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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Surplus Property List
Department of the Army
1. Addition
Colorado
Surplus Property Notice at a Military
Installation Designated for Disposal:
Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado
Department of the Army, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This notice provides
information regarding the property that
have been determined surplus to the
United States needs in accordance with
the Defense Authorization Amendments
and Base Closure and Realignment Act,
Public Law 100–526, as amended, and
the 1988 Base Closure and Realignment
Commission Report, as approved, and
following screening with Federal
agencies and Department of Defense
components.
DATES: Effective December 16, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Headquarters, Department of the Army,
Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation
Management, Base Realignment and
Closure (BRAC) Division, Attn: DAIM–
BD, 600 Army Pentagon, Washington
DC 20310–0600, (703) 545–1318. For
information regarding the specific
property listed below, contact the Army
BRAC Division at the mailing address
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provisions of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as
amended, the Defense Authorization
Amendments and Base Closure and
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this surplus property may be available
for conveyance to State and local
governments and other eligible entities
for public benefit purposes. Notices of
interest from representatives of the
homeless, and other interested parties
located in the vicinity of any listed
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Pueblo Chemical Depot: 45825 Hwy
96E, Building 1, Pueblo, CO 81006–
9330. The Army’s POC is Ms. Kathryn
Cain. POC information: email address
kathryn.cain@us.army.mil; telephone
number 719–549–4060; and mailing
address 45825 Hwy 96E, Building 1,
Pueblo, CO 81006–9330. The Pueblo
Depot Activity Development Authority
has been recognized as the Local
Redevelopment Authority (LRA). Mr.
Russell A. DeSalvo III, LRA President
and CEO, can be reached for
information at telephone number 719–
947–3770; email address rdesalvo@
PuebloPlex.com; and mailing address
11467 PO Box, Pueblo, CO 81001–0467.
Authority: This action is authorized by the
Defense Authorization Amendments and
Base Closure and Realignment Act, Pub. L.
100–526.
Dated: November 25, 2013.
Paul D. Cramer,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Installations, Housing and Partnerships).
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Middle Mississippi River
Regulating Works Project, Missouri
and Illinois
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) intends to prepare a
draft supplemental environmental
impact statement (SEIS) for the Middle
Mississippi River Regulating Works
Project. This project is the means by
which USACE provides a safe and
dependable 9-foot navigation channel
on the Middle Mississippi River. The
Middle Mississippi River is defined as
that portion of the Mississippi River that
lies between the confluences of the Ohio
and Missouri rivers. The original
environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Project was finalized in 1976.
USACE has determined that there is
sufficient significant new information
regarding the potential impacts of the
project on the human environment to
warrant the preparation of a
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supplemental environmental impact
statement.
ADDRESSES: U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers, CEMVS–EC–H, 1222 Spruce
St., St. Louis, MO 63103–2833.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposed action
and SEIS should be addressed to Mr.
Jasen Brown, (see ADDRESSES) or email:
jasen.l.brown@usace.army.mil; phone:
(314) 331–8540; fax: 314–331–8346.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Middle Mississippi River Regulating
Works Project is specifically and
currently authorized pursuant to Rivers
and Harbors Acts beginning in 1881.
These authorize USACE to provide a
safe and dependable navigation
channel, 9 feet deep and not less than
300 feet wide. USACE accomplishes this
mission through bank stabilization and
sediment management to ensure
adequate navigation depth and width.
Project improvements are achieved
through the construction of river
training structures, revetment, rock
removal, and construction dredging.
The Regulating Works Project is
maintained through dredging and any
needed maintenance to already
constructed features. The long-term goal
of the Regulating Works Project, as
authorized by Congress, is to reduce or
eliminate the amount of annual
maintenance dredging and the
occurrence of vessel accidents through
the construction of river training
structures to provide a sustainable
navigation channel and reduce federal
expenditures. Since the 1970s various
environmental laws, regulations, and
policies have resulted in consideration
of the environment in the design and
construction of the Regulating Works
Project.
1. Proposed Action. USACE proposes
to continue to provide a safe and
dependable 9-foot-deep and minimum
of 300-foot-wide navigation channel on
the Middle Mississippi River by means
of one of the alternatives currently
recommended for consideration or by
another reasonable alternative
developed during the scoping process.
