Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplement to the July 2011 Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed SR 1409 (Military Cutoff Road) Extension and Proposed U.S. 17 Hampstead Bypass New Hanover and Pender Counties in North Carolina, NCDOT TIP Projects U-4751 and R-3300, 44933-44934 [2013-17906]
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reasonably foreseeable environmental
impacts of all alternative courses of
action that may be proposed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions or comments may be
submitted to Mr. Matthew Mallard, U.S.
Army Engineer District, Vicksburg,
CEMVN–PDN–UDP, 4155 Clay Street,
Vicksburg, MS 39183–3435; (601) 631–
5960 (voice) or (601) 631–5115 (fax);
matthew.s.mallard@usace.army.mil.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Action. The Rankin-Hinds
Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control
District, as per the National
Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) (NEPA) and NEPA
regulations of the Council on
Environmental Quality (40 CFR part
1500 et seq.) and Corps of Engineers (33
CFR part 230), proposes in partnership
with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) as authorized by Section 211
of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1996, to investigate measures to
alleviate flooding in the study area.
Alternatives The DEIS for will be
developed to continue to evaluate
alternatives, both new and those
previously provided in a comprehensive
plan for flood damage reduction dated
2007, Preliminary Feasibility Study and
Draft Environmental Impact Statement.
Scoping Process.
Public Involvement. Re-scoping is the
method by which the Corps of Engineers
involves the public, federal and state
resource agencies, Indian tribes, and
other interested parties in identifying
the environmental issues to be
examined and in establishing a range of
alternatives to be evaluated in an
ongoing study. All are invited to
participate in the re-scoping process by
attending the public information
meeting to be held August 29, 2013, by
submitting comments on the proposed
action or DEIS, or both.
Environmental Impact. A tentative list
of resources and issues that may be
evaluated in the DEIS includes aquatic
resources, recreational and commercial
fisheries, wildlife resources, water
quality, air quality, threatened or
endangered species, recreation
resources, and cultural resources.
Tentative socio-economic
considerations that may be evaluated in
the DEIS include business and
industrial activity, tax revenue,
population growth, community and
regional development, transportation,
housing, community cohesion, and
navigation.
Re-scoping Meeting. A public
information meeting will be held
August 29, 2013, from 6 to 8:00 p.m., at
the Agriculture & Forestry Museum,
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Estimated Date of Availability of a
DEIS. September 2014.
Dated; July 16, 2013.
Barbara Petersen,
Acting Chief, Programs and Project,
Management Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplement
to the July 2011 Environmental Impact
Statement for the Proposed SR 1409
(Military Cutoff Road) Extension and
Proposed U.S. 17 Hampstead Bypass
New Hanover and Pender Counties in
North Carolina, NCDOT TIP Projects U–
4751 and R–3300
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE), Wilmington
District, Wilmington Regulatory Field
Office has received updated information
for a future request for Department of
the Army (DA) authorization, pursuant
to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act
and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbor
Act, from the North Carolina
Department of Transportation. This
updated information was generated as
the project was scoped and designed
with input from the public and
applicable resource agencies.
Specifically, since release of the July
2011 Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) the project now
proposes an additional interchange on
the north end of the project corridor as
well as additional lanes not originally
disclosed in the Draft EIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposed action
and DEIS can be directed to Mr. Brad
Shaver, Regulatory Project Manager,
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office, 69
Darlington Ave, Wilmington, NC 28403;
telephone: (910) 251–4611 or
brad.e.shaver@usace.army.mil. or Mr.
Jay McInnis, Jr., P.E., Project Engineer,
North Carolina Department of
Transportation, 1548 Mail Service
Center, Raleigh, NC 27699–1548,
telephone: (919) 707–6029.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Proposed Action. The COE in
cooperation with the North Carolina
Department of Transportation will
prepare a supplement to the Draft (EIS)
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on a proposal to make transportation
improvements to the U.S. 17 and Market
Street (U.S. 17 Business) corridor in
northern New Hanover and southern
Pender Counties. Two North Carolina
Department of Transportation
Improvement Program (TIPs U–4751
and R–3300) projects are being
evaluated as part of the U.S. 17 Corridor
Study.
The purpose of the U.S. 17 Corridor
Study project is to improve the traffic
carrying capacity and safety of the U.S.
17 and Market Street corridor in the
project area. The project study area is
roughly bounded on the west by I–40,
on the north by the Northeast Cape Fear
River, Holly Shelter Game Lands to the
east, and Market Street and U.S. 17 to
the south.
This project is being reviewed
through the Merger 01 process designed
to streamline the project development
and permitting processes, agreed to by
the COE, North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
(Division of Water Quality, Division of
Coastal Management), Federal Highway
Administration (for this project not
applicable), and the North Carolina
Department of Transportation and
supported by other stakeholder agencies
and local units of government. The
other partnering agencies include: U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency; U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service; N.C. Wildlife
Resources Commission; N.C.
