Intent To Prepare a Draft Beaver Lake Master Plan and Shoreline Management Plan and Environmental Assessment To Investigate Potential Significant Impacts, Either Positive or Negative, to Beaver Lake's Authorized Purposes of Flood Risk Management, Hydropower, Water Supply, Recreation, and Fish and Wildlife, 11199-11200 [2016-04736]
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Transmittal No. 16–12
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of
Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the
Arms Export Control Act, as amended
(i) Prospective Purchaser: Government
of Iraq
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment *
Other ...................................
$ 0 million
$350 million
Total .................................
$350 million
(iii) Description and Quantity or
Quantities of Articles or Services under
Consideration for Purchase:
Non-Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
The Iraq Air Force is requesting a fiveyear sustainment package for its KA–
350 fleet that includes contract logistics,
training, and contract engineering
services. Also included in this possible
sale are operational and intermediate
depot level maintenance, spare parts,
component repair, publication updates,
maintenance training, and logistics.
(iv) Military Department: Air Force
(X7–D–QBQ)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: FMS
Case: IQ–D–QAX–$169M–13 September
2011, IQ–D–QBK–$750K–19 November
2009
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid,
Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology
Contained in the Defense Article or
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold:
None
(viii) Date Report Delivered to
Congress: 23 February 2016
* as defined in Section 47(6) of the
Arms Export Control Act.
Policy Justification
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Government of Iraq-KA–350
Sustainment, Logistics, and Spares
Support
The Government of Iraq is requesting
a five-year sustainment package for its
KA–350 fleet that includes; operational
and intermediate depot level
maintenance, spare parts, component
repair, publication updates,
maintenance training, and logistics.
There is no Major Defense Equipment
associated with this case. The overall
total estimated value is $350 million.
The Iraq Air Force (IqAF) operates
five (5) King Air 350 ISR (intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance) and
one (1) King Air 350 aircraft. The KA–
350 aircraft are Iraq’s only ISRdedicated airborne platforms and are
used to support Iraqi military operations
against Al-Qaeda affiliates and Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
forces. The purchase of a sustainment
package will allow the IqAF to continue
to operate its fleet of six (6) KA–350
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aircraft beyond September 2016 (end of
the existing Contract Logistics Support
(CLS) effort). Iraq will have no difficulty
absorbing this support.
The proposed sale will contribute to
the foreign policy and national security
goals of the United States by helping to
improve a critical capability of the Iraq
Security Forces in defeating ISIL.
The proposed sale of this equipment
and support will not alter the basic
military balance in the region.
The prime contractor will be
Beechcraft Defense Company, Wichita,
KS. There are no known offset
agreements proposed in connection
with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale
will not require the assignment of any
additional U.S. Government or
contractor representatives to Iraq.
There will be no adverse impact on
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
proposed sale.
All defense articles and services listed
in this transmittal have been authorized
for release and export to the
Government of Iraq.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Beaver Lake
Master Plan and Shoreline
Management Plan and Environmental
Assessment To Investigate Potential
Significant Impacts, Either Positive or
Negative, to Beaver Lake’s Authorized
Purposes of Flood Risk Management,
Hydropower, Water Supply,
Recreation, and Fish and Wildlife
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The Draft Environmental
Assessment (EA) is being prepared
pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
regulations (40 CFR, 1500–1517), and
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE) implementing regulation,
Policy and Procedures for Implementing
NEPA, Engineer Regulation (ER) 200–2–
2 (1988). The study is being conducted
in accordance with the requirements of
36 CFR 327.30, dated July 27, 1990 and
ER 1130–2–406, dated October 31, 1990.
The EA will evaluate potential impacts
(beneficial and adverse) to
socioeconomic conditions, cultural and
ecological resources, recreation,
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aesthetics, infrastructure, lake water
quality, terrestrial and aquatic fish and
wildlife habitats, federally-listed
threatened and endangered species, and
cumulative impacts associated with
past, current, and reasonably foreseeable
future actions at Beaver Lake.
Following the public scoping period
and after consideration of all comments
received during scoping, USACE will
prepare a Draft EA. The Draft EA will
be made available for public review and
comment. Based on the EA analysis,
USACE will either issue a Finding of No
Significant Impact or announce its
intent to prepare an environmental
impact statement (EIS). If USACE
determines that an EIS is needed, either
during preparation of the EA or after
completing the EA, USACE will issue in
the Federal Register a Notice of Intent
(NOI) to prepare an EIS. In that case, the
current scoping process would serve as
the scoping process that normally
would follow an NOI to prepare an EIS.
USACE would not solicit additional
scoping comments but would consider
any comments on the scope of the EA
received during this scoping process in
preparing the EIS.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Mr. Craig Hilburn, Chief of
Environmental Branch, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Planning and
Environmental Division, Environmental
Branch, Little Rock District, P.O. Box
867, Little Rock, AR 72203–0867.
