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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft
Feasibility Report and Environmental
Impact Statement for the Collier
County Coastal Storm Risk
Management Project, Collier County,
Florida
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
plans to prepare a draft Integrated
Feasibility Study and Environmental
Impact Statement (IFR/EIS) for the
Collier County Coastal Storm Risk
Management Study. This study will
investigate the feasibility of managing
coastal storm risks to nearshore areas of
Collier County, Florida, from hurricanes
and other storms with their associated
wind, storm surge, and coastal flooding.
This notice announces USACE’s intent
to determine the scope of the issues to
be addressed and identify the significant
issues related to a proposed action.
DATES: Scoping comments may be
submitted until August 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The public is invited to
submit National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) scoping comments to Mrs.
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Kathy Hanes, Department of the Army,
USACE Norfolk District at Fort Norfolk,
803 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510 or via
email: Collier-csrm@usace.army.mil.
The project title, USACE–CW PlanningNAD/SAD–NAO–476674, and the
commenter’s contact information should
be included with submitted comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
Kathy Hanes, (757) 201–7218.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USACE is
issuing this notice pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq., as implemented by the
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508)
and 54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq., as
implemented by Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation regulations (36
CFR part 800). The study authority is
provided in Section 4033 of the Water
Resources Development Act of 2007
(Pub. L. 110–114), which authorizes a
study to determine the feasibility of
carrying out a project for hurricane and
storm risk management and flood risk
management in the vicinity of
Vanderbilt, Park Shore, and Naples
beaches, Collier County, Florida. The
greater Study Area includes the
nearshore, shoreline, back bays,
connecting waters, and inland areas
within the jurisdictional boundary of
Collier County, Florida. The Study Area
also includes any material borrow areas
located within Federal waters of the
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) not
within Collier County. The focused
Study Area is separated into four
different Planning Areas to help streamline plan formulation and numeric
modeling exercises. The four separable
Planning Areas (PAs) are (1) North
County Beaches, (2) Naples, (3)
Goodland, and (4) Marco Island.
Additionally, and not limited to only
within these PAs, is analysis and
inclusion of risk management measures
for Critical Infrastructure.
The study will investigate the
feasibility of addressing storm and flood
risks to vulnerable populations,
property, infrastructure, and ecosystems
along coastlines in Collier County, and
develop and evaluate various
alternatives aimed at managing those
risks and increasing coastal resiliency
against storm surge.
Several alternatives are currently
being considered, including a no action
alternative and various combinations of
nonstructural measures and naturebased solutions for managing risks and
damages caused by coastal storms in the
Study Area in Collier County, Florida.
Measures being considered include
nature-based solutions such as beach
nourishment berms and vegetated
dunes, (sometimes considered ‘‘soft’’
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structural measures), mangrove
restoration, and living shorelines; and
nonstructural measures such as
elevations of residences, dry and wet
flood-proofing of buildings and critical
infrastructure, and early warning
systems.
Effects to be considered include but
are not limited to the following:
temporary and permanent social effects
on disadvantaged or underserved
communities due to nonstructural
measures; potential primary or
secondary effects on or near nearshore
hardbottom resources threatened/
endangered species, Essential Fish
Habitat, and other benthic and aquatic
resources, water quality, hydraulics and
hydrology; temporary and or permanent
effects on recreational use; effects on
cultural resources; air quality and
greenhouse gas emissions, and other
relevant social and environmental
effects.
USACE is the lead Federal agency and
Collier County is the non-Federal
sponsor for the study effort. The Cities
of Naples and Marco Island were also
invited to participate in regular study
coordination with Collier County as key
stakeholders. Cooperating agencies
include the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), the Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management (BOEM), and the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA). Participating
agencies include the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS), Advisory
Council on Historic Properties (ACHP),
Florida Department of Environmental
Protection (FDEP), the Florida
Department of State Division of Historic
Resources (DHR), Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission
(FWC), Florida Division of Emergency
Management (FDEM), Florida
Department of Transportation (FDOT),
the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma, the
Seminole Tribe of Florida, the
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians in Florida,
and the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
USACE anticipates that the following
permits will be required: water quality
certification pursuant to section 401 of
the Clean Water Act, a Federal
consistency determination pursuant to
the Coastal Zone Management Act
(CZMA), and leases from BOEM for use
of offshore borrow areas. Coordination
with environmental agencies will be
conducted under the Endangered
Species Act, the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation Act, the Fish and
Wildlife Coordination Act, the National
Historic Preservation Act, and other
Federal and State laws and regulations.
Public NEPA scoping meetings were
held on the following dates: 18 April
2023 via Zoom; in person on 26 April
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2023; multiple in-person public
meetings on 21–22 June 2023; and inperson community meetings on 16–17
January 2024. Virtual monthly public
information meetings have been held
since July 2023. Federal, State, and local
agencies, Indian tribes, and the public
are invited to provide scoping
comments on alternatives and effects,
including any relevant information,
studies, or analyses. Scoping comments
will be accepted until August 8, 2024.
