Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Installation of a Terminal Groin Structure Along the Inlet Shoulder of the New River Inlet and the Placement of the Dredge Material for the Fillet Along Approximately 2,000 Linear Feet of Ocean Shoreline of North Topsail Beach in Onslow County, NC, 12352-12353 [2023-03914]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS) for the Installation of a Terminal
Groin Structure Along the Inlet
Shoulder of the New River Inlet and the
Placement of the Dredge Material for
the Fillet Along Approximately 2,000
Linear Feet of Ocean Shoreline of
North Topsail Beach in Onslow
County, NC
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE), Wilmington
District, Wilmington Regulatory Field
Office has received a request for
Department of the Army (DA)
authorization, pursuant to Section 404
of the Clean Water Act and Section 10
of the Rivers and Harbor Act, from the
Town of North Topsail Beach to
construct a terminal groin and its
associated oceanfront fillet placement
along approximately 2,000 linear feet of
oceanfront shoreline. Additionally, the
installation of the terminal groin will be
conjunction with the existing May 27,
2011, DA authorization that permitted
the Town to relocate the New River Inlet
ebb tide channel, conduct maintenance
events within the channel, and perform
a phased beach nourishment along
approximately 11 miles of oceanfront
shoreline. The DA authorization for the
maintenance operation expires on
December 31, 2041. The main purpose
of adding the terminal groin is to
provide additional shoreline protection
of the Town’s infrastructure, specifically
along the northeastern end of island.
DATES: No comments are requested, so
there are no dates applicable to this
Notice of Intent.
ADDRESSES: Questions regarding this
notice may be submitted to: U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District,
Regulatory Division. ATTN: File
Number: SAW–2016–02091, 69
Darlington Avenue, Wilmington, NC
28403 or mickey.t.sugg@usace.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposed action
and Draft EIS can be directed to Mr.
Mickey Sugg, Chief, Wilmington
Regulatory Field Office, at telephone
(910) 251–4811; email mickey.t.sugg@
usace.army.mil; or regular mail at (see
ADDRESSES).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Proposed Action. On May 27, 2011,
the USACE granted DA authorization to
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the Town of North Topsail Beach to
implement a shoreline protection
project, which encompassed the
relocation of the New River Inlet ebb
tide channel and nourishment of
approximately 11 miles of the Town’s
oceanfront shoreline. This authorization
also allowed the Town to conduct
channel maintenance dredging to
maintain the ebb tide channel within a
pre-determined location to improve
shoreline protection along the eastern
end of the island. The initial
construction of the channel relocation
was completed in January 2013, but no
subsequent maintenance dredging has
taken place. Upon the completion of the
channel relocation, the Town reevaluated the post-construction
conditions and the project’s
performance and is currently seeking to
supplement the existing inlet
management project with the
installation of a terminal groin to
enhance the oceanfront protection along
the most western end of the island.
The proposed plans for a terminal
groin consist of constructing the
structure along the eastern shoulder of
the New River Inlet and building the
groin’s fillet (or oceanfront shoreline)
with material dredged during an inlet
channel maintenance event. The
terminal groin would consist of a 2,021ft-long sheet pile and rubble-mound
structure with several distinct
components, including a 345-ft-long
sheet pile anchor section extending
landward of the primary dune, an 894ft-long sheet pile upland section
extending seaward from the primary
dune across the inlet/oceanfront dry
beach, and a 782-ft-long rubble mound
in-water section extending seaward of
the MHW line. The anchor and upland
sheet pile groin sections would have
maximum crest elevations of +5 feet
NAVD that are slightly lower than the
natural beach berm elevation of +6 ft
NAVD. The in-water rubble-mound
section, consisting of 4- to 6-ft-diameter
granite armor stone, would have a crest
elevation of +5 feet NAVD, a crest width
of 5 feet, and a base width of ∼40 feet.
Conventional land-based heavy
equipment would be used to construct
both the onshore and in-water groin
sections. Construction of the onshore
(anchor and upland) sections would
involve excavating the groin footprint,
installing sheet pile and armor stone
scour aprons to design specifications,
covering the completed structure with
the original excavated material, and
grading the work area to reestablish preconstruction beach profiles. Depending
on the position of the shoreline,
construction of the in-water groin
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section may require work from a
temporary trestle, or an embankment,
built out from the shoreline using
existing beach material. It is anticipated
that all of the stone for groin
construction would be hauled in by
trucks from the quarry site. Once the
structure is in place, beach fill material
would be placed southward of the
terminal groin to construct the north
end beach fill and groin fillet. The groin
fillet would consist of a tapered fill
section extending 2,000 feet southwest
from the groin along the seaward margin
of the +6-ft berm. Initial construction of
the fillet and a projected four-year
maintenance nourishment event would
require ∼310,000 cy of beach fill. Based
on a four-year nourishment cycle, an
estimated volume of ∼2.35 million cubic
yards of beach fill would be required
over a total 30-year period.
