Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the City of Abilene, Texas, Cedar Ridge Reservoir Water Supply Project, 16061-16062 [2018-07303]
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current information request with
revisions to the survey administered in
2015 (OMB #3045–0170). Information
will be collected from a nationally
representative sample of AmeriCorps
alumni who served in AmeriCorps
NCCC, AmeriCorps VISTA, and
AmeriCorps State and National
programs and completed their most
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ago.
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Dated: March 30, 2018.
Mary Hyde,
Director of Research and Evaluation.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Defense Acquisition Regulations
System
[Docket No. DARS–2018–0022]
Acquisition of Items for Which Federal
Prison Industries Has a Significant
Market Share
Department of Defense (DoD).
Notice.
AGENCY:
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DoD is publishing the
updated annual list of product
categories for which the Federal Prison
Industries’ share of the DoD market is
greater than five percent.
DATES: Applicable Date: April 27, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg
Snyder, telephone 703–614–0719.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On November 19, 2009, a final rule
was published in the Federal Register at
74 FR 59914, which amended the
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation
Supplement (DFARS) subpart 208.6 to
implement Section 827 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2008, Public Law 110–181. Section
827 changed DoD competition
requirements for purchases from Federal
Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI) by requiring
DoD to publish an annual list of product
categories for which FPI’s share of the
DoD market was greater than five
percent, based on the most recent fiscal
year data available. Product categories
on the current list, and the products
within each identified product category,
must be procured using competitive or
fair opportunity procedures in
accordance with DFARS 208.602–70.
The Director, Defense Procurement
and Acquisition Policy (DPAP), issued a
memorandum dated March 27, 2018,
that provided the current list of product
categories for which FPI’s share of the
DoD market is greater than five percent
based on fiscal year 2015 data from the
Federal Procurement Data System. The
product categories to be competed
effective April 27, 2018, are the
following:
• 7125 (Cabinets, Lockers, Bins, and
Shelving)
• 7230 (Draperies, Awnings, and
Shades)
• 8405 (Outerwear, Men’s)
• 8420 (Underwear and Nightwear,
Mend’s)
The DPAP memorandum with the
current list of product categories for
which FPI has a significant market share
is posted at: https://www.acq.osd.mil/
dpap/cpic/cp/specific_policy_
areas.html#federal_prison.
The statute, as implemented, also
requires DoD to—
(1) Include FPI in the solicitation
process for these items. A timely offer
from FPI must be considered and award
procedures must be followed in
accordance with existing policy at
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
8.602(a)(4)(ii) through (v);
(2) Continue to conduct acquisitions,
in accordance with FAR subpart 8.6, for
items from product categories for which
FPI does not have a significant market
share. FAR 8.602 requires agencies to
conduct market research and make a
written comparability determination, at
the discretion of the contracting officer.
Competitive (or fair opportunity)
procedures are appropriate if the FPI
product is not comparable in terms of
price, quality, or time of delivery; and
(3) Modify the published list if DoD
subsequently determines that new data
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requires adding or omitting a product
category from the list.
Jennifer Lee Hawes,
Regulatory Control Officer, Defense
Acquisition Regulations System.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement for the City of
Abilene, Texas, Cedar Ridge Reservoir
Water Supply Project
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) is preparing an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
to analyze the direct, indirect, and
cumulative effects of a proposed water
supply project, the Cedar Ridge
Reservoir, proposed by the City of
Abilene, TX. A Clean Water Act Section
404 permit would be required for the
construction and operation of the
proposed Project since it would result in
permanent and temporary impacts to
waters of the United States. The Project,
as proposed by the applicant, is
intended to provide approximately
34,400 acre-feet of new reliable water
supply to address additional water
supply needs. The Cedar Ridge Project
would be a non-federal project
constructed, owned, and operated by
the City of Abilene.
DATES: A public scoping meeting will be
held May 16, 2018, 4:00 to 8:00 p.m., in
Abilene, TX.
ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting
location will be at the Abilene
Convention Center, 1100 North 6th
Street, Abilene, TX.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions and comments regarding the
proposed action and EIS should be
addressed to Mr. Frederick J. Land,
Regulatory Project Manager, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Division,
819 Taylor Street, Room 3A37, Fort
Worth, TX 76102; (817) 886–1731;
cedarridge@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
USACE will be conducting a public
scoping meeting (see DATES and
ADDRESSES) to describe the proposed
Project, resources initially considered to
be affected, the NEPA compliance
process, and to solicit input on the
issues and alternatives to be evaluated
SUMMARY:
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and other related matters. Written
comments for scoping will be accepted
until June 15, 2018. The USACE 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. Copies of the scoping
announcement will be available at the
public scoping meetings or can be
requested by mail. The public Scoping
meetings will include an ‘open house’
format and a presentation of
information. Although written
comments are encouraged, no formal
public statements or public testimony
will be taken at this time.