Department of Cultural Resources; and
the Wilmington Metropolitan Planning
Organization. The Merger process
provides a forum for appropriate agency
representatives to discuss and reach
consensus on ways to facilitate meeting
the regulatory requirements of Section
404 of the Clean Water Act during the
NEPA/SEPA decision-making phase of
transportation projects.
Through input from the public and
resource agencies the project has been
changed to include a second
interchange at the northern terminus.
Additionally, the project currently
proposes additional travel lanes
between a previously proposed
interchange south of the Topsail High
School and the aforementioned northern
interchange. These changes were
considered substantial changes which
the public has not had input and thus
necessitates the development and
release of the supplement Draft EIS. The
original Draft EIS is still available for
review on the project Web page:
https://www.ncdot.gov/projects/
US17HampsteadBypass/.
2. Scoping Process. As described
above the project is progressing through
the Merger process which allows for
input from interested stake holders.
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Additionally, the NCDOT held two
corridor public hearings one on October
27, 2011 at Noble Middle School in
Wilmington and the other on October
18, 2011 at Topsail High School in
Hampstead. The described changes
came as a direct result from the agency
and public input. The NCDOT
anticipates holding future design public
hearings to further describe changes to
the project since 2011.
A 45-day public review period will be
provided for all interested parties,
individuals, and agencies to review and
comment on the Draft Supplement to
the EIS when released.
3. Availability of the Supplement to
the EIS. The Draft Supplement is
expected to be published and circulated
late Summer or Fall of 2013.
Dated: July 15, 2013.
Henry Wicker,
Asst. Chief, Regulatory Division.
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The
meeting is open to the public. Any
interested person may attend, appear
before, or file statements with the
committee at the time and in the
manner permitted by the committee.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. 13–42–LNG]
Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC;
Application for Long-Term
Authorization To Export Liquefied
Natural Gas Produced From Domestic
Natural Gas Resources to Non-Free
Trade Agreement Countries for a 20Year Period
Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
AGENCY:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Inland Waterways Users Board
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
In accordance with 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463), announcement is
made of the forthcoming meeting.
Name of Committee: Inland
Waterways Users Board (Board).
Date: August 13, 2013.
Location: Meeting at The Brown
Hotel, 335 West Broadway, Louisville,
Kentucky 40202, at 502–583–1234 or
888–888–5252, or BrownHotel.com.
Time: Registration will begin at 8:30
a.m. and the meeting is scheduled to
adjourn at approximately 1:00 p.m.
Agenda: The agenda will include the
status of funding for inland navigation
projects and studies, the status of the
Inland Waterways Trust Fund, funding
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 and 2014,
update of proposed water resourcesrelated authorization bills, status of the
Olmsted Locks and Dam Project, an
update of the Inland Marine
Transportation System (IMTS) Levels of
Service and status of the Inland
Waterways System.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Mark R. Pointon, Institute for Water
Resources, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, CEIWR–GM, 7701 Telegraph
Road, Casey Building, Alexandria,
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The Office of Fossil Energy
(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE)
gives notice of receipt of an application
(Application) filed on April 2, 2013, by
Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC (SPL),
requesting long-term authorization to
export liquefied natural gas (LNG)
produced from domestic sources in an
amount up to 91,250,000 million British
thermal units ((MMBtu) per year (the
equivalent of 88.3 billion standard cubic
feet (Bcf) of natural gas per year),
pursuant to the LNG Sale and Purchase
Agreement (FOB) between SPL as seller
and Centrica plc (CENTRICA) as buyer
dated March 22, 2013 (CENTRICA SPA).
SPL seeks authorization to export LNG
from the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal in
Cameron Parish, Louisiana, both to:
(i) Any nation that currently has or in
the future develops the capacity to
import LNG and with which the United
States currently has, or in the future
enters into, a free trade agreement (FTA)
requiring national treatment for trade in
natural gas and LNG; and (ii) all
countries that have not entered into an
FTA with the United States requiring
national treatment for trade in natural
gas, which currently have or in the
future develop the capacity to import
LNG, and with which trade in not
prohibited by U.S. law or policy. In the
portion of SPL’s Application subject to
this Notice, SPL requests authorization
to export LNG to any country with
which the United States does not have
an FTA requiring national treatment for
trade in natural gas (non-FTA countries)
SUMMARY:
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
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with which trade is not prohibited by
U.S. law or policy. SPL requests that
this authorization commence on the
earlier of the date of first export or eight
years from the date the authorization is
granted. The Application was filed
under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act
(NGA), 15 U.S.C. 717b.
DATES: Protests, motions to intervene or
notices of intervention, as applicable,
requests for additional procedures, and
written comments are to be filed using
procedures detailed in the Public
Comment Procedures section no later
than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, September
23, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Electronic Filing by email:
fergas@hq.doe.gov.
Regular Mail
U.S. Department of Energy (FE–34),
Office of Oil and Gas Global Security
and Supply, Office of Fossil Energy,
P.O. Box 44375, Washington, DC 20026–
4375.
Hand Delivery or Private Delivery
Services (e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.)