Comments will be accepted through
April 5, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions or comments regarding the
Draft Beaver Lake Master Plan and
Shoreline Management Plan EA, please
contact Mr. Craig Hilburn, (501) 324–
5735 or email: David.C.Hilburn@
usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Beaver Lake: Beaver Lake is a
multiple purpose water resource
development project primarily for flood
risk management, municipal and
industrial water supply, and
hydropower generation. Additional
purposes include water recreation, and
fish and wildlife management, to the
extent that those additional purposes do
not adversely affect flood risk
management, power generation, or other
authorized purposes of the project
(Flood Control Act of 1944 as amended
in 1946, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1965 and
1968 and the Water Resources Act of
1992). Beaver Lake is a major
component of a comprehensive plan for
water resource development in the
White River Basin of Missouri and
Arkansas. Additional beneficial uses
include increased power output of
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downstream power stations resulting
from the regulated flow from the Beaver
Lake project.
2. Study Location: The Beaver Lake
Civil Works project on the White River
is situated in northwest Arkansas
(Benton, Carroll, Madison, and
Washington counties). The total area
contained in the Beaver project,
including both land and water surface,
consists of 38,138 acres, including 1,432
acres in flowage easement. The region is
characterized by plateaus, ridges, and
valleys featuring oak-hickory forests
with scattered shortleaf pine. When the
lake is at the top of the conservation
pool, the water area comprises 28,252
acres and 473 miles of shoreline within
fee. The shoreline is irregular with
topography ranging from steep bluffs to
gentle slopes.
3. Study History: The Beaver Lake
Master Plan was originally approved
December 13, 1963. An updated Master
Plan was approved in October 1969.
There have been 23 supplements to this
plan, all of which are incorporated into
the current Master Plan, approved in
April 1976. The Beaver Lake Shoreline
Management Plan was first approved in
October 1975 and revised to the
currently approved plan in April 2008.
Updates to these plans are necessary
due to several factors, including updates
in Corps policies/regulations, current
and projected future demands on fixed
resources, and increases in
environmental and management issues
that have created sustainability
concerns.
4. Scoping/Public Involvement. Public
meetings will be held at the following
locations and times: Tuesday, March 15,
2016, 4–7 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn—
Fayetteville, 1325 North Palak Drive,
Fayetteville, AR; Wednesday March 16,
2016, 4–7 p.m., Best Western Inn of the
Ozarks Conference Center, 207 W. Van
Buren, Eureka Springs, AR; Thursday
March 17, 2016, 4–7 p.m., Four Points
by Sheraton Bentonville, 211 SE Walton
Boulevard, Bentonville, AR.
The Public Scoping process provides
information about the study to the
public, serves as a mechanism to solicit
agency and public input on alternatives
and issues of concern, and ensures full
and open participation in Scoping and
review of the Draft EA. Comments
received as a result of this notice, public
meetings, and news releases will be
used to assist the preparers in
identifying potential impacts to the
quality of the human or natural
environment. The Corps invites other
Federal agencies, Native American
Tribes, State and local agencies and
officials, private organizations, and
interested individuals to participate in
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the Scoping process by forwarding
written comments to (see ADDRESSES).
Interested parties may also request to be
included on the mailing list for public
distribution of announcements and
documents.
5. Issues/Alternatives: The EA will
evaluate effects from a range of
alternatives developed to address
potential environmental concerns of the
area. Anticipated issues to be addressed
in the EA include impacts on: (1)
Hydropower, (2) flooding, (3) recreation,
(4) water supply, (5) fish and wildlife
resources and habitats, and (6), other
impacts identified by the public,
agencies or USACE studies.
Courtney W. Paul,
Colonel, U.S. Army, District Engineer.
[FR Doc. 2016–04736 Filed 3–2–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No.: ED–2016–ICCD–0025]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Formula
Grant EASIE Electronic Application
System for Indian Education
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education (OESE),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is
proposing an extension of an existing
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 2,
2016.
SUMMARY:
To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use https://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2016–ICCD–0025. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
Please note that comments submitted by
fax or email and those submitted after
the comment period will not be
accepted. Written requests for
information or comments submitted by
postal mail or delivery should be
addressed to the Director of the
Information Collection Clearance
Division, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room
2E–115, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
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For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Kimberly
Smith, 202–453–6469.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Formula Grant
EASIE Electronic Application System
for Indian Education.
OMB Control Number: 1810–0021.
Type of Review: An extension of an
existing information collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 11,300.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 9,103.
Abstract: The Indian Education
Formula Grant (CFDA 84.060A) requires
the annual submission of the
application from the local educational
agency and/or tribe. The amount of each
applicant’s award is determined by
formula, based upon the reported
number of American Indian/Alaska
Native students identified in the
application, the state per pupil
expenditure, and the total appropriation
available. Applicants provide the data
required for funding electronically, and
the Office of Indian Education is able to
apply electronic tools to facilitate the
review and analysis leading to grant
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Beaver Lake Master Plan and Shoreline
Management Plan and Environmental Assessment To Investigate Potential
Significant Impacts, Either Positive or Negative, to Beaver Lake's
Authorized Purposes of Flood Risk Management, Hydropower, Water Supply,
Recreation, and Fish and Wildlife
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) is being prepared
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations (40 CFR, 1500-1517), and the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) implementing regulation, Policy
and Procedures for Implementing NEPA, Engineer Regulation (ER) 200-2-2
(1988). The study is being conducted in accordance with the
requirements of 36 CFR 327.30, dated July 27, 1990 and ER 1130-2-406,
dated October 31, 1990. The EA will evaluate potential impacts
(beneficial and adverse) to socioeconomic conditions, cultural and
ecological resources, recreation, aesthetics, infrastructure, lake
water quality, terrestrial and aquatic fish and wildlife habitats,
federally-listed threatened and endangered species, and cumulative
impacts associated with past, current, and reasonably foreseeable
future actions at Beaver Lake.
