81_FR_11241 81 FR 11199 - Intent To Prepare a Draft Beaver Lake Master Plan and Shoreline Management Plan and Environmental Assessment To Investigate Potential Significant Impacts, Either Positive or Negative, to Beaver Lake's Authorized Purposes of Flood Risk Management, Hydropower, Water Supply, Recreation, and Fish and Wildlife

81 FR 11199 - Intent To Prepare a Draft Beaver Lake Master Plan and Shoreline Management Plan and Environmental Assessment To Investigate Potential Significant Impacts, Either Positive or Negative, to Beaver Lake's Authorized Purposes of Flood Risk Management, Hydropower, Water Supply, Recreation, and Fish and Wildlife

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 42 (March 3, 2016)

Page Range11199-11200
FR Document2016-04736

The Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) is being prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations (40 CFR, 1500-1517), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) implementing regulation, Policy and Procedures for Implementing NEPA, Engineer Regulation (ER) 200-2-2 (1988). The study is being conducted in accordance with the requirements of 36 CFR 327.30, dated July 27, 1990 and ER 1130-2-406, dated October 31, 1990. The EA will evaluate potential impacts (beneficial and adverse) to socioeconomic conditions, cultural and ecological resources, recreation, aesthetics, infrastructure, lake water quality, terrestrial and aquatic fish and wildlife habitats, federally-listed threatened and endangered species, and cumulative impacts associated with past, current, and reasonably foreseeable future actions at Beaver Lake. Following the public scoping period and after consideration of all comments received during scoping, USACE will prepare a Draft EA. The Draft EA will be made available for public review and comment. Based on the EA analysis, USACE will either issue a Finding of No Significant Impact or announce its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS). If USACE determines that an EIS is needed, either during preparation of the EA or after completing the EA, USACE will issue in the Federal Register a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS. In that case, the current scoping process would serve as the scoping process that normally would follow an NOI to prepare an EIS. USACE would not solicit additional scoping comments but would consider any comments on the scope of the EA received during this scoping process in preparing the EIS.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Intent To Prepare a Draft Beaver Lake Master Plan and Shoreline 
Management Plan and Environmental Assessment To Investigate Potential 
Significant Impacts, Either Positive or Negative, to Beaver Lake's 
Authorized Purposes of Flood Risk Management, Hydropower, Water Supply, 
Recreation, and Fish and Wildlife

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) is being prepared 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Council on 
Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations (40 CFR, 1500-1517), and the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) implementing regulation, Policy 
and Procedures for Implementing NEPA, Engineer Regulation (ER) 200-2-2 
(1988). The study is being conducted in accordance with the 
requirements of 36 CFR 327.30, dated July 27, 1990 and ER 1130-2-406, 
dated October 31, 1990. The EA will evaluate potential impacts 
(beneficial and adverse) to socioeconomic conditions, cultural and 
ecological resources, recreation, aesthetics, infrastructure, lake 
water quality, terrestrial and aquatic fish and wildlife habitats, 
federally-listed threatened and endangered species, and cumulative 
impacts associated with past, current, and reasonably foreseeable 
future actions at Beaver Lake.
    Following the public scoping period and after consideration of all 
comments received during scoping, USACE will prepare a Draft EA. The 
Draft EA will be made available for public review and comment. Based on 
the EA analysis, USACE will either issue a Finding of No Significant 
Impact or announce its intent to prepare an environmental impact 
statement (EIS). If USACE determines that an EIS is needed, either 
during preparation of the EA or after completing the EA, USACE will 
issue in the Federal Register a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an 
EIS. In that case, the current scoping process would serve as the 
scoping process that normally would follow an NOI to prepare an EIS. 
USACE would not solicit additional scoping comments but would consider 
any comments on the scope of the EA received during this scoping 
process in preparing the EIS.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Mr. Craig Hilburn, Chief of 
Environmental Branch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Planning and 
Environmental Division, Environmental Branch, Little Rock District, 
P.O. Box 867, Little Rock, AR 72203-0867. Comments will be accepted 
through April 5, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions or comments regarding 
the Draft Beaver Lake Master Plan and Shoreline Management Plan EA, 
please contact Mr. Craig Hilburn, (501) 324-5735 or email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    1. Beaver Lake: Beaver Lake is a multiple purpose water resource 
development project primarily for flood risk management, municipal and 
industrial water supply, and hydropower generation. Additional purposes 
include water recreation, and fish and wildlife management, to the 
extent that those additional purposes do not adversely affect flood 
risk management, power generation, or other authorized purposes of the 
project (Flood Control Act of 1944 as amended in 1946, 1954, 1958, 
1962, 1965 and 1968 and the Water Resources Act of 1992). Beaver Lake 
is a major component of a comprehensive plan for water resource 
development in the White River Basin of Missouri and Arkansas. 
Additional beneficial uses include increased power output of

