Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Commercial Dredging of Construction Aggregate From the Kansas River in the State of Kansas, 41489-41490 [2015-17355]

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The proposed dredging will occur within portions of the river between the mouth of the Kansas River and river mile 170 at the confluence of the Kansas, Republican and Smokey Hill Rivers. Department of the Army (DA) authorization under Section 10 of the River and Harbors Act is required for the work to obtain sand and gravel materials from the Kansas River by hydraulic suction dredging operations. Commercial dredging in the Kansas River has occurred for more than 100 years but the quantity of sand and gravel materials annually withdrawn from the river has increased over time. The existing permits for dredging, last issued in 2007, allowed for a potential annual total of 3,150,000 tons of materials to be extracted from the Kansas River. The current DA permits originally scheduled to expire on December 31, 2012 were indefinitely extended until after SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 41489 completion of an EIS. Five applicants are currently requesting to extract 1,900,000 tons of material per year from the river at eight locations. DATES: A scoping meeting will be held: August 4, 2015, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. in Lawrence, Kansas. ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting location is: Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont Street, Lawrence, Kansas. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions and comments regarding the proposed action and EIS should be addressed to Mr. Brian Donahue, Regulatory Project Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 601 East 12th Street, Room 402, Kansas City, MO 64106; (816) 389–3703; brian.t.donahue@ usace.army.mil. For special needs (visual or hearing impaired, Spanish translation, etc.) requests during the scoping meetings, please call Brian Donahue by July 20, 2015. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The COE will be conducting a public scoping meeting at the location above to describe the proposed activity, preliminary alternatives, the National Environmental Policy Act process and to solicit input on the issues and alternatives to be evaluated and other related matters. Written comments for scoping will be accepted until September 15, 2015. The COE has prepared a scoping announcement to familiarize agencies, the public and interested organizations with the proposed Project and potential environmental issues that may be involved. The scoping announcement includes a list of the dredgers’ requested annual extraction tonnage and the requested dredging reaches. Copies of the scoping announcement will be available at the public scoping meetings or can be requested by mail. The permit applicants include the four following currently authorized dredgers: Holliday Sand and Gravel Company, LLC, (Lenexa, Kansas); Masters Dredging, (Lawrence, Kansas); Kaw Valley Companies, Inc. (Kansas City, Kansas); and Builders Choice Aggregates, (Topeka, Kansas). One permit applicant not currently authorized to dredge but seeking a permit is LBB, LLC (Topeka, Kansas). The final EIS would also apply to future applications for similar dredging operations on the Kansas River. The COE has documented degradation or down-cutting of the river bed in some areas where dredging activity has been concentrated. Bed degradation may affect water intake structures, initiate tributary head cuts, promote bank erosion or levee instability, undermine E:\FR\FM\15JYN1.SGM 15JYN1 41490 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 135 / Wednesday, July 15, 2015 / Notices pipelines and bridge piers, increase encroachment of the high bank, affect aquatic habitat and create navigation hazards. The EIS will be prepared according to the COE’s procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c), and consistent with the COE’s policy to facilitate public understanding and review of agency proposals. As part of the EIS process, a full range of reasonable alternatives including the proposed dredging and no dredging will be evaluated. The COE will invite the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geologic Survey, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas State Historical Society, the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and the Kansas Geologic Survey to be contributing agencies in the formulation of the EIS. Brian Donahue, Regulatory Project Manager, Regulatory Branch. 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Pursuant to the provisions of the Government in the Sunshine Act 5 U.S.C. 552b, and the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board’s (Board) regulations implementing the Government in the Sunshine Act, notice is hereby given of the Board’s closed meeting described below. SUMMARY: DATES: 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m., July 29, 2015. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue NW., Room 425, Washington, DC 20004. ADDRESSES: Notice. The invention listed below is assigned to the United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Navy. The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of its intent to grant to WarpSpec, Inc., a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive license to practice in the United States, the Government-owned inventions described below: U.S. Patent 7,999,230 (Navy Case 99997): issued August 16, 2011, entitled ‘‘TUNABLE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE’’//U.S. Patent 8,368,996 (Navy Case 99577): Issued February 5, 2013, entitled ‘‘TUNABLE DETECTION SYSTEM’’//and U.S. Patent 8,526,097 (Navy Case 102056): issued September 3, 2013, entitled ‘‘TUNABLE DETECTION SYSTEM.’’ SUMMARY: Anyone wishing to object to the grant of this license has fifteen (15) days from the date of this notice to file written objections along with supporting evidence, if any. DATES: Written objections are to be filed with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Div, Code OOL, Bldg. 2, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522–5001. ADDRESSES: Mr. Christopher Monsey, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Div, Code OOL, Bldg 2, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522–5001, telephone 812–854–4100. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404. Dated: July 8, 2015. N.A. Hagerty-Ford, Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 2015–17332 Filed 7–14–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P PO 00000 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Welch, General Manager, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004–2901, (800) 788– 4016. This is a toll-free number. The meeting will be closed to the public. No participation from the public will be considered during the meeting. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Status Closed. During the closed meeting, the Board Members will discuss issues dealing with potential Recommendations to the Secretary of Energy. The Board is invoking the exemption to close a meeting described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3) and 10 CFR 1704.4(c). The Board has determined that it is necessary to close the meeting since conducting an open meeting is likely to disclose matters that are specifically exempted from disclosure by statute. In this case, the deliberations will pertain to potential Board Recommendations which, under 42 U.S.C. 2286d(b) and (h)(3), may not be made publicly available until after they have been received by the Secretary of Energy or the President, respectively. Matters To Be Considered The meeting will proceed in accordance with the closed meeting agenda which is posted on the Board’s public Web site at www.dnfsb.gov. Technical staff may present information to the Board. The Board Members are expected to conduct deliberations regarding potential Recommendations to the Secretary of Energy. E:\FR\FM\15JYN1.SGM 15JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 135 (Wednesday, July 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41489-41490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17355]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army Corps of Engineers


