ms. Susan D. McRae, Office
of Research and Technology
Applications, e-mail:
susan.mcrae@smdc.army.mil; (256)
955–1501.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Helena, and St. John Parishes. The
Amite River and its tributaries flow
southward from the state of Mississippi
through the western ‘‘Florida’’ parishes
of southeast Louisiana into Lake
Maurepas, an oligohaline lake that
drains into Lake Pontchartrain. The
Amite River is used for recreation,
propagation of fish and wildlife, and to
a lesser extent, for water supply,
navigation, and waste disposal. The
Amite River has a large drainage area
and an average flow of about 2,000
cubic feet per second (CFS) at Denham
Springs. A section of the Amite River in
East Feliciana Parish, from the
Louisiana/Mississippi state line to
Louisiana Highway 37 (LA 37) is
included in Louisiana’s Natural and
Scenic Rivers System. The major urban
areas in this watershed are Baton Rouge,
Denham Springs, and Gonzales, which
are situated along the lower third of the
river.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions concerning the
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
should be addressed to Ms. Bonnie S.
Obiol at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
PM–RS, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans,
LA 70160–0267, phone (504) 862–2280,
fax number (504) 862–2088 or by E-mail
at bonnie.s.obiol@mvn02.usace.
army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Proposed Action. An ecological
restoration project will be designed to
maximize environmental benefits
within the study area. The proposed
action includes all or portions of several
alternatives, identified below, that
would improve the ecosystem and
possibly reduce storm water flood stages
as an ancillary benefit. Design features
will be fully evaluated with respect to
the latest engineering, economic, and
environmental regulations for
acceptability under current Federal laws
and regulations. The results of the
feasibility study will determine the
preferred alternative.
2. Alternatives. The Amite River and
Tributaries Ecosystem Restoration
reconnaissance study considered several
alternative plans for restoring the
ecosystem in the study area. Four plans
were determined to be economically
justified and environmentally
acceptable. The plans include: (1) Recontouring and re-vegetating sterile and
unstable abandoned tailing piles and
un-vegetated abandoned mined areas in
the immediate vicinity of the stream
corridor, (2) as an increment to
Alternative 1, including an additional
4,500 to 6,000 acres not immediately
adjacent to the river by re-contouring
and re-vegetating a total area of
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approximately 6,000 to 7,500 acres, (3)
re-meandering abandoned bendways
and loops of the Amite River in
appropriate areas to recreate some of the
historical meander loops or create new
loops that would serve the same
purpose, and (4) investigate
recommendations of Best Management
Practices (BMPs) for the sand and gravel
industry, as well as other affected
industries and urban areas in the study
area for more stewardship for future
habitat areas. The objective of the
enactment of the BMPs would be to
protect the restoration efforts
undertaken by this project and other
restorative measures by others and
prevent reoccurrence of the degradation.
3. Scoping. Scoping is the process for
determining the scope of alternatives
and significant issues to be addressed in
the EIS. For this analysis, a letter will
be sent to all parties believed to have an
interest in the analysis, requesting their
input on alternatives and issues to be
evaluated. The letter will also notify
interested parties of 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, and
anyone interested in this study should
request to be included in the study
mailing list.
A public scoping meeting will be held
in the spring of 2007. The meeting will
be held in the vicinity of Baton Rouge,
LA. Additional meetings could be held,
depending upon interest and if it is
determined that further public
coordination is warranted.
4. Significant Issues. The tentative list
of resources and issues to be evaluated
in the EIS includes wetlands (marshes
and swamps), aquatic resources,
commercial and recreational fisheries,
wildlife resources, essential fish habitat,
water quality, air quality, threatened
and endangered species, recreation and
aesthetic resources, and cultural
resources. Socioeconomic items to be
evaluated in the EIS include navigation,
flood protection, business and industrial
activity, employment, land use,
property values, public/community
facilities and services, tax revenues,
population, community and regional
growth, transportation, housing,
community cohesion, and noise.
5. Environmental Consultation and
Review. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) will be assisting in the
documentation of existing conditions
and assessment of effects of project
alternatives through Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act consultation
procedures. The USFWS will provide a
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
report. Consultation will be
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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.
Funding levels will dictate the date
when the DEIS is available. The earliest
that the DEIS is expected to be available
is in the summer of 2009.
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 Supplement
No. 1 to the Final Environmental
Impact Statement for the Upper Trinity
River, Central City Project, Fort Worth,
TX
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Section 116 of Pub. L. 108–
447, dated December 8, 2004,
authorized the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers’ (Corps) participation in
construction of the Central City project.
A Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) was completed for the
Central City Project in Janauary 2006. A
Record of Decision (ROD)
recommending the Community-Based
Alternative and determining it was
technically sound and environmentally
acceptable was signed by the Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
(ASA (CW)) on April 7, 2006. An
Interim Feasibility Report with
Integrated Environmental Assessment
(with signed Finding of No Significant
Impact) for the Riverside Oxbow Project
was approved by the Chief of Engineers
on May 29, 2003. An addendum, dated
April 2005, was prepared to address
comments from the ASA (CW);
however, neither construction funding
nor authority for implementation of this
project has been provided by Congress
to date.