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downstream power stations resulting from the regulated flow from the 
Beaver Lake project.
    2. Study Location: The Beaver Lake Civil Works project on the White 
River is situated in northwest Arkansas (Benton, Carroll, Madison, and 
Washington counties). The total area contained in the Beaver project, 
including both land and water surface, consists of 38,138 acres, 
including 1,432 acres in flowage easement. The region is characterized 
by plateaus, ridges, and valleys featuring oak-hickory forests with 
scattered shortleaf pine. When the lake is at the top of the 
conservation pool, the water area comprises 28,252 acres and 473 miles 
of shoreline within fee. The shoreline is irregular with topography 
ranging from steep bluffs to gentle slopes.
    3. Study History: The Beaver Lake Master Plan was originally 
approved December 13, 1963. An updated Master Plan was approved in 
October 1969. There have been 23 supplements to this plan, all of which 
are incorporated into the current Master Plan, approved in April 1976. 
The Beaver Lake Shoreline Management Plan was first approved in October 
1975 and revised to the currently approved plan in April 2008. Updates 
to these plans are necessary due to several factors, including updates 
in Corps policies/regulations, current and projected future demands on 
fixed resources, and increases in environmental and management issues 
that have created sustainability concerns.
    4. Scoping/Public Involvement. Public meetings will be held at the 
following locations and times: Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 4-7 p.m., 
Hilton Garden Inn--Fayetteville, 1325 North Palak Drive, Fayetteville, 
AR; Wednesday March 16, 2016, 4-7 p.m., Best Western Inn of the Ozarks 
Conference Center, 207 W. Van Buren, Eureka Springs, AR; Thursday March 
17, 2016, 4-7 p.m., Four Points by Sheraton Bentonville, 211 SE Walton 
Boulevard, Bentonville, AR.
    The Public Scoping process provides information about the study to 
the public, serves as a mechanism to solicit agency and public input on 
alternatives and issues of concern, and ensures full and open 
participation in Scoping and review of the Draft EA. Comments received 
as a result of this notice, public meetings, and news releases will be 
used to assist the preparers in identifying potential impacts to the 
quality of the human or natural environment. The Corps invites other 
Federal agencies, Native American Tribes, State and local agencies and 
officials, private organizations, and interested individuals to 
participate in the Scoping process by forwarding written comments to 
(see ADDRESSES). Interested parties may also request to be included on 
the mailing list for public distribution of announcements and 
documents.
    5. Issues/Alternatives: The EA will evaluate effects from a range 
of alternatives developed to address potential environmental concerns 
of the area. Anticipated issues to be addressed in the EA include 
impacts on: (1) Hydropower, (2) flooding, (3) recreation, (4) water 
supply, (5) fish and wildlife resources and habitats, and (6), other 
impacts identified by the public, agencies or USACE studies.

Courtney W. Paul,
Colonel, U.S. Army, District Engineer.
[FR Doc. 2016-04736 Filed 3-2-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3720-58-P