Economic and environmental impact
analyses will be utilized to determine
which alternative is the best course of
action.
2. Alternatives. Alternatives
recommended for consideration
currently include:
• Continue with the Regulating
Works Project. This would entail
continuing to build rock dikes, weirs,
and revetment at the current pace and
continuing to dredge as necessary to
maintain the navigation channel. This
alternative would lead to the minimum
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amount of continued maintenance
dredging.
• Do not build any new dikes, weirs,
or revetment going forward but maintain
the existing structures to perform their
intended functions. Maintenance
dredging would continue into the future
at roughly the current level.
3. Scoping. Scoping is the process for
determining the range of alternatives
and significant issues to be analyzed in
detail in the SEIS. Public involvement is
an integral part of the scoping process.
All parties believed to have an interest
in the analysis, including affected
federal, state, and local agencies, and
affected Federally Recognized Tribes
will be included in the SEIS scoping
process. Letters will be sent to all
interested parties requesting their input
on alternatives and issues to be
evaluated. The letters will also notify
interested parties of public scoping
meetings that will be held in the local
area. Notices will also be sent to local
news media. All interested parties are
invited to comment at this time, and
anyone interested in the SEIS should
request to be included in the mailing
list.
Public scoping meetings will be held
in early 2014. The meetings will be held
in the vicinity of St. Louis and Cape
Girardeau, Missouri. Additional
meetings could be held, depending
upon interest and if it is determined that
further public coordination is
warranted.
4. Significant Issues. The significant
new information that has been
developed since completion of the
original EIS will be evaluated and the
EIS will be supplemented pursuant to
this evaluation. Resources and issues
which could reasonably be expected to
be analyzed in the SEIS at this time
include aquatic habitat, navigation, river
stages, fish and wildlife resources, water
quality, air quality, threatened and
endangered species, commercial and
recreational fisheries, historic and
cultural resources, and socioeconomic
resources.
5. Environmental Consultation and
Review. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) will be assisting in the
documentation of existing conditions
and assessment of the effects of project
alternatives through Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act consultation
procedures. The USFWS will provide a
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
Report. Consultation will be
accomplished with the USFWS
concerning threatened and endangered
species and their critical habitat.
USACE will also work closely
throughout the SEIS process with other
resource agency partners including the
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Missouri Department of Conservation
and Illinois Department of Natural
Resources. The draft SEIS or a notice of
its availability will be distributed to all
interested agencies, organizations, and
individuals.
6. Estimated Date of Availability. The
earliest that the draft SEIS would be
available for public review would be in
the fall of 2015. The draft SEIS or a
notice of availability will be distributed
to all interested agencies, organizations,
and individuals.
Dated: December 12, 2013.
Christopher G. Hall,
Col, EN, Commanding.
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Agency Information Collection
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of Education (ED).
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AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing an extension of a new
information collection.
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submit comments on or before February
18, 2014.
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should be addressed to the Director of
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2E105, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
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here. We will ONLY accept comments
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Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
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helps the public understand the
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Responses: 21.
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to build on the momentum of other Race
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level. In FY 2012, the Department
awarded approximately $383 million to
16 Race to the Top District grantees
representing 55 local educational
agencies (LEAs), with grants ranging
from $10 to $40 million. Applications
for the FY 2013 competition are
currently under peer review and the
Department plans to make awards in
December 2013 for a total of
approximately $120 million. FY 2013
grantees will utilize the same Annual
Performance Report (APR) template as
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for the Middle Mississippi River Regulating Works Project,
Missouri and Illinois
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) intends to prepare a
draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the Middle
Mississippi River Regulating Works Project. This project is the means
by which USACE provides a safe and dependable 9-foot navigation channel
on the Middle Mississippi River. The Middle Mississippi River is
defined as that portion of the Mississippi River that lies between the
confluences of the Ohio and Missouri rivers. The original environmental
impact statement (EIS) for the Project was finalized in 1976. USACE has
determined that there is sufficient significant new information
regarding the potential impacts of the project on the human environment
to warrant the preparation of a supplemental environmental impact
statement.
