The Release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and the Announcement of a Public Hearing for the Figure Eight Island Inlet and Shoreline Management Project, on Figure Eight Island, New Hanover County, NC, 29618-29619 [2012-12048]
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of the meeting will be announced
following same format as the Scoping
Meetings announcements.
The Draft EIS can be viewed
online at https://kingroadeis.com. Copies
of the Draft EIS are also available for
review at the following libraries:
Bronson Public Library—612 E
Hathaway Ave., Bronson, Florida 32621.
Cedar Key Public Library—460
Second Street, Cedar Key, Florida
32625.
Luther Callaway Public Library—104
NE Third Street, Chiefland, Florida
32626.
Williston Public Library—10 SE First
Street, Williston, Florida 32696.
A.F. Knotts Public Library—11 56th
Street, Yankeetown, Florida 32698.
ADDRESSES:
Mr.
Ed Sarfert, Senior Project Manager, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville
District, 41 N. Jefferson Street, Suite
301, Pensacola, Florida 32502,
Telephone: 850–439–9533, Fax: 850–
433–8160.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tarmac
America L.L.C. (Tarmac) proposes to
construct a limestone mine in Levy
County, Florida to produce FDOT- and
commercial-grade limestone aggregate
for markets within west-central Florida.
As proposed, direct impacts of up to
2,069 acres of wetlands and 1,818 acres
of uplands would occur directly from
limestone extraction, material
stockpiling, roads, and other
infrastructure over a period of
approximately 100 years. At present, the
majority of the property is an actively
managed timber operation, with most of
the site in varying developmental stages
of pine plantation and mixed
hardwood/pine forest. Much of the
surrounding land is in silviculture use,
with scattered residential parcels. The
information compiled in this EIS will be
used by the USACE to determine
whether the proposed activities should
be authorized and permitted by the
USACE. Tarmac would need to obtain a
Department of the Army permit
pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean
Water Act. This Draft EIS evaluates the
potential environmental impacts
associated with a no action alternative,
and seven onsite action alternatives,
including Tarmac’s preferred alternative
above. Under the seven other
alternatives analyzed in the Draft EIS,
mining activities involving discharges of
fill material in wetlands could be
authorized for varying acreages and
lengths of time upon issuance of a
Record of Decision.
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Tori K. White,
Deputy Chief, Regulatory Division,
Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
The Release of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement and the
Announcement of a Public Hearing for
the Figure Eight Island Inlet and
Shoreline Management Project, on
Figure Eight Island, New Hanover
County, NC
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
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 Harbors Act, from
Figure Eight Beach Homeowners’
Association (HOA) to install a terminal
groin structure along Rich Inlet and to
conduct a supplemental beach
nourishment on approximately 2.0
miles of oceanfront beach and 1,800
linear feet of back barrier shoreline to
protect residential homes and
infrastructures along the central and
northern sections of Figure Eight Island.
The terminal groin structure will be
placed perpendicular on the northern
tip of the island along the shoulder of
Rich Inlet; and the proposed source of
the material for the nourishment will be
dredged from Nixon Channel, a back
barrier channel. In case the quantity of
material from Nixon Channel is not
sufficient, material pumped from (3)
nearby upland disposal islands will be
used to supplement the nourishment
needs. The majority of the material will
be disposed within the fillet area, or
down shore, of the groin. Pending storm
events and shoreline changes,
maintenance, or periodic nourishment,
of the beach is proposed a maximum of
once every five years. Nixon Channel
and the upland disposal islands are the
proposed material sources for the
periodic maintenance, or
renourishment, events.
DATES: The Public Hearing will be held
at Ogden Elementary School Assembly
Hall located at 3637 Middle Sound Loop
Road, on June 7, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.
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Written comments on the Draft EIS and
the proposed project must be received at
(see ADDRESSES) no later than 5 p.m. on
June 22, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and
questions regarding the Draft EIS may be
addressed to: U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Wilmington District,
Regulatory Division. ATTN: File
Number 2006–41158, 69 Darlington
Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28403. Copies
of the Draft EIS can be reviewed, after
it’s posting on May 23, 2012, on the
Corps homepage at, https://
www.saw.usace.army.mil/WETLANDS/
Projects/, under Figure Eight
Island Inlet and Shoreline Management
Project.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposed action
and DEIS and/or to receive CD or
written copies of the Draft EIS can be
directed to Mr. Mickey Sugg,
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office,
telephone: (910) 251–4811.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Project Purpose and Need. Figure
Eight Beach HOA has addressed the
continuing oceanfront erosion problems
associated with Rich Inlet and Nixon
Channel erosion hot-spot on the
estuarine side of the island over the past
several decades. Past actions to protect
the shorelines have provided some
protection, however they are seeking a
longer term solution to handle shoreline
erosion in order to protect the island’s
$1,189,810,926 (based on the 2007
reappraisal) assessed property tax value.
