Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Holden Beach East End Shore Protection Project With Installation of a Terminal Groin Structure at the Eastern End of Holden Beach, Extending Into the Atlantic Ocean, West of Lockwoods Folly Inlet (Brunswick County, NC), 11509-11510 [2018-05244]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
Notice of Availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) for the Holden Beach East End
Shore Protection Project With
Installation of a Terminal Groin
Structure at the Eastern End of Holden
Beach, Extending Into the Atlantic
Ocean, West of Lockwoods Folly 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
Holden Beach to install a terminal groin
structure on the east end of Holden
Beach, extending into the Atlantic
Ocean, just west of Lockwoods Folly
Inlet.
DATES: Written comments on the FEIS
will be received until 7 p.m., April 16,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and
questions regarding the FEIS may be
submitted to: U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (Corps), Wilmington District,
Regulatory Division, c/o Mr. Mickey
Sugg. ATTN: File Number SAW–2011–
01914, 69 Darlington Avenue,
Wilmington, NC 28403.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposed action
and FEIS can be directed to Mr. Mickey
Sugg, Wilmington Regulatory Field
Office, telephone: (910) 251–4811 or
mickey.t.sugg@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Project Description. The Town of
Holden Beach is seeking Federal and
State authorization for construction of a
terminal groin, and associated beach
fillet with required long-term
maintenance, to be located at the eastern
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end of Holden Beach. The proposed
terminal groin and beach fillet is the
Town’s Applicant Preferred alternative
(Alternative 6—Intermediate Terminal
Groin and Beach Nourishment) of six
alternatives considered in this
document. Under the Applicant’s
preferred alternative, the main stem of
the terminal groin would include a 700foot long segment extending seaward
from the toe of the primary dune and a
300-foot anchor segment extending
landward from the toe of the primary
dune. The groin would also include a
120-ft-long shore-parallel T-Head
segment centered on the seaward
terminus of the main stem designed to
prevent flanking. This is expected to
have more of a stabilizing effect on the
shoreline and minimize formation of
potential offshore rip currents and sand
losses during extreme wave conditions.
The seaward section of the groin
would be constructed with loosely
placed 4- to 5-ft-diameter granite armor
stone to facilitate the movement of sand
past the structure, and would have a
crest width of ∼5 ft and a base width of
∼40 ft, while the underlying geo-textile
base layer would have a slightly greater
width of ∼45 ft. The shore anchorage
segment would be entirely buried at the
completion of groin construction and
would remain buried so long as the
position of the MHW line remains
seaward of the initial post-construction
primary dune line. The intermediate
groin would be designed to be a
relatively low-profile structure to
maximize sand overpassing and to
minimize impacts to beach recreation
and aesthetics.
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 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 FEIS 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
Holden Beach East End Shore Protection
Project is to provide shoreline
protection that would mitigate ongoing
chronic erosion on the eastern portion
on the Town’s oceanfront shoreline so
as to preserve the integrity of its public
infrastructure, provide protection to
existing development, and ensure the
continued public use of the oceanfront
beach along this area.
2. Issues. There are several potential
environmental and public interest
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issues that are addressed in the FEIS.
Public interest issues include, but are
not limited to, the following: public
safety, aesthetics, recreation, navigation,
infrastructure, 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 (burial of 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
Holden Beach, Oak Island, Lockwoods
Folly inlet, and the AIWW respectively.
d. Potential impacts to navigation.
e. Potential effects on federal
navigation maintenance regimes,
including the Federal project.
f. Potential effects of shoreline
protection.
g. Potential impacts on public health
and safety.
h. Potential impacts to recreational
and commercial fishing.
i. Potential impacts to cultural
resources.
j. Potential impacts to future dredging
and nourishment activities.
3. Alternatives. Six 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 FEIS. A summary of alternatives
under consideration are provided
below:
a. Alternative 1—No Action (Continue
Current Management Practices);
b. Alternative 2—Abandon and
Retreat;
c. Alternative 3—Beach Nourishment
Only;
d. Alternative 4—Inlet Management
and Beach Nourishment;
e. Alternative 5—Short Terminal
Groin with Beach Nourishment;
f. Alternative 6—Intermediate
Terminal Groin with Beach
Nourishment/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 FEIS. Federal, state,
and local agencies and other interested
organizations and persons participated
in these Project Review Team meetings.
The Corps has initiated consultation
with the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service pursuant to the Endangered
Species Act and the Fish and Wildlife
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Coordination Act. The Corps has also
initiated consultation with the National
Marine Fisheries Service pursuant to the
Magnuson-Stevens Act and Endangered
Species Act. The Corps has coordinated
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 ensure 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 FEIS to ensure the
process complies with State
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)
requirements, as well as the NEPA
requirements. The FEIS has been
designed to consolidate both NEPA and
SEPA processes to eliminate
duplications.
5. Availability of the FEIS. The FEIS
has been published and circulated. The
FEIS for the proposal can be found at
the following link: https://
www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/
RegulatoryPermitProgram/MajorProjects
under Holden Beach Terminal Groin—
Corps ID # SAW–2011–01914.
Dated: March 8, 2018.
Scott McLendon,
Chief, Regulatory Division.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized
Instruction in Elementary Schools
Institute of Education Sciences
(IES), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 14,
2018.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
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collection listed in this notice, please
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Please note that comments submitted by
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400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room
216–32, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Thomas Wei,
202–341–0626.
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
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considered public records.
Title of Collection: Impact Evaluation
of Departmentalized Instruction in
Elementary Schools.
OMB Control Number: 1850—NEW.
Type of Review: A new information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals or Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
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Burden Hours: 3,202.
