Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Study, Hillsborough County, Florida, 16417-16418 [2023-05480]
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Melissa Allen,
Acting Chief Program Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement for the Tampa
Harbor Navigation Improvement Study,
Hillsborough County, Florida
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for a General Reevaluation Report of
navigation improvements at Port
Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the requirements
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), Jacksonville
District, announces its intent to prepare
an Integrated General Reevaluation
Report and Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) to examine navigation
improvements to the existing Tampa
Harbor Federal Navigation Project. The
purpose of the study is to determine the
need and feasibility of deepening and/
or widening the current Tampa Harbor
federal navigation channel to improve
vessel capacity, efficiency, and safety.
Comments are being sought regarding
identification of potential alternatives,
information, and analysis relevant to the
study for improving navigation,
beneficial use of dredge material, and
SUMMARY:
A 60-day Notice requesting public
comment was published in the Federal
Register on December 27, 2022 at 87 FR
79288. This comment period ended
February 27, 2023. AmeriCorps did not
receive any comments in connection
with the 60-day Notice.
Title of Collection: External Reviewer
Application Instructions.
OMB Control Number: 3045–0090.
Type of Review: Reinstatement.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and Households.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 500 Respondents.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 375.
Abstract: The External Reviewer
Application is used by individuals who
wish to serve as External Reviewers for
AmeriCorps when external reviewers
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are needed to review grant applications
and corresponding forms to confirm
participation and conflict of interest
requirements. The information collected
will be used by AmeriCorps to select
review participants for each grant
competition. The information is
collected electronically using
AmeriCorps’ web-based system and via
email. AmeriCorps seeks to reinstate the
recently discontinued information
collection with revisions that add two
new forms designed to outline the
participant agreement and certify that
there is no conflict of interest when
reviewers are confirmed as reviewers.
The revisions are intended to improve
data quality, collection, and utilization
of data. The information collection will
otherwise be used in the same manner
as the previously approved and recently
discontinued information collection,
which expired on February 28, 2023.
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analyses to support evaluation of effects
on the human environment and will be
accepted at any time during the EIS
process.
DATES: Written comments and
suggestions must be submitted by May
16, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To ensure the USACE has
sufficient time to consider public input
in the preparation of the Draft EIS,
scoping comments should be submitted
to Mr. Michael Ornella II by email at
tampaharborfl@usace.army.mil; or by
surface mail to U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Planning and Policy
Division, Environmental Branch, P.O.
Box 4970, Jacksonville, FL 32232–0019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Ornella II, at 904–232–1498 or
tampaharborfl@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: USACE participation in
this study is authorized by Section 3052
of the Water Resources Development
Act of 2007. The non-Federal sponsor
for the study is Port Tampa Bay. The
study was initiated at the request of Port
Tampa Bay. The study is being costshared 65-percent Federal and 35percent non-Federal with Port Tampa
Bay.
Proposed Action: This study will
consider navigation improvements
including deepening and/or widening
the federal navigation project. The main
stem of Tampa Harbor is currently
authorized at ¥43 feet Mean Lower Low
Water (MLLW). Big Bend and Cut D
(Hillsborough Bay) channels are
authorized at ¥41 feet MLLW, and the
upper channels are authorized at ¥34
feet MLLW. The channel varies in width
from 500 feet in the main stem to 300
feet in the upper channels, with some
channel cuts limited to 200 or 250 feet.
Alternatives: The study will identify,
evaluate, and recommend to decision
makers an appropriate, coordinated, and
workable solution to the navigation
inefficiencies at Tampa Harbor.
Alternatives will include no action, and
alternatives that include one or more of
the following measures: incremental
deepening and the resulting widening
from 44 feet to 54 feet, incremental
passing lanes up to 300 feet in width at
Cut B and Gadsden Cut, adjustments to
improve maneuverability in turning
basins, widening and extension of Big
Bend Channel, and channel intersection
and widener improvements throughout
the harbor. The study will evaluate
numerous dredged material placement
alternatives including beneficial use,
open water placement, and upland
placement. Dredged material that is
sandy is expected to be suitable for
placement on Egmont Key or other
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beneficial use sites identified in Tampa
Harbor. Rocky material is likely to be
utilized for hardbottom creation and
expansion of existing artificial reefs next
to the channel. Additional beneficial
use options are being determined and
analyzed for other dredge material types
and include island creation/
enhancement at Alafia Bank Sanctuary,
MacDill Air Force Base shoreline
enhancement, and beach nourishment
on Ft. Desoto Beach.
Significant Issues: Impacts are
expected to be short-term and temporary
in nature, including short-term
disturbance to hardbottom and creation
of new hardbottom habitat adjacent to
the channel edge, short-term turbidity at
the dredge and placement sites,
temporary noise impacts to fish and
wildlife resources, impacts to swimming
sea turtles during dredging operations,
impacts to nesting sea turtles during
material placement and long-term
benefits from beach nourishment, and
disruption of recreation and navigation
during dredging and placement
activities.
