Record of Decision for the Modernization and Repair of Piers 2 and 3, Military Ocean Terminal Concord, CA, 26550-26551 [2015-10588]

Download as PDF asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 26550 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 89 / Friday, May 8, 2015 / Notices www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact information. Any associated form(s) for this collection may be located within this same electronic docket and downloaded for review/testing. Follow the instructions at https:// www.regulations.gov for submitting comments. Please submit comments on any given form identified by docket number, form number, and title. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and associated collection instruments, please write to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Casey Building, 8801 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315 ATTN: Meredith Bridgers or call 703–428–8458. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title; Associated Form; and OMB Number: Recreation Area and Visitor Center Visitor Comment Cards; Generic Collection for OMB Control Number 0710–XXXX. Needs and Uses: The information collection requirement is necessary to understand and determine the satisfaction of recreation visitors to US Army Corps of Engineers managed recreation areas. Affected Public: Public Visitors to US Army Corps of Engineers managed recreation areas. Annual Burden Hours: 3750 hours. Number of Respondents: 45,000. Responses per Respondent: 1. Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes (0.083 hours). Frequency: On occasion. Respondents to this generic collection of information via comment cards are public visitors to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Recreation Areas. Participation is voluntary. Comment cards are distributed via two methods. In a rack, for example at a visitor center or kiosk, resulting in visitor initiated response. Or scheduled surveys where visitors are intercepted by a survey clerk. The respondent is selected from exiting visitors where one member of the party is asked to complete the card and return to the survey clerk. Recreation areas where comment cards are used meet visitation and funding thresholds or a local administrative need. Survey Clerks are staff or USACE trained volunteers. Visitors are asked questions in the following categories; previous visits, area information sources, fees charged, facilities used, facility rating, and demographics. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:38 May 07, 2015 Jkt 235001 Dated: May 5, 2015. Aaron Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 2015–11102 Filed 5–7–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001–06–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army Record of Decision for the Modernization and Repair of Piers 2 and 3, Military Ocean Terminal Concord, CA Department of the Army, DOD. Notice of availability. AGENCY: ACTION: The U.S. Army (Army) has prepared a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Modernization and Repair of Piers 2 and 3 at Military Ocean Terminal Concord, California (MOTCO) to document the Army’s selection of Alternative 1 of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the action. Alternative 1 was selected because it meets the purpose and need of the proposed action, and balances environmental impacts with operational flexibility by providing MOTCO with safe, functional, and efficient facilities. Alternative 1 will fully implement repairs to Pier 3 and will re-orient and modernize Pier 2 to provide more efficient access for the types of vessels that use the pier. Implementation of Alternative 1 will include extensive demolition of existing Pier 2 and reconstruction of structural elements, replacement of pier-side infrastructure and supporting facilities at Pier 2, upgrades to shore-side roads and electrical infrastructure in the immediate vicinity of Piers 2 and 3, repair piles at Pier 3, and maintenance dredging waterward of Pier 2. The ROD adopts mitigation and management measures. ADDRESSES: The ROD can be obtained electronically at https:// www.sddc.army.mil/MOTCO/ default.aspx. Written requests to obtain a copy of the ROD should be addressed to Mr. Malcolm Charles, Director of Public Works, Attention: SDAT–CCA– MI (Charles), 410 Norman Avenue, Concord, CA 94520; or emailed to usarmy.motco.sddc.mbx.list-eis@ mail.mil. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sarah Garner, Public Affairs Office, Surface Deployment and Distribution Command; telephone: (618) 220–6284; email: usarmy.scott.sddc.mbx.commandaffairs@mail.mil. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The Army assessed the potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts associated with those actions necessary to modernize and repair Pier 2 and repair Pier 3 so the Army can maintain its ability to meet Department of Defense (DOD) mission requirements. The selected alternative implements repairs to Pier 3 and re-orients Pier 2 to provide more efficient access for the types of vessels that use the pier. The ROD incorporates the analysis contained in the Final EIS, including comments provided during the public review periods. Potential impacts were evaluated for noise; air quality; geology, topography, and soils; water resources; biological resources; land use and coastal zone management; transportation; infrastructure; visual resources; recreational resources; socioeconomics; environmental justice and protection of children; cultural resources; and hazardous materials, hazardous waste, toxic substances, and contaminated sites. Based on the analysis described in the Final EIS, all impacts are anticipated to be less than significant. The Army concluded that the proposed action is consistent, to the maximum extent practicable, with the enforceable policies of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s (BCDC’s) Coastal Management Program. BCDC issued conditional concurrences to the Army’s Coastal Zone Management Act Consistency Determinations for Piers 3 and 2 on January 21, 2015 and April 9, 2015, respectively. The Army will adhere to the conditions detailed in the respective amended Consistency Determinations. The ROD adopts mitigation and management measures. The measures include (1) commitments for cultural and biological resources resulting from agency consultations and (2) existing best management practices and standard operating procedures that the Army will continue with implementation of the Alternative 1. Commitments include general and specific measures for the protection of cultural resources and the protection of federally listed species and their habitat. The best management practices and standard operating procedures address erosion control, stormwater management, energy reduction, water efficiency/ conservation, hazardous materials management, spill prevention and response, munitions and explosives of concern, natural resources management, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\08MYN1.SGM 08MYN1 26551 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 89 / Friday, May 8, 2015 / Notices transportation, noise, cultural resources, seismic design, and air quality. Brenda S. Bowen, Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 2015–10588 Filed 5–7–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3710–08–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Judicial Proceedings Since Fiscal Year 2012 Amendments Panel (Judicial Proceedings Panel); Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting Department of Defense. Notice of meeting. AGENCY: ACTION: The Department of Defense is publishing this notice to announce the following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the Judicial Proceedings since Fiscal Year 2012 Amendments Panel (‘‘the Judicial Proceedings Panel’’ or ‘‘the Panel’’). The meeting is open to the public. DATES: A meeting of the Judicial Proceedings Panel will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2015. The Public Session will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. ADDRESSES: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 333 Constitution Avenue NW., Courtroom #20, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Julie Carson, Judicial Proceedings Panel, One Liberty Center, 875 N. Randolph Street, Suite 150, Arlington, VA 22203. Email: whs.pentagon.em.mbx.judicialpanel@mail.mil Phone: (703) 693–3849. Web site: https://jpp.whs.mil. 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L. 112–239), as amended, Congress tasked the Judicial Proceedings Panel to conduct an independent review and assessment of judicial proceedings conducted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice involving adult sexual assault and related offenses since the amendments made to the Uniform Code of Military Justice by section 541 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub. L. 112–81; 125 Stat. 1404), for the purpose of developing recommendations for improvements to such proceedings. At this meeting, the Panel will consider the issues of social and professional retaliation against individuals who report incidents of sexual assault within the military, in order to develop recommendations for improving the military’s prevention and response to retaliation. The Panel is interested in written and oral comments from the public, including nongovernmental organizations, relevant to these issues or any of the Panel’s tasks. 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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 89 (Friday, May 8, 2015)]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Record of Decision for the Modernization and Repair of Piers 2 
and 3, Military Ocean Terminal Concord, CA