Abstract: This package requests
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support an evaluation of
departmentalized instruction in
elementary schools. This evaluation is
authorized by Title VII Section 8601 of
the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, as amended most
recently in 2015 by the Every Student
Succeeds Act (ESSA). ESSA gives states
considerable flexibility in designing
systems to hold their schools
accountable for improving student
achievement. This flexibility extends to
the types of strategies that states
encourage or require their lowperforming schools to adopt. However,
many strategies in use have little to no
evidence of effectiveness. More research
is needed to help states identify
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low-performing schools improve.
One potential strategy that has
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elementary school grades is to
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teacher specializes in teaching one
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instead of teaching all subjects to a
single class of students (self-contained
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relative to the more traditional selfcontained approach. This evaluation
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The evaluation will include
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support calls with schools; a principal
interview; and a teacher survey. The
impact analysis will draw on data from
a teacher survey, videos of classroom
instruction, a principal interview, and
district administrative records to
estimate the impact of departmentalized
instruction on various outcomes. The
outcomes include the quality of
instruction and student-teacher
relationships, teacher satisfaction and
retention, and student achievement and
behavior. These various data collection
activities will be carried out between
spring 2018 and fall 2020, although
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) for the Holden Beach East End Shore Protection Project
With Installation of a Terminal Groin Structure at the Eastern End of
Holden Beach, Extending Into the Atlantic Ocean, West of Lockwoods
Folly 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 Holden Beach to install a terminal groin structure on the east
end of Holden Beach, extending into the Atlantic Ocean, just west of
Lockwoods Folly Inlet.
DATES: Written comments on the FEIS will be received until 7 p.m.,
April 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and questions regarding the FEIS may be
submitted to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Wilmington
District, Regulatory Division, c/o Mr. Mickey Sugg. ATTN: File Number
SAW-2011-01914, 69 Darlington Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28403.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the proposed action
and FEIS can be directed to Mr. Mickey Sugg, Wilmington Regulatory
Field Office, telephone: (910) 251-4811 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Project Description. The Town of Holden Beach is seeking Federal
and State authorization for construction of a terminal groin, and
associated beach fillet with required long-term maintenance, to be
located at the eastern end of Holden Beach. The proposed terminal groin
and beach fillet is the Town's Applicant Preferred alternative
(Alternative 6--Intermediate Terminal Groin and Beach Nourishment) of
six alternatives considered in this document. Under the Applicant's
preferred alternative, the main stem of the terminal groin would
include a 700-foot long segment extending seaward from the toe of the
primary dune and a 300-foot anchor segment extending landward from the
toe of the primary dune. The groin would also include a 120-ft-long
shore-parallel T-Head segment centered on the seaward terminus of the
main stem designed to prevent flanking. This is expected to have more
of a stabilizing effect on the shoreline and minimize formation of
potential offshore rip currents and sand losses during extreme wave
conditions.
The seaward section of the groin would be constructed with loosely
placed 4- to 5-ft-diameter granite armor stone to facilitate the
movement of sand past the structure, and would have a crest width of ~5
ft and a base width of ~40 ft, while the underlying geo-textile base
layer would have a slightly greater width of ~45 ft. The shore
anchorage segment would be entirely buried at the completion of groin
construction and would remain buried so long as the position of the MHW
line remains seaward of the initial post-construction primary dune
line. The intermediate groin would be designed to be a relatively low-
profile structure to maximize sand overpassing and to minimize impacts
to beach recreation and aesthetics.
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 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
FEIS 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 Holden
Beach East End Shore Protection Project is to provide shoreline
protection that would mitigate ongoing chronic erosion on the eastern
portion on the Town's oceanfront shoreline so as to preserve the
integrity of its public infrastructure, provide protection to existing
development, and ensure the continued public use of the oceanfront
beach along this area.
2. Issues. There are several potential environmental and public
interest issues that are addressed in the FEIS. Public interest issues
include, but are not limited to, the following: public safety,
aesthetics, recreation, navigation, infrastructure, 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 (burial of
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 Holden Beach, Oak Island,
Lockwoods Folly inlet, and the AIWW respectively.
d. Potential impacts to navigation.
e. Potential effects on federal navigation maintenance regimes,
including the Federal project.
f. Potential effects of shoreline protection.
g. Potential impacts on public health and safety.
h. Potential impacts to recreational and commercial fishing.
i. Potential impacts to cultural resources.
j. Potential impacts to future dredging and nourishment activities.
3. Alternatives. Six 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 FEIS. A summary of alternatives under
consideration are provided below:
a. Alternative 1--No Action (Continue Current Management
Practices);
b. Alternative 2--Abandon and Retreat;
c. Alternative 3--Beach Nourishment Only;
d. Alternative 4--Inlet Management and Beach Nourishment;
e. Alternative 5--Short Terminal Groin with Beach Nourishment;
f. Alternative 6--Intermediate Terminal Groin with Beach
Nourishment/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 FEIS. Federal, state, and local agencies and
other interested organizations and persons participated in these
Project Review Team meetings.
The Corps has initiated consultation with the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service pursuant to the Endangered Species Act and the
Fish and Wildlife
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Coordination Act. The Corps has also initiated consultation with the
National Marine Fisheries Service pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Act
and Endangered Species Act. The Corps has coordinated 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 ensure 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 FEIS
to ensure the process complies with State Environmental Policy Act
(SEPA) requirements, as well as the NEPA requirements. The FEIS has
been designed to consolidate both NEPA and SEPA processes to eliminate
duplications.
5. Availability of the FEIS. The FEIS has been published and
circulated. The FEIS for the proposal can be found at the following
link: https://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/RegulatoryPermitProgram/MajorProjects under Holden Beach Terminal Groin--Corps ID # SAW-2011-
01914.
Dated: March 8, 2018.
Scott McLendon,
Chief, Regulatory Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-05244 Filed 3-14-18; 8:45 am]
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