ADDRESSES: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, CEMVS-EC-H, 1222 Spruce St.,
St. Louis, MO 63103-2833.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the proposed action
and SEIS should be addressed to Mr. Jasen Brown, (see ADDRESSES) or
email: jasen.l.brown@usace.army.mil; phone: (314) 331-8540; fax: 314-
331-8346.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Middle Mississippi River Regulating
Works Project is specifically and currently authorized pursuant to
Rivers and Harbors Acts beginning in 1881. These authorize USACE to
provide a safe and dependable navigation channel, 9 feet deep and not
less than 300 feet wide. USACE accomplishes this mission through bank
stabilization and sediment management to ensure adequate navigation
depth and width. Project improvements are achieved through the
construction of river training structures, revetment, rock removal, and
construction dredging. The Regulating Works Project is maintained
through dredging and any needed maintenance to already constructed
features. The long-term goal of the Regulating Works Project, as
authorized by Congress, is to reduce or eliminate the amount of annual
maintenance dredging and the occurrence of vessel accidents through the
construction of river training structures to provide a sustainable
navigation channel and reduce federal expenditures. Since the 1970s
various environmental laws, regulations, and policies have resulted in
consideration of the environment in the design and construction of the
Regulating Works Project.
1. Proposed Action. USACE proposes to continue to provide a safe
and dependable 9-foot-deep and minimum of 300-foot-wide navigation
channel on the Middle Mississippi River by means of one of the
alternatives currently recommended for consideration or by another
reasonable alternative developed during the scoping process. Economic
and environmental impact analyses will be utilized to determine which
alternative is the best course of action.
2. Alternatives. Alternatives recommended for consideration
currently include:
Continue with the Regulating Works Project. This would
entail continuing to build rock dikes, weirs, and revetment at the
current pace and continuing to dredge as necessary to maintain the
navigation channel. This alternative would lead to the minimum
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amount of continued maintenance dredging.
Do not build any new dikes, weirs, or revetment going
forward but maintain the existing structures to perform their intended
functions. Maintenance dredging would continue into the future at
roughly the current level.
3. Scoping. Scoping is the process for determining the range of
alternatives and significant issues to be analyzed in detail in the
SEIS. Public involvement is an integral part of the scoping process.
All parties believed to have an interest in the analysis, including
affected federal, state, and local agencies, and affected Federally
Recognized Tribes will be included in the SEIS scoping process. Letters
will be sent to all interested parties requesting their input on
alternatives and issues to be evaluated. The letters will also notify
interested parties of public scoping meetings that will be held in the
local area. Notices will also be sent to local news media. All
interested parties are invited to comment at this time, and anyone
interested in the SEIS should request to be included in the mailing
list.
Public scoping meetings will be held in early 2014. The meetings
will be held in the vicinity of St. Louis and Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Additional meetings could be held, depending upon interest and if it is
determined that further public coordination is warranted.
4. Significant Issues. The significant new information that has
been developed since completion of the original EIS will be evaluated
and the EIS will be supplemented pursuant to this evaluation. Resources
and issues which could reasonably be expected to be analyzed in the
SEIS at this time include aquatic habitat, navigation, river stages,
fish and wildlife resources, water quality, air quality, threatened and
endangered species, commercial and recreational fisheries, historic and
cultural resources, and socioeconomic resources.
5. Environmental Consultation and Review. The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS) will be assisting in the documentation of
existing conditions and assessment of the effects of project
alternatives through Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act consultation
procedures. The USFWS will provide a Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
Report. Consultation will be accomplished with the USFWS concerning
threatened and endangered species and their critical habitat. USACE
will also work closely throughout the SEIS process with other resource
agency partners including the Missouri Department of Conservation and
Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The draft SEIS or a notice of
its availability will be distributed to all interested agencies,
organizations, and individuals.
6. Estimated Date of Availability. The earliest that the draft SEIS
would be available for public review would be in the fall of 2015. The
draft SEIS or a notice of availability will be distributed to all
interested agencies, organizations, and individuals.
Dated: December 12, 2013.
Christopher G. Hall,
Col, EN, Commanding.
[FR Doc. 2013-30347 Filed 12-19-13; 8:45 am]
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