Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the St. Lucie South Beach and Dune Restoration Project located in St. Lucie County, Florida, 13102-13103 [2012-5253]
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Estimated Reports Annually per
Respondent or Recordkeeper: 20,000.
Estimated Hours per Response: .01.
Estimated Total Hours per Year: 66.
Rule 190.03(a)(2)
Estimated Respondents or
Recordkeepers per Year: .33.
Estimated Reports Annually per
Respondent or Recordkeeper: 20,000.
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Estimated Total Hours per Year: 132.
Rule 190.04(b)
Estimated Respondents or
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Respondent or Recordkeeper: 40,000.
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Estimated Respondents or
Recordkeepers per Year: .33.
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Respondent or Recordkeeper: 1.
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Estimated Total Hours per Year: .33.
Rule 190.06(d)
Estimated Respondents or
Recordkeepers per Year: 125.
Estimated Reports Annually per
Respondent or Recordkeeper: 1000.
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Rule 190.10(c)
Estimated Respondents or
Recordkeepers per Year: 125.
Estimated Reports Annually per
Respondent or Recordkeeper: 1000.
Estimated Hours per Response: .05.
Estimated Total Hours per Year: 6250.
There are estimated to be no capital
costs or operating and maintenance
costs associated with this collection.
Dated February 28, 2012.
David A. Stawick,
Secretary of the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
Availability of the Final Environmental
Impact Statement for the St. Lucie
South Beach and Dune Restoration
Project located in St. Lucie County,
Florida
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
DoD.
Cooperating Agency: The Bureau of
Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation
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and Enforcement (BOEMRE) is a
cooperating federal agency having
jurisdiction by law because the
proposed federal action includes
potential future use of beach compatible
sand originating from the outer
continental shelf.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) is issuing this notice
to advise the public that a Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
has been completed and is available for
review and comment.
DATES: In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), we
have filed the FEIS with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
for publication of their notice of
availability in the Federal Register. The
EPA notice officially starts the 45-day
review period for this document. It is
the goal of the USACE to have this
notice published on the same date as the
EPA notice. However, if that does not
occur, the date of the EPA notice will
determine the closing date for
comments on the FEIS. Comments on
the FEIS must be submitted to the
address below under FOR FURTHER
CONTACT INFORMATION and must be
received no later than 5 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time, Monday, April 16, 2012.
Scoping: A Scoping Meeting was held
in Ft. Pierce, FL on May 19th, 2010 to
gather information for the preparation of
the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS). A Public notice was
posted in a St. Lucie County newspaper,
and mailed to current stakeholder lists
with notification of the public meetings
requesting input and comments on
issues that should be addressed in the
DEIS.
DEIS and Public Comment. The
Notice of Availability of the DEIS was
published June 3 2011, with a comment
period ending 5 p.m. July 18, 2011. A
public comment meeting was held June
29, 2011 at the St. Lucie County
government offices. After receiving
public comments, the USACE reviewed
all relevant comments and concerns.
After the comment period, the DEIS was
revised to be the FEIS in order to
address the comments and concerns, or
to include additional requested
information. On January 5, 2012, the
applicant revised its preferred
alternative to an alternative with fewer
adverse environmental effects on
nearshore hardbottom.
ADDRESSES: The FEIS is available online
on the Jacksonville District Web site at:
https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/
Divisions/Regulatory/interest.htm.
Printed copies of the FEIS are also
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available for public review at the
following locations:
1. St. Lucie County Administration
Building, 2300 Virginia Ave., Fort
Pierce, FL 34982.
2. St. Lucie County Ft. Pierce Branch
Library 101 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce,
34950.
3. St. Lucie County Lakewood Park
Branch Library 7605 Santa Barbara
Drive, Fort Pierce, 34951.
4. St. Lucie West Library J Building,
500 NW. California Blvd., Port St. Lucie,
34986,
5. USACE Palm Beach Gardens
Regulatory Office, 4400 PGA Boulevard,
Suite 500 Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
33410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Leah Oberlin, Chief, Palm Beach
Gardens Section, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Jacksonville District, 4400
PGA Boulevard, Suite 500, Palm Beach
Gardens, FL 33410, Telephone: 561–
472–3517, Fax: 561–626–6971.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
project is being reviewed under
Department of the Army permit
application number SAJ–2009–
03448(IP–GGL). The primary Federal
involvement associated with the
Proposed Action is the dredging and
discharge of fill within navigable waters
of the United States pursuant to Section
404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.
1344) and Section 10 of the Rivers and
Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403).
