Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice, 1082-1083 [2019-00669]
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Interbasin Study (GLMRIS)—Brandon
Road Integrated Feasibility Study and
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)—
Will County, Illinois,’’ (Final GLMRISBrandon Road Report & EIS) for 46 days
in response to stakeholder requests for
an extension, from January 7, 2019 to
February 22, 2019.
DATES: The comment period for the
Final GLMRIS-Brandon Road Report
and EIS is extended to February 22,
2019.
ADDRESSES: The Final GLMRIS-Brandon
Road Report and EIS are posted at
https://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/
GLMRIS-BR.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island
District, ATTN: GLMRIS-Brandon Road
EIS, Clock Tower Building, P.O. Box
2004, Rock Island, IL 61204–2004.; or
contact online at https://
www.mvr.usace.army.mil/GLMRIS-BR.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
USACE is issuing this notice pursuant
to section 102(2)(c) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4332 et
seq.) and the Council on Environmental
Quality regulations for implementing
the procedural provisions of NEPA (43
CFR parts 1500 through 1508). This
notice announces the availability of the
final GLMRIS-Brandon Road EIS. The
Final GLMRIS-Brandon Road Report &
EIS, its appendices, and other
supporting documents can be accessed
at: https://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/
GLMRIS-BR.
Background Information
The Draft GLMRIS-Brandon Road EIS
was released on August 18, 2017, and
included a 112-day public comment
period that ended on December 8, 2017.
During that time, USACE held four
meetings to solicit comments from the
public. USACE analyzed the comments
received from the public (Appendix K)
and considered them in preparation of
the Final GLMRIS-Brandon Road EIS.
This EIS provided the necessary
information for the public to fully
evaluate a range of alternatives designed
to meet the purpose and need of the
Final GLMRIS-Brandon Road Report &
EIS and to provide thoughtful and
meaningful comment for the Agency’s
consideration.
The Final GLMRIS-Brandon Road
Report & EIS identifies six alternatives
including no new action (continuing
current efforts); the nonstructural
alternative; and three technology
alternatives using an electric barrier
and/or acoustic fish deterrent and lock
closure. The effectiveness of these
alternatives was considered against the
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three different modes of ANS transport,
swimming, floating, and hitchhiking.
Selection of a Recommended Plan
required careful evaluation of each
alternative’s (1) reduction in the
probability of establishment in the Great
Lakes Basin, (2) relative life safety risk,
(3) system performance robustness and
(4) costs, which include construction;
mitigation; operation and maintenance,
repair, replacement and rehabilitation;
and navigation impacts. Evaluation also
included careful consideration of cost
effectiveness and incremental cost
analyses, significance of the Great Lakes
Basin’s ecosystem, acceptability,
completeness, efficiency, and
effectiveness. Based on the results of the
evaluation and comparison of the
alternatives, the Recommended Plan is
the Technology Alternative—Acoustic
Fish Deterrent with Electric Barrier,
which includes the following measures:
Nonstructural measures, acoustic fish
deterrent, bubble curtain, engineered
channel, electric barrier, flushing lock,
and boat ramps. The Final GLMRISBrandon Road Report & EIS identifies
potential significant adverse impacts
that alternatives may have on existing
uses and users of the waterways.
Steven M. Sattinger,
Colonel, U.S. Army, Commander & District
Engineer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of
Engineers
Notice of Intent/NEPA Scoping Meeting
and Public Comment Period for the
Chesapeake Bay Native Oyster
Recovery Program, Virginia
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
The public was invited to
submit written comments at the meeting
and/or to Ms. Kimberly Koelsch,
Department of the Army, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District,
Planning Branch, Environmental
Analysis Section (CENAO–WR–PE),
Norfolk, VA 23510 or via email to
kimberly.c.koelsch@usace.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Kimberly Koelsch, 757–201–7837.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Chesapeake Native Oyster Recovery
Program is authorized by Section 704(b)
of the Water Resources Development
Act (WRDA) of 1986. USACE Norfolk
District executes the Oyster Recovery
Program in the Commonwealth of
Virginia to achieve goals set by the
Chesapeake Bay Protection and
Restoration Executive Order.