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 42 / Thursday, March 3, 2016 / Notices 11199 Transmittal No. 16–12 aircraft beyond September 2016 (end of aesthetics, infrastructure, lake water Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of the existing Contract Logistics Support quality, terrestrial and aquatic fish and Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the (CLS) effort). Iraq will have no difficulty wildlife habitats, federally-listed Arms Export Control Act, as amended absorbing this support. threatened and endangered species, and The proposed sale will contribute to cumulative impacts associated with (i) Prospective Purchaser: Government the foreign policy and national security past, current, and reasonably foreseeable of Iraq goals of the United States by helping to future actions at Beaver Lake. (ii) Total Estimated Value: improve a critical capability of the Iraq Following the public scoping period Major Defense Equipment * $ 0 million Security Forces in defeating ISIL. and after consideration of all comments Other ................................... $350 million The proposed sale of this equipment received during scoping, USACE will and support will not alter the basic prepare a Draft EA. The Draft EA will Total ................................. $350 million be made available for public review and military balance in the region. (iii) Description and Quantity or The prime contractor will be comment. Based on the EA analysis, Quantities of Articles or Services under Beechcraft Defense Company, Wichita, USACE will either issue a Finding of No Consideration for Purchase: KS. There are no known offset Significant Impact or announce its Non-Major Defense Equipment (MDE): agreements proposed in connection intent to prepare an environmental The Iraq Air Force is requesting a five- with this potential sale. impact statement (EIS). If USACE year sustainment package for its KA– Implementation of this proposed sale determines that an EIS is needed, either 350 fleet that includes contract logistics, will not require the assignment of any during preparation of the EA or after training, and contract engineering additional U.S. Government or completing the EA, USACE will issue in services. Also included in this possible contractor representatives to Iraq. the Federal Register a Notice of Intent sale are operational and intermediate There will be no adverse impact on (NOI) to prepare an EIS. In that case, the depot level maintenance, spare parts, U.S. defense readiness as a result of this current scoping process would serve as component repair, publication updates, proposed sale. the scoping process that normally maintenance training, and logistics. All defense articles and services listed would follow an NOI to prepare an EIS. (iv) Military Department: Air Force in this transmittal have been authorized USACE would not solicit additional (X7–D–QBQ) for release and export to the scoping comments but would consider (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: FMS Government of Iraq. any comments on the scope of the EA Case: IQ–D–QAX–$169M–13 September [FR Doc. 2016–04642 Filed 3–2–16; 8:45 am] received during this scoping process in 2011, IQ–D–QBK–$750K–19 November preparing the EIS. BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 2009 ADDRESSES: Submit written comments (vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, to Mr. Craig Hilburn, Chief of Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Environmental Branch, U.S. Army (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Corps of Engineers, Planning and Contained in the Defense Article or Department of the Army, Corps of Environmental Division, Environmental Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: Engineers Branch, Little Rock District, P.O. Box None 867, Little Rock, AR 72203–0867. (viii) Date Report Delivered to Intent To Prepare a Draft Beaver Lake Comments will be accepted through Congress: 23 February 2016 Master Plan and Shoreline April 5, 2016. * as defined in Section 47(6) of the Management Plan and Environmental FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Arms Export Control Act. Assessment To Investigate Potential questions or comments regarding the Significant Impacts, Either Positive or Draft Beaver Lake Master Plan and Policy Justification Negative, to Beaver Lake’s Authorized Shoreline Management Plan EA, please Government of Iraq-KA–350 Purposes of Flood Risk Management, contact Mr. Craig Hilburn, (501) 324– Sustainment, Logistics, and Spares Hydropower, Water Supply, 5735 or email: David.C.Hilburn@ Support Recreation, and Fish and Wildlife usace.army.mil. The Government of Iraq is requesting AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: a five-year sustainment package for its Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 1. Beaver Lake: Beaver Lake is a KA–350 fleet that includes; operational ACTION: Notice of intent. multiple purpose water resource and intermediate depot level development project primarily for flood maintenance, spare parts, component SUMMARY: The Draft Environmental risk management, municipal and repair, publication updates, Assessment (EA) is being prepared industrial water supply, and maintenance training, and logistics. pursuant to the National Environmental hydropower generation. Additional There is no Major Defense Equipment Policy Act (NEPA), Council on purposes include water recreation, and associated with this case. The overall Environmental Quality (CEQ) fish and wildlife management, to the total estimated value is $350 million. regulations (40 CFR, 1500–1517), and extent that those additional purposes do The Iraq Air Force (IqAF) operates the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers not adversely affect flood risk five (5) King Air 350 ISR (intelligence, (USACE) implementing regulation, management, power generation, or other surveillance, and reconnaissance) and Policy and Procedures for Implementing authorized purposes of the project one (1) King Air 350 aircraft. The KA– NEPA, Engineer Regulation (ER) 200–2– (Flood Control Act of 1944 as amended mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 350 aircraft are Iraq’s only ISR- 2 (1988). The study is being conducted in 1946, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1965 and dedicated airborne platforms and are in accordance with the requirements of 1968 and the Water Resources Act of used to support Iraqi military operations 36 CFR 327.30, dated July 27, 1990 and 1992). Beaver Lake is a major against Al-Qaeda affiliates and Islamic ER 1130–2–406, dated October 31, 1990. component of a comprehensive plan for State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) The EA will evaluate potential impacts water resource development in the forces. The purchase of a sustainment (beneficial and adverse) to White River Basin of Missouri and package will allow the IqAF to continue socioeconomic conditions, cultural and Arkansas. Additional beneficial uses to operate its fleet of six (6) KA–350 ecological resources, recreation, include increased power output of VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:54 Mar 02, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\03MRN1.SGM 03MRN1

