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Four previously used disposal sites:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS) for the Installation of a Terminal
Groin Structure at the Eastern End of
Ocean Isle Beach, Extending Into the
Atlantic Ocean, West of Shallotte Inlet
(Brunswick 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 (USACE), 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 Harbor Act, from the Town of
Ocean Isle Beach to install a terminal
groin structure on the east side of Ocean
Isle Beach, extending into the Atlantic
Ocean, just west of Shallotte Inlet. The
structure will be designed to function in
concert with the Federal storm damage
reduction project.
DATES: The public is invited to attend,
and/or comment at, a public hearing to
be held at Union Elementary School,
180 Union School Rd., NW., Shallotte,
NC 28459, on February 24, at 6:00 p.m.
Written comments on the DEIS will be
received until 5 p.m., March 9, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and
questions regarding the DEIS may be
submitted to: U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (Corps), Wilmington District,
Regulatory Division, c/o Mr. Tyler
Crumbley. ATTN: File Number SAW–
2011–01241, 69 Darlington Avenue,
Wilmington, NC 28403.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposed action
and DEIS can be directed to Mr. Tyler
Crumbley, Wilmington Regulatory Field
Office, telephone: (910) 251–4170,
facsimile (910) 251–4025, or email at
tyler.crumbley@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Project Description. The Town of
Ocean Isle Beach is seeking Federal and
State authorization for construction of a
terminal groin, and associated beach
fillet with required maintenance, to be
located at the eastern end of Ocean Isle
Beach. The proposed terminal groin and
beach fillet is the Town’s preferred
alternative (#5) of five alternatives
considered in this document. Under the
preferred alternative, the terminal groin
would have a seaward section extending
750-feet seaward of the April 2007 mean
high water shoreline and a 300-foot
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shore anchorage section extending
landward of the April 2007 mean high
water shoreline. The seaward section
would be constructed with loosely
placed armor stone to facilitate the
movement of sand past the structure.
The shore anchorage section would be
constructed with sheet pile which
would have a top elevation varying from
+4.9 feet NAVD to +4.5 feet NAVD.
The proposed terminal groin is one of
four such structures approved by the
General Assembly to be constructed in
North Carolina following passing of
Senate Bill (SB) 110. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE) determined
that there is sufficient information to
conclude that the project would result
in significant adverse impact on the
human environment, and has prepared
a DEIS pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to
evaluate the environmental effects of the
alternatives considering the project’s
purpose and need. The purpose and
need of the proposed terminal groin and
beach fillet is to provide shoreline
protection that would mitigate chronic
erosion on the eastern portion on the
Town’s oceanfront shoreline so as to
preserve the integrity of its
infrastructure, provide protection to
existing development, and ensure the
continued use of the oceanfront beach
along this area.
2. Issues. There are several potential
environmental and public interest
issues that are addressed in the DEIS.
Public interest issues include, but are
not limited to, the following: Public
safety, aesthetics, recreation, navigation,
infrastructure, solid waste, economics,
and noise pollution. Additional issues
may be identified during the public
review process. Issues initially
identified as potentially significant
include:
a. Potential impacts to marine
biological resources (benthic organisms,
passageway for fish and other marine
life) and Essential Fish Habitat.
b. Potential impacts to threatened and
endangered marine mammals, reptiles,
birds, fish, and plants.
c. Potential for effects/changes to
Ocean Isle beach, Holden Beach, and
Shallotte inlet, respectively.
d. Potential impacts to navigation.
e. Potential effects on regional sand
sources and sand management practices,
including the Federal (Ocean Isle Beach
storm damage reduction) project.
f. Potential effects of shoreline
protection.
g. Potential impacts on public health
and safety.
h. Potential impacts to recreational
and commercial fishing.
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i. Potential impacts to cultural
resources.
j. Potential impacts to future dredging
and nourishment activities.
3. Alternatives. Five alternatives are
being considered for the proposed
project. These alternatives, including
the No Action alternative, were further
formulated and developed during the
scoping process and are considered in
the DEIS. A summary of alternatives
under consideration are provided
below:
a. Alternative 1—No Action (Continue
Current Management Practices).
b. Alternative 2—Abandon/Retreat.
c. Alternative 3—Beach Fill Only
(Including Federal Project).
d. Alternative 4—Shallotte Inlet Bar
Channel Realignment with Beach Fill
(Including Federal Project).
e. Alternative 5—Terminal Groin with
Beach Fill (Including Federal Project)/
Applicants Preferred Alternative.
4. Scoping Process. Project Review
Team meetings were held to receive
comments and assess concerns
regarding the appropriate scope and
preparation of the DEIS. Federal, state,
and local agencies and other interested
organizations and persons participated
in these Project Review Team meetings.
The Corps will initiate consultation
with the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service pursuant to the Endangered
Species Act and the Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act. The Corps will also
consult with the National Marine
Fisheries Service pursuant to the
Magnuson-Stevens Act and Endangered
Species Act. The Corps will coordinate
with the State Department of Cultural
Resources pursuant to Section 106 of
the National Historic Preservation Act.