All comments received during the
scoping period are being used to
identify additional measures and
alternatives, significant resources, and
impacts that should be considered in
the EIS. Additional comments received
outside the scoping period will be
considered prior to the Draft EIS public
review period, to the extent possible.
For comments that cannot be addressed
prior to the public review period, the
comments will be included with the
public review period comments on the
draft EIS and addressed at that time.
Availability of Draft EIS: USACE
estimates that the Draft IFR/EIS will be
available for public review and
comment in November 2024. At that
time, USACE will provide a 60-day
public review period for individuals
and agencies to review and comment.
USACE will notify all interested
agencies, organizations, and individuals
of the availability of the draft document
at that time. A Final IFR/EIS is
anticipated in late 2025.
Applications Available: July 9, 2024.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: August 8, 2024.
Pre-Application Webinar Information:
No later than July 15, 2024, the Office
of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services will post details on prerecorded informational webinars
designed to provide technical assistance
(TA) to interested applicants. Links to
the webinars may be found at https://
www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/osep/
new-osep-grants.html.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for
obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common
Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary
Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Register on December 7, 2022
(87 FR 75045) and available at
www.federalregister.gov/documents/
2022/12/07/2022–26554/commoninstructions-for-applicants-todepartment-of-education-discretionarygrant-programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richelle Davis, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 4A10, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: 202–245–6391. Email:
Richelle.Davis@ed.gov.
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or
have a speech disability and wish to
access telecommunications relay
services, please dial 7–1–1.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Daniel H. Hibner,
Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Commanding.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the Technical Assistance on State Data
Collection program is to improve the
capacity of States to meet the
Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA) data collection and reporting
requirements. Funding for the program
is authorized under section 611(c)(1) of
IDEA, which gives the Secretary
authority to reserve not more than onehalf of one percent of the amounts
appropriated under Part B for each fiscal
year to provide TA activities, where
needed, to improve the capacity of
States to meet the data collection and
reporting requirements under Parts B
and C of IDEA. The maximum amount
the Secretary may reserve under this setaside for any fiscal year is $25,000,000,
cumulatively adjusted by the rate of
inflation. Section 616(i) of IDEA
requires the Secretary to review the data
collection and analysis capacity of
States to ensure that data and
information determined necessary for
implementation of section 616 of IDEA
are collected, analyzed, and accurately
reported to the Secretary. It also requires
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards;
Technical Assistance on State Data
Collection—National Technical
Assistance Center To Improve State
Capacity To Collect, Report, Analyze,
and Use Accurate IDEA Part B Data
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Education
(Department) is issuing a notice inviting
applications for new awards for fiscal
year (FY) 2024 for Technical Assistance
on State Data Collection—National
Technical Assistance Center to Improve
State Capacity to Collect, Report,
Analyze, and Use Accurate IDEA Part B
Data.
DATES:
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the Secretary to provide TA, where
needed, to improve the capacity of
States to meet the data collection
requirements, which include the data
collection and reporting requirements in
sections 616 and 618 of IDEA. In
addition, the Secretary may use funds
reserved under section 611(c) of IDEA to
‘‘administer and carry out other services
and activities to improve data
collection, coordination, quality, and
use under Parts B and C of the IDEA.’’
Further Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2024, Public Law 118–47, Division
D, Title III, 136 Stat. 138, 460 (2024).
The Data Center will provide TA to
help States to (1) effectively and
efficiently respond to IDEA-related data
submission requirements; (2) improve
the analyses of IDEA data to the extent
these analyses respond to critical policy
questions that will facilitate program
improvement and compliance
accountability; and (3) comply with
applicable privacy requirements,
including the privacy and
confidentiality requirements under
IDEA and the Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) and
its regulations at 34 CFR part 99.1
Assistance Listing Number (ALN):
84.373Y.
OMB Control Number: 1820–0028.
Priority: This competition includes
one absolute priority. This priority is
from the notice of final priority and
requirements (NFP) for this program
published elsewhere in this issue of the
Federal Register.
Absolute Priority: For FY 2024 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards from the list of unfunded
applications from this competition, this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
National Technical Assistance Center
to Improve State Capacity to Collect,
Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate
IDEA Part B Data.
Priority:
The purpose of this priority is to fund
a cooperative agreement to establish and
operate the National Technical
Assistance Center to Improve State
Capacity to Collect, Report, Analyze,
and Use Accurate IDEA Part B Data
(Data Center).
The Data Center will provide TA to
help States better meet current and
1 The Center must review the need for additional
resources (with input from the Department) and
disseminate existing resources developed by the
Department, such as: (1) IDEA/FERPA Crosswalk
(Surprenant & Miller, August 24, 2022); and (2) Data
sharing agreement template (at https://
dasycenter.org/us-dept-ed-shares-idea-datasharing-mou-template/).
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Feasibility Report and
Environmental Impact Statement for the Collier County Coastal Storm
Risk Management Project, Collier County, Florida
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) plans to prepare a draft
Integrated Feasibility Study and Environmental Impact Statement (IFR/
EIS) for the Collier County Coastal Storm Risk Management Study. This
study will investigate the feasibility of managing coastal storm risks
to nearshore areas of Collier County, Florida, from hurricanes and
other storms with their associated wind, storm surge, and coastal
flooding. This notice announces USACE's intent to determine the scope
of the issues to be addressed and identify the significant issues
related to a proposed action.
