Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Westbrook Project, Corps Permit Application Number SPK-2005-00938, 43577-43578 [2012-18130]
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d. The Corps anticipates formally
consulting with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service under Section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act, the National
Marine Fisheries Service under Section
305(b)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (MSA), and with the State Historic
Preservation Officer under Section 106
of the National Historic Preservation
Act. The CDFG, as the project
proponent, will need to obtain a CWA
section 401 water quality certification or
waiver and a consistency certification
from the California Coastal Commission
in accordance with the Coastal Zone
Management Act.
6. Scoping Meeting Date, Time, and
Location. A public scoping meeting to
receive input on the scope of the DEIS/
EIR will be conducted on August 16,
2012, from 4:00–7:00 p.m. at the Fiji
Gateway entrance to the Ballona
Wetlands (13720 Fiji Way, Marina del
Rey, CA 90292, across from Fisherman’s
Village and Los Angeles County
Department of Beaches and Harbors).
7. Availability of the DEIS/EIR. The
DEIS/EIR is expected to be published
and circulated in late 2012. A public
hearing will be held after its publication
to field comments on the document.
David J. Castanon,
Chief, Regulatory Division, Corps of
Engineers.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement for the Proposed
Westbrook Project, Corps Permit
Application Number SPK–2005–00938
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Sacramento District, (Corps)
received a Department of the Army
permit application from Westpark S.V.
400, LLC (Applicant) to fill
approximately 9.6 acres of waters of the
United States to construct the proposed
Westbrook Project in Placer County, CA,
in June 2011. The Corps, as the lead
agency responsible for compliance with
the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), determined that the proposed
project may result in significant impacts
to the environment, and that the
preparation of an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) is required.
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SUMMARY:
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The Applicant proposes to implement
a moderate scale, mixed-use, mixeddensity master planned community. The
Westbrook Project, as proposed, would
include a mixture of land uses,
including new residential
neighborhoods, elementary school,
parks and several neighborhood serving
retail centers. The Westbrook Project
would involve approximately 146 acres
of low-density residential, 84 acres of
medium-density residential, 28 acres of
high-density residential and 43 acres of
commercial land uses. Other proposed
land uses include a 10-acre elementary
school site, approximately 16 acres for
three neighborhood parks, and
approximately 37 acres of open space
for the preservation of natural resources
areas.
The proposed project site is
approximately 400 acres and contains
approximately 13 acres of waters of the
United States. The project, as proposed,
would result in direct impacts to
approximately 9.6 acres of waters of the
United States. These acreages do not
include indirect impacts from the
proposed action or impacts anticipated
to result from offsite infrastructure that
may be determined to be required as
part of the project through the
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
process.
ADDRESSES: To submit comments on
this notice or for questions about the
proposed action and the Draft EIS,
please contact James T. Robb, 1325 J
Street, Room 1350, Sacramento, CA
95814. Please refer to Identification
Number SPK–2005–00938 in any
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
James T. Robb, (916) 557–7610, email:
DLL-CESPK-RD-EIS-Comments@usace.
army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested
parties are invited to submit written
comments on the permit application on
or before September 3, 2012. Scoping
comments should be submitted within
the next 45 days, but may be submitted
at any time prior to publication of the
Draft EIS.
The USACE will evaluate alternatives
including the no action alternative, the
proposed action alternative, and other
on-site and off-site alternatives. The
proposed project and the alternatives to
its proposed size, design, and location
will be developed through the EIS
process.
The proposed project would result in
direct impacts to approximately 9.6
acres of waters of the United States and
would avoid approximately 2.9 acres of
these waters of the United States.
Waters of the U.S. on-site include two
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intermittent streams, seasonal wetlands,
wetland swales, and vernal pools.
The proposed site for the Westbrook
community is in unincorporated Placer
County, CA, immediately west of the
City of Roseville’s existing city limits.
The proposed project site is
approximately 6 miles west of Interstate
80 and State Route 65, 10 miles
northeast of the City of Sacramento, 10
miles east of State Route 99, 5 miles
west of downtown Roseville, and 4
miles east of the Sutter County line. The
proposed project site is bordered on the
west by Fiddyment Road and is
approximately 1.2 miles north of
Baseline Road. The property to the
north was previously authorized for
development under permit SPK–2002–
00666 (Westpark/Fiddyment Ranch) or
is under review in the case of Creekview
(SPK–2006–00650). The property to the
south, directly adjacent to Baseline
Road, is currently under review (Sierra
Vista Specific Plan, SPK–2006–01050
and Placer Vineyards, SPK–1999–
00737). The proposed project site was
once a part of the Sierra Vista Specific
Plan area, but the landowners at the
time withdrew their application for a
Section 404 permit and the area was
dropped from analysis under the Sierra
Vista EIS in 2008. A new permit
application was received for the
proposed Westbrook project on June 9,
2011.
