Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Willamette Valley System Operations and Maintenance, 12237-12238 [2019-06258]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 62 / Monday, April 1, 2019 / Notices U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. Purpose of the Meeting: The mission of the DIB is to examine and provide the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense independent advice and recommendations on innovative means to address future challenges in terms of integrated change to organizational structure and processes, business and functional concepts, and technology applications. The DIB focuses on (a) technology and capabilities, (b) practices and operations, and (c) people and culture. Agenda: During the meeting, the DIB will deliberate and vote on the unclassified portion of the 5G Study. See below for additional information on how to sign up to provide public comments. Oral comments will be accepted at the public meeting if time permits. Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to Federal statutes and regulations (the FACA, the Sunshine Act, and 41 CFR 102–3.140 through 102–3.165), the meeting is open to the public via webcast and conference call from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT. Members who plan to attend via webcast or phone should register on the DIB website, https://innovation.defense.gov, no later than April 1, 2019. Special Accommodations: Individuals requiring special accommodations to access the public meeting should contact the Designated Federal Officer (DFO), see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section for contact information, no later than March 25, 2019, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Written Statements: Pursuant to section 10(a)(3) of the FACA and 41 CFR 102–3.140, the public or interested organizations may submit written comments to the DIB about its approved agenda pertaining to this meeting or at any time regarding the DIB’s mission. Individuals submitting a written statement must submit their statement to the DFO (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section for contact information). Written comments that do not pertain to a scheduled meeting may be submitted at any time. However, if individual comments pertain to a specific topic being discussed at the planned meeting, then such comments must be received in writing not later than April 1, 2019. The DFO will compile all written submissions and provide them to DIB members for consideration. Oral Presentations: Individuals wishing to make an oral statement to the DIB at the public meeting may be VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:22 Mar 29, 2019 Jkt 247001 permitted to speak for up to two minutes, time permitting, and will need microphone access enabled on the device from which they are participating in the meeting. Anyone wishing to speak to the DIB should submit a request by email at osd.innovation@mail.mil not later than April 1, 2019 for planning. Requests for oral comments should include a copy or summary of planned remarks for archival purposes. Individuals may also be permitted to submit a comment request at the public meeting; however, depending on the number of individuals requesting to speak, the schedule may limit participation. Webcast attendees will be provided instructions with the live stream link if they wish to submit comments during the open meeting. Dial-in attendees must submit written statements prior to the meeting (see ‘‘Written Statements’’ section for instructions). Dated: March 27, 2019. Shelly E. Finke, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 2019–06273 Filed 3–29–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001–06–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Willamette Valley System Operations and Maintenance Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. ACTION: Notice of intent. AGENCY: The Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to address the continued operations and maintenance of the Willamette Valley System (WVS) in accordance with authorized project purposes; while meeting Endangered Species Act (ESA) obligations to avoid jeopardizing the continued existence of listed species. The Corps will serve as the lead federal agency for purposes of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). DATES: Written comments for consideration in the development of the scope of the NEPA EIS are due to the addresses below no later than June 28, 2019. ADDRESSES: Mailed comments may be sent to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, P.O. Box 2946, Attn: SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 12237 CENWP–PME–E, Portland, OR 97208– 2946. Email comments to: willamette.eis@usace.army.mil. All comments and materials received, including names and addresses, will become part of the administrative record and may be released to the public. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions regarding the EIS, or special accommodations for scoping process participation, please contact Suzanne Hill, Environmental Resources Specialist, (503) 808–4767. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background. The WVS consists of 13 multipurpose dams and reservoirs, riverbank protection projects in the Willamette River Basin in Oregon, and hatchery programs to mitigate for effects of the project on fish habitat. The most recent NEPA evaluation for the overall WVS operations and maintenance was an EIS completed in 1980. Since 1980, operations have been modified and structural improvements for fish passage and temperature control have been implemented to address effects of the WVS on ESA-listed fish. NEPA evaluations since the 1980 EIS have been project-specific. There is also new information relevant to the environmental impacts of operating the WVS. This EIS will evaluate the impacts of continued operations and maintenance of the WVS. The EIS will be prepared in accordance with NEPA, the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) NEPA regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), and the Corps’ NEPA regulations (33 CFR part 230). The Corps has reinitiated formal consultation under Section 7 of the ESA on the National Marine Fisheries Service’s 2008 Biological Opinion for the Willamette River Basin Flood Control Project. This NEPA process will inform the ESA Section 7 consultation process. Additionally, the Corps intends to initiate consultation under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. The Corps anticipates that the draft EIS will be made available for public comment in Fall/Winter 