80 FR 41489 - Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Commercial Dredging of Construction Aggregate From the Kansas River in the State of Kansas
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 135 (July 15, 2015)
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 135 (July 15, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 135 (Wednesday, July 15, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 41489-41490] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-17355] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Commercial Dredging of Construction Aggregate From the Kansas River in the State of Kansas AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. ACTION: Notice of intent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of commercial dredging of sand and gravel from the Kansas River in the State of Kansas. The proposed dredging will occur within portions of the river between the mouth of the Kansas River and river mile 170 at the confluence of the Kansas, Republican and Smokey Hill Rivers. Department of the Army (DA) authorization under Section 10 of the River and Harbors Act is required for the work to obtain sand and gravel materials from the Kansas River by hydraulic suction dredging operations. Commercial dredging in the Kansas River has occurred for more than 100 years but the quantity of sand and gravel materials annually withdrawn from the river has increased over time. The existing permits for dredging, last issued in 2007, allowed for a potential annual total of 3,150,000 tons of materials to be extracted from the Kansas River. The current DA permits originally scheduled to expire on December 31, 2012 were indefinitely extended until after completion of an EIS. Five applicants are currently requesting to extract 1,900,000 tons of material per year from the river at eight locations. DATES: A scoping meeting will be held: August 4, 2015, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. in Lawrence, Kansas. ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting location is: Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, 707 Vermont Street, Lawrence, Kansas. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions and comments regarding the proposed action and EIS should be addressed to Mr. Brian Donahue, Regulatory Project Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 601 East 12th Street, Room 402, Kansas City, MO 64106; (816) 389-3703; [email protected]. For special needs (visual or hearing impaired, Spanish translation, etc.) requests during the scoping meetings, please call Brian Donahue by July 20, 2015. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The COE will be conducting a public scoping meeting at the location above to describe the proposed activity, preliminary alternatives, the National Environmental Policy Act process and to solicit input on the issues and alternatives to be evaluated and other related matters. Written comments for scoping will be accepted until September 15, 2015. The COE has prepared a scoping announcement to familiarize agencies, the public and interested organizations with the proposed Project and potential environmental issues that may be involved. The scoping announcement includes a list of the dredgers' requested annual extraction tonnage and the requested dredging reaches. Copies of the scoping announcement will be available at the public scoping meetings or can be requested by mail. The permit applicants include the four following currently authorized dredgers: Holliday Sand and Gravel Company, LLC, (Lenexa, Kansas); Masters Dredging, (Lawrence, Kansas); Kaw Valley Companies, Inc. (Kansas City, Kansas); and Builders Choice Aggregates, (Topeka, Kansas). One permit applicant not currently authorized to dredge but seeking a permit is LBB, LLC (Topeka, Kansas). The final EIS would also apply to future applications for similar dredging operations on the Kansas River. The COE has documented degradation or down-cutting of the river bed in some areas where dredging activity has been concentrated. Bed degradation may affect water intake structures, initiate tributary head cuts, promote bank erosion or levee instability, undermine [[Page 41490]] pipelines and bridge piers, increase encroachment of the high bank, affect aquatic habitat and create navigation hazards. The EIS will be prepared according to the COE's procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c), and consistent with the COE's policy to facilitate public understanding and review of agency proposals. As part of the EIS process, a full range of reasonable alternatives including the proposed dredging and no dredging will be evaluated. The COE will invite the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geologic Survey, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas State Historical Society, the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism and the Kansas Geologic Survey to be contributing agencies in the formulation of the EIS. Brian Donahue, Regulatory Project Manager, Regulatory Branch. [FR Doc. 2015-17355 Filed 7-14-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3720-58-P
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support equipment, publications and the specific hardware and software completion of an EIS. Five applicants
technical documentation, personnel elements, the information could be used are currently requesting to extract
training and training equipment, U.S. to develop countermeasures which 1,900,000 tons of material per year from
Government and contractor logistics and might reduce weapon system the river at eight locations.
technical support services, and other effectiveness or be used in the DATES: A scoping meeting will be held:
related elements of logistics and development of a system with similar or August 4, 2015, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. in
program support. The estimated cost is advanced capabilities. Lawrence, Kansas.