By letter dated June 22, 2006, the City
of Fort Worth requested the Corps to
evaluate the potential benefits of
merging the Central City Project with
the Riverside Oxbow project. They
identified potential benefits including
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for
Restoring the Integrity of the Amite River and Restoring Various
Natural Functions That Have Been Degraded or Lost as a Result of Human-
Induced Factors, in All or Portions of Ascension, East Baton Rouge,
East Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, and St. John Parishes, in
Southeastern Louisiana
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 this study under the authority of the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the United States House of
Representatives resolution, adopted July 23, 1998, which reads as
follows:
``Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
of the United States House of Representatives Resolution, that the
Secretary of the Army is requested to review the report of the Chief
of Engineers on the Amite River and Tributaries, Louisiana,
published as House Document 419, 84th Congress, 2nd Session, and
other pertinent reports, with a view to determining whether
modifications of the recommendations contained therein are advisable
at the present time in the interest of environmental restoration and
protection, water quality, and sediment control, recreation, and the
avoidance or minimization of undesirable impacts resulting from
urbanization and other present and future watershed activities.''
The study will determine the feasibility of reducing turbidity,
lowering temperatures, and reducing the extent of the physical changes
within the Amite River corridor in an effort to achieve fish and
wildlife restoration and provide outdoor public recreation
opportunities. This effort will significantly contribute to the
watershed management objectives of the state of Louisiana.
The study area includes the Amite River drainage basin in
southeastern Louisiana, in Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana,
Livingston, St.
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Helena, and St. John Parishes. The Amite River and its tributaries flow
southward from the state of Mississippi through the western ``Florida''
parishes of southeast Louisiana into Lake Maurepas, an oligohaline lake
that drains into Lake Pontchartrain. The Amite River is used for
recreation, propagation of fish and wildlife, and to a lesser extent,
for water supply, navigation, and waste disposal. The Amite River has a
large drainage area and an average flow of about 2,000 cubic feet per
second (CFS) at Denham Springs. A section of the Amite River in East
Feliciana Parish, from the Louisiana/Mississippi state line to
Louisiana Highway 37 (LA 37) is included in Louisiana's Natural and
Scenic Rivers System. The major urban areas in this watershed are Baton
Rouge, Denham Springs, and Gonzales, which are situated along the lower
third of the river.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning the Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) should be addressed to Ms. Bonnie S. Obiol at
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, PM-RS, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans, LA
70160-0267, phone (504) 862-2280, fax number (504) 862-2088 or by E-
mail at bonnie.s.obiol@mvn02.usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Proposed Action. An ecological restoration project will be
designed to maximize environmental benefits within the study area. The
proposed action includes all or portions of several alternatives,
identified below, that would improve the ecosystem and possibly reduce
storm water flood stages as an ancillary benefit. Design features will
be fully evaluated with respect to the latest engineering, economic,
and environmental regulations for acceptability under current Federal
laws and regulations. The results of the feasibility study will
determine the preferred alternative.
2. Alternatives. The Amite River and Tributaries Ecosystem
Restoration reconnaissance study considered several alternative plans
for restoring the ecosystem in the study area. Four plans were
determined to be economically justified and environmentally acceptable.
The plans include: (1) Re-contouring and re-vegetating sterile and
unstable abandoned tailing piles and un-vegetated abandoned mined areas
in the immediate vicinity of the stream corridor, (2) as an increment
to Alternative 1, including an additional 4,500 to 6,000 acres not
immediately adjacent to the river by re-contouring and re-vegetating a
total area of approximately 6,000 to 7,500 acres, (3) re-meandering
abandoned bendways and loops of the Amite River in appropriate areas to
recreate some of the historical meander loops or create new loops that
would serve the same purpose, and (4) investigate recommendations of
Best Management Practices (BMPs) for the sand and gravel industry, as
well as other affected industries and urban areas in the study area for
more stewardship for future habitat areas. The objective of the
enactment of the BMPs would be to protect the restoration efforts
undertaken by this project and other restorative measures by others and
prevent reoccurrence of the degradation.
3. Scoping. Scoping is the process for determining the scope of
alternatives and significant issues to be addressed in the EIS. For
this analysis, a letter will be sent to all parties believed to have an
interest in the analysis, requesting their input on alternatives and
issues to be evaluated. The letter will also notify interested parties
of 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, and anyone interested in this study
should request to be included in the study mailing list.
A public scoping meeting will be held in the spring of 2007. The
meeting will be held in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, LA. Additional
meetings could be held, depending upon interest and if it is determined
that further public coordination is warranted.
4. Significant Issues. The tentative list of resources and issues
to be evaluated in the EIS includes wetlands (marshes and swamps),
aquatic resources, commercial and recreational fisheries, wildlife
resources, essential fish habitat, water quality, air quality,
threatened and endangered species, recreation and aesthetic resources,
and cultural resources. Socioeconomic items to be evaluated in the EIS
include navigation, flood protection, business and industrial activity,
employment, land use, property values, public/community facilities and
services, tax revenues, population, community and regional growth,
transportation, housing, community cohesion, and noise.
5. Environmental Consultation and Review. The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS) will be assisting in the documentation of
existing conditions and assessment of effects of project alternatives
through Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act consultation procedures. The
USFWS will provide a Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act report.
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. Funding levels will dictate the
date when the DEIS is available. The earliest that the DEIS is expected
to be available is in the summer of 2009.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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