However, due to the volume of
material expected to be dredged—up to
40 million cubic yards—and the likely
beneficial use of a majority of that
material, possibly to restore Egmont
Key, an EIS is being proposed.
Public Involvement and Scoping: A
scoping letter was sent November 1,
2021, to invite comments from Federal,
State, and local agencies, affected Indian
tribes, and other interested private
organizations and individuals. USACE
hosted two (2) virtual NEPA scoping
meetings on November 18, 2021.
USACE received comments from
agencies, organizations, and individuals
in favor of the project and requesting
additional information on concerns over
the impacts to property, flood hazards,
and wildlife. USACE addressed the
comments, both at the meeting and in
email. Due to the scale of effects, the
USACE is inviting additional comments
with this Notice of Intent.
Environmental Review and
Consultation Requirements: The
proposed project is subject to review
pursuant to (but not limited to) the
Coastal Zone Management Act,
Endangered Species Act, Fish and
Wildlife Coordination Act, MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, Marine Mammal
Protection Act, Clean Water Act, Marine
Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries
Act, National Historic Preservation Act,
and NEPA.
Project Schedule: The Draft Integrated
General Reevaluation Report and
Environmental Impact Statement is
expected to be available for public
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review in July of 2023. A 45-day public
review period will be provided for
interested parties and agencies to review
and comment on this draft document.
All interested parties are encouraged to
respond to this notice and provide a
current address if they wish to be
notified of the Draft EIS circulation. A
Record of Decision would be approved
and signed no earlier than 30 days after
the Final EIS.
Daniel H. Hibner,
Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Commanding.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed East Tailings Expansion
Project (Project), Near Magna, Salt
Lake County, Utah
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Sacramento District
(USACE), intends to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for
the proposed Project. The Project is
proposed due to the planned expansion
of the Bingham Canyon Mine (Mine), a
commercial open pit copper mining
operation near Magna, Salt Lake County,
Utah. Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
(Applicant) has applied for a
Department of the Army (DA) permit for
discharges of dredged or fill materials
into 44.86 acres of waters of United
States, including wetlands, to construct
the Project. This notice opens the public
scoping phase and invites interested
parties to identify issues and reasonable
alternatives to the proposed action that
should be considered in the EIS.
DATES: Written comments for
consideration in the development of the
scope of the NEPA EIS are due to the
addresses below no later than April 17,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Please send written
comments to Nicole Fresard, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District,
Bountiful Regulatory Field Office, 533
West 2600 South, Suite 150, Bountiful,
Utah 84010; email at Nicole.D.Fresard@
usace.army.mil.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposed action
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and EIS can be answered by Nicole
Fresard, (801) 295–8380 extension 8321;
email: Nicole.D.Fresard@
usace.army.mil. Please refer to
identification number SPK–2009–
01213–UO.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Applicant has applied for a DA permit
under Section 404 of the Clean Water
Act to construct the East Tailings
Expansion with related infrastructure
and to buttress the east slope of the
historic South Tailings Impoundment.
The Applicant is developing an
updated mine plan for the Bingham
Canyon Mine that would extend the
open pit life of mine to approximately
year 2038 and would generate an
additional 1.2 to 1.7 million tons (Mt) of
copper equivalent product. To fully
implement the updated mine plan, the
Applicant has stated that it needs to
expand the eastern portion of the
historic south impoundment to provide
an additional 100 Mt of tailings storage
that cannot be met using existing storage
capacity. In addition, studies have
shown that the east slope of the historic
South Tailings Impoundment is
potentially susceptible to earthquakeinduced tailing flows resulting from
impoundment failure. The Project
would buttress the east slope of the
historic South Tailings Impoundment to
improve seismic stability and reduce the
risk of runout caused by a seismic event
to a level as low as reasonably
practicable.
The Project purpose is to increase
tailings storage capacity for continued
mining operations at the Bingham
Canyon mine until approximately 2038
and to improve seismic stability of the
east slope of the historic South Tailings
Impoundment.
The project is located approximately
ten miles west of Salt Lake City near the
community of Magna, Utah. The
additional infrastructure would include:
new access roads; a new drainage
system including finger drains;
relocation of the clarification canal; a
new 50-foot electrical corridor;
relocation of Outfall 002 (which
discharges to the C–7 ditches);
installation of tailings and water piping,
pumps, and valve stations required to
operate the Project; and a dust control
system. Construction of the Project
infrastructure is planned to begin in
2024 and extend through 2026.