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army (Army) has prepared a Record of Decision (ROD) 
for the Modernization and Repair of Piers 2 and 3 at Military Ocean 
Terminal Concord, California (MOTCO) to document the Army's selection 
of Alternative 1 of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for 
the action. Alternative 1 was selected because it meets the purpose and 
need of the proposed action, and balances environmental impacts with 
operational flexibility by providing MOTCO with safe, functional, and 
efficient facilities. Alternative 1 will fully implement repairs to 
Pier 3 and will re-orient and modernize Pier 2 to provide more 
efficient access for the types of vessels that use the pier. 
Implementation of Alternative 1 will include extensive demolition of 
existing Pier 2 and reconstruction of structural elements, replacement 
of pier-side infrastructure and supporting facilities at Pier 2, 
upgrades to shore-side roads and electrical infrastructure in the 
immediate vicinity of Piers 2 and 3, repair piles at Pier 3, and 
maintenance dredging waterward of Pier 2. The ROD adopts mitigation and 
management measures.

ADDRESSES: The ROD can be obtained electronically at https://www.sddc.army.mil/MOTCO/default.aspx. Written requests to obtain a copy 
of the ROD should be addressed to Mr. Malcolm Charles, Director of 
Public Works, Attention: SDAT-CCA-MI (Charles), 410 Norman Avenue, 
Concord, CA 94520; or emailed to usarmy.motco.sddc.mbx.list-eis@mail.mil.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Sarah Garner, Public Affairs 
Office, Surface Deployment and Distribution Command; telephone: (618) 
220-6284; email: usarmy.scott.sddc.mbx.command-affairs@mail.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Army assessed the potential 
environmental and socioeconomic impacts associated with those actions 
necessary to modernize and repair Pier 2 and repair Pier 3 so the Army 
can maintain its ability to meet Department of Defense (DOD) mission 
requirements. The selected alternative implements repairs to Pier 3 and 
re-orients Pier 2 to provide more efficient access for the types of 
vessels that use the pier. The ROD incorporates the analysis contained 
in the Final EIS, including comments provided during the public review 
periods.
    Potential impacts were evaluated for noise; air quality; geology, 
topography, and soils; water resources; biological resources; land use 
and coastal zone management; transportation; infrastructure; visual 
resources; recreational resources; socioeconomics; environmental 
justice and protection of children; cultural resources; and hazardous 
materials, hazardous waste, toxic substances, and contaminated sites. 
Based on the analysis described in the Final EIS, all impacts are 
anticipated to be less than significant.
    The Army concluded that the proposed action is consistent, to the 
maximum extent practicable, with the enforceable policies of the San 
Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission's (BCDC's) 
Coastal Management Program. BCDC issued conditional concurrences to the 
Army's Coastal Zone Management Act Consistency Determinations for Piers 
3 and 2 on January 21, 2015 and April 9, 2015, respectively. The Army 
will adhere to the conditions detailed in the respective amended 
Consistency Determinations.
    The ROD adopts mitigation and management measures. The measures 
include (1) commitments for cultural and biological resources resulting 
from agency consultations and (2) existing best management practices 
and standard operating procedures that the Army will continue with 
implementation of the Alternative 1. Commitments include general and 
specific measures for the protection of cultural resources and the 
protection of federally listed species and their habitat. The best 
management practices and standard operating procedures address erosion 
control, stormwater management, energy reduction, water efficiency/
conservation, hazardous materials management, spill prevention and 
response, munitions and explosives of concern, natural resources 
management,

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transportation, noise, cultural resources, seismic design, and air 
quality.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-10588 Filed 5-7-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3710-08-P
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