2020. The Corps has invited the following Tribes and federal and state agencies to participate as cooperating agencies for the EIS: Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Water Resources Department, Oregon Parks E:\FR\FM\01APN1.SGM 01APN1 12238 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 62 / Monday, April 1, 2019 / Notices and Recreation Department, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, Oregon Department of State Lands, and Oregon Department of Agriculture. Alternatives. The EIS will evaluate a no action alternative and action alternatives. The no action alternative is the current management direction for the WVS. Action alternatives will be composed of various measures for continued operations and maintenance of the WVS, as well as measures that will be developed to meet ESA obligations to avoid jeopardizing the continued existence of listed species. Comments received during the scoping comment period will inform the development of action alternatives. Scoping Process/Public Involvement. The Corps invites all affected federal, state, and local agencies, affected Native American Tribes, other interested parties, and the general public to participate in the NEPA process during development of the EIS. The purpose of the public scoping process is to provide information to the public, narrow the scope of analysis to significant environmental issues, serve as a mechanism to solicit agency and public input on alternatives and issues of concern, and ensure full and open participation in scoping for the Draft EIS. Numerous public scoping meetings will be held during the scoping period. The specific dates, times, and locations of the meetings will be published on the Corps’ project website: https:// www.mwp.usace.army.mil/Locations/ Willamette-Valley/Evaluation/. This is not a notice for the public comment periods for the Cougar Downstream Passage and Detroit Downstream Passage projects; public comment periods for those projects will be noticed separately. Documents and other important information related to the EIS will be available for review on the Corps’ project website. ACTION: Notice. The Department of the Navy (DoN) announces the availability of the inventions listed below, assigned to the United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, for domestic and foreign licensing by the Department of the Navy. ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the patents cited should be directed to Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Div, Code OOL, Bldg 2, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522–5001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Christopher Monsey, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Div, Code OOL, Bldg 2, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522–5001, Email Christopher.Monsey@navy.mil, 812– 854–2777. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following patents are available for licensing: Patent No. 10,200,081 (Navy Case No. 200348): SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNAL DETECTION AND DIGITAL BANDWIDTH REDUCTION IN DIGITAL PHASED ARRAYS// Patent No. 10,204,875 (Navy Case No. 200421): SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING BACKEND ACCESS TO INTEGRATED CIRCUITS BY INTEGRATING PHOTON AND ELECTRON SENSING LATCH-UP CIRCUITS// Patent No. 10,209,342 (Navy Case No. 200479): ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION SOURCE LOCATING SYSTEM// and Patent No. 10,215,531 (Navy Case No. 200357): TESTING SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL AIMING SYSTEMS WITH LIGHT EMITTER SYSTEMS INCLUDING TESTING SYSTEM FOR THERMAL DRIFT AND RELATED METHODS. SUMMARY: Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404. Dated: March 26, 2019. M.S. Werner, Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 2019–06163 Filed 3–29–19; 8:45 am] Department of the Navy DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Navy Notice of Availability of GovernmentOwned Inventions; Available for Licensing AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:22 Mar 29, 2019 Jkt 247001 Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement for Mariana Islands Training and Testing Department of the Navy, DoD. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Comments may be mailed to Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, Attention: MITT Supplemental EIS/OEIS Project Manager, 258 Makalapa Drive, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860–3134, or electronically via the project website at www.MITT–EIS.com. All comments submitted during the public comment period will become part of the public record and substantive comments will be addressed in the Final Supplemental EIS/OEIS. All comments must be postmarked or received online by April 17, 2019, Chamorro Standard Time, for consideration in the Final Supplemental EIS/OEIS. ADDRESSES: Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, Attention: MITT Supplemental EIS/OEIS Project Manager, 258 Makalapa Drive, Suite 100, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860–3134. The Draft Supplemental EIS/OEIS is available electronically for public viewing at www.MITT–EIS.com and at the following public libraries: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Library, University of Guam, UOG Station, Mangilao, GU 96923–1871. 2. Nieves M. Flores Memorial Library, 254 Martyr St., Haga˚tn˜a, GU 96910– 5141. 4. Antonio C. Atalig Memorial Library (Rota Public Library), Rota, MP 96951– 9997. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE [FR Doc. 2019–06258 Filed 3–29–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3720–58–P This notice announces a 15-day extension of the public comment period from April 2, 2019, to April 17, 2019. DATES: 3. Tinian Public Library, San Jose Village, Tinian, MP 96952–9997. BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P Aaron L. Dorf, Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Commander. A notice of public meetings was published in the Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on January 31, 2019 and March 8, 2019 for the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement/ Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) for the Mariana Islands Training and Testing (MITT) Study Area. SUMMARY: Sfmt 4703 5. Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, Beach Road and Insatto St., Saipan, MP 96950– 9996. Dated: March 25, 2019. M.S. Werner, Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. 2019–06028 Filed 3–29–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P E:\FR\FM\01APN1.SGM 01APN1