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for 
Commercial Dredging of Construction Aggregate From the Kansas River in 
the State of Kansas

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) is preparing an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the direct, indirect, 
and cumulative effects of commercial dredging of sand and gravel from 
the Kansas River in the State of Kansas. The proposed dredging will 
occur within portions of the river between the mouth of the Kansas 
River and river mile 170 at the confluence of the Kansas, Republican 
and Smokey Hill Rivers. Department of the Army (DA) authorization under 
Section 10 of the River and Harbors Act is required for the work to 
obtain sand and gravel materials from the Kansas River by hydraulic 
suction dredging operations. Commercial dredging in the Kansas River 
has occurred for more than 100 years but the quantity of sand and 
gravel materials annually withdrawn from the river has increased over 
time. The existing permits for dredging, last issued in 2007, allowed 
for a potential annual total of 3,150,000 tons of materials to be 
extracted from the Kansas River. The current DA permits originally 
scheduled to expire on December 31, 2012 were indefinitely extended 
until after completion of an EIS. Five applicants are currently 
requesting to extract 1,900,000 tons of material per year from the 
river at eight locations.

DATES: A scoping meeting will be held: August 4, 2015, 4:00 to 7:00 
p.m. in Lawrence, Kansas.

ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting location is: Lawrence Public Library 
Auditorium, 707 Vermont Street, Lawrence, Kansas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions and comments regarding the 
proposed action and EIS should be addressed to Mr. Brian Donahue, 
Regulatory Project Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 601 East 12th 
Street, Room 402, Kansas City, MO 64106; (816) 389-3703; 
brian.t.donahue@usace.army.mil. For special needs (visual or hearing 
impaired, Spanish translation, etc.) requests during the scoping 
meetings, please call Brian Donahue by July 20, 2015.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The COE will be conducting a public scoping 
meeting at the location above to describe the proposed activity, 
preliminary alternatives, the National Environmental Policy Act process 
and to solicit input on the issues and alternatives to be evaluated and 
other related matters. Written comments for scoping will be accepted 
until September 15, 2015. The COE has prepared a scoping announcement 
to familiarize agencies, the public and interested organizations with 
the proposed Project and potential environmental issues that may be 
involved. The scoping announcement includes a list of the dredgers' 
requested annual extraction tonnage and the requested dredging reaches. 
Copies of the scoping announcement will be available at the public 
scoping meetings or can be requested by mail.
    The permit applicants include the four following currently 
authorized dredgers: Holliday Sand and Gravel Company, LLC, (Lenexa, 
Kansas); Masters Dredging, (Lawrence, Kansas); Kaw Valley Companies, 
Inc. (Kansas City, Kansas); and Builders Choice Aggregates, (Topeka, 
Kansas). One permit applicant not currently authorized to dredge but 
seeking a permit is LBB, LLC (Topeka, Kansas). The final EIS would also 
apply to future applications for similar dredging operations on the 
Kansas River.
    The COE has documented degradation or down-cutting of the river bed 
in some areas where dredging activity has been concentrated. Bed 
degradation may affect water intake structures, initiate tributary head 
cuts, promote bank erosion or levee instability, undermine

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pipelines and bridge piers, increase encroachment of the high bank, 
affect aquatic habitat and create navigation hazards.
    The EIS will be prepared according to the COE's procedures for 
implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, 
42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c), and consistent with the COE's policy to 
facilitate public understanding and review of agency proposals. As part 
of the EIS process, a full range of reasonable alternatives including 
the proposed dredging and no dredging will be evaluated.
    The COE will invite the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geologic Survey, the Kansas 
Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas State Historical 
Society, the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and the 
Kansas Geologic Survey to be contributing agencies in the formulation 
of the EIS.

Brian Donahue,
Regulatory Project Manager, Regulatory Branch.
[FR Doc. 2015-17355 Filed 7-14-15; 8:45 am]
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