The applicant is proposing to
construct and operate a new 227,127
acre-foot reservoir, with a proposed
surface area of 6,635 acres at
conservation pool and an additional
2,151 acres at flood pool formed by an
approximately 5,200-foot long earthen
dam. Proposed impacts to waters of the
United States at the project site include
fill and inundation of 29-miles of the
Clear Fork of the Brazos River and
inundation of 43 miles of intermittent
and ephemeral tributaries to the Clear
Fork. In addition, the proposed project
would result in downstream impacts
associated with hydrologic alterations.
As part of the proposed project, other
facilities to be constructed include two
spillways, a multi-level outlet works, a
pump station and 34-mile pipeline,
roadways, and construction areas. The
pump station and pipeline would affect
areas that may be waters of the United
States. Construction of the dam and
associated facilities would require the
placement of approximately 16,000
cubic yards of fill material below the
ordinary high water mark of the river
and a small amount of fill in an
ephemeral tributary. The construction of
the dam and spillways would require
117 acres of land. Temporary and
permanent construction of the pump
station, pipeline, access roadways,
laydown areas, and borrow areas could
impact an estimated 1,100 acres of land
area.
The proposed project would be
located primarily in northwest
Shackelford County on the Clear Fork of
the Brazos River with small portions
located in adjacent Haskell, Jones, and
Throckmorton counties in West Central
Texas. The southern limit of the
proposed reservoir would be
approximately 25 miles northeast of
Abilene, TX, near the town of Lueders,
TX. The upstream limit of the reservoir
would be located 0.4 river miles
upstream from the State Highway (SH)
6 bridge over the Clear Fork near
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Lueders, TX. The downstream limit of
the reservoir would be approximately 15
aerial miles downstream of the SH 6
bridge.
The EIS would be prepared according
to the USACE’s procedures at 33 CFR
230 and 325 Appendix B for
implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c),
and consistent with the USACE’s policy
to facilitate public understanding and
review of agency proposals. As part of
the EIS process, the need for and
purpose of the proposal as well as a full
range of reasonable alternatives,
including the proposed Project and no
action, would be evaluated. Alternatives
considered by the Applicant include
developing new reservoirs at other
locations including South Bend
Reservoir, Double Mountain Reservoir
(east or west sites), and Breckenridge
Reservoir. Non-reservoir alternatives
include securing additional water via a
pipeline from Possum Kingdom
reservoir, developing a scalping
operation from Clear Fork to Hubbard
Creek reservoir, water purchases,
additional development of groundwater
resources, and water reuse. The initial
resource categories anticipated to be
evaluated for direct, indirect and
cumulative effects from the construction
and operation of the project include
soils, geology, mineral resources,
geomorphology, surface and
groundwater, hydrology, water rights
and water use, air quality, noise, climate
change, wetlands, water quality,
fisheries, aquatics, vegetation, wildlife,
threatened and endangered species,
state sensitive species, transportation,
visuals and aesthetics, cultural
resources, paleontological resources,
land use, energy use, property
ownership, recreation, socioeconomics,
hazardous materials, health and safety,
and environmental justice.
The USACE has invited the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department,
the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality, Water Quality
Division, and the Texas Historical
Commission to be cooperating agencies
in the formulation of the EIS.
At this time it is projected that a Draft
EIS could be released by Fall 2021.
Stephen L Brooks,
Chief, Regulatory Division, Fort Worth
District.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy
Board of Visitors
Department of the Navy, DoD.
Notice of partially closed
meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Naval Academy
Board of Visitors will meet to make such
inquiry, as the Board shall deem
necessary, into the state of morale and
discipline, the curriculum, instruction,
physical equipment, fiscal affairs, and
academic methods of the Naval
Academy.
SUMMARY:
The open session of the meeting
will be held on April 23, 2018, from
9:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. The executive
session held from 11:15 a.m. to 12:00
p.m. will be the closed portion of the
meeting. Due to circumstances beyond
the control of the Department of Defense
(DoD) and the Designated Federal
Officer, the U.S. Naval Academy Board
of Visitors was unable to provide public
notification required by 41 CFR 102–
3.lSO(a) concerning the meeting on
April 23, 2018, of the U.S. Naval
Academy Board of Visitors.
Accordingly, the Advisory Committee
Management Officer for the Department
of Defense, pursuant to 41 CFR 102–
3.150(b), waives the 15-calendar day
notification requirement.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the United States Naval Academy in
Annapolis, MD. The meeting will be
handicap accessible.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lieutenant Commander Lawrence
Heyworth IV, USN, Executive Secretary
to the Board of Visitors, Office of the
Superintendent, U.S. Naval Academy,
Annapolis, MD 21402–5000, 410–293–
1503.