Utilizing existing information, current
technologies, research and population
dynamics, the Chesapeake Bay Native
Oyster Recovery Program will identify
restoration strategies in each tributary.
The actions and recommendations
needed to restore native populations of
oysters in Virginia tributaries, potential
techniques and potential impacts will
be identified and evaluated prior to
construction, pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act.
Scoping/Public Involvement: The
NEPA Public Scoping meeting was held
at the Great Neck Library, 1251 Bayne
Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23454 on
January 10, 2019 from 4:30 until 6:30
p.m. Federal, state, and local agencies,
and the public were invited to provide
scoping comments and to identify issues
and potentially significant effects to be
considered in the analysis.
ADDRESSES:
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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AGENCY:
Pursuant to the requirements
of section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, as implemented by the Council on
Environmental Quality Regulations, the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
plans to prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate
environmental impacts from reasonable
alternatives and to determine the
potential for significant impacts related
to implementation of the Chesapeake
Native Oyster Recovery Program in the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
DATES: Scoping comments will be
accepted until March 1, 2019.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
Inland Waterways Users Board
Meeting Notice
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory
committee meeting.
AGENCY:
The Department of the Army
is publishing this notice to announce
the following Federal advisory
committee meeting of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways
Users Board (Board). This meeting is
open to the public. For additional
SUMMARY:
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information about the Board, please
visit the committee’s website at https://
www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/
Navigation/InlandWaterways
UsersBoard.aspx.
The Army Corps of Engineers,
Inland Waterways Users Board will
meet from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on
February 28, 2019. Public registration
will begin at 7:15 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The Inland Waterways
Users Board meeting will be conducted
at the Texas A&M University Galveston
Campus, Building 3035, Special Events
Center, 200 Seawolf Parkway,
Galveston, Texas 77554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Mark R. Pointon, the Designated Federal
Officer (DFO) for the committee, in
writing at the Institute for Water
Resources, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR–GM, 7701
Telegraph Road, Casey Building,
Alexandria, VA 22315–3868; by
telephone at 703–428–6438; and by
email at Mark.Pointon@usace.army.mil.
Alternatively, contact Mr. Kenneth E.
Lichtman, the Alternate Designated
Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at the
Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR–GW,
7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Building,
Alexandria, VA 22315–3868; by
telephone at 703–428–8083; and by
email at Kenneth.E.Lichtman@
usace.army.mil.
DATES:
The
committee meeting is being held under
the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C.,
Appendix, as amended), the
Government in the Sunshine Act of
1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and
41 CFR 102–3.150.
Purpose of the Meeting: The Board is
chartered to provide independent
advice and recommendations to the
Secretary of the Army on construction
and rehabilitation project investments
on the commercial navigation features
of the inland waterways system of the
United States. At this meeting, the
Board will receive briefings and
presentations regarding the investments,
projects and status of the inland
waterways system of the United States
and conduct discussions and
deliberations on those matters. The
Board is interested in written and verbal
comments from the public relevant to
these purposes.
Agenda: At this meeting the agenda
will include the status of funding for
inland and coastal Navigation for FY
2019; status of the Inland Waterways
Trust Fund (IWTF) and project updates;
status of the construction activities for
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Olmsted Locks and Dam Project, the
Locks and Dams 2, 3, and 4 on the
Monongahela River Project, the
Chickamauga Lock Project and the
Kentucky Lock Project; discussion of
capability and efficient funding and
subject amounts for the ongoing cost
shared IWTF construction projects; an
update of the Upper Ohio River
Navigation Study; an update of the
Colorado River Locks and Brazos River
Floodgates Study; and discussion of
performance-based budgeting for
construction projects.
Availability of Materials for the
Meeting: A copy of the agenda or any
updates to the agenda for the February
28, 2019 meeting. The final version will
be provided at the meeting. All
materials will be posted to the website
after the meeting.