2. Scoping Process. A local Public
Notice was issued on March 15, 2021,
announcing an initial scoping meeting
(a Facebook Live event) and included a
30-day commenting period that ended
on April 14, 2021. The scoping meeting
was held on March 25, 2021, and all
received comments were evaluated and
considered in the preparation of the
Draft EIS.
Additionally, the USACE will
reinitiate consultation with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service under the
Endangered Species Act and the Fish
and Wildlife Coordination Act; with the
National Marine Fisheries Service under
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act and
the Endangered Species Act; and with
the North Carolina State Historic
Preservation Office under the National
Historic Preservation Act. Additionally,
the USACE will coordinate the
proposed project with the North
Carolina Division of Water Quality
(NCDWQ) to assess the potential water
quality impacts pursuant to Section 401
of the Clean Water Act, and with the
North Carolina Division of Coastal
Management (NCDCM) to determine the
projects consistency with the Coastal
Zone Management Act. The USACE will
closely work with NCDCM and NCDWQ
in the development of the EIS to ensure
the process complies with all State
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)
requirements. It is the intention of both
the USACE and the State of North
Carolina to consolidate the NEPA and
any required SEPA processes thereby
eliminating duplication.
3. Alternatives. Several alternatives,
including various borrow areas, are
being considered for the proposed
project. The following alternatives have
determined to be reasonable options for
the Town’s proposal and each will be
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evaluated in the EIS: (1) No Action
(Continuation of existing USACEauthorized Beach and Inlet
Management), (2) Abandon and Retreat
(No use of existing USACE-authorized
Beach and Inlet Management and/or
other USACE permitting actions), (3)
Beach Nourishment Only, (4) Beach
Nourishment and Terminal Groin (No
use of existing USACE-authorized Beach
and Inlet Management), and (5) Beach
Nourishment, Terminal Groin, and Use
of existing USACE-authorized Inlet
Management.
4. Availability of the Draft EIS. The
Draft EIS is expected to be published
and circulated the summer of 2023; and
a public hearing will be held after the
publication of the Draft EIS.
Daniel H. Hibner,
Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Commanding.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2023–SCC–0037]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Comment Request; Prison
Education Program Application
Federal Student Aid (FSA),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Department is proposing a
new information collection request
(ICR).
SUMMARY:
Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 28,
2023.
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the
documents related to the information
collection listed in this notice, please
use https://www.regulations.gov by
searching the Docket ID number ED–
2023–SCC–0037. Comments submitted
in response to this notice should be
submitted electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov by selecting the
Docket ID number or via postal mail,
commercial delivery, or hand delivery.
If the regulations.gov site is not
available to the public for any reason,
the Department will temporarily accept
comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.
Please include the docket ID number
and the title of the information
collection request when requesting
documents or submitting comments.
Please note that comments submitted
after the comment period will not be
accepted. Written requests for
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information or comments submitted by
postal mail or delivery should be
addressed to the Manager of the
Strategic Collections and Clearance
Governance and Strategy Division, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203,
Washington, DC 20202–8240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Beth
Grebeldinger, (202) 377–4018.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department, 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. The
Department is soliciting comments on
the proposed information collection
request (ICR) that is described below.
The Department 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
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: Prison Education
Program Application.
OMB Control Number: 1845–NEW.
Type of Review: New ICR.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private
Sector; State, Local, and Tribal
Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 600.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 6,000.
Abstract: The U.S. Department of
Education in 2021, proposed rules for
the Prison Education Program (PEP) to
allow eligible institution to work
together with correctional facilities to
offer postsecondary educational
programs to confined or incarcerated
individuals who may be eligible to
receive Pell Grant funds. On October 28,
2022, the Final Rule was published
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
for the Installation of a Terminal Groin Structure Along the Inlet
Shoulder of the New River Inlet and the Placement of the Dredge
Material for the Fillet Along Approximately 2,000 Linear Feet of Ocean
Shoreline of North Topsail Beach in Onslow County, NC
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), Wilmington District,
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office has received a request for
Department of the Army (DA) authorization, pursuant to Section 404 of
the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbor Act, from
the Town of North Topsail Beach to construct a terminal groin and its
associated oceanfront fillet placement along approximately 2,000 linear
feet of oceanfront shoreline. Additionally, the installation of the
terminal groin will be conjunction with the existing May 27, 2011, DA
authorization that permitted the Town to relocate the New River Inlet
ebb tide channel, conduct maintenance events within the channel, and
perform a phased beach nourishment along approximately 11 miles of
oceanfront shoreline. The DA authorization for the maintenance
operation expires on December 31, 2041. The main purpose of adding the
terminal groin is to provide additional shoreline protection of the
Town's infrastructure, specifically along the northeastern end of
island.
DATES: No comments are requested, so there are no dates applicable to
this Notice of Intent.
ADDRESSES: Questions regarding this notice may be submitted to: U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, Regulatory Division.
