Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the American River Common Features General Reevaluation Report, Sacramento, CA, 11097-11098 [E8-3922]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Army Corps
of Engineers
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
408 Permission and 404 Permit to
Three Rivers Levee Improvement
Authority for the Feather River Levee
Repair Project, California, Segment 2
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The action being taken is the
preparation of an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the issuance of both
the 408 permission to the Central Valley
Flood Protection Board and 404 Permit
to Three Rivers Levee Improvement
Authority (TRLIA) for their work on the
Feather River Levee Repair Project
(FRLRP). Under 33 U.S.C. 408, the Chief
of Engineers grants permission to alter
an existing flood control structure if it
is not injurious to the public interest
and does not impair the usefulness of
such work. Under section 404 of the
Clean Water Act, the District Engineer
permits the discharge of dredged or fill
material into waters of the United States
if the discharge meets the requirements
of the Environmental Protection
Agency’s 404(b)(1) guidelines and is not
contrary to the public interest. The
FRLRP is located in Yuba County, CA.
TRLIA is requesting this permission and
permit in order to complete
construction along the east levee of the
Feather River.
DATES: A public scoping meeting will be
held March 10, 2008, 6:30 to 8:30 at the
Yuba County Government Center, 915
8th Street, Marysville, CA. Send written
comments by April 9, 2008 to the
address below.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments and
suggestions concerning this study to Mr.
John Suazo, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Sacramento District, Attn:
Planning Division (CESPK–PD–R), 1325
J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Requests to be placed on the mailing list
should also be sent to this address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposed action
and EIS should be addressed to John
Suazo at (916) 557–6719, e-mail:
john.suazo@usace.army.mil or by mail
to (see ADDRESSES).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Proposed Action. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers is preparing an EIS
to analyze the impacts of the work
proposed by TRLIA from the
implementation of the FRLRP, Segment
2. The FRLRP, Segment 2 is being
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constructed by TRLIA to improve flood
protection to portions of Yuba County
and Reclamation District (RD) 784.
2. Alternatives. The EIS will address
an array of flood control improvement
alternatives along Segment 2.
Alternatives analyzed during the
investigation will include a combination
of one or more flood protection
measures. These measures include
seepage berms, stability berms, setback
levees, seepage cutoff walls, and
relocation of a pump station.
3. Scoping Process. a. The Corps has
initiated a process to involve concerned
individuals, and local, State, and
Federal agencies. A public scoping
meeting will be held on March 10, 2008
to present information to the public and
to receive comments from the public.
b. Significant issues to be analyzed in
depth in the EIS include effects on
hydraulic, wetlands and other waters of
the U.S., vegetation and wildlife
resources, special-status species,
cultural resources, land use, fisheries,
water quality, air quality, transportation,
and socioeconomics; and cumulative
effects of related projects in the study
area.
c. The Corps is consulting with the
State Historic Preservation Officer to
comply with the National Historic
Preservation Act, and the National
Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service to comply
with the Endangered Species Act.
Coordination with the National Marine
Fisheries Service has been completed;
coordination with U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service is still ongoing.
d. A 45-day public review period will
be provided for individuals and
agencies to review and comment on the
draft EIS. All interested parties are
encouraged to respond to this notice
and provide a current address if they
wish to be notified of the draft EIS
circulation.
4. Availability. The draft EIS is
scheduled to be available for public
review and comment in early 2008.
Dated: February 22, 2008.
Thomas C. Chapman,
COL, EN, Commanding.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Army Corps
of Engineers
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the American River Common Features
General Reevaluation Report,
Sacramento, CA
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers; DOD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The action being taken is the
preparation of an environmental impact
statement (EIS) for the American River
Common Features General Reevaluation
Report (GRR). The Common Features
Project GRR will re-evaluate the
currently authorized plan as well as
develop and evaluate other viable
alternatives, including a locallypreferred plan, with the goal of
identifying a comprehensive plan that
will lower the risk of flooding in and
around the City of Sacramento. The
Common Features Project GRR is
located in Sacramento, Sutter and Yolo
Counties, CA.
DATES: A series of public scoping
meetings will be held as follows:
1. March 5, 2008, 5 to 7 p.m. at The
Elk’s Lodge.
2. March 6, 2008, 5 to 7 p.m. at Arden
Park Community Center, Room A.
3. March 10, 2008, 3 to 6 p.m. at The
Library Galleria East Meeting Room.
4. March 13, 2008, 5 to 7 p.m. at The
Sierra Health Foundation.