The Corps’ public involvement
program includes several opportunities
to provide oral and written comments
on the Westbrook project through the
EIS drafting process. Affected federal,
state, and local agencies, Indian tribes,
and other interested private
organizations and parties are invited to
participate. Significant issues to be
analyzed in depth in the EIS include
impacts to waters of the United States,
including vernal pools and other
wetlands; agricultural resources;
cultural resources; threatened and
endangered species; transportation; air
quality; surface water and groundwater;
hydrology and water quality;
socioeconomic effects; and aesthetics.
The applicant reports that the project
area supports suitable habitat for certain
federally-listed branchiopods, including
the threatened vernal pool fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta lynchi) and endangered
Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
conservatio) and vernal pool tadpole
shrimp (Lepidurus packardi). The
suitable habitat for branchiopods within
the project area includes vernal pools
and depressional seasonal wetlands
(including depressional areas within
wetland swales).
The Applicant reports that there are
historic properties within the Westbrook
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project area. The Corps will review this
information, determine eligibility and
initiate the appropriate state and tribal
consultations as required under Section
106 of the NHPA as outlined in the
Corps’ Interim Guidance to 33 CFR part
325 Appendix C.
It is anticipated that the Draft EIS will
be made available to the public between
November 2012 and May 2013.
Dated: July 11, 2012.
William J. Leady,
Colonel, U.S. Army, District Engineer.
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Applications for New Awards;
American Overseas Research Centers
Program
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Overview Information
American Overseas Research Centers
Program
Notice inviting applications for new
awards for fiscal year (FY) 2012.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.274A.
Dates:
Applications Available: July 25, 2012.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: August 24, 2012.
Full Text of Announcement
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I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The American
Overseas Research Centers (AORC)
program provides grants to consortia of
institutions of higher education (IHEs)
to establish or operate an AORC that
promotes postgraduate research,
exchanges, and area studies.
AORC grants may be used to pay all
or a portion of the cost of establishing
or operating a center or program,
including: The cost of operation and
maintenance of overseas facilities; the
cost of organizing and managing
conferences; the cost of teaching and
research materials; the cost of
acquisition, maintenance, and
preservation of library collections; the
cost of bringing visiting scholars and
faculty to the center to teach or to
conduct research; the cost of faculty and
staff stipends and salaries; the cost of
faculty, staff, and student travel; and the
cost of publication and dissemination of
materials for the scholarly and general
public.
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Priorities: Under this competition we
are particularly interested in
applications that address the following
priority.
Invitational Priority: For FY 2012, this
priority is an invitational priority.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), we do not
give an application that meets this
priority a competitive or absolute
preference over other applications.
This priority is:
Projects that propose outreach and
related activities designed to inform
scholars and faculty at community
colleges and minority-serving
institutions of potential fellowship and
other research and professional
development opportunities at the
Overseas Centers and encourage and
facilitate the participation of these
individuals in the Centers’ programs.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1128a.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,
84, 86, 97, 98 and 99. (b) The Education
Department suspension and debarment
regulations in 2 CFR part 3485.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to institutions of higher education
only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $650,000.
Estimated Awards: $65,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$65,000 per year.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget
exceeding $65,000 for a single budget
period of 12 months. The Assistant
Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary
Education may change the maximum
amount through a notice published in
the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 10.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 48 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Consortia of
United States institutions of higher
education that receive more than 50
percent of their funding from public or
private United States sources, have a
permanent presence in the country in
which the center is located, and are
organizations described in section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1993, which are exempt from taxation
under section 501(a) of such Code.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not require cost sharing or
matching.
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IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Cheryl E. Gibbs, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street
NW., room 6083, Washington, DC
20006–8521. Telephone: (202) 502–7634
or by email: cheryl.gibbs@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain a copy of the application package
in an accessible format (e.g., braille,
large print, audiotape, or compact disc)
by contacting the program contact
person listed in this section.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
program.
Page Limit: The application narrative
(Part III of the application) is where you,
the applicant, address the selection
criteria that reviewers use to evaluate
your application. You must limit the
application narrative to the equivalent
of no more than 25 pages, using the
following standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″ on one side
only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom,
and both sides.
• Double space (no more than three
lines per vertical inch) all text in the
application narrative, including titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, and captions, as well as all
text in charts, tables, figures and graphs.
• Use a font that is either 12-point or
larger or no smaller than 10 pitch
(characters per inch).
• Use one of the following fonts:
Times New Roman, Courier, Courier
New or Arial. An application submitted
in any other font (including Times
Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be
accepted.
The page limit does not apply to the
cover sheet; the budget section,
including the narrative budget
justification; the assurances and
certifications; or the one-page abstract;
the resumes, the bibliography, or the
letters of support. However, the page
limit does apply to all of the application
narrative section (your complete
response to the selection criteria).