DATES:
This
notice of meeting is provided per the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. App.). The executive
session of the meeting from 11:15 a.m.
to 12:00 p.m. on April 23, 2018, will
consist of discussions of new and
pending administrative/minor
disciplinary infractions and non-judicial
punishments involving midshipmen
attending the Naval Academy to include
but not limited to, individual honor/
conduct violations within the Brigade,
the disclosure of which would
constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy. For this
reason, the executive session of this
meeting will be closed to the public, as
the discussion of such information
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the City
of Abilene, Texas, Cedar Ridge Reservoir Water Supply Project
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is preparing an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the direct, indirect,
and cumulative effects of a proposed water supply project, the Cedar
Ridge Reservoir, proposed by the City of Abilene, TX. A Clean Water Act
Section 404 permit would be required for the construction and operation
of the proposed Project since it would result in permanent and
temporary impacts to waters of the United States. The Project, as
proposed by the applicant, is intended to provide approximately 34,400
acre-feet of new reliable water supply to address additional water
supply needs. The Cedar Ridge Project would be a non-federal project
constructed, owned, and operated by the City of Abilene.
DATES: A public scoping meeting will be held May 16, 2018, 4:00 to 8:00
p.m., in Abilene, TX.
ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting location will be at the Abilene
Convention Center, 1100 North 6th Street, Abilene, TX.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions and comments regarding the
proposed action and EIS should be addressed to Mr. Frederick J. Land,
Regulatory Project Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory
Division, 819 Taylor Street, Room 3A37, Fort Worth, TX 76102; (817)
886-1731; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USACE will be conducting a public
scoping meeting (see DATES and ADDRESSES) to describe the proposed
Project, resources initially considered to be affected, the NEPA
compliance process, and to solicit input on the issues and alternatives
to be evaluated
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and other related matters. Written comments for scoping will be
accepted until June 15, 2018. The USACE 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. Copies of the scoping announcement will be
available at the public scoping meetings or can be requested by mail.
The public Scoping meetings will include an `open house' format and a
presentation of information. Although written comments are encouraged,
no formal public statements or public testimony will be taken at this
time.
The applicant is proposing to construct and operate a new 227,127
acre-foot reservoir, with a proposed surface area of 6,635 acres at
conservation pool and an additional 2,151 acres at flood pool formed by
an approximately 5,200-foot long earthen dam. Proposed impacts to
waters of the United States at the project site include fill and
inundation of 29-miles of the Clear Fork of the Brazos River and
inundation of 43 miles of intermittent and ephemeral tributaries to the
Clear Fork. In addition, the proposed project would result in
downstream impacts associated with hydrologic alterations. As part of
the proposed project, other facilities to be constructed include two
spillways, a multi-level outlet works, a pump station and 34-mile
pipeline, roadways, and construction areas. The pump station and
pipeline would affect areas that may be waters of the United States.
Construction of the dam and associated facilities would require the
placement of approximately 16,000 cubic yards of fill material below
the ordinary high water mark of the river and a small amount of fill in
an ephemeral tributary. The construction of the dam and spillways would
require 117 acres of land. Temporary and permanent construction of the
pump station, pipeline, access roadways, laydown areas, and borrow
areas could impact an estimated 1,100 acres of land area.
The proposed project would be located primarily in northwest
Shackelford County on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River with small
portions located in adjacent Haskell, Jones, and Throckmorton counties
in West Central Texas. The southern limit of the proposed reservoir
would be approximately 25 miles northeast of Abilene, TX, near the town
of Lueders, TX. The upstream limit of the reservoir would be located
0.4 river miles upstream from the State Highway (SH) 6 bridge over the
Clear Fork near Lueders, TX. The downstream limit of the reservoir
would be approximately 15 aerial miles downstream of the SH 6 bridge.
The EIS would be prepared according to the USACE's procedures at 33
CFR 230 and 325 Appendix B for implementing the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c), and
consistent with the USACE's policy to facilitate public understanding
and review of agency proposals. As part of the EIS process, the need
for and purpose of the proposal as well as a full range of reasonable
alternatives, including the proposed Project and no action, would be
evaluated. Alternatives considered by the Applicant include developing
new reservoirs at other locations including South Bend Reservoir,
Double Mountain Reservoir (east or west sites), and Breckenridge
Reservoir. Non-reservoir alternatives include securing additional water
via a pipeline from Possum Kingdom reservoir, developing a scalping
operation from Clear Fork to Hubbard Creek reservoir, water purchases,
additional development of groundwater resources, and water reuse. The
initial resource categories anticipated to be evaluated for direct,
indirect and cumulative effects from the construction and operation of
the project include soils, geology, mineral resources, geomorphology,
surface and groundwater, hydrology, water rights and water use, air
quality, noise, climate change, wetlands, water quality, fisheries,
aquatics, vegetation, wildlife, threatened and endangered species,
state sensitive species, transportation, visuals and aesthetics,
cultural resources, paleontological resources, land use, energy use,
property ownership, recreation, socioeconomics, hazardous materials,
health and safety, and environmental justice.
The USACE has invited the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Water
Quality Division, and the Texas Historical Commission to be cooperating
agencies in the formulation of the EIS.
At this time it is projected that a Draft EIS could be released by
Fall 2021.
Stephen L Brooks,
Chief, Regulatory Division, Fort Worth District.
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