Potential water quality concerns will
be addressed pursuant to Section 401 of
the Clean Water Act through
coordination with the North Carolina
Divisions of Coastal Management (DCM)
and Water Resources (DWR). This
coordination will insure consistency
with the Coastal Zone Management Act
and project compliance with water
quality standards. The Corps has
coordinated closely with DCM in the
development of the DEIS to ensure the
process complies with State
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)
requirements, as well as the NEPA
requirements. The DEIS has been
designed to consolidate both NEPA and
SEPA processes to eliminate
duplications.
5. Availability of the DEIS. The DEIS
has been published and circulated. The
DEIS for the proposal can be found at
the following link: https://
www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/
RegulatoryPermitProgram.aspx under
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Major Projects/Town of Ocean Isle
Terminal Groin Project. The public is
invited to attend, and/or comment at, a
public hearing to be held at Union
Elementary School, 180 Union School
Rd., NW., Shallotte, NC 28459, on
February 24, at 6:00 p.m. Written
comments on the DEIS will be received
until 5 p.m., March 9, 2015.
Dated: January 14, 2015.
Scott McLendon,
Chief, Regulatory Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Public Meeting for the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
Military Readiness Activities at the
Fallon Range Training Complex
(FRTC), Nevada
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) of 1969 and regulations
implemented by the Council on
Environmental Quality (40 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 1500–
1508), the Department of the Navy
(DoN) has prepared and filed with the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) to assess the potential
environmental impacts of ongoing and
proposed military training activities
within the FRTC EIS Study Area. The
Bureau of Land Management is a
cooperating agency for this EIS.
With the filing of the Draft EIS, the
DoN is initiating a 46-day public
comment period beginning on January
23, 2015 and ending on March 9, 2015
and has scheduled a public meeting to
inform the public and receive comments
on the accuracy and adequacy of the
Draft EIS. This notice announces the
date and location of the public meeting
and provides supplementary
information about the environmental
planning effort.
Dates and Addresses: The DoN will
hold a public meeting to inform the
public about the proposed action and
alternatives under consideration and to
provide an opportunity for the public to
comment on the accuracy and adequacy
of the environmental analysis presented
in the Draft EIS. Federal, state, and local
agencies and officials, Native American
Indian Tribes and Nations, and
interested organizations and individuals
are encouraged to provide comments in
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person at the public meeting or in
writing during the public review period.
A public meeting will be held
between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on
Thursday, February 19, 2015, at the
Churchill County Commission
Chambers, 155 North Taylor Street,
Fallon, Nevada 89406. The public
meeting will be an open house session
with informational poster stations
staffed by DoN representatives. A brief
DoN presentation will be given at 5:30
p.m.
Attendees will be able to submit oral
and written comments during the public
meeting. Oral comments from the public
will be recorded by a certified court
reporter. Equal weight will be given to
oral and written statements. Written
comments may also be submitted to:
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Southwest, Attention: Ms. Amy Kelley,
Code EV21.AK; 1220 Pacific Highway,
Building 1, 5th Floor; San Diego, CA
92132. Written comments may also be
submitted electronically via the project
Web site (www.FRTCEIS.com).
All comments submitted during the
public review period, oral or written,
will become part of the public record.
All comments will be reviewed and
responded to in the Final EIS. For
consideration in the Final EIS,
comments must be postmarked or
received online by March 9, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Southwest; Attention: Ms. Amy Kelley,
Code EV21.AK; 1220 Pacific Highway
Building 1, 5th Floor; San Diego, CA
92132.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FRTC
is a set of well-defined geographic
training areas in the high desert of
northern Nevada encompassing
airspace, land ranges, and associated
electronic systems used primarily for air
and ground training activities. In total,
the complex encompasses
approximately 230,000 acres of training
land and 12,256 square nautical miles of
airspace. A portion of the FRTC, Naval
Air Station (NAS) Fallon, is located six
miles to the southeast of the city of
Fallon. The land and airspace of the
FRTC comprises the Study Area
evaluated in the Draft EIS.
The DoN’s Proposed Action is to
continue and enhance ground and
aviation training activities within the
existing FRTC study area. To support
training requirements for fleet readiness,
the DoN proposes to adjust training
activities from current levels to the
levels needed to accommodate evolving
mission requirements, including those
resulting from training, tactics
development, testing, and introduction
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) for the Installation of a Terminal Groin Structure at
the Eastern End of Ocean Isle Beach, Extending Into the Atlantic Ocean,
West of Shallotte Inlet (Brunswick 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 (USACE), 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 Harbor Act, from the
Town of Ocean Isle Beach to install a terminal groin structure on the
east side of Ocean Isle Beach, extending into the Atlantic Ocean, just
west of Shallotte Inlet. The structure will be designed to function in
concert with the Federal storm damage reduction project.