DATES: Scoping comments may be submitted until August 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: The public is invited to submit National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) scoping comments to Mrs. Kathy Hanes, Department of
the Army, USACE Norfolk District at Fort Norfolk, 803 Front St.,
Norfolk, VA 23510 or via email: [email protected]. The
project title, USACE-CW Planning-NAD/SAD-NAO-476674, and the
commenter's contact information should be included with submitted
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Kathy Hanes, (757) 201-7218.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USACE is issuing this notice pursuant to 42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq., as implemented by the Council on Environmental
Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508) and 54 U.S.C. 300101 et
seq., as implemented by Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
regulations (36 CFR part 800). The study authority is provided in
Section 4033 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Pub. L.
110-114), which authorizes a study to determine the feasibility of
carrying out a project for hurricane and storm risk management and
flood risk management in the vicinity of Vanderbilt, Park Shore, and
Naples beaches, Collier County, Florida. The greater Study Area
includes the nearshore, shoreline, back bays, connecting waters, and
inland areas within the jurisdictional boundary of Collier County,
Florida. The Study Area also includes any material borrow areas located
within Federal waters of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) not within
Collier County. The focused Study Area is separated into four different
Planning Areas to help stream-line plan formulation and numeric
modeling exercises. The four separable Planning Areas (PAs) are (1)
North County Beaches, (2) Naples, (3) Goodland, and (4) Marco Island.
Additionally, and not limited to only within these PAs, is analysis and
inclusion of risk management measures for Critical Infrastructure.
The study will investigate the feasibility of addressing storm and
flood risks to vulnerable populations, property, infrastructure, and
ecosystems along coastlines in Collier County, and develop and evaluate
various alternatives aimed at managing those risks and increasing
coastal resiliency against storm surge.
Several alternatives are currently being considered, including a no
action alternative and various combinations of nonstructural measures
and nature-based solutions for managing risks and damages caused by
coastal storms in the Study Area in Collier County, Florida. Measures
being considered include nature-based solutions such as beach
nourishment berms and vegetated dunes, (sometimes considered ``soft''
structural measures), mangrove restoration, and living shorelines; and
nonstructural measures such as elevations of residences, dry and wet
flood-proofing of buildings and critical infrastructure, and early
warning systems.
Effects to be considered include but are not limited to the
following: temporary and permanent social effects on disadvantaged or
underserved communities due to nonstructural measures; potential
primary or secondary effects on or near nearshore hardbottom resources
threatened/endangered species, Essential Fish Habitat, and other
benthic and aquatic resources, water quality, hydraulics and hydrology;
temporary and or permanent effects on recreational use; effects on
cultural resources; air quality and greenhouse gas emissions, and other
relevant social and environmental effects.
USACE is the lead Federal agency and Collier County is the non-
Federal sponsor for the study effort. The Cities of Naples and Marco
Island were also invited to participate in regular study coordination
with Collier County as key stakeholders. Cooperating agencies include
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA). Participating agencies include the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS), Advisory Council on Historic Properties
(ACHP), Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), the
Florida Department of State Division of Historic Resources (DHR),
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Florida
Division of Emergency Management (FDEM), Florida Department of
Transportation (FDOT), the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma, the Seminole
Tribe of Florida, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians in Florida, and the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
USACE anticipates that the following permits will be required:
water quality certification pursuant to section 401 of the Clean Water
Act, a Federal consistency determination pursuant to the Coastal Zone
Management Act (CZMA), and leases from BOEM for use of offshore borrow
areas. Coordination with environmental agencies will be conducted under
the Endangered Species Act, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
Act, the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, the National Historic
Preservation Act, and other Federal and State laws and regulations.
Public NEPA scoping meetings were held on the following dates: 18
April 2023 via Zoom; in person on 26 April
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2023; multiple in-person public meetings on 21-22 June 2023; and in-
person community meetings on 16-17 January 2024. Virtual monthly public
information meetings have been held since July 2023. Federal, State,
and local agencies, Indian tribes, and the public are invited to
provide scoping comments on alternatives and effects, including any
relevant information, studies, or analyses. Scoping comments will be
accepted until August 8, 2024. All comments received during the scoping
period are being used to identify additional measures and alternatives,
significant resources, and impacts that should be considered in the
EIS. Additional comments received outside the scoping period will be
considered prior to the Draft EIS public review period, to the extent
possible. For comments that cannot be addressed prior to the public
review period, the comments will be included with the public review
period comments on the draft EIS and addressed at that time.
Availability of Draft EIS: USACE estimates that the Draft IFR/EIS
will be available for public review and comment in November 2024. At
that time, USACE will provide a 60-day public review period for
individuals and agencies to review and comment. USACE will notify all
interested agencies, organizations, and individuals of the availability
of the draft document at that time. A Final IFR/EIS is anticipated in
late 2025.
Daniel H. Hibner,
Brigadier General, U.S. Army, Commanding.
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