11200 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 42 / Thursday, March 3, 2016 / Notices downstream power stations resulting the Scoping process by forwarding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For from the regulated flow from the Beaver written comments to (see ADDRESSES). specific questions related to collection Lake project. Interested parties may also request to be activities, please contact Kimberly 2. Study Location: The Beaver Lake included on the mailing list for public Smith, 202–453–6469. Civil Works project on the White River distribution of announcements and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The is situated in northwest Arkansas documents. Department of Education (ED), in (Benton, Carroll, Madison, and 5. Issues/Alternatives: The EA will accordance with the Paperwork Washington counties). The total area evaluate effects from a range of Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. contained in the Beaver project, alternatives developed to address 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general including both land and water surface, potential environmental concerns of the public and Federal agencies with an consists of 38,138 acres, including 1,432 area. Anticipated issues to be addressed opportunity to comment on proposed, acres in flowage easement. The region is in the EA include impacts on: (1) revised, and continuing collections of characterized by plateaus, ridges, and Hydropower, (2) flooding, (3) recreation, information. This helps the Department valleys featuring oak-hickory forests (4) water supply, (5) fish and wildlife assess the impact of its information with scattered shortleaf pine. When the resources and habitats, and (6), other collection requirements and minimize lake is at the top of the conservation impacts identified by the public, the public’s reporting burden. It also pool, the water area comprises 28,252 agencies or USACE studies. helps the public understand the acres and 473 miles of shoreline within Department’s information collection fee. The shoreline is irregular with Courtney W. Paul, Colonel, U.S. Army, District Engineer. requirements and provide the requested topography ranging from steep bluffs to data in the desired format. ED is gentle slopes. [FR Doc. 2016–04736 Filed 3–2–16; 8:45 am] soliciting comments on the proposed 3. Study History: The Beaver Lake BILLING CODE 3720–58–P Master Plan was originally approved information collection request (ICR) that December 13, 1963. An updated Master is described below. The Department of Plan was approved in October 1969. Education is especially interested in DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION public comment addressing the There have been 23 supplements to this plan, all of which are incorporated into [Docket No.: ED–2016–ICCD–0025] following issues: (1) Is this collection the current Master Plan, approved in necessary to the proper functions of the Agency Information Collection Department; (2) will this information be April 1976. The Beaver Lake Shoreline Management Plan was first approved in Activities; Comment Request; Formula processed and used in a timely manner; October 1975 and revised to the Grant EASIE Electronic Application (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; currently approved plan in April 2008. System for Indian Education (4) how might the Department enhance Updates to these plans are necessary the quality, utility, and clarity of the AGENCY: Office of Elementary and due to several factors, including updates information to be collected; and (5) how Secondary Education (OESE), in Corps policies/regulations, current might the Department minimize the Department of Education (ED). and projected future demands on fixed burden of this collection on the ACTION: Notice. respondents, including through the use resources, and increases in environmental and management issues SUMMARY: In accordance with the of information technology. Please note that have created sustainability Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 that written comments received in concerns. U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is response to this notice will be 4. Scoping/Public Involvement. Public proposing an extension of an existing considered public records. meetings will be held at the following information collection. Title of Collection: Formula Grant locations and times: Tuesday, March 15, EASIE Electronic Application System DATES: Interested persons are invited to 2016, 4–7 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn— for Indian Education. submit comments on or before May 2, OMB Control Number: 1810–0021. Fayetteville, 1325 North Palak Drive, 2016. Type of Review: An extension of an Fayetteville, AR; Wednesday March 16, 2016, 4–7 p.m., Best Western Inn of the ADDRESSES: To access and review all the existing information collection. Ozarks Conference Center, 207 W. Van documents related to the information Respondents/Affected Public: Buren, Eureka Springs, AR; Thursday collection listed in this notice, please Individuals or Households. March 17, 2016, 4–7 p.m., Four Points use http://www.regulations.gov by Total Estimated Number of Annual by Sheraton Bentonville, 211 SE Walton searching the Docket ID number ED– Responses: 11,300. Boulevard, Bentonville, AR. 2016–ICCD–0025. Comments submitted Total Estimated Number of Annual The Public Scoping process provides in response to this notice should be Burden Hours: 9,103. information about the study to the submitted electronically through the Abstract: The Indian Education public, serves as a mechanism to solicit Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// Formula Grant (CFDA 84.060A) requires agency and public input on alternatives www.regulations.gov by selecting the the annual submission of the and issues of concern, and ensures full Docket ID number or via postal mail, application from the local educational and open participation in Scoping and commercial delivery, or hand delivery. agency and/or tribe. The amount of each review of the Draft EA. Comments Please note that comments submitted by applicant’s award is determined by received as a result of this notice, public fax or email and those submitted after formula, based upon the reported meetings, and news releases will be the comment period will not be number of American Indian/Alaska mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES used to assist the preparers in accepted. Written requests for Native students identified in the identifying potential impacts to the information or comments submitted by application, the state per pupil quality of the human or natural postal mail or delivery should be expenditure, and the total appropriation environment. The Corps invites other addressed to the Director of the available. Applicants provide the data Federal agencies, Native American Information Collection Clearance required for funding electronically, and Tribes, State and local agencies and Division, U.S. Department of Education, the Office of Indian Education is able to officials, private organizations, and 400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room apply electronic tools to facilitate the interested individuals to participate in 2E–115, Washington, DC 20202–4537. review and analysis leading to grant VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:17 Mar 02, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\03MRN1.SGM 03MRN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of intent.
ContactFor questions or comments regarding the Draft Beaver Lake Master Plan and Shoreline Management Plan EA, please contact Mr. Craig Hilburn, (501) 324-5735 or email: [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 11199 
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