Proposed Action: The project is
located on South Hutchinson Island in
St. Lucie County and is approximately
3.4 miles in length. The project
coincides approximately with Florida
Department of Environmental Protection
Shoreline Monuments R–98 to R–
115+1,000 ft, the St. Lucie/Martin
County line. The northern limit of the
project is approximately 16,000 feet
south of the Hutchinson Island Nuclear
Plant. The project was proposed by the
St. Lucie County Erosion District
(applicant) to stabilize the beach and
dune to protect essential upland
infrastructure, upland property, expand
turtle nesting habitat, and increase
recreational opportunities. The
applicant’s preference is to utilize a
hopper dredge to obtain 485,900 cubic
yards of beach compatible sand from a
borrow area approximately 3.0 miles
offshore of St. Lucie County. The
hopper dredge would deliver the sand
by hydraulic pumping onto the project
beach. The applicant has stated the
project was anticipated to adversely
affect approximately 1.57 acre of nearshore hard bottom habitat. The impacts
include: 0.55 acres of near-shore hard
bottom habitat through direct burial,
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0.02 acres of impacts associated with
temporary pipeline placement, and 1.0
acre of temporary construction-related
turbidity impacts. The proposal is for
new major construction seeking federal
authorization, and the USACE is
required to prepare an EIS when
significant environmental effects on the
human environment are anticipated for
compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The
FEIS states the purpose and need for the
Proposed Action and the identified
reasonable alternatives that may achieve
the project purpose. The alternatives
include the no-action alternative, and
six other alternatives including the
applicant’s Proposed Action. Each of the
alternatives identified in the FEIS
include varying degrees of hardbottom
impacts associated with beach and/or
dune fill with and without stabilizing
structures (T-head groins). The EIS
process also provides opportunity for
stakeholder involvement in order for the
USACE to render an informed final
decision on the applicant’s proposal.
The USACE’s decision will be to
authorize, modify, or deny the
applicant’s Proposed Action.
Donald W. Kinard,
Chief, Regulatory Division, Jacksonville
District.
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Acting Director,
Information Collection Clearance
Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management, invites comments on the
proposed information collection
requests as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13).
DATES: An emergency review has been
requested in accordance with the Act
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 3507 (j)), since
public harm is reasonably likely to
result if normal clearance procedures
are followed. Approval by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) has
been requested by March 9, 2012. A
regular clearance process is also
beginning. Interested persons are
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Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street NW., Room 10222, New
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Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
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that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) provide interested
Federal agencies and the public an early
opportunity to comment on information
collection requests. The OMB may
amend or waive the requirement for
public consultation to the extent that
public participation in the approval
process would defeat the purpose of the
information collection, violate State or
Federal law, or substantially interfere
with any agency’s ability to perform its
statutory obligations. The Acting
Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information
and Records Management Services,
Office of Management, publishes this
notice containing proposed information
collection requests at the beginning of
the Departmental review of the
information collection. Each proposed
information collection, grouped by
office, contains the following: (1) Type
of review requested, e.g., new, revision,
extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)
Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)
Description of the need for, and
proposed use of, the information; (5)
Respondents and frequency of
collection; and (6) Reporting and/or
Recordkeeping burden. ED invites
public comment.
The Department of Education is
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is
this collection necessary to the proper
functions of the Department; (2) will
this information be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate
of burden accurate; (4) how might the
Department enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (5) how might the
Department minimize the burden of this
collection on respondents, including
through the use of information
technology.
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Dated: February 29, 2012.
Kate Mullan,
Acting Director, Information Collection
Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and
Records Management Services, Office of
Management.
Federal Student Aid
Type of Review: New.
Title: Federal Family Education Loan
(FFEL) Program London Inter-Bank
Offered Rate (LIBOR) Waiver.
OMB #: Pending.
Abstract: The Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2012 requires that
Federal Family Education Loan program
Lenders be given the option to have
their special allowance payments
calculated using the 1-month London
Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR).
Lenders electing to have loans
calculated using LIBOR will be required
to sign a waiver. This waiver has to be
signed no later than April 1, 2012.
Additional Information: The Office of
the Chief Financial Officer, Federal
Student Aid requests Emergency
Clearance for the information collection
entitled ‘‘Federal Family Education
Loan Program London Inter-Bank
Offered Rate (LIBOR) Waiver’’ because a
normal clearance is likely to cause a
statutory deadline to be missed. On
December 23, 2011, the President signed
the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2012 (Pub. L. 112–74), which directs
that FFEL lenders be given the option of
having their special allowance
payments calculated using the onemonth LIBOR for the calendar quarter
beginning April 1, 2012 and each
subsequent quarter. Public Law 112–74
further directs that each lender electing
the change must submit a waiver
attesting to that choice no later than
April 1, 2012.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 75.
Burden Hours: 3,000.
Copies of the proposed information
collection request may be accessed from
https://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the
‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and
by clicking on link number 04806.
When you access the information
collection, click on ‘‘Download
Attachments’’ to view. Written requests
for information should be addressed to
U.S. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ,
Washington, DC 20202–4537. Requests
may also be electronically mailed to the
Internet address ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or
faxed to 202–401–0920. Please specify
the complete title of the information
collection and OMB Control Number
when making your request.
