Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Potomac River Tunnel in the National Capital Region, 37768-37769 [2014-15542]

Download as PDF 37768 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 127 / Wednesday, July 2, 2014 / Notices collection and the estimated burden and cost. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. You must submit comments on or before August 1, 2014. DATES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at OMB– OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRAl Submission@omb.eop.gov (email). Please provide a copy of your comments to the Service Information Collection ADDRESSES: Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 (mail), or hopelgrey@fws.gov (email). Please include ‘‘1018–Jaguar Rancher’’ in the subject line of your comments. To request additional information about this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hopel grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482 (telephone). 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Abstract: We have contracted with the University of Arizona to conduct a survey of southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico ranchers to determine their knowledge of and attitudes toward jaguar habitat, their level of knowledge regarding payments for ecosystem services, and their attitudes and interest toward a payment for ecosystem services intended to benefit jaguar habitat. This survey is necessary because there is currently no statistically significant information available about rancher attitudes toward jaguar habitat or their understanding of payments for ecosystem services. The survey will improve rancher knowledge on these issues and will inform our evaluation of the practicality of a payment for ecosystem services for the benefit of jaguar habitat in southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. It will also aid in the implementation of jaguar habitat conservation efforts by increasing our knowledge of rancher attitudes toward jaguars and jaguar habitat management in southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Information collected in the survey will include data on knowledge of jaguar habitat attributes, opinions and attitudes about the designation of critical habitat in southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, knowledge of payment for ecosystem services programs generally, and opinions and attitudes about participation in payment for ecosystem services programs. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:49 Jul 01, 2014 Jkt 232001 Comments Received and Our Responses On December 17, 2013, we published in the Federal Register (78 FR 76315) a notice of our intent to request that OMB approve this information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for 60 days, ending on February 18, 2014. 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Request for Public Comments We again invite comments concerning this information collection on: • Whether or not the collection of information is necessary, including whether or not the information will have practical utility; • The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection of information; • Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 • Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents. Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of public record. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask OMB in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it will be done. Dated: June 26, 2014. Tina A. Campbell, Chief, Division of Policy and Directives Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2014–15482 Filed 7–1–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–55–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–NCR–NACA–14983; PPNCNCROL0, PPMPSPD1Y.M000] Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Potomac River Tunnel in the National Capital Region National Park Service, Interior. Notice of Intent. AGENCY: ACTION: Pursuant to Section 102 (2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\02JYN1.SGM 02JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 127 / Wednesday, July 2, 2014 / Notices Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service) and DC Water as co-lead agencies are preparing an Environmental Impact Statement for the Potomac River Tunnel in the National Capital Region. The area affected is within the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Rock Creek Park, and National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, DC. The purpose of this EIS is to analyze the impacts of constructing a tunnel and supporting infrastructure for capture, conveyance, and storage of combined sewer overflows when the combined sewer system capacity is exceeded. DATES: The NPS will accept comments from the public through September 2, 2014. The NPS intends to hold a public scoping meeting during the scoping period. Details regarding the exact times and locations of these meetings will be announced through local media at least 15 days before the meetings. Information about public meetings will also be provided on the three parks’ planning Web site: https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/NCRO (click on the link to the Potomac River Tunnel EIS). Information will be available for public review and comment online at https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/NCRO and at all three park headquarters listed below. Office of the Superintendent, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, 1850 Dual Highway, Suite 100, Hagerstown, Maryland 21740, Telephone: (301) 714–2201. Office of the Superintendent, Rock Creek Park, 3545 Williamsburg Lane NW., Washington, DC 20008, Telephone: (202) 895–6004. Office of the Superintendent, National Mall and Memorial Parks, 900 Ohio Drive SW., Washington, DC 20024, Telephone: (202) 485–9880. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Moussa Wone, DC Clean Rivers Project, (202) 787–4729 or Joel Gorder, National Park Service Regional Environmental Coordinator, (202) 619–7405. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This planning effort is needed because combined sewer overflows (CSOs) cause or contribute to water quality degradation in the receiving waters of the Potomac River. In addition, the project is required by a Federal Consent Decree entered into by DC Water, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Department of Justice and the District of Columbia. The Federal Consent Decree identifies a completion milestone of 2025 for a series of projects designed to reduce mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:49 Jul 01, 2014 Jkt 232001 discharges of CSOs into the Anacostia River, Potomac River, and Rock Creek. For the Potomac River Tunnel project, the Federal Consent Decree requires an underground storage tunnel be constructed to provide 58 million gallons of CSO storage and a dewatering pump station sufficiently sized to dewater the tunnel within 59 hours. While DC Water is the agency tasked with the construction and operation of the Potomac River Tunnel, the majority of the associated infrastructure is to be built on or below NPS administered properties, including Rock Creek Park; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park; the National Mall and Memorial Parks; and the bed of the Potomac River. A scoping newsletter will be prepared that details the issues identified to date and include the purpose, need, and objectives of the Environmental Impact Statement. Copies of that information may be obtained online at https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/NCRO or at one of the three parks’ headquarters addresses above. If you wish to comment on the purpose, need, objectives, alternatives, or on any other issues associated with the EIS, you may submit your comments via the Internet at https:// parkplanning.nps.gov/NRCO (preferred method) or by mail or hand-delivery to any of the addresses listed above. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Dated: May 20, 2014. Stephen E. Whitesell, Regional Director, National Park Service, National Capital Region. ACTION: 37769 Notice of amendment of meeting date. In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 1–16), notice is hereby given of the change in date for the June 3, 2014, meeting of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Advisory Council. DATES: The meeting date originally published on April 7, 2014, in the Federal Register, 79 FR 19121, has been changed. The new meeting date will be Tuesday, July 22, 2014, from 9:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. (Eastern). ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Wilson House on the campus of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science at 1375 Greate Road, Gloucester Point, VA 23062. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Lucero, Partnership Coordinator, telephone (757) 258–8914 or email Christine_Lucero@nps.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is open to the public. Preregistration is required for both public attendance and comment. Any individual who wishes to attend the meeting and/or participate in the public comment session should register via email at Christine_Lucero@nps.gov or telephone (757) 258–8914. For those wishing to make comments, please provide a written summary of your comments prior to the meeting. Before including your address, telephone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. SUMMARY: Dated: June 25, 2014. Alma Ripps, Chief, Office of Policy. 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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37768-37769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15542]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-NCR-NACA-14983; PPNCNCROL0, PPMPSPD1Y.M000]


