81 FR 18600 - Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Integrated Feasibility Report Including Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Integrated Feasibility Report) for the East San Pedro Bay Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study, Los Angeles County, CA
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 62 (March 31, 2016)
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 62 (March 31, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-07284 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 18600-18601] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-07284] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft Integrated Feasibility Report Including Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Integrated Feasibility Report) for the East San Pedro Bay Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study, Los Angeles County, CA AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. [[Page 18601]] ACTION: Notice of Intent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Los Angeles District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the City of Long Beach intend to prepare a draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the East San Pedro Bay Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study, Los Angeles County, California. The components of the EIS/EIR will be contained in an Integrated Feasibility Report (IFR) that also includes a Feasibility Report. DATES: Two public scoping meetings will be held on April 7, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. and at 6:00 p.m. Submit written comments concerning this notice no later than May 7, 2016. ADDRESSES: The location for the scoping meetings is: Bixby Park Community Center, 130 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90802. Mail written comments, suggestions, and/or request to be placed on the mailing list for announcements to: Naeem A. Siddiqui, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, CESPL-PDR-N, 915 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90017-3401 or by email to: [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Naeem A. Siddiqui, Project Environmental Coordinator, 213-452-3852, [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Feasibility Study is being conducted as a partial response to Senate Resolution, dated June 25, 1969, reading in part: Resolved by the Committee on Public Works of the United States Senate, that the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the River and Harbor Act, approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby requested to review the report of the Chief of Engineers on the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers and Ballona Creek, California, published as House Document Numbered 838, Seventy-sixth Congress, and other pertinent reports, with a view to determining whether any modifications contained herein are advisable at the present time, in the resources in the Los Angeles County Drainage Area. . . . The study area is located offshore of the City of Long Beach, California, in the easternmost part of San Pedro Bay. It includes the area between the Long Beach shoreline, the Long Beach Breakwater and the Los Angeles River estuary. The Corps is the lead agency in preparing the EIS in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The City of Long Beach is the non-Federal sponsor of the Feasibility Study and the lead agency in preparing the EIR in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act. The Corps and City of Long Beach have agreed to jointly prepare an IFR including EIS/EIR to optimize efficiency and avoid duplication. 1. Description. The study will evaluate opportunities to restore aquatic habitat such as kelp, rocky reef, coastal wetlands and other types of sufficient quality and quantity to support diverse resident and migratory species, and to improve water circulation sufficient to support and sustain aquatic habitat, within East San Pedro Bay, California. Recreational opportunities will also be explored, although the primary objective will be ecosystem restoration. The Corps completed a Reconnaissance Report in August 2010 which identified a federal interest in addressing issues such as loss of historic coastal wetlands, lack of rocky reef/hard bottom habitat, loss of kelp habitat, poor water circulation and tidal action, and other degraded ecosystem conditions. The study is now entering the feasibility phase in which alternatives will be developed, a tentatively selected plan and ultimately a proposed project will be identified, and environmental documentation will be completed. 2. Alternatives. Potential measures that would meet the objectives of the study are currently being developed and may include the addition of rocks out side of navigational channels to create underwater rocky reef and form a base for kelp beds; creation of sandy islands to provide suitable habitat for eelgrass; and various modifications to the Long Beach Breakwater such as removal and/or notching to improve water circulation. Measures will be grouped into discrete alternatives and analyzed in the IFR. In addition, the study will also evaluate the No Action alternative pursuant to NEPA. 3. Scoping and Analysis. a. The Corps intends to hold a public scoping meeting for the Draft IFR to aid in the determination of significant environmental issues associated with the proposed project, and to assist with alternative development. Affected federal, state and local resource agencies, Native American groups and concerned interest groups/individuals are invited to participate in the scoping process. Public participation is critical in defining the scope of analysis in the Draft IFR, identifying significant environmental issues in the Draft IFR, providing useful information such as published and unpublished