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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 No.
7,177,623 entitled ‘‘Localized Cellular
Awareness and Tracking of
Emergencies,’’ issued on February 13,
2007. The United States Government, as
represented by the Secretary of the
Army, has rights in this invention.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
invention pertains to establishing a
three-way call between a wireless 911
caller, an emergency 911 dispatcher,
and security/law enforcement personnel
assigned to monitor a particular
property. When a wireless 911 caller
makes a 911 call from a specific
property, the wireless network provides
the caller’s automatic location
identification (ALI) information to a
Localized Cellular Awareness and
Tracking of Emergencies (LoCATE)
System Unit (LSU) before the call is
routed to the 911 dispatcher. The LSU
uses the ALI information to determine
the phone numbers of the surveillance
property’s assigned security/law
enforcement personnel (e.g., a building
security guard) and provides these
phone numbers to the wireless network.
The LSU requests the wireless network
to establish a three-way call between the
911 caller, the 911 emergency
dispatcher, and the surveillance
property’s assigned security/law
enforcement personnel. Thus, the
invention provides a real-time
communication link with a specific
property’s assigned security/law
enforcement personnel, who can
provide the most immediate response to
an emergency occurring at the property
before the arrival of the traditional or
official first responders who are
dispatched by the 911 dispatcher.
Possible surveillance applications
include buildings, campuses, national
monuments, crime zones, airports,
sports arenas, parades, amusement
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parks, bridges, borders, highways,
waterways, special events, etc.
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
Environmental Impact Statement To
Address Operational Changes at
Center Hill Dam, Center Hill Lake,
DeKalb County, TN, That Could Affect
Pool Elevations
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Corps of Engineers
(Corps) is preparing a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
to address operational changes at Center
Hill Dam that could affect pool
elevations. Center Hill Dam impounds
Center Hill Lake in central Tennessee.
The DEIS is necessary to provide
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) compliance to address changes
that could include, but are not limited
to water quality, aquatic, riparian, and
terrestrial habitat, recreation, water
supply, flood storage, economics,
hydropower production, and safety as a
result of operating Center Hill Lake
below normal pool elevations for
extended periods of time. Several
engineering studies have identified a
heightened level of risk at Center Hill
Dam due to increasing seepage problems
under and around the dam. Since March
2005, the Corps has attempted to keep
fall, winter and early spring lake levels
from extreme rises due to high inflow.
Seepage problems are made worse
during continual high lake levels. As a
result, the Corps plans to maintain
lower lake levels, but still within the
operations curve, to reduce pressure on
the dam foundation, abutments, and rim
walls until a permanent remedy is in
place. A major grouting project to
address the dam seepage is scheduled
for the fall of 2007, followed by
installation of a cutoff wall through the
earthen portions of the dam and
adjoining rim walls. Although not
anticipated, the Corps may have to
lower the lake pool significantly below
the operating pool should seepage
conditions worsen, or new information
determine this action is necessary to
reduce risk. This notice serves to initiate
the NEPA process. The Corps plans to
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prepare and circulate a DEIS which
serves to cover possible impacts due to
extreme changes in lake levels that
could occur during the repair of the
dam’s foundation and abutments.
DATES: Written comments concerning
issues to be considered in preparing the
DEIS, must be received by the Corps of
Engineers on or before March 28, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on issues
to be considered in the DEIS shall be
mailed to: Joy Broach, Project Planning
Branch, Nashville District Corps of
Engineers, P.O. Box 1070 (PM–P),
Nashville, TN 37202–1070. Comments
may also be e-mailed to:
CenterHill.Repair@lrn02.usace.
army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information concerning the
notice, please contact Joy Broach,
Environmental Team, (615) 736–7956,
Linda Adcock, Center Hill Dam Seepage
Major Rehabilitation Project Manager,
(615) 736–5940, or Public Affairs Office,
(615) 736–7161.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Center Hill Dam was designed in
the 1930s, constructed in the 1940s, and
impounded in the early 1950s. The dam
was built on karst geology using
accepted engineering practices of the
day. Since the 1960s, seepage flows
through the dam’s right abutment and
left rim wall have been monitored, and
recently became a concern with
increased seepage and development of
turbid flows through springs below the
left rim wall. Signs of seepage increase
through the main dam and saddle dam
foundations have also been noted. A
formal risk assessment is currently
being conducted to determine if a need
exists to significantly alter lake levels
outside the normal operations curve to
reduce risk to people and property.