$146 million. 3. A determination has been made ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting
This proposed sale will enhance the that the Government of Lebanon can location is: Lawrence Public Library
foreign policy and national security of provide substantially the same degree of Auditorium, 707 Vermont Street,
the United States by helping to improve protection for the technology being Lawrence, Kansas.
the security of a strategic partner. This released as the US Government. The FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
proposed sale directly supports the sale is necessary in furtherance of the Questions and comments regarding the
Government of Lebanon and serves the US foreign policy and notional security proposed action and EIS should be
interests of the people of Lebanon and objectives as outlined in the policy addressed to Mr. Brian Donahue,
the United States. justification of the notification. Regulatory Project Manager, U.S. Army
The proposed sale will improve 4. All defense articles and services Corps of Engineers, 601 East 12th Street,
Lebanon’s capability to meet current listed in this transmittal have been Room 402, Kansas City, MO 64106;
and future threats. Lebanon will use the authorized for release and export to (816) 389–3703; brian.t.donahue@
enhanced capability to strengthen its Lebanon. usace.army.mil. For special needs
homeland defense and to replenish [FR Doc. 2015–17369 Filed 7–14–15; 8:45 am] (visual or hearing impaired, Spanish
existing stock levels. Lebanon will have
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no difficulty absorbing these Hellfire
scoping meetings, please call Brian
missiles into its armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment Donahue by July 20, 2015.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The COE
and support will not alter the basic
military balance in the region. will be conducting a public scoping
Department of the Army Corps of
The prime contractor will be meeting at the location above to
Engineers
Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire describe the proposed activity,
Control in Dallas, Texas. There are no Notice of Intent To Prepare an preliminary alternatives, the National
known offset agreements proposed in Environmental Impact Statement for Environmental Policy Act process and
connection with this potential sale. Commercial Dredging of Construction to solicit input on the issues and
Implementation of this proposed sale Aggregate From the Kansas River in alternatives to be evaluated and other
will not require any additional U.S. the State of Kansas related matters. Written comments for
Government or contractor scoping will be accepted until
representatives to Lebanon. AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, September 15, 2015. The COE has
There will be no adverse impact on DoD. prepared a scoping announcement to
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this ACTION: Notice of intent. familiarize agencies, the public and
proposed sale. interested organizations with the
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of proposed Project and potential
Transmittal No. 15–29 Engineers (COE) is preparing an environmental issues that may be
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) involved. The scoping announcement
Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the to analyze the direct, indirect, and includes a list of the dredgers’ requested
Arms Export Control Act, as amended cumulative effects of commercial annual extraction tonnage and the
dredging of sand and gravel from the requested dredging reaches. Copies of
Annex
Kansas River in the State of Kansas. The the scoping announcement will be
Item No. vii proposed dredging will occur within available at the public scoping meetings
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology: portions of the river between the mouth or can be requested by mail.
1. The AGM–114 Hellfire II missile is of the Kansas River and river mile 170 The permit applicants include the
an air-to-ground missile used against at the confluence of the Kansas, four following currently authorized
light armored targets, thin-skinned Republican and Smokey Hill Rivers. dredgers: Holliday Sand and Gravel
vehicles, urban structures, bunkers, Department of the Army (DA) Company, LLC, (Lenexa, Kansas);
caves and personnel. The highest level authorization under Section 10 of the Masters Dredging, (Lawrence, Kansas);
of release for the Hellfire missile is River and Harbors Act is required for Kaw Valley Companies, Inc. (Kansas
Secret, based upon the software. The the work to obtain sand and gravel City, Kansas); and Builders Choice
highest level of classified information materials from the Kansas River by Aggregates, (Topeka, Kansas). One
that could be disclosed by a proposed hydraulic suction dredging operations. permit applicant not currently
sale or by testing of the end item is Commercial dredging in the Kansas authorized to dredge but seeking a
Secret; the highest level that must be River has occurred for more than 100 permit is LBB, LLC (Topeka, Kansas).
disclosed for production, maintenance, years but the quantity of sand and gravel The final EIS would also apply to future
or training is Confidential. Reverse materials annually withdrawn from the applications for similar dredging
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engineering could reveal confidential river has increased over time. The operations on the Kansas River.
information. Vulnerability data, existing permits for dredging, last issued The COE has documented degradation
countermeasures, vulnerability/ in 2007, allowed for a potential annual or down-cutting of the river bed in some
susceptibility analyses, and threat total of 3,150,000 tons of materials to be areas where dredging activity has been
definitions are classified Secret or extracted from the Kansas River. The concentrated. Bed degradation may
Confidential. current DA permits originally scheduled affect water intake structures, initiate
2. If a technologically advanced to expire on December 31, 2012 were tributary head cuts, promote bank
adversary were to obtain knowledge of indefinitely extended until after erosion or levee instability, undermine
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pipelines and bridge piers, increase Warfare Center, Crane Div, Code OOL, DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES
encroachment of the high bank, affect Bldg. 2, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN SAFETY BOARD
aquatic habitat and create navigation 47522–5001, telephone 812–854–4100.
hazards. Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404. Sunshine Act Notice
The EIS will be prepared according to
the COE’s procedures for implementing Dated: July 8, 2015. AGENCY: Defense Nuclear Facilities
the National Environmental Policy Act N.A. Hagerty-Ford, Safety Board.
of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps,
U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
ACTION: Notice of closed meeting.