Send written comments by April 11,
2008 to the address below.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
suggestions concerning this study may
be submitted to Ms. Elizabeth Holland,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Sacramento District, Attn: Planning
Division (CESPK–PD–R), 1325 J Street,
Sacramento, CA 95814. Requests to be
placed on the mailing list should also be
sent to this address. The location of the
public meetings is as follows; The Elks
Lodge, 6446 Riverside Blvd.,
Sacramento, CA; Arden Park
Community Center, 1000 La Sierra
Drive, Sacramento, CA; Library Galleria,
828 ‘‘I’’ Street, Sacramento, CA; and
Sierra Health Foundation, 1321 Garden
Highway, Sacramento, CA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposed action
and EIS should be addressed to Liz
Holland at (916) 557–6763, e-mail
Elizabeth.g.holland@usace.army.mil or
by mail to (see ADDRESSES).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Proposed Action. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers is preparing an EIS
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to analyze the impacts of a range of
alternatives that would lessen the risk of
flooding in and around the City of
Sacramento.
2. Alternatives. The EIS will address
an array of flood control improvement
alternatives that are intended to reduce
flood risk within the project area.
Alternatives analyzed during the
investigation will include a combination
of one or more flood protection
measures. These measures include levee
improvements (e.g., seepage berms,
adjacent setback levees, seepage wells,
seepage cutoff walls), revisions to
system hydraulics through setbacks,
levee raises, and/or more diversion of
flow into the bypass system, and
possible use of upstream lands for
detention.
3. Scoping Process. a. A series of
public scoping meeting will be held in
early March, 2008 to present
information to the public and to receive
comments from the public. These
meetings are intended to initiate the
process to involve concerned
individuals, and local, State, and
Federal agencies.
b. Significant issues to be analyzed in
depth in the EIS include effects on
hydraulics, wetlands and other waters
of the U.S., vegetation and wildlife
resources, special-status species,
esthetics, cultural resources, recreation,
land use, fisheries, water quality, air
quality, transportation, and
socioeconomics; and cumulative effects
of related projects in the study area.
c. The Corps is consulting with the
State Historic Preservation Officer to
comply with the National Historic
Preservation Act and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and National Marine
Fisheries Service to comply with the
Endangered Species Act. The Corps is
also coordinating with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service to comply with the
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.
d. A 45-day public review period will
be provided for individuals and
agencies to review and comment on the
draft EIS. All interested parties are
encouraged to respond to this notice
and provide a current address if they
wish to be notified of the draft EIS
circulation.
4. Availability. The draft EIS is
scheduled to be available for public
review and comment in spring 2010.
Dated: February 15, 2008.
Thomas C. Chapman,
COL, EN, Commanding.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Department of the Navy
Meeting of the Ocean Research and
Resources Advisory Panel
[USN–2008–0008]
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
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Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice to Amend a System of
Records.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Ocean Research and
Resources Advisory Panel (ORRAP) will
meet to discuss National Ocean
Research Leadership Council (NORLC)
and Interagency Committee on Ocean
Science and Resource Management
Integration (ICOSRMI) activities. All
sessions of the meeting will be open to
the public.
The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 from 8 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, April 16,
2008 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
DATES:
The meetings will be held at
the Consortium for Ocean Leadership
located at 1201 New York Ave, Suite
420, Washington, DC.
ADDRESSES:
Dr.
Charles L. Vincent, Office of Naval
Research, 875 North Randolph Street,
Suite 1425, Arlington, VA 22203–1995,
telephone: 703–696–4118.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
This
notice is provided in accordance with
the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2). The
meeting will include discussions on
ocean research to applications, ocean
observing, professional certification
programs, and other current issues in
the ocean science and resource
management communities. In order to
maintain the meeting time schedule,
members of the public will be limited in
their time to speak to the Panel.
Members of the public should submit
written comments at least one week
prior to the meeting to Dr. Charles L.
Vincent, Office of Naval Research, 875
North Randolph Street, Suite 1425,
Arlington, VA 22203–1995, telephone:
703–696–4118.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: February 22, 2008.
T.M. Cruz,
Lieutenant, Office of the Judge Advocate
General, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison
Officer.
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy
is amending a system of records notice
in its existing inventory of record
systems subject to the Privacy Act of
1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended.
DATES: This proposed action will be
effective without further notice on
March 31, 2008 unless comments are
received which result in a contrary
determination.