Public Accessibility to the Meeting:
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended,
and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102–
3.165, and subject to the availability of
space, this meeting is open to the
public. Registration of members of the
public who wish to attend the meeting
will begin at 7:15 a.m. on the day of the
meeting. Seating is limited and is on a
first-to-arrive basis. Attendees will be
asked to provide their name, title,
affiliation, and contact information to
include email address and daytime
telephone number at registration. Any
interested person may attend the
meeting, file written comments or
statements with the committee, or make
verbal comments from the floor during
the public meeting, at the times, and in
the manner, permitted by the
committee, as set forth below.
Special Accommodations: The
meeting venue is fully handicap
accessible, with wheelchair access.
Individuals requiring special
accommodations to access the public
meeting or seeking additional
information about public access
procedures, should contact Mr. Pointon,
the committee DFO, or Mr. Lichtman,
the ADFO, at the email addresses or
telephone numbers listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section,
at least five (5) business days prior to
the meeting so that appropriate
arrangements can be made.
Written Comments or Statements:
Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and
102–3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, the
public or interested organizations may
submit written comments or statements
to the Board about its mission and/or
the topics to be addressed in this public
meeting. Written comments or
statements should be submitted to Mr.
Pointon, the committee DFO, or Mr.
Lichtman, the committee ADFO, via
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electronic mail, the preferred mode of
submission, at the addresses listed in
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section in the following formats: Adobe
Acrobat or Microsoft Word. The
comment or statement must include the
author’s name, title, affiliation, address,
and daytime telephone number. Written
comments or statements being
submitted in response to the agenda set
forth in this notice must be received by
the committee DFO or ADFO at least
five (5) business days prior to the
meeting so that they may be made
available to the Board for its
consideration prior to the meeting.
Written comments or statements
received after this date may not be
provided to the Board until its next
meeting. Please note that because the
Board operates under the provisions of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, all written comments will be
treated as public documents and will be
made available for public inspection.
Verbal Comments: Members of the
public will be permitted to make verbal
comments during the Board meeting
only at the time and in the manner
allowed herein. If a member of the
public is interested in making a verbal
comment at the open meeting, that
individual must submit a request, with
a brief statement of the subject matter to
be addressed by the comment, at least
three business (3) days in advance to the
committee DFO or ADFO, via electronic
mail, the preferred mode of submission,
at the addresses listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
The committee DFO and ADFO will log
each request to make a comment, in the
order received, and determine whether
the subject matter of each comment is
relevant to the Board’s mission and/or
the topics to be addressed in this public
meeting. A 15-minute period near the
end of the meeting will be available for
verbal public comments. Members of
the public who have requested to make
a verbal comment and whose comments
have been deemed relevant under the
process described above, will be allotted
no more than three (3) minutes during
this period, and will be invited to speak
in the order in which their requests
were received by the DFO and ADFO.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Inland Waterways Users Board Meeting Notice
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to
announce the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board (Board). This
meeting is open to the public. For additional
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information about the Board, please visit the committee's website at
https://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/Missions/Navigation/InlandWaterwaysUsersBoard.aspx.
DATES: The Army Corps of Engineers, Inland Waterways Users Board will
meet from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on February 28, 2019. Public
registration will begin at 7:15 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The Inland Waterways Users Board meeting will be conducted
at the Texas A&M University Galveston Campus, Building 3035, Special
Events Center, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Galveston, Texas 77554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mark R. Pointon, the Designated
Federal Officer (DFO) for the committee, in writing at the Institute
for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR-GM, 7701
Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-3868; by telephone
at 703-428-6438; and by email at Mark.Pointon@usace.army.mil.
Alternatively, contact Mr. Kenneth E. Lichtman, the Alternate
Designated Federal Officer (ADFO), in writing at the Institute for
Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CEIWR-GW, 7701
Telegraph Road, Casey Building, Alexandria, VA 22315-3868; by telephone
at 703-428-8083; and by email at Kenneth.E.Lichtman@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The committee meeting is being held under
the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C.,
Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5
U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150.