4332(2)(c), and consistent with the
COE’s policy to facilitate public [FR Doc. 2015–17333 Filed 7–14–15; 8:45 am]
understanding and review of agency SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of
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proposals. As part of the EIS process, a the Government in the Sunshine Act 5
full range of reasonable alternatives U.S.C. 552b, and the Defense Nuclear
including the proposed dredging and no DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Facilities Safety Board’s (Board)
dredging will be evaluated. regulations implementing the
The COE will invite the U.S. Department of the Navy Government in the Sunshine Act, notice
Environmental Protection Agency, the is hereby given of the Board’s closed
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive meeting described below.
Geologic Survey, the Kansas Department Patent License; WarpSpec, Inc.
DATES: 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m., July 29,
of Health and Environment, the Kansas 2015.
State Historical Society, the Kansas AGENCY: DoD Department of the Navy,
Department of Wildlife, Parks and DoD. ADDRESSES: Defense Nuclear Facilities
Tourism and the Kansas Geologic ACTION: Notice. Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue NW.,
Survey to be contributing agencies in Room 425, Washington, DC 20004.
the formulation of the EIS. SUMMARY: The invention listed below is FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Donahue, assigned to the United States Mark Welch, General Manager, Defense
Regulatory Project Manager, Regulatory Government as represented by the Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625
Branch. Secretary of the Navy. The Department Indiana Avenue NW., Suite 700,
[FR Doc. 2015–17355 Filed 7–14–15; 8:45 am]
of the Navy hereby gives notice of its Washington, DC 20004–2901, (800) 788–
intent to grant to WarpSpec, Inc., a 4016. This is a toll-free number.
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revocable, nonassignable, exclusive
license to practice in the United States, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE the Government-owned inventions meeting will be closed to the public. No
described below: participation from the public will be
Department of the Navy U.S. Patent 7,999,230 (Navy Case considered during the meeting.
99997): issued August 16, 2011, entitled Status
Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive ‘‘TUNABLE DETECTION SYSTEM AND
Patent License; GoXtudio, LLC METHOD OF USE’’//U.S. Patent Closed. During the closed meeting,
AGENCY: DoD Department of the Navy, 8,368,996 (Navy Case 99577): Issued the Board Members will discuss issues
DoD. February 5, 2013, entitled ‘‘TUNABLE dealing with potential
ACTION: Notice. DETECTION SYSTEM’’//and U.S. Recommendations to the Secretary of
Patent 8,526,097 (Navy Case 102056): Energy. The Board is invoking the
SUMMARY: The invention listed below is issued September 3, 2013, entitled exemption to close a meeting described
assigned to the United States ‘‘TUNABLE DETECTION SYSTEM.’’ in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3) and 10 CFR
Government as represented by the 1704.4(c). The Board has determined
DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the
Secretary of the Navy. The Department that it is necessary to close the meeting
grant of this license has fifteen (15) days
of the Navy hereby gives notice of its since conducting an open meeting is
from the date of this notice to file
intent to grant to GoXtudio, LLC, a likely to disclose matters that are
written objections along with
revocable, nonassignable, exclusive specifically exempted from disclosure
supporting evidence, if any.
license to practice in the United States, by statute. In this case, the deliberations
the Government-owned invention ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be will pertain to potential Board
described below: U.S. Patent 8,744,783 filed with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Recommendations which, under 42
(Navy Case 99838): Issued June 3, 2014, Crane Div, Code OOL, Bldg. 2, 300 U.S.C. 2286d(b) and (h)(3), may not be
entitled ‘‘SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522–5001. made publicly available until after they
MEASURING POWER GENERATED have been received by the Secretary of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
DURING LEGGED LOCOMOTION.’’ Energy or the President, respectively.
Christopher Monsey, Naval Surface
DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the Warfare Center, Crane Div, Code OOL,
grant of this license has fifteen (15) days Matters To Be Considered
Bldg 2, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN
from the date of this notice to file 47522–5001, telephone 812–854–4100. The meeting will proceed in
written objections along with accordance with the closed meeting
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supporting evidence, if any. Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404.
agenda which is posted on the Board’s
ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be Dated: July 8, 2015. public Web site at www.dnfsb.gov.
filed with Naval Surface Warfare Center, N.A. Hagerty-Ford, Technical staff may present information
Crane Div, Code OOL, Bldg. 2, 300 Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, to the Board. The Board Members are
Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522–5001. U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. expected to conduct deliberations
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. [FR Doc. 2015–17332 Filed 7–14–15; 8:45 am] regarding potential Recommendations to
Christopher Monsey, Naval Surface BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P the Secretary of Energy.
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