Their stated needs of the project are the
following: (1) Reduce erosion along
approximately 2.0 miles of oceanfront
and 0.34 miles of back barrier
shorelines, (2) Provide short-term
protection to imminently threatened
residential structures over the next five
years, (3) Provide long-term protection
to homes and infrastructure over the
next 30 years, (4) Maintain the tax value
of homes, properties, and infrastructure,
(5) Use beach compatible material, (6)
Maintain navigation conditions within
Rich Inlet and Nixon Channel, (7)
Maintain recreational resources, and (8)
Balance the needs of the human
environment with the protection of
existing natural resources.
2. Proposed Action. Within the
Town’s preferred alternative, the
installation of the terminal groin is the
main component in the protection of the
oceanfront shoreline. The location of the
structure will be just north of the
existing homes along the shoulder of
Rich Inlet. Its total length is
approximately 1,600 feet, which
approximately 700 feet will project
seaward of the existing mean high water
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shoreline. The landward 900-foot
anchor section would extend across the
island and terminate near the Nixon
Channel Shoreline. This section will be
constructed of 14,000 to 18,000 square
feet of sheet pile wrapped with rock.
Although engineering design plans are
not finalized, basic construction design
of the seaward 700-foot part of the
structure will be in the form of a typical
rubble (rock) mound feature supported
by a 1.5-foot thick stone foundation
blanket. Crest height or elevation of this
section is estimated to be +6.0 feet
NAVD for the first 400 feet and would
slope to a top elevation of +3.0 feet
NAVD on the seaward end.
Approximately 16,000 tons of stone
would be used to construct the terminal
groin. The concept design of the
structure is intended to allow littoral
sand transport to move over, around,
and through the groin once the accretion
fillet has completely filled in.
Construction of the terminal groin
will be kept within a corridor varying in
width from 100 feet to 200 feet. Within
this corridor, a 40–70 foot wide trench
will be excavated to a depth of ¥2.5 feet
NAVD in order to construct the
foundation of the landward section. The
approximate 6,000 cubic yards of
excavated material will be replaced on
and around the structure once it’s in
place. Material used to build the groin
will be barged down the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW), through
Nixon Channel, and either offloaded
onto a temporary loading dock or
directly onto shore. It will then be
transported, via dump trucks, within the
designated corridor to the construction
site.
Material used for nourishment will be
dredged, using a hydraulic cutterhead
plant, from a designated borrow site
within Nixon Channel, which has been
previously used for beach fill needs.
Approximately 289,800 cubic yards will
be required for both the oceanfront
(224,800 cubic yards) and the Nixon
Channel shoreline (65,000 cubic yards)
fill areas. Beach compatible material
from (3) upland disposal islands would
serve as a contingency sediment source.
Engineer modeling results have
shown that periodic nourishment will
be required approximately once every
five years to maintain the beach and
Nixon Channel shorelines. The
combined estimated maintenance needs
for both areas are 175,800 cubic yards of
material every five years, equivalent to
approximately 35,200 cubic yards per
year. This material will come from the
designated Nixon Channel borrow site
and the (3) upland disposal areas.
3. Alternatives. Several alternatives
have been identified and evaluated
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through the scoping process, and further
detailed description of all alternatives is
disclosed in Section 3.0 of the Draft EIS.
The applicant’s preferred alternative,
Alternative 5B, is to install a terminal
groin structure, to conduct initial
supplemental beach nourishment, and
to implement a periodic beach
nourishment plan over a 30-year period.
4. Scoping Process. A public scoping
meeting was held on March 1, 2007 and
a Project Delivery Team (PDT) was
developed to provide input in the
preparation of the EIS. The PDT
comprised of local, state, and federal
government officials, local residents and
nonprofit organizations.