Purpose of the Meeting: The Board is chartered to provide
independent advice and recommendations to the Secretary of the Army on
construction and rehabilitation project investments on the commercial
navigation features of the inland waterways system of the United
States. At this meeting, the Board will receive briefings and
presentations regarding the investments, projects and status of the
inland waterways system of the United States and conduct discussions
and deliberations on those matters. The Board is interested in written
and verbal comments from the public relevant to these purposes.
Agenda: At this meeting the agenda will include the status of
funding for inland and coastal Navigation for FY 2019; status of the
Inland Waterways Trust Fund (IWTF) and project updates; status of the
construction activities for Olmsted Locks and Dam Project, the Locks
and Dams 2, 3, and 4 on the Monongahela River Project, the Chickamauga
Lock Project and the Kentucky Lock Project; discussion of capability
and efficient funding and subject amounts for the ongoing cost shared
IWTF construction projects; an update of the Upper Ohio River
Navigation Study; an update of the Colorado River Locks and Brazos
River Floodgates Study; and discussion of performance-based budgeting
for construction projects.
Availability of Materials for the Meeting: A copy of the agenda or
any updates to the agenda for the February 28, 2019 meeting. The final
version will be provided at the meeting. All materials will be posted
to the website after the meeting.
Public Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as
amended, and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165, and subject to the
availability of space, this meeting is open to the public. Registration
of members of the public who wish to attend the meeting will begin at
7:15 a.m. on the day of the meeting. Seating is limited and is on a
first-to-arrive basis. Attendees will be asked to provide their name,
title, affiliation, and contact information to include email address
and daytime telephone number at registration. Any interested person may
attend the meeting, file written comments or statements with the
committee, or make verbal comments from the floor during the public
meeting, at the times, and in the manner, permitted by the committee,
as set forth below.
Special Accommodations: The meeting venue is fully handicap
accessible, with wheelchair access. Individuals requiring special
accommodations to access the public meeting or seeking additional
information about public access procedures, should contact Mr. Pointon,
the committee DFO, or Mr. Lichtman, the ADFO, at the email addresses or
telephone numbers listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section, at least five (5) business days prior to the meeting so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.
Written Comments or Statements: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.105(j) and
102-3.140 and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
the public or interested organizations may submit written comments or
statements to the Board about its mission and/or the topics to be
addressed in this public meeting. Written comments or statements should
be submitted to Mr. Pointon, the committee DFO, or Mr. Lichtman, the
committee ADFO, via electronic mail, the preferred mode of submission,
at the addresses listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
in the following formats: Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word. The comment
or statement must include the author's name, title, affiliation,
address, and daytime telephone number. Written comments or statements
being submitted in response to the agenda set forth in this notice must
be received by the committee DFO or ADFO at least five (5) business
days prior to the meeting so that they may be made available to the
Board for its consideration prior to the meeting. Written comments or
statements received after this date may not be provided to the Board
until its next meeting. Please note that because the Board operates
under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended,
all written comments will be treated as public documents and will be
made available for public inspection.
Verbal Comments: Members of the public will be permitted to make
verbal comments during the Board meeting only at the time and in the
manner allowed herein. If a member of the public is interested in
making a verbal comment at the open meeting, that individual must
submit a request, with a brief statement of the subject matter to be
addressed by the comment, at least three business (3) days in advance
to the committee DFO or ADFO, via electronic mail, the preferred mode
of submission, at the addresses listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section. The committee DFO and ADFO will log each request to
make a comment, in the order received, and determine whether the
subject matter of each comment is relevant to the Board's mission and/
or the topics to be addressed in this public meeting. A 15-minute
period near the end of the meeting will be available for verbal public
comments. Members of the public who have requested to make a verbal
comment and whose comments have been deemed relevant under the process
described above, will be allotted no more than three (3) minutes during
this period, and will be invited to speak in the order in which their
requests were received by the DFO and ADFO.
Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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