data, sharing knowledge about relevant issues, and recommending potential measures or alternatives that may be considered for the purpose of meeting study objectives. b. Potential impacts associated with the proposed project will be fully evaluated during the feasibility study. Identified planning constraints and considerations such as navigational operations, existing major utilities and infrastructure, minimizing flood risks will be considered. Resource categories that will be analyzed include: Physical environment, geology, biological resources, navigation/land use, air quality, water quality, recreational usage, aesthetics, cultural resources, transportation, noise, hazardous waste, socioeconomics and safety. c. Throughout the feasibility study, the Corps and the City of Long Beach will coordinate and, or consult with other State and Federal regulatory and permitting agencies to ensure compliance with environmental laws and regulations including but not limited to the Coastal Zone Management Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act, as amended, National Historic Preservation Act, and the Clean Air Act. 4. Public Scoping Meetings: The Corps and City of Long Beach will jointly conduct two public scoping meetings at the date and address indicated above. The purpose of the scoping meeting is to gather information from the general public or interested organizations about issues and concerns that they would like to see addressed in the Draft IFR. Comments may be delivered in writing or verbally at the meeting. All comments will be entered into the public record. 5. Availability of the Draft IFR: The Draft IFR including Draft EIS/EIR is anticipated to be available for public review and comment in the spring or summer of 2017. Dated: March 23, 2016. Kirk E. Gibbs, Colonel, U.S. Army, Commander and District Engineer. [FR Doc. 2016-07284 Filed 3-30-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3720-58-P
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Non-Major Defense Equipment (Non- ViaSat, Carlsbad, CA (e) ALQ–240 Electronic Support
MDE): GC Micro, Petaluma, CA Measures (ESM). This system provides
Associated training, training devices, Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, IA real time capability for the automatic
and support Spirit Aero, Wichita, KS detection, location, measurement, and
Raytheon, Waltham, MA analysis of Radio-Frequency (RF) signals
(iv) Military Department: U.S. Navy Telephonics, Farmingdale, NY
(SAN, Basic Aircraft Procurement Case; and modes. Real time results are
Pole Zero, Cincinnati, OH
LVK, Basic Training Devices Case; TGO, Northrop Grumman Corp, Falls Church, compared with a library of known
Basic Training Case) VA emitters to perform emitter
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: UK–P– Exelis, McLean, VA classification and specific emitter
FBF, total case value $5.6M, Terma, Arlington, VA identification (SEI).
implemented January 27, 2015. Symmetrics, Canada (f) Electronic Warfare Self Protection
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee. etc., Paid, Arnprior Aerospace, Canada (EWSP). The aircraft EWSP consists of
Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None General Electric, UK the ALQ–213 Electronic Warfare
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology Martin Baker, UK Management System (EWMS), ALE–47
Contained in the Defense Article or There are no known offset agreements Countermeasures Dispensing System
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: proposed in connection with this (CMDS), and the AN/AAQ–24
See attached Annex potential sale. Directional Infrared Countermeasures
(viii) Date Report Delivered to There will be no adverse impact on (DIRCM)/AAR–54 Missile Warning
Congress: 24 March 2016 U.S. defense readiness as a result of this Sensors (MWS). The EWSP includes
*as defined in Section 47(6) of the proposed sale. threat information.
Arms Export Control Act. 3. If a technologically advanced
Transmittal No. 16–26 adversary was to obtain access to the P–
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 8A specific hardware and software
United Kingdom—P–8A Aircraft and Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the elements, systems could be reverse
Associated Support Arms Export Control Act, as amended engineered to discover U.S. Navy
The Government of the United Annex Item No. vii capabilities and tactics. The
Kingdom (UK) has requested consequences of the loss of this
notification for the possible (vii) Sensitivity of Technology technology, to a technologically
procurement of up to nine (9) P–8A 1. The P–8A aircraft is a militarized advanced or competent adversary, could
Patrol Aircraft, associated major defense version of the Boeing 737–800 Next result in the development of
equipment, associated training, and Generation (NG) commercial aircraft. countermeasures or equivalent systems,
support. The estimated cost is $3.2 The P–8A is replacing the P–3C as the which could reduce system
billion. Navy’s long-range anti-submarine effectiveness or be used in the
The UK is a close ally and an warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare development of a system with similar
important partner on critical foreign (ASuW), intelligence, surveillance, and advance capabilities.
policy and defense issues. The proposed reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft capable of 4. A determination has been made
sale will enhance U.S. foreign policy broad-area, maritime and littoral that the United Kingdom can provide
and national security objectives by operations. substantially the same degree of
enhancing the UK’s capabilities to 2. P–8A mission systems include: protection for the technology being
provide national defense and contribute (a) Tactical Open Mission Software
released as the U.S. Government.