U.S. Department of Energy (FE–34),
Office of Oil and Gas Global Security
and Supply, Office of Fossil Energy,
Forrestal Building, Room 3E–042, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larine Moore or Lisa Tracy, U.S.
Department of Energy (FE–34), Office
of Oil and Gas Global Security and
Supply, Office of Fossil Energy,
Forrestal Building, Room 3E–042,
1000 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–
9478; (202) 586–4523.
Edward Myers, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of the Assistant
General Counsel for Electricity and
Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building,
Room 6B–256, 1000 Independence
Avenue. SW., Washington, DC 20585,
(202) 586–3397.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
SPL, a limited liability company with
its principal place of business in
Houston, Texas, is an indirect
subsidiary of Cheniere Energy Partners,
L.P. (Cheniere Partners), a limited
partnership majority owned by Cheniere
Energy, Inc. (Cheniere Energy). Cheniere
Partners is a Delaware limited
partnership with its primary place of
business in Houston, Texas; Cheniere
Energy is a Delaware corporation with
its primary place of business in
Houston, Texas. Cheniere Energy is a
developer of LNG terminals and natural
gas pipelines on the Gulf Coast,
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplement to the July 2011
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed SR 1409 (Military
Cutoff Road) Extension and Proposed U.S. 17 Hampstead Bypass New
Hanover and Pender Counties in North Carolina, NCDOT TIP Projects U-
4751 and R-3300
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 (USACE), Wilmington District,
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office has received updated information for
a future request for Department of the Army (DA) authorization,
pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the
Rivers and Harbor Act, from the North Carolina Department of
Transportation. This updated information was generated as the project
was scoped and designed with input from the public and applicable
resource agencies. Specifically, since release of the July 2011 Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) the project now proposes an
additional interchange on the north end of the project corridor as well
as additional lanes not originally disclosed in the Draft EIS.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the proposed action
and DEIS can be directed to Mr. Brad Shaver, Regulatory Project
Manager, Wilmington Regulatory Field Office, 69 Darlington Ave,
Wilmington, NC 28403; telephone: (910) 251-4611 or
brad.e.shaver@usace.army.mil. or Mr. Jay McInnis, Jr., P.E., Project
Engineer, North Carolina Department of Transportation, 1548 Mail
Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1548, telephone: (919) 707-6029.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Proposed Action. The COE in cooperation with the North Carolina
Department of Transportation will prepare a supplement to the Draft
(EIS) on a proposal to make transportation improvements to the U.S. 17
and Market Street (U.S. 17 Business) corridor in northern New Hanover
and southern Pender Counties. Two North Carolina Department of
Transportation Improvement Program (TIPs U-4751 and R-3300) projects
are being evaluated as part of the U.S. 17 Corridor Study.
The purpose of the U.S. 17 Corridor Study project is to improve the
traffic carrying capacity and safety of the U.S. 17 and Market Street
corridor in the project area. The project study area is roughly bounded
on the west by I-40, on the north by the Northeast Cape Fear River,
Holly Shelter Game Lands to the east, and Market Street and U.S. 17 to
the south.
This project is being reviewed through the Merger 01 process
designed to streamline the project development and permitting
processes, agreed to by the COE, North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (Division of Water Quality, Division
of Coastal Management), Federal Highway Administration (for this
project not applicable), and the North Carolina Department of
Transportation and supported by other stakeholder agencies and local
units of government. The other partnering agencies include: U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; N.C.
Wildlife Resources Commission; N.C. Department of Cultural Resources;
and the Wilmington Metropolitan Planning Organization. The Merger
process provides a forum for appropriate agency representatives to
discuss and reach consensus on ways to facilitate meeting the
regulatory requirements of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act during
the NEPA/SEPA decision-making phase of transportation projects.
Through input from the public and resource agencies the project has
been changed to include a second interchange at the northern terminus.
Additionally, the project currently proposes additional travel lanes
between a previously proposed interchange south of the Topsail High
School and the aforementioned northern interchange. These changes were
considered substantial changes which the public has not had input and
thus necessitates the development and release of the supplement Draft
EIS. The original Draft EIS is still available for review on the
project Web page: https://www.ncdot.gov/projects/US17HampsteadBypass/.
2. Scoping Process. As described above the project is progressing
through the Merger process which allows for input from interested stake
holders.
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Additionally, the NCDOT held two corridor public hearings one on
October 27, 2011 at Noble Middle School in Wilmington and the other on
October 18, 2011 at Topsail High School in Hampstead. The described
changes came as a direct result from the agency and public input. The
NCDOT anticipates holding future design public hearings to further
describe changes to the project since 2011.
A 45-day public review period will be provided for all interested
parties, individuals, and agencies to review and comment on the Draft
Supplement to the EIS when released.
3. Availability of the Supplement to the EIS. The Draft Supplement
is expected to be published and circulated late Summer or Fall of 2013.
Dated: July 15, 2013.
Henry Wicker,
Asst. Chief, Regulatory Division.
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