2. A comprehensive plan for repairs
has been approved; however, these
repairs will take a number of years to
implement. Until the repairs are
sufficiently complete, the Corps has
determined that it is in the public’s
interest to operate Center Hill Lake at
the lower range of the operations curve.
Many rehabilitation alternatives were
considered and potential impacts
analyzed and are discussed in the
following NEPA documents: Proposed
Center Hill Dam Seepage Rehabilitation,
Environmental Assessment, July 2005;
and Proposed Center Hill Dam Seepage
Rehabilitation, Environmental
Assessment Supplement 1, March 2006.
These documents have been included
by reference. No significant
environmental and economic
consequences are anticipated under
current dam repair plans; however,
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some water intakes and boat ramps may
need to be extended for safe operation.
3. Though not expected, the Corps
recognizes that if seepage conditions
worsen, or new information determines
that the lake elevations should be
significantly changed to ensure the
public’s health, safety, and welfare; then
the following resources could be
significantly impacted:
(1) The cold-water fisheries both in
the lake and tailwater;
(2) Water quality throughout the
Caney Fork River and downstream in
the Cumberland River;
(3) Federally listed threatened and
endangered species;
(4) Designated uses of the waterway
including fish and aquatic life, livestock
watering and wildlife, irrigation;
(5) And economics including electric
power production, municipal and
industrial water supply, recreation,
navigation, flood damage reduction, and
disruption to communities, jobs, and
other related factors.
4. Current Actions to Reduce Risk.
Several actions have already been taken
to reduce the risk. Prior to 2005, spring
rains were captured in the reservoir to
maximize downstream flood protection
and hydropower generation. Beginning
in March 2005, the pool was managed
more aggressively to reduce inflow
peaks and adhere more closely to the
prescribed guide curves. In 2006,
continuous surveillance was initiated at
the dam. This involves providing
patrols to monitor the dam, known
seepage and trouble spots, and
downstream areas. Currently, the Corps
is conducting exploratory drilling to
assess the limestone rock condition and
key access points for future grouting
activities. Additional coordination and
exercises have been held with state and
local emergency management agencies.
These agencies will be provided flood
inundation maps to help coordinate
emergency evacuation planning. The
Corps has improved its emergency
notification procedures, increased
instrumentation in, on, and around the
dam, and conducted numerous public
meetings to advise the public of
problems with the dam.
5. A DEIS will be undertaken to
review current actions taken and to
consider other possible alternatives to
reduce stress on the dam.
6. This notice serves to solicit
comments from the public; Federal,
State and local agencies and officials;
Indian Tribes; and other interested
parties in order to consider and evaluate
impacts of these proposed activities.
Any comments received by the agency
will be considered in determining future
operations. In the decision-making
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process, comments are used to assess
impacts on public health and safety,
endangered species, historic properties,
water quality, water supply and
conservation, economics, aesthetics,
wetlands, flood hazards, floodplain
values, land use, navigation, shore
erosion and accretion, recreation, energy
needs, food and fiber production,
mineral needs, considerations of
property ownership, general
environmental effects, and in general,
the needs and welfare of the people.
7. Activities proposed that may
require a review under the guidelines
promulgated by the Administrator,
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), under authority of Section
404(b)(1) of the Clean Water Act (40
CFR part 230) include fill placement for
water intake extensions, boat ramp
extensions, and other mitigation actions.
8. Other Federal, State, and local
approvals that may be required for
proposed work are as follows:
a. Section 401 water quality
certification from the Tennessee
Department of Environment and
Conservation.
b. Coordination with the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service for the Endangered
Species Act and Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act.
c. Coordination with the Tennessee
Wildlife Resources Agency.
d. Coordination with the State
Historic Preservation Officer and
President’s Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation.
9. Significant issues to be analyzed in
the DEIS include impacts to fisheries,
tailwater mussel resources, water
quality, flood control, recreation,
navigation, water supply, electric power
production, economics, and community
development. The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service has agreed to be a
Cooperating Agency on the DEIS. A
DEIS should be available in June 2007.
10. Public Meetings: At present, no
public meetings have been scheduled to
scope for potential issues to be
evaluated in the DEIS. Requests for
public meetings should be directed to
Mr. William Peoples, Chief, Public
Affairs Office, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Nashville District, Nashville,
TN, 37202–1070. Mr. Peoples may be
reached by telephone at (615) 736–7834.