Following the public scoping period and after consideration of all
comments received during scoping, USACE will prepare a Draft EA. The
Draft EA will be made available for public review and comment. Based on
the EA analysis, USACE will either issue a Finding of No Significant
Impact or announce its intent to prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS). If USACE determines that an EIS is needed, either
during preparation of the EA or after completing the EA, USACE will
issue in the Federal Register a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an
EIS. In that case, the current scoping process would serve as the
scoping process that normally would follow an NOI to prepare an EIS.
USACE would not solicit additional scoping comments but would consider
any comments on the scope of the EA received during this scoping
process in preparing the EIS.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Mr. Craig Hilburn, Chief of
Environmental Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Planning and
Environmental Division, Environmental Branch, Little Rock District,
P.O. Box 867, Little Rock, AR 72203-0867. Comments will be accepted
through April 5, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions or comments regarding
the Draft Beaver Lake Master Plan and Shoreline Management Plan EA,
please contact Mr. Craig Hilburn, (501) 324-5735 or email:
David.C.Hilburn@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Beaver Lake: Beaver Lake is a multiple purpose water resource
development project primarily for flood risk management, municipal and
industrial water supply, and hydropower generation. Additional purposes
include water recreation, and fish and wildlife management, to the
extent that those additional purposes do not adversely affect flood
risk management, power generation, or other authorized purposes of the
project (Flood Control Act of 1944 as amended in 1946, 1954, 1958,
1962, 1965 and 1968 and the Water Resources Act of 1992). Beaver Lake
is a major component of a comprehensive plan for water resource
development in the White River Basin of Missouri and Arkansas.
Additional beneficial uses include increased power output of
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downstream power stations resulting from the regulated flow from the
Beaver Lake project.
2. Study Location: The Beaver Lake Civil Works project on the White
River is situated in northwest Arkansas (Benton, Carroll, Madison, and
Washington counties). The total area contained in the Beaver project,
including both land and water surface, consists of 38,138 acres,
including 1,432 acres in flowage easement. The region is characterized
by plateaus, ridges, and valleys featuring oak-hickory forests with
scattered shortleaf pine. When the lake is at the top of the
conservation pool, the water area comprises 28,252 acres and 473 miles
of shoreline within fee. The shoreline is irregular with topography
ranging from steep bluffs to gentle slopes.
3. Study History: The Beaver Lake Master Plan was originally
approved December 13, 1963. An updated Master Plan was approved in
October 1969. There have been 23 supplements to this plan, all of which
are incorporated into the current Master Plan, approved in April 1976.
The Beaver Lake Shoreline Management Plan was first approved in October
1975 and revised to the currently approved plan in April 2008. Updates
to these plans are necessary due to several factors, including updates
in Corps policies/regulations, current and projected future demands on
fixed resources, and increases in environmental and management issues
that have created sustainability concerns.
4. Scoping/Public Involvement. Public meetings will be held at the
following locations and times: Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 4-7 p.m.,
Hilton Garden Inn--Fayetteville, 1325 North Palak Drive, Fayetteville,
AR; Wednesday March 16, 2016, 4-7 p.m., Best Western Inn of the Ozarks
Conference Center, 207 W. Van Buren, Eureka Springs, AR; Thursday March
17, 2016, 4-7 p.m., Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville, 211 SE Walton
Boulevard, Bentonville, AR.
The Public Scoping process provides information about the study to
the public, serves as a mechanism to solicit agency and public input on
alternatives and issues of concern, and ensures full and open
participation in Scoping and review of the Draft EA. Comments received
as a result of this notice, public meetings, and news releases will be
used to assist the preparers in identifying potential impacts to the
quality of the human or natural environment. The Corps invites other
Federal agencies, Native American Tribes, State and local agencies and
officials, private organizations, and interested individuals to
participate in the Scoping process by forwarding written comments to
(see ADDRESSES). Interested parties may also request to be included on
the mailing list for public distribution of announcements and
documents.
5. Issues/Alternatives: The EA will evaluate effects from a range
of alternatives developed to address potential environmental concerns
of the area. Anticipated issues to be addressed in the EA include
impacts on: (1) Hydropower, (2) flooding, (3) recreation, (4) water
supply, (5) fish and wildlife resources and habitats, and (6), other
impacts identified by the public, agencies or USACE studies.
Courtney W. Paul,
Colonel, U.S. Army, District Engineer.
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