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Potomac River Tunnel in the National Capital Region

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102 (2)(C) of the National Environmental 
Policy

[[Page 37769]]

Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service) and DC 
Water as co-lead agencies are preparing an Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Potomac River Tunnel in the National Capital Region. 
The area affected is within the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National 
Historical Park, Rock Creek Park, and National Mall and Memorial Parks 
in Washington, DC. The purpose of this EIS is to analyze the impacts of 
constructing a tunnel and supporting infrastructure for capture, 
conveyance, and storage of combined sewer overflows when the combined 
sewer system capacity is exceeded.

DATES: The NPS will accept comments from the public through September 
2, 2014. The NPS intends to hold a public scoping meeting during the 
scoping period. Details regarding the exact times and locations of 
these meetings will be announced through local media at least 15 days 
before the meetings. Information about public meetings will also be 
provided on the three parks' planning Web site:  https://parkplanning.nps.gov/NCRO (click on the link to the Potomac River 
Tunnel EIS).

ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public review and comment 
online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/NCRO and at all three park 
headquarters listed below.

Office of the Superintendent, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National 
Historical Park, 1850 Dual Highway, Suite 100, Hagerstown, Maryland 
21740, Telephone: (301) 714-2201.
Office of the Superintendent, Rock Creek Park, 3545 Williamsburg Lane 
NW., Washington, DC 20008, Telephone: (202) 895-6004.
Office of the Superintendent, National Mall and Memorial Parks, 900 
Ohio Drive SW., Washington, DC 20024, Telephone: (202) 485-9880.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Moussa Wone, DC Clean Rivers Project, 
(202) 787-4729 or Joel Gorder, National Park Service Regional 
Environmental Coordinator, (202) 619-7405.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This planning effort is needed because 
combined sewer overflows (CSOs) cause or contribute to water quality 
degradation in the receiving waters of the Potomac River. In addition, 
the project is required by a Federal Consent Decree entered into by DC 
Water, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United 
States Department of Justice and the District of Columbia. The Federal 
Consent Decree identifies a completion milestone of 2025 for a series 
of projects designed to reduce discharges of CSOs into the Anacostia 
River, Potomac River, and Rock Creek. For the Potomac River Tunnel 
project, the Federal Consent Decree requires an underground storage 
tunnel be constructed to provide 58 million gallons of CSO storage and 
a dewatering pump station sufficiently sized to dewater the tunnel 
within 59 hours.
    While DC Water is the agency tasked with the construction and 
operation of the Potomac River Tunnel, the majority of the associated 
infrastructure is to be built on or below NPS administered properties, 
including Rock Creek Park; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National 
Historical Park; the National Mall and Memorial Parks; and the bed of 
the Potomac River.
    A scoping newsletter will be prepared that details the issues 
identified to date and include the purpose, need, and objectives of the 
Environmental Impact Statement. Copies of that information may be 
obtained online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/NCRO or at one of the 
three parks' headquarters addresses above.
    If you wish to comment on the purpose, need, objectives, 
alternatives, or on any other issues associated with the EIS, you may 
submit your comments via the Internet at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/NRCO (preferred method) or by mail or hand-delivery to any of the 
addresses listed above.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Dated: May 20, 2014.
Stephen E. Whitesell,
Regional Director, National Park Service, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 2014-15542 Filed 7-1-14; 8:45 am]
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