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
Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS) for the Development of an Inlet
Management Plan That Includes the
Repositioning and Realignment of the
Main Ebb Channel of Rich Inlet and To
Use the Material To Nourish Figure
Eight Island, North of Wilmington, New
Hanover 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
received a request for Department of the
Army authorization, pursuant to Section
404 of the Clean Water Act and Section
10 of the Rivers and Harbor Act, from
Figure ‘‘8’’ Beach Homeowners
Association to develop a management
plan for Rich Inlet that would mitigate
chronic erosion on the northern portion
of Figure Eight Island so as to preserve
the integrity of its infrastructure,
provide protection to existing
development, and ensure the continued
use of the oceanfront beach along the
northernmost three miles of its
oceanfront shoreline. Figure Eight
Island is an unincorporated privately
developed island located on the
southeast coast of North Carolina,
approximately eight miles north of
Wilmington. The island is bordered to
the south by Mason Inlet and
Wrightsville Beach; and to the north by
Rich Inlet and Lea-Hutaff Island, an
undeveloped, privately-owned island.
The inlet management plan would
involve the repositioning and
realignment of the main ebb channel of
Rich Inlet to a location closer to the
north end of Figure Eight Island. The
intended alignment is to be essentially
perpendicular to the oceanfront
shorelines of the adjacent islands. The
new channel position would be
periodically maintained with
maintenance episodes dictated by
natural shifts in the channel position
that produce unfavorable shoreline
responses on the north end of Figure
Eight Island. While the main focus of
the project is to relocate the main ebb
bar channel, consideration will also be
given to possible alterations in Nixon
Channel and Green Channel to
determine if such modification would
enhance the stability of the new
channel. Nixon Channel meanders along
a southwesterly path on the landward
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement To
Address Operational Changes at Center Hill Dam, Center Hill Lake,
DeKalb County, TN, That Could Affect Pool Elevations
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Corps of Engineers (Corps) is preparing a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to address operational changes at
Center Hill Dam that could affect pool elevations. Center Hill Dam
impounds Center Hill Lake in central Tennessee. The DEIS is necessary
to provide National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance to
address changes that could include, but are not limited to water
quality, aquatic, riparian, and terrestrial habitat, recreation, water
supply, flood storage, economics, hydropower production, and safety as
a result of operating Center Hill Lake below normal pool elevations for
extended periods of time. Several engineering studies have identified a
heightened level of risk at Center Hill Dam due to increasing seepage
problems under and around the dam. Since March 2005, the Corps has
attempted to keep fall, winter and early spring lake levels from
extreme rises due to high inflow. Seepage problems are made worse
during continual high lake levels. As a result, the Corps plans to
maintain lower lake levels, but still within the operations curve, to
reduce pressure on the dam foundation, abutments, and rim walls until a
permanent remedy is in place. A major grouting project to address the
dam seepage is scheduled for the fall of 2007, followed by installation
of a cutoff wall through the earthen portions of the dam and adjoining
rim walls. Although not anticipated, the Corps may have to lower the
lake pool significantly below the operating pool should seepage
conditions worsen, or new information determine this action is
necessary to reduce risk. This notice serves to initiate the NEPA
process. The Corps plans to prepare and circulate a DEIS which serves
to cover possible impacts due to extreme changes in lake levels that
could occur during the repair of the dam's foundation and abutments.
DATES: Written comments concerning issues to be considered in preparing
the DEIS, must be received by the Corps of Engineers on or before March
28, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on issues to be considered in the DEIS
shall be mailed to: Joy Broach, Project Planning Branch, Nashville
District Corps of Engineers, P.O. Box 1070 (PM-P), Nashville, TN 37202-
1070. Comments may also be e-mailed to:
CenterHill.Repair@lrn02.usace.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information concerning
the notice, please contact Joy Broach, Environmental Team, (615) 736-
7956, Linda Adcock, Center Hill Dam Seepage Major Rehabilitation
Project Manager, (615) 736-5940, or Public Affairs Office, (615) 736-
7161.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Center Hill Dam was designed in the 1930s, constructed in the
1940s, and impounded in the early 1950s. The dam was built on karst
geology using accepted engineering practices of the day. Since the
1960s, seepage flows through the dam's right abutment and left rim wall
have been monitored, and recently became a concern with increased
seepage and development of turbid flows through springs below the left
rim wall. Signs of seepage increase through the main dam and saddle dam
foundations have also been noted. A formal risk assessment is currently
being conducted to determine if a need exists to significantly alter
lake levels outside the normal operations curve to reduce risk to
people and property.