DATES: The public is invited to attend, and/or comment at, a public
hearing to be held at Union Elementary School, 180 Union School Rd.,
NW., Shallotte, NC 28459, on February 24, at 6:00 p.m. Written comments
on the DEIS will be received until 5 p.m., March 9, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and questions regarding the DEIS may be
submitted to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Wilmington
District, Regulatory Division, c/o Mr. Tyler Crumbley. ATTN: File
Number SAW-2011-01241, 69 Darlington Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28403.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the proposed action
and DEIS can be directed to Mr. Tyler Crumbley, Wilmington Regulatory
Field Office, telephone: (910) 251-4170, facsimile (910) 251-4025, or
email at tyler.crumbley@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Project Description. The Town of Ocean Isle Beach is seeking
Federal and State authorization for construction of a terminal groin,
and associated beach fillet with required maintenance, to be located at
the eastern end of Ocean Isle Beach. The proposed terminal groin and
beach fillet is the Town's preferred alternative (#5) of five
alternatives considered in this document. Under the preferred
alternative, the terminal groin would have a seaward section extending
750-feet seaward of the April 2007 mean high water shoreline and a 300-
foot shore anchorage section extending landward of the April 2007 mean
high water shoreline. The seaward section would be constructed with
loosely placed armor stone to facilitate the movement of sand past the
structure. The shore anchorage section would be constructed with sheet
pile which would have a top elevation varying from +4.9 feet NAVD to
+4.5 feet NAVD.
The proposed terminal groin is one of four such structures approved
by the General Assembly to be constructed in North Carolina following
passing of Senate Bill (SB) 110. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) determined that there is sufficient information to conclude
that the project would result in significant adverse impact on the
human environment, and has prepared a DEIS pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to evaluate the environmental effects
of the alternatives considering the project's purpose and need. The
purpose and need of the proposed terminal groin and beach fillet is to
provide shoreline protection that would mitigate chronic erosion on the
eastern portion on the Town's oceanfront shoreline so as to preserve
the integrity of its infrastructure, provide protection to existing
development, and ensure the continued use of the oceanfront beach along
this area.
2. Issues. There are several potential environmental and public
interest issues that are addressed in the DEIS. Public interest issues
include, but are not limited to, the following: Public safety,
aesthetics, recreation, navigation, infrastructure, solid waste,
economics, and noise pollution. Additional issues may be identified
during the public review process. Issues initially identified as
potentially significant include:
a. Potential impacts to marine biological resources (benthic
organisms, passageway for fish and other marine life) and Essential
Fish Habitat.
b. Potential impacts to threatened and endangered marine mammals,
reptiles, birds, fish, and plants.
c. Potential for effects/changes to Ocean Isle beach, Holden Beach,
and Shallotte inlet, respectively.
d. Potential impacts to navigation.
e. Potential effects on regional sand sources and sand management
practices, including the Federal (Ocean Isle Beach storm damage
reduction) project.
f. Potential effects of shoreline protection.
g. Potential impacts on public health and safety.
h. Potential impacts to recreational and commercial fishing.
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i. Potential impacts to cultural resources.
j. Potential impacts to future dredging and nourishment activities.
3. Alternatives. Five alternatives are being considered for the
proposed project. These alternatives, including the No Action
alternative, were further formulated and developed during the scoping
process and are considered in the DEIS. A summary of alternatives under
consideration are provided below:
a. Alternative 1--No Action (Continue Current Management
Practices).
b. Alternative 2--Abandon/Retreat.
c. Alternative 3--Beach Fill Only (Including Federal Project).
d. Alternative 4--Shallotte Inlet Bar Channel Realignment with
Beach Fill (Including Federal Project).
e. Alternative 5--Terminal Groin with Beach Fill (Including Federal
Project)/Applicants Preferred Alternative.
4. Scoping Process. Project Review Team meetings were held to
receive comments and assess concerns regarding the appropriate scope
and preparation of the DEIS. Federal, state, and local agencies and
other interested organizations and persons participated in these
Project Review Team meetings.
The Corps will initiate consultation with the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service pursuant to the Endangered Species Act and the
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. The Corps will also consult with
the National Marine Fisheries Service pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens
Act and Endangered Species Act. The Corps will coordinate with the
State Department of Cultural Resources pursuant to Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act.
Potential water quality concerns will be addressed pursuant to
Section 401 of the Clean Water Act through coordination with the North
Carolina Divisions of Coastal Management (DCM) and Water Resources
(DWR). This coordination will insure consistency with the Coastal Zone
Management Act and project compliance with water quality standards. The
Corps has coordinated closely with DCM in the development of the DEIS
to ensure the process complies with State Environmental Policy Act
(SEPA) requirements, as well as the NEPA requirements. The DEIS has
been designed to consolidate both NEPA and SEPA processes to eliminate
duplications.
5. Availability of the DEIS. The DEIS has been published and
circulated. The DEIS for the proposal can be found at the following
link: https://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/RegulatoryPermitProgram.aspx under Major Projects/Town of Ocean Isle
Terminal Groin Project. The public is invited to attend, and/or comment
at, a public hearing to be held at Union Elementary School, 180 Union
School Rd., NW., Shallotte, NC 28459, on February 24, at 6:00 p.m.
Written comments on the DEIS will be received until 5 p.m., March 9,
2015.
Dated: January 14, 2015.
Scott McLendon,
Chief, Regulatory Division.
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