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 62 (Monday, April 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12237-12238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06258]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Army Corps of Engineers


Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for 
the Willamette Valley System Operations and Maintenance

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

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) 
intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to address 
the continued operations and maintenance of the Willamette Valley 
System (WVS) in accordance with authorized project purposes; while 
meeting Endangered Species Act (ESA) obligations to avoid jeopardizing 
the continued existence of listed species.
    The Corps will serve as the lead federal agency for purposes of the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

DATES: Written comments for consideration in the development of the 
scope of the NEPA EIS are due to the addresses below no later than June 
28, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Mailed comments may be sent to: U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, Portland District, P.O. Box 2946, Attn: CENWP-PME-E, 
Portland, OR 97208-2946. Email comments to: 
[email protected]. All comments and materials received, 
including names and addresses, will become part of the administrative 
record and may be released to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions regarding the EIS, or 
special accommodations for scoping process participation, please 
contact Suzanne Hill, Environmental Resources Specialist, (503) 808-
4767.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background. The WVS consists of 13 multipurpose dams and 
reservoirs, riverbank protection projects in the Willamette River Basin 
in Oregon, and hatchery programs to mitigate for effects of the project 
on fish habitat. The most recent NEPA evaluation for the overall WVS 
operations and maintenance was an EIS completed in 1980. Since 1980, 
operations have been modified and structural improvements for fish 
passage and temperature control have been implemented to address 
effects of the WVS on ESA-listed fish. NEPA evaluations since the 1980 
EIS have been project-specific. There is also new information relevant 
to the environmental impacts of operating the WVS. This EIS will 
evaluate the impacts of continued operations and maintenance of the 
WVS. The EIS will be prepared in accordance with NEPA, the Council on 
Environmental Quality's (CEQ) NEPA regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-
1508), and the Corps' NEPA regulations (33 CFR part 230). The Corps has 
reinitiated formal consultation under Section 7 of the ESA on the 
National Marine Fisheries Service's 2008 Biological Opinion for the 
Willamette River Basin Flood Control Project. This NEPA process will 
inform the ESA Section 7 consultation process. Additionally, the Corps 
intends to initiate consultation under Section 106 of the National 
Historic Preservation Act. The Corps anticipates that the draft EIS 
will be made available for public comment in Fall/Winter 2020.
    The Corps has invited the following Tribes and federal and state 
agencies to participate as cooperating agencies for the EIS: 
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Confederated Tribes of Grand 
Ronde, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua 
Tribe of Indians, Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Bureau of Land 
Management, National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon Water Resources 
Department, Oregon Parks

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and Recreation Department, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, 
Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, Oregon 
Department of State Lands, and Oregon Department of Agriculture.
    Alternatives. The EIS will evaluate a no action alternative and 
action alternatives. The no action alternative is the current 
management direction for the WVS. Action alternatives will be composed 
of various measures for continued operations and maintenance of the 
WVS, as well as measures that will be developed to meet ESA obligations 
to avoid jeopardizing the continued existence of listed species. 
Comments received during the scoping comment period will inform the 
development of action alternatives.
    Scoping Process/Public Involvement. The Corps invites all affected 
federal, state, and local agencies, affected Native American Tribes, 
other interested parties, and the general public to participate in the 
NEPA process during development of the EIS. The purpose of the public 
scoping process is to provide information to the public, narrow the 
scope of analysis to significant environmental issues, serve as a 
mechanism to solicit agency and public input on alternatives and issues 
of concern, and ensure full and open participation in scoping for the 
Draft EIS. Numerous public scoping meetings will be held during the 
scoping period. The specific dates, times, and locations of the 
meetings will be published on the Corps' project website: https://www.mwp.usace.army.mil/Locations/Willamette-Valley/Evaluation/.
    This is not a notice for the public comment periods for the Cougar 
Downstream Passage and Detroit Downstream Passage projects; public 
comment periods for those projects will be noticed separately.
    Documents and other important information related to the EIS will 
be available for review on the Corps' project website.

Aaron L. Dorf,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Commander.
[FR Doc. 2019-06258 Filed 3-29-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3720-58-P

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