We will reject your application if you
exceed the page limit or if you apply
other standards and exceed the
equivalent of the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: July 25, 2012.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: August 24, 2012.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the
Proposed Westbrook Project, Corps Permit Application Number SPK-2005-
00938
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, Sacramento District, (Corps)
received a Department of the Army permit application from Westpark S.V.
400, LLC (Applicant) to fill approximately 9.6 acres of waters of the
United States to construct the proposed Westbrook Project in Placer
County, CA, in June 2011. The Corps, as the lead agency responsible for
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
determined that the proposed project may result in significant impacts
to the environment, and that the preparation of an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) is required.
The Applicant proposes to implement a moderate scale, mixed-use,
mixed-density master planned community. The Westbrook Project, as
proposed, would include a mixture of land uses, including new
residential neighborhoods, elementary school, parks and several
neighborhood serving retail centers. The Westbrook Project would
involve approximately 146 acres of low-density residential, 84 acres of
medium-density residential, 28 acres of high-density residential and 43
acres of commercial land uses. Other proposed land uses include a 10-
acre elementary school site, approximately 16 acres for three
neighborhood parks, and approximately 37 acres of open space for the
preservation of natural resources areas.
The proposed project site is approximately 400 acres and contains
approximately 13 acres of waters of the United States. The project, as
proposed, would result in direct impacts to approximately 9.6 acres of
waters of the United States. These acreages do not include indirect
impacts from the proposed action or impacts anticipated to result from
offsite infrastructure that may be determined to be required as part of
the project through the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process.
ADDRESSES: To submit comments on this notice or for questions about the
proposed action and the Draft EIS, please contact James T. Robb, 1325 J
Street, Room 1350, Sacramento, CA 95814. Please refer to Identification
Number SPK-2005-00938 in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James T. Robb, (916) 557-7610,
email: DLL-CESPK-RD-EIS-Comments@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested parties are invited to submit
written comments on the permit application on or before September 3,
2012. Scoping comments should be submitted within the next 45 days, but
may be submitted at any time prior to publication of the Draft EIS.
The USACE will evaluate alternatives including the no action
alternative, the proposed action alternative, and other on-site and
off-site alternatives. The proposed project and the alternatives to its
proposed size, design, and location will be developed through the EIS
process.
The proposed project would result in direct impacts to
approximately 9.6 acres of waters of the United States and would avoid
approximately 2.9 acres of these waters of the United States. Waters of
the U.S. on-site include two intermittent streams, seasonal wetlands,
wetland swales, and vernal pools.
The proposed site for the Westbrook community is in unincorporated
Placer County, CA, immediately west of the City of Roseville's existing
city limits. The proposed project site is approximately 6 miles west of
Interstate 80 and State Route 65, 10 miles northeast of the City of
Sacramento, 10 miles east of State Route 99, 5 miles west of downtown
Roseville, and 4 miles east of the Sutter County line. The proposed
project site is bordered on the west by Fiddyment Road and is
approximately 1.2 miles north of Baseline Road. The property to the
north was previously authorized for development under permit SPK-2002-
00666 (Westpark/Fiddyment Ranch) or is under review in the case of
Creekview (SPK-2006-00650). The property to the south, directly
adjacent to Baseline Road, is currently under review (Sierra Vista
Specific Plan, SPK-2006-01050 and Placer Vineyards, SPK-1999-00737).
The proposed project site was once a part of the Sierra Vista Specific
Plan area, but the landowners at the time withdrew their application
for a Section 404 permit and the area was dropped from analysis under
the Sierra Vista EIS in 2008. A new permit application was received for
the proposed Westbrook project on June 9, 2011.
The Corps' public involvement program includes several
opportunities to provide oral and written comments on the Westbrook
project through the EIS drafting process. Affected federal, state, and
local agencies, Indian tribes, and other interested private
organizations and parties are invited to participate. Significant
issues to be analyzed in depth in the EIS include impacts to waters of
the United States, including vernal pools and other wetlands;
agricultural resources; cultural resources; threatened and endangered
species; transportation; air quality; surface water and groundwater;
hydrology and water quality; socioeconomic effects; and aesthetics.
The applicant reports that the project area supports suitable
habitat for certain federally-listed branchiopods, including the
threatened vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi) and
endangered Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio) and
vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi). The suitable habitat
for branchiopods within the project area includes vernal pools and
depressional seasonal wetlands (including depressional areas within
wetland swales).
The Applicant reports that there are historic properties within the
Westbrook
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project area. The Corps will review this information, determine
eligibility and initiate the appropriate state and tribal consultations
as required under Section 106 of the NHPA as outlined in the Corps'
Interim Guidance to 33 CFR part 325 Appendix C.
It is anticipated that the Draft EIS will be made available to the
public between November 2012 and May 2013.
Dated: July 11, 2012.
William J. Leady,
Colonel, U.S. Army, District Engineer.
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