The project would impact
approximately 539 acres, including 327
acres within the footprint of the existing
South Tailings Impoundment, 39 acres
of the existing clarification canal and
the closed sedimentation pond
(industrial process waters), and 173
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[FR Doc No: 2023-05480]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Tampa
Harbor Navigation Improvement Study, Hillsborough County, Florida
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for a General Reevaluation Report of navigation improvements
at Port Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the requirements 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), Jacksonville District, announces its intent to prepare an
Integrated General Reevaluation Report and Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) to examine navigation improvements to the existing
Tampa Harbor Federal Navigation Project. The purpose of the study is to
determine the need and feasibility of deepening and/or widening the
current Tampa Harbor federal navigation channel to improve vessel
capacity, efficiency, and safety. Comments are being sought regarding
identification of potential alternatives, information, and analysis
relevant to the study for improving navigation, beneficial use of
dredge material, and analyses to support evaluation of effects on the
human environment and will be accepted at any time during the EIS
process.
DATES: Written comments and suggestions must be submitted by May 16,
2023.
ADDRESSES: To ensure the USACE has sufficient time to consider public
input in the preparation of the Draft EIS, scoping comments should be
submitted to Mr. Michael Ornella II by email at
[email protected]; or by surface mail to U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Planning and Policy Division, Environmental Branch, P.O. Box
4970, Jacksonville, FL 32232-0019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Ornella II, at 904-232-1498 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: USACE participation in this study is authorized by
Section 3052 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007. The non-
Federal sponsor for the study is Port Tampa Bay. The study was
initiated at the request of Port Tampa Bay. The study is being cost-
shared 65-percent Federal and 35-percent non-Federal with Port Tampa
Bay.
Proposed Action: This study will consider navigation improvements
including deepening and/or widening the federal navigation project. The
main stem of Tampa Harbor is currently authorized at -43 feet Mean
Lower Low Water (MLLW). Big Bend and Cut D (Hillsborough Bay) channels
are authorized at -41 feet MLLW, and the upper channels are authorized
at -34 feet MLLW. The channel varies in width from 500 feet in the main
stem to 300 feet in the upper channels, with some channel cuts limited
to 200 or 250 feet.
Alternatives: The study will identify, evaluate, and recommend to
decision makers an appropriate, coordinated, and workable solution to
the navigation inefficiencies at Tampa Harbor. Alternatives will
include no action, and alternatives that include one or more of the
following measures: incremental deepening and the resulting widening
from 44 feet to 54 feet, incremental passing lanes up to 300 feet in
width at Cut B and Gadsden Cut, adjustments to improve maneuverability
in turning basins, widening and extension of Big Bend Channel, and
channel intersection and widener improvements throughout the harbor.
The study will evaluate numerous dredged material placement
alternatives including beneficial use, open water placement, and upland
placement. Dredged material that is sandy is expected to be suitable
for placement on Egmont Key or other
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beneficial use sites identified in Tampa Harbor. Rocky material is
likely to be utilized for hardbottom creation and expansion of existing
artificial reefs next to the channel. Additional beneficial use options
are being determined and analyzed for other dredge material types and
include island creation/enhancement at Alafia Bank Sanctuary, MacDill
Air Force Base shoreline enhancement, and beach nourishment on Ft.
Desoto Beach.
Significant Issues: Impacts are expected to be short-term and
temporary in nature, including short-term disturbance to hardbottom and
creation of new hardbottom habitat adjacent to the channel edge, short-
term turbidity at the dredge and placement sites, temporary noise
impacts to fish and wildlife resources, impacts to swimming sea turtles
during dredging operations, impacts to nesting sea turtles during
material placement and long-term benefits from beach nourishment, and
disruption of recreation and navigation during dredging and placement
activities.
However, due to the volume of material expected to be dredged--up
to 40 million cubic yards--and the likely beneficial use of a majority
of that material, possibly to restore Egmont Key, an EIS is being
proposed.
Public Involvement and Scoping: A scoping letter was sent November
1, 2021, to invite comments from Federal, State, and local agencies,
affected Indian tribes, and other interested private organizations and
individuals. USACE hosted two (2) virtual NEPA scoping meetings on
November 18, 2021. USACE received comments from agencies,
organizations, and individuals in favor of the project and requesting
additional information on concerns over the impacts to property, flood
hazards, and wildlife. USACE addressed the comments, both at the
meeting and in email. Due to the scale of effects, the USACE is
inviting additional comments with this Notice of Intent.
Environmental Review and Consultation Requirements: The proposed
project is subject to review pursuant to (but not limited to) the
Coastal Zone Management Act, Endangered Species Act, Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Clean Water Act, Marine Protection,
Research, and Sanctuaries Act, National Historic Preservation Act, and
NEPA.
Project Schedule: The Draft Integrated General Reevaluation Report
and Environmental Impact Statement is expected to be available for
public review in July of 2023. A 45-day public review period will be
provided for interested parties and agencies to review and comment on
this draft document. All interested parties are encouraged to respond
to this notice and provide a current address if they wish to be
notified of the Draft EIS circulation. A Record of Decision would be
approved and signed no earlier than 30 days after the Final EIS.
Daniel H. Hibner,
Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Commanding.
[FR Doc. 2023-05480 Filed 3-16-23; 8:45 am]
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