The COE is 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 assesses the potential water
quality impacts pursuant to Section 401
of the Clean Water Act, and is
coordinated with the North Carolina
Division of Coastal Management (DCM)
to insure the projects consistency with
the Coastal Zone Management Act. The
COE is coordinating closely with DCM
in the development of the EIS to ensure
the process complies with State
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)
requirements, as well as the NEPA
requirements. The Draft EIS has been
designed to consolidate both NEPA and
SEPA processes to eliminate
duplications.
salt formulation related to soil
stabilization and dust control.
DATES: Written objections must be filed
not later than 15 days following
publication of this announcement.
ADDRESSES: United States Army
Engineer Research and Development
Center, ATTN: CEERD–OT (Ms. Bea
Shahin), 2902 Newmark Drive,
Champaign, IL 61820–1076.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Bea Shahin (217) 373–7234, FAX (217)
373–7210, email:
Bea.S.Shahin@usace.army.mil.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
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AGENCY:
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ACTION:
This
patent application claims a method by
which a biologically-natural material
can be produced in bioreactors and
transformed for use as a dry solid. The
resulting biopolymer material can be
used in place of synthetic, petroleumbased polymers for soil amendment
applications to achieve increased soil
strength, reduced air transport, and
decreased soil erosion. During
processing, the biopolymer also can be
functionalized to improve its adsorption
of heavy metals.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
[Docket ID USN–2012–0008]
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice to add a new system of
records.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Notice of Intent to Grant Partially
Exclusive License of the United States
Patent No. 7,824,569 B2, Issued
November 2, 2010 Entitled: Soluble
Salt Produced From a Biopolymer and
a Process for Producing the Salt
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
In accordance with 37 CFR
404.7(a)(1)(i), announcement is made of
a prospective partially exclusive license
of the following U.S. Patent Application
12/243,084 Filed October 01, 2008 to
Green Tac LLC for use of the biopolymer
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The Department of the Navy
proposes to add a new system of records
in its 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 on June 18, 2012 unless
comments are received which result in
a contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number and title,
by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
The Release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and the
Announcement of a Public Hearing for the Figure Eight Island Inlet and
Shoreline Management Project, on Figure Eight Island, New Hanover
County, NC
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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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 Harbors Act, from
Figure Eight Beach Homeowners' Association (HOA) to install a terminal
groin structure along Rich Inlet and to conduct a supplemental beach
nourishment on approximately 2.0 miles of oceanfront beach and 1,800
linear feet of back barrier shoreline to protect residential homes and
infrastructures along the central and northern sections of Figure Eight
Island. The terminal groin structure will be placed perpendicular on
the northern tip of the island along the shoulder of Rich Inlet; and
the proposed source of the material for the nourishment will be dredged
from Nixon Channel, a back barrier channel. In case the quantity of
material from Nixon Channel is not sufficient, material pumped from (3)
nearby upland disposal islands will be used to supplement the
nourishment needs. The majority of the material will be disposed within
the fillet area, or down shore, of the groin. Pending storm events and
shoreline changes, maintenance, or periodic nourishment, of the beach
is proposed a maximum of once every five years. Nixon Channel and the
upland disposal islands are the proposed material sources for the
periodic maintenance, or renourishment, events.
DATES: The Public Hearing will be held at Ogden Elementary School
Assembly Hall located at 3637 Middle Sound Loop Road, on June 7, 2012
at 6:30 p.m. Written comments on the Draft EIS and the proposed project
must be received at (see ADDRESSES) no later than 5 p.m. on June 22,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and questions regarding the Draft EIS may
be addressed to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District,
Regulatory Division. ATTN: File Number 2006-41158, 69 Darlington
Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28403. Copies of the Draft EIS can be reviewed,
after it's posting on May 23, 2012, on the Corps homepage at, https://www.saw.usace.army.mil/WETLANDS/Projects/, under Figure Eight
Island Inlet and Shoreline Management Project.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the proposed action
and DEIS and/or to receive CD or written copies of the Draft EIS can be
directed to Mr. Mickey Sugg, Wilmington Regulatory Field Office,
telephone: (910) 251-4811.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Project Purpose and Need. Figure Eight Beach HOA has addressed
the continuing oceanfront erosion problems associated with Rich Inlet
and Nixon Channel erosion hot-spot on the estuarine side of the island
over the past several decades. Past actions to protect the shorelines
have provided some protection, however they are seeking a longer term
solution to handle shoreline erosion in order to protect the island's
$1,189,810,926 (based on the 2007 reappraisal) assessed property tax
value. Their stated needs of the project are the following: (1) Reduce
erosion along approximately 2.0 miles of oceanfront and 0.34 miles of
back barrier shorelines, (2) Provide short-term protection to
imminently threatened residential structures over the next five years,
(3) Provide long-term protection to homes and infrastructure over the
next 30 years, (4) Maintain the tax value of homes, properties, and
infrastructure, (5) Use beach compatible material, (6) Maintain
navigation conditions within Rich Inlet and Nixon Channel, (7) Maintain
recreational resources, and (8) Balance the needs of the human
environment with the protection of existing natural resources.
