Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting, 30323 [2021-11879]
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 107 / Monday, June 7, 2021 / Notices
Dated: June 2, 2021.
Melanie J. Pantoja,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021–11843 Filed 6–4–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Center for Scientific Review; Amended
Notice of Meeting
Notice is hereby given of a change in
the meeting of the Center for Scientific
Review Special Emphasis Panel, June
22, 2021, 10:00 a.m. to June 22, 2021,
08:00 p.m., National Institutes of Health,
Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive,
Bethesda, MD 20892 which was
published in the Federal Register on
May 18, 2021, 86 FR 26931.
Lawrence Kagemann, Ph.D.,
Larry.Kagemann@Nih.Gov, (301) 480–
6849, will be the new Contact person,
replacing Inna Gorshkova as Scientific
Review Officer. The meeting date and
location remain the same. The meeting
is closed to the public.
David W. Freeman,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021–11879 Filed 6–4–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket Number USCG–2019–0882]
BNSF Railway Bridge Across the
Missouri River Between Bismarck and
Mandan, North Dakota; Draft
Environmental Impact Statement
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice of availability of draft
Environmental Impact Statement,
request for comments, and
announcement of virtual public
meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The United States Coast
Guard, as the lead federal agency,
announces the availability of a draft
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS),
in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ) NEPA implementing
regulations, and the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA), evaluating the
potential environmental consequences
of permitting the replacement of the
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existing BNSF Railway Bridge across the
Missouri River between the cities of
Bismarck and Mandan, ND, or
constructing a bridge adjacent to the
existing bridge. The applicant proposes
to remove the existing structure, which
is eligible for listing on the National
Register of Historic Places. The Coast
Guard is analyzing proposed
alternatives, through the NEPA and
NHPA processes, to construct the new
bridge while retaining the existing
bridge. The Coast Guard is making the
draft EIS available for public review and
requests public comments.
Additionally, the Coast Guard intends to
host a virtual public meeting to provide
additional information to the public and
to solicit comments on potential issues
and concerns.
DATES: Substantive and relevant
comments must be submitted to the
online docket via https://
www.regulations.gov/ on or before July
22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit substantive
and relevant comments identified by
docket number USCG–2019–0882 using
the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
https://www.regulations.gov/. See the
‘‘Public Participation and Request for
Comments’’ portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
further instructions on submitting
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob
McCaskey, Coast Guard District Eight
Project Officer, 314–269–2381.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background and Purpose
BNSF Railway Company owns and
operates the existing bridge that crosses
the Missouri River between the cities of
Mandan, and Bismarck, North Dakota.
With bridge components over 130 years
old, the in-place structure is
approaching the end of its useful service
life. The structure has a history of
exposure to ice jams and its
substructure configuration renders it
potentially susceptible to scour events
which remove sediment from around
the bridge abutments and piers.
Although currently stable, the structure
has experienced structural issues at both
approaches in the past, resulting in
unanticipated substructure movements.
Since the bridge’s original construction
in 1882, the east hill slope has begun to
move which resulted in the slope
moving the pier west towards the river.
Multiple remediation efforts to correct
the pier damage and slope movement
took place from the early 1900s to the
mid-1950s. The purpose of the project is
to construct a new, independent bridge
across the Missouri River upstream of
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the in-place structure. The new
structure will provide a significant
improvement in operational reliability
and safety, and will provide enhanced
structural redundancy thereby making it
less susceptible to damage. As the
current structure is over 130 years old,
it requires substantial inspection and
maintenance, which are disruptive to
rail service. The new structure will be
a single-track bridge but have the
capability to carry a second track in the
future when and if volumes necessitate
that addition.
The BNSF Bismarck Bridge was
constructed with similar methods in the
same era as the Brooklyn Bridge. It is an
iconic landmark that predates official
North Dakota statehood by 6 years. The
bridge is eligible for listing in the
National Register of Historic Places for
its association with broad patterns of
railroad, commercial and military
history of the United States. Because of
these attributes, certain interest groups
have expressed a desire to preserve the
existing bridge.
The federal bridge statutes, including
the General Bridge Act of 1946 (33
U.S.C. 525 et seq.), require that the
location and plans of bridges in or over
navigable waters of the United States be
approved by the Secretary of Homeland
Security, who has delegated that
responsibility to the Coast Guard. The
Missouri River is a navigable water of
the United States as defined in 33 CFR
2.36(a). The Coast Guard’s primary
responsibility regarding BNSF’s
proposed railroad bridge is to ensure the
structure does not unreasonably
obstruct navigation. In exercising these
bridge authorities, the Coast Guard
considers navigational and
environmental impacts, which include
historic and tribal effects.
The Coast Guard is the lead federal
agency for this project and, as such, is
responsible for the review of its
potential effects on the human
environment, including historic
properties and tribal impacts, pursuant
to NEPA and NHPA. The Coast Guard
is, therefore, required by law to ensure
potential environmental effects are
carefully evaluated in each bridge
permitting decision.
The four alternatives considered for
the proposed project include different
span lengths and different distances
from the current bridge. Specifically, the
alternatives include:
• Building a new bridge with 200-foot
spans and piers 92.5 feet upstream of
the existing bridge (alternative
considered keeping the existing bridge
and removing the existing bridge).
• Building a new bridge with 400-foot
spans and piers 92.5 feet upstream of
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting
Notice is hereby given of a change in the meeting of the Center for
Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel, June 22, 2021, 10:00 a.m. to
June 22, 2021, 08:00 p.m., National Institutes of Health, Rockledge II,
6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892 which was published in the
Federal Register on May 18, 2021, 86 FR 26931.
Lawrence Kagemann, Ph.D., [email protected], (301) 480-6849,
will be the new Contact person, replacing Inna Gorshkova as Scientific
Review Officer. The meeting date and location remain the same. The
meeting is closed to the public.
David W. Freeman,
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Committee Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021-11879 Filed 6-4-21; 8:45 am]
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