Send comments to the
Department of the Navy, PA/FOIA
Policy Branch, Chief of Naval
Operations (DNS–36), 2000 Navy
Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350–2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
Doris Lama at (202) 685–6545.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of the Navy systems of
records notices subject to the Privacy
Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended, have been published in the
Federal Register and are available from
the address above.
The specific changes to the record
system being amended are set forth
below followed by the notice, as
amended, published in its entirety. The
proposed amendments are not within
the purview of subsection (r) of the
Privacy Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as
amended, which requires the
submission of a new or altered system
report.
ADDRESSES:
Dated: February 25, 2008.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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SYSTEM NAME:
Navy Individual Service Review
Board (ISRB) Proceedings Application
File (March 18, 1997, 62 FR 12806).
CHANGES:
SYSTEM NAME:
Delete entry and replace with ‘‘DoD
Civilian/Military Service Review
Board.’’
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Delete entry and replace with ‘‘Navy
Personnel Command (PERS–312), 5720
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: E8-3922]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Army Corps of Engineers
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
the American River Common Features General Reevaluation Report,
Sacramento, CA
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; DOD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The action being taken is the preparation of an environmental
impact statement (EIS) for the American River Common Features General
Reevaluation Report (GRR). The Common Features Project GRR will re-
evaluate the currently authorized plan as well as develop and evaluate
other viable alternatives, including a locally-preferred plan, with the
goal of identifying a comprehensive plan that will lower the risk of
flooding in and around the City of Sacramento. The Common Features
Project GRR is located in Sacramento, Sutter and Yolo Counties, CA.
DATES: A series of public scoping meetings will be held as follows:
1. March 5, 2008, 5 to 7 p.m. at The Elk's Lodge.
2. March 6, 2008, 5 to 7 p.m. at Arden Park Community Center, Room
A.
3. March 10, 2008, 3 to 6 p.m. at The Library Galleria East Meeting
Room.
4. March 13, 2008, 5 to 7 p.m. at The Sierra Health Foundation.
Send written comments by April 11, 2008 to the address below.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and suggestions concerning this study may
be submitted to Ms. Elizabeth Holland, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Sacramento District, Attn: Planning Division (CESPK-PD-R), 1325 J
Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Requests to be placed on the mailing list
should also be sent to this address. The location of the public
meetings is as follows; The Elks Lodge, 6446 Riverside Blvd.,
Sacramento, CA; Arden Park Community Center, 1000 La Sierra Drive,
Sacramento, CA; Library Galleria, 828 ``I'' Street, Sacramento, CA; and
Sierra Health Foundation, 1321 Garden Highway, Sacramento, CA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the proposed action
and EIS should be addressed to Liz Holland at (916) 557-6763, e-mail
Elizabeth.g.holland@usace.army.mil or by mail to (see ADDRESSES).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Proposed Action. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing
an EIS
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to analyze the impacts of a range of alternatives that would lessen the
risk of flooding in and around the City of Sacramento.
2. Alternatives. The EIS will address an array of flood control
improvement alternatives that are intended to reduce flood risk within
the project area. Alternatives analyzed during the investigation will
include a combination of one or more flood protection measures. These
measures include levee improvements (e.g., seepage berms, adjacent
setback levees, seepage wells, seepage cutoff walls), revisions to
system hydraulics through setbacks, levee raises, and/or more diversion
of flow into the bypass system, and possible use of upstream lands for
detention.
3. Scoping Process. a. A series of public scoping meeting will be
held in early March, 2008 to present information to the public and to
receive comments from the public. These meetings are intended to
initiate the process to involve concerned individuals, and local,
State, and Federal agencies.
b. Significant issues to be analyzed in depth in the EIS include
effects on hydraulics, wetlands and other waters of the U.S.,
vegetation and wildlife resources, special-status species, esthetics,
cultural resources, recreation, land use, fisheries, water quality, air
quality, transportation, and socioeconomics; and cumulative effects of
related projects in the study area.
c. The Corps is consulting with the State Historic Preservation
Officer to comply with the National Historic Preservation Act and the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service to
comply with the Endangered Species Act. The Corps is also coordinating
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to comply with the Fish and
Wildlife Coordination Act.
d. A 45-day public review period will be provided for individuals
and agencies to review and comment on the draft EIS. All interested
parties are encouraged to respond to this notice and provide a current
address if they wish to be notified of the draft EIS circulation.
4. Availability. The draft EIS is scheduled to be available for
public review and comment in spring 2010.
Dated: February 15, 2008.
Thomas C. Chapman,
COL, EN, Commanding.
[FR Doc. E8-3922 Filed 2-28-08; 8:45 am]
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