2. A comprehensive plan for repairs has been approved; however,
these repairs will take a number of years to implement. Until the
repairs are sufficiently complete, the Corps has determined that it is
in the public's interest to operate Center Hill Lake at the lower range
of the operations curve. Many rehabilitation alternatives were
considered and potential impacts analyzed and are discussed in the
following NEPA documents: Proposed Center Hill Dam Seepage
Rehabilitation, Environmental Assessment, July 2005; and Proposed
Center Hill Dam Seepage Rehabilitation, Environmental Assessment
Supplement 1, March 2006. These documents have been included by
reference. No significant environmental and economic consequences are
anticipated under current dam repair plans; however,
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some water intakes and boat ramps may need to be extended for safe
operation.
3. Though not expected, the Corps recognizes that if seepage
conditions worsen, or new information determines that the lake
elevations should be significantly changed to ensure the public's
health, safety, and welfare; then the following resources could be
significantly impacted:
(1) The cold-water fisheries both in the lake and tailwater;
(2) Water quality throughout the Caney Fork River and downstream in
the Cumberland River;
(3) Federally listed threatened and endangered species;
(4) Designated uses of the waterway including fish and aquatic
life, livestock watering and wildlife, irrigation;
(5) And economics including electric power production, municipal
and industrial water supply, recreation, navigation, flood damage
reduction, and disruption to communities, jobs, and other related
factors.
4. Current Actions to Reduce Risk. Several actions have already
been taken to reduce the risk. Prior to 2005, spring rains were
captured in the reservoir to maximize downstream flood protection and
hydropower generation. Beginning in March 2005, the pool was managed
more aggressively to reduce inflow peaks and adhere more closely to the
prescribed guide curves. In 2006, continuous surveillance was initiated
at the dam. This involves providing patrols to monitor the dam, known
seepage and trouble spots, and downstream areas. Currently, the Corps
is conducting exploratory drilling to assess the limestone rock
condition and key access points for future grouting activities.
Additional coordination and exercises have been held with state and
local emergency management agencies. These agencies will be provided
flood inundation maps to help coordinate emergency evacuation planning.
The Corps has improved its emergency notification procedures, increased
instrumentation in, on, and around the dam, and conducted numerous
public meetings to advise the public of problems with the dam.
5. A DEIS will be undertaken to review current actions taken and to
consider other possible alternatives to reduce stress on the dam.
6. This notice serves to solicit comments from the public; Federal,
State and local agencies and officials; Indian Tribes; and other
interested parties in order to consider and evaluate impacts of these
proposed activities. Any comments received by the agency will be
considered in determining future operations. In the decision-making
process, comments are used to assess impacts on public health and
safety, endangered species, historic properties, water quality, water
supply and conservation, economics, aesthetics, wetlands, flood
hazards, floodplain values, land use, navigation, shore erosion and
accretion, recreation, energy needs, food and fiber production, mineral
needs, considerations of property ownership, general environmental
effects, and in general, the needs and welfare of the people.
7. Activities proposed that may require a review under the
guidelines promulgated by the Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), under authority of Section 404(b)(1) of the Clean Water
Act (40 CFR part 230) include fill placement for water intake
extensions, boat ramp extensions, and other mitigation actions.
8. Other Federal, State, and local approvals that may be required
for proposed work are as follows:
a. Section 401 water quality certification from the Tennessee
Department of Environment and Conservation.
b. Coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the
Endangered Species Act and Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.
c. Coordination with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
d. Coordination with the State Historic Preservation Officer and
President's Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
9. Significant issues to be analyzed in the DEIS include impacts to
fisheries, tailwater mussel resources, water quality, flood control,
recreation, navigation, water supply, electric power production,
economics, and community development. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service has agreed to be a Cooperating Agency on the DEIS. A DEIS
should be available in June 2007.
10. Public Meetings: At present, no public meetings have been
scheduled to scope for potential issues to be evaluated in the DEIS.
Requests for public meetings should be directed to Mr. William Peoples,
Chief, Public Affairs Office, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville
District, Nashville, TN, 37202-1070. Mr. Peoples may be reached by
telephone at (615) 736-7834.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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