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[FR Doc No: 2012-5253]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the
St. Lucie South Beach and Dune Restoration Project located in St. Lucie
County, Florida
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
Cooperating Agency: The Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management,
Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) is a cooperating federal agency
having jurisdiction by law because the proposed federal action includes
potential future use of beach compatible sand originating from the
outer continental shelf.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is issuing this
notice to advise the public that a Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) has been completed and is available for review and comment.
DATES: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
we have filed the FEIS with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) for publication of their notice of availability in the Federal
Register. The EPA notice officially starts the 45-day review period for
this document. It is the goal of the USACE to have this notice
published on the same date as the EPA notice. However, if that does not
occur, the date of the EPA notice will determine the closing date for
comments on the FEIS. Comments on the FEIS must be submitted to the
address below under FOR FURTHER CONTACT INFORMATION and must be
received no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Monday, April 16,
2012.
Scoping: A Scoping Meeting was held in Ft. Pierce, FL on May 19th,
2010 to gather information for the preparation of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). A Public notice was posted in a
St. Lucie County newspaper, and mailed to current stakeholder lists
with notification of the public meetings requesting input and comments
on issues that should be addressed in the DEIS.
DEIS and Public Comment. The Notice of Availability of the DEIS was
published June 3 2011, with a comment period ending 5 p.m. July 18,
2011. A public comment meeting was held June 29, 2011 at the St. Lucie
County government offices. After receiving public comments, the USACE
reviewed all relevant comments and concerns. After the comment period,
the DEIS was revised to be the FEIS in order to address the comments
and concerns, or to include additional requested information. On
January 5, 2012, the applicant revised its preferred alternative to an
alternative with fewer adverse environmental effects on nearshore
hardbottom.
ADDRESSES: The FEIS is available online on the Jacksonville District
Web site at: https://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Divisions/Regulatory/interest.htm. Printed copies of the FEIS are also available for public
review at the following locations:
1. St. Lucie County Administration Building, 2300 Virginia Ave.,
Fort Pierce, FL 34982.
2. St. Lucie County Ft. Pierce Branch Library 101 Melody Lane, Fort
Pierce, 34950.
3. St. Lucie County Lakewood Park Branch Library 7605 Santa Barbara
Drive, Fort Pierce, 34951.
4. St. Lucie West Library J Building, 500 NW. California Blvd.,
Port St. Lucie, 34986,
5. USACE Palm Beach Gardens Regulatory Office, 4400 PGA Boulevard,
Suite 500 Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Leah Oberlin, Chief, Palm Beach
Gardens Section, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District,
4400 PGA Boulevard, Suite 500, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410, Telephone:
561-472-3517, Fax: 561-626-6971.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The project is being reviewed under
Department of the Army permit application number SAJ-2009-03448(IP-
GGL). The primary Federal involvement associated with the Proposed
Action is the dredging and discharge of fill within navigable waters of
the United States pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33
U.S.C. 1344) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33
U.S.C. 403).
Proposed Action: The project is located on South Hutchinson Island
in St. Lucie County and is approximately 3.4 miles in length. The
project coincides approximately with Florida Department of
Environmental Protection Shoreline Monuments R-98 to R-115+1,000 ft,
the St. Lucie/Martin County line. The northern limit of the project is
approximately 16,000 feet south of the Hutchinson Island Nuclear Plant.
The project was proposed by the St. Lucie County Erosion District
(applicant) to stabilize the beach and dune to protect essential upland
infrastructure, upland property, expand turtle nesting habitat, and
increase recreational opportunities. The applicant's preference is to
utilize a hopper dredge to obtain 485,900 cubic yards of beach
compatible sand from a borrow area approximately 3.0 miles offshore of
St. Lucie County. The hopper dredge would deliver the sand by hydraulic
pumping onto the project beach. The applicant has stated the project
was anticipated to adversely affect approximately 1.57 acre of near-
shore hard bottom habitat. The impacts include: 0.55 acres of near-
shore hard bottom habitat through direct burial,
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0.02 acres of impacts associated with temporary pipeline placement, and
1.0 acre of temporary construction-related turbidity impacts. The
proposal is for new major construction seeking federal authorization,
and the USACE is required to prepare an EIS when significant
environmental effects on the human environment are anticipated for
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FEIS
states the purpose and need for the Proposed Action and the identified
reasonable alternatives that may achieve the project purpose. The
alternatives include the no-action alternative, and six other
alternatives including the applicant's Proposed Action. Each of the
alternatives identified in the FEIS include varying degrees of
hardbottom impacts associated with beach and/or dune fill with and
without stabilizing structures (T-head groins). The EIS process also
provides opportunity for stakeholder involvement in order for the USACE
to render an informed final decision on the applicant's proposal. The
USACE's decision will be to authorize, modify, or deny the applicant's
Proposed Action.
Donald W. Kinard,
Chief, Regulatory Division, Jacksonville District.
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