2. Proposed Action. Within the Town's preferred alternative, the
installation of the terminal groin is the main component in the
protection of the oceanfront shoreline. The location of the structure
will be just north of the existing homes along the shoulder of Rich
Inlet. Its total length is approximately 1,600 feet, which
approximately 700 feet will project seaward of the existing mean high
water
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shoreline. The landward 900-foot anchor section would extend across the
island and terminate near the Nixon Channel Shoreline. This section
will be constructed of 14,000 to 18,000 square feet of sheet pile
wrapped with rock. Although engineering design plans are not finalized,
basic construction design of the seaward 700-foot part of the structure
will be in the form of a typical rubble (rock) mound feature supported
by a 1.5-foot thick stone foundation blanket. Crest height or elevation
of this section is estimated to be +6.0 feet NAVD for the first 400
feet and would slope to a top elevation of +3.0 feet NAVD on the
seaward end. Approximately 16,000 tons of stone would be used to
construct the terminal groin. The concept design of the structure is
intended to allow littoral sand transport to move over, around, and
through the groin once the accretion fillet has completely filled in.
Construction of the terminal groin will be kept within a corridor
varying in width from 100 feet to 200 feet. Within this corridor, a 40-
70 foot wide trench will be excavated to a depth of -2.5 feet NAVD in
order to construct the foundation of the landward section. The
approximate 6,000 cubic yards of excavated material will be replaced on
and around the structure once it's in place. Material used to build the
groin will be barged down the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW),
through Nixon Channel, and either offloaded onto a temporary loading
dock or directly onto shore. It will then be transported, via dump
trucks, within the designated corridor to the construction site.
Material used for nourishment will be dredged, using a hydraulic
cutterhead plant, from a designated borrow site within Nixon Channel,
which has been previously used for beach fill needs. Approximately
289,800 cubic yards will be required for both the oceanfront (224,800
cubic yards) and the Nixon Channel shoreline (65,000 cubic yards) fill
areas. Beach compatible material from (3) upland disposal islands would
serve as a contingency sediment source.
Engineer modeling results have shown that periodic nourishment will
be required approximately once every five years to maintain the beach
and Nixon Channel shorelines. The combined estimated maintenance needs
for both areas are 175,800 cubic yards of material every five years,
equivalent to approximately 35,200 cubic yards per year. This material
will come from the designated Nixon Channel borrow site and the (3)
upland disposal areas.
3. Alternatives. Several alternatives have been identified and
evaluated through the scoping process, and further detailed description
of all alternatives is disclosed in Section 3.0 of the Draft EIS. The
applicant's preferred alternative, Alternative 5B, is to install a
terminal groin structure, to conduct initial supplemental beach
nourishment, and to implement a periodic beach nourishment plan over a
30-year period.
4. Scoping Process. A public scoping meeting was held on March 1,
2007 and a Project Delivery Team (PDT) was developed to provide input
in the preparation of the EIS. The PDT comprised of local, state, and
federal government officials, local residents and nonprofit
organizations.
The COE is 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 assesses
the potential water quality impacts pursuant to Section 401 of the
Clean Water Act, and is coordinated with the North Carolina Division of
Coastal Management (DCM) to insure the projects consistency with the
Coastal Zone Management Act. The COE is coordinating closely with DCM
in the development of the EIS to ensure the process complies with State
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) requirements, as well as the NEPA
requirements. The Draft EIS has been designed to consolidate both NEPA
and SEPA processes to eliminate duplications.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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