ATTN: File Number: SAW-2016-02091, 69 Darlington Avenue, Wilmington, NC
28403 or [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the proposed action
and Draft EIS can be directed to Mr. Mickey Sugg, Chief, Wilmington
Regulatory Field Office, at telephone (910) 251-4811; email
[email protected]; or regular mail at (see ADDRESSES).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Proposed Action. On May 27, 2011, the USACE granted DA
authorization to the Town of North Topsail Beach to implement a
shoreline protection project, which encompassed the relocation of the
New River Inlet ebb tide channel and nourishment of approximately 11
miles of the Town's oceanfront shoreline. This authorization also
allowed the Town to conduct channel maintenance dredging to maintain
the ebb tide channel within a pre-determined location to improve
shoreline protection along the eastern end of the island. The initial
construction of the channel relocation was completed in January 2013,
but no subsequent maintenance dredging has taken place. Upon the
completion of the channel relocation, the Town re-evaluated the post-
construction conditions and the project's performance and is currently
seeking to supplement the existing inlet management project with the
installation of a terminal groin to enhance the oceanfront protection
along the most western end of the island.
The proposed plans for a terminal groin consist of constructing the
structure along the eastern shoulder of the New River Inlet and
building the groin's fillet (or oceanfront shoreline) with material
dredged during an inlet channel maintenance event. The terminal groin
would consist of a 2,021-ft-long sheet pile and rubble-mound structure
with several distinct components, including a 345-ft-long sheet pile
anchor section extending landward of the primary dune, an 894-ft-long
sheet pile upland section extending seaward from the primary dune
across the inlet/oceanfront dry beach, and a 782-ft-long rubble mound
in-water section extending seaward of the MHW line. The anchor and
upland sheet pile groin sections would have maximum crest elevations of
+5 feet NAVD that are slightly lower than the natural beach berm
elevation of +6 ft NAVD. The in-water rubble-mound section, consisting
of 4- to 6-ft-diameter granite armor stone, would have a crest
elevation of +5 feet NAVD, a crest width of 5 feet, and a base width of
~40 feet. Conventional land-based heavy equipment would be used to
construct both the onshore and in-water groin sections. Construction of
the onshore (anchor and upland) sections would involve excavating the
groin footprint, installing sheet pile and armor stone scour aprons to
design specifications, covering the completed structure with the
original excavated material, and grading the work area to reestablish
pre-construction beach profiles. Depending on the position of the
shoreline, construction of the in-water groin
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section may require work from a temporary trestle, or an embankment,
built out from the shoreline using existing beach material. It is
anticipated that all of the stone for groin construction would be
hauled in by trucks from the quarry site. Once the structure is in
place, beach fill material would be placed southward of the terminal
groin to construct the north end beach fill and groin fillet. The groin
fillet would consist of a tapered fill section extending 2,000 feet
southwest from the groin along the seaward margin of the +6-ft berm.
Initial construction of the fillet and a projected four-year
maintenance nourishment event would require ~310,000 cy of beach fill.
Based on a four-year nourishment cycle, an estimated volume of ~2.35
million cubic yards of beach fill would be required over a total 30-
year period.
2. Scoping Process. A local Public Notice was issued on March 15,
2021, announcing an initial scoping meeting (a Facebook Live event) and
included a 30-day commenting period that ended on April 14, 2021. The
scoping meeting was held on March 25, 2021, and all received comments
were evaluated and considered in the preparation of the Draft EIS.
Additionally, the USACE will reinitiate consultation with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act and the Fish
and Wildlife Coordination Act; with the National Marine Fisheries
Service under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act and the Endangered Species Act; and with the North Carolina State
Historic Preservation Office under the National Historic Preservation
Act. Additionally, the USACE will coordinate the proposed project with
the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (NCDWQ) to assess the
potential water quality impacts pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean
Water Act, and with the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management
(NCDCM) to determine the projects consistency with the Coastal Zone
Management Act. The USACE will closely work with NCDCM and NCDWQ in the
development of the EIS to ensure the process complies with all State
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) requirements. It is the intention of
both the USACE and the State of North Carolina to consolidate the NEPA
and any required SEPA processes thereby eliminating duplication.
3. Alternatives. Several alternatives, including various borrow
areas, are being considered for the proposed project. The following
alternatives have determined to be reasonable options for the Town's
proposal and each will be evaluated in the EIS: (1) No Action
(Continuation of existing USACE-authorized Beach and Inlet Management),
(2) Abandon and Retreat (No use of existing USACE-authorized Beach and
Inlet Management and/or other USACE permitting actions), (3) Beach
Nourishment Only, (4) Beach Nourishment and Terminal Groin (No use of
existing USACE-authorized Beach and Inlet Management), and (5) Beach
Nourishment, Terminal Groin, and Use of existing USACE-authorized Inlet
Management.
4. Availability of the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS is expected to be
published and circulated the summer of 2023; and a public hearing will
be held after the publication of the Draft EIS.
Daniel H. Hibner,
Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Commanding.
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