to NATO and coalition operations. (TOMS). TOMS functions include
Support of the P–8A Patrol Aircraft to
The proposed sale will allow the UK environment planning tactical aids,
the Government of the United Kingdom
to reestablish its Maritime Surveillance weapons planning aids, and data
is necessary in the furtherance of the
Aircraft (MSA) capability that it correlation. TOMS includes an
U.S. foreign policy and national security
divested when it cancelled the Nimrod algorithm for track fusion which
objectives.
MRA4 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) automatically correlates tracks produced
5. All defense articles and services
program. The United Kingdom has by on-board and off-board sensors.
listed in this transmittal have been
retained core skills in maritime patrol (b) Electro-Optical (EO) and Infrared
authorized for release and export to the
and reconnaissance following the (IR) MX–20HD. The EO/IR system
United Kingdom.
retirement of the Nimrod aircraft processes visible EO and IR spectrum to
detect and image objects. [FR Doc. 2016–07267 Filed 3–30–16; 8:45 am]
through Personnel Exchange Programs
(PEPs). The MSA has remained the (c) AN/AAQ–2(V)1 Acoustic System. BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
United Kingdom’s highest priority The Acoustic sensor system is
unfunded requirement. The P–8A integrated within the mission system as
aircraft would fulfill this requirement. the primary sensor for the aircraft ASW DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The UK will have no difficulty missions. The system has multi-static
active coherent (MAC) 64 sonobuoy Department of the Army, Corps of
absorbing these aircraft into its armed Engineers
forces. processing capability and acoustic
The proposed sale of this equipment sensor prediction tools. Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft
and support will not alter the basic (d) AN/APY–10 Radar. The aircraft Integrated Feasibility Report Including
military balance in the region. radar is a direct derivative of the legacy Environmental Impact Statement/
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The prime contractor involved in this AN/APS–137(V) installed in the P–3C. Environmental Impact Report
sale is The Boeing Company, Seattle, The radar capabilities include Global (Integrated Feasibility Report) for the
WA. Implementation of the proposed Positioning System (GPS), selective East San Pedro Bay Ecosystem
sale will require approximately sixty- availability anti-spoofing, Synthetic Restoration Feasibility Study, Los
four (64) personnel hired by Boeing to Aperture Radar (SAR), and Inverse Angeles County, CA
support the program in the United Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR)
Kingdom. Additional contractors imagery resolutions, and periscope AGENCY:Department of the Army, U.S.
include: detection mode. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
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ACTION: Notice of Intent. California Environmental Quality Act. b. Potential impacts associated with
The Corps and City of Long Beach have the proposed project will be fully
SUMMARY: The Los Angeles District of agreed to jointly prepare an IFR evaluated during the feasibility study.
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers including EIS/EIR to optimize efficiency Identified planning constraints and
(Corps) and the City of Long Beach and avoid duplication. considerations such as navigational
intend to prepare a draft Environmental 1. Description. The study will operations, existing major utilities and
Impact Statement/Environmental evaluate opportunities to restore aquatic infrastructure, minimizing flood risks
Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the East San habitat such as kelp, rocky reef, coastal will be considered. Resource categories
Pedro Bay Ecosystem Restoration wetlands and other types of sufficient that will be analyzed include: Physical
Feasibility Study, Los Angeles County, quality and quantity to support diverse environment, geology, biological
California. The components of the EIS/ resident and migratory species, and to resources, navigation/land use, air
EIR will be contained in an Integrated improve water circulation sufficient to quality, water quality, recreational
Feasibility Report (IFR) that also support and sustain aquatic habitat, usage, aesthetics, cultural resources,
includes a Feasibility Report. within East San Pedro Bay, California. transportation, noise, hazardous waste,
DATES: Two public scoping meetings Recreational opportunities will also be socioeconomics and safety.
will be held on April 7, 2016, at 2:00 explored, although the primary c. Throughout the feasibility study,
p.m. and at 6:00 p.m. Submit written objective will be ecosystem restoration. the Corps and the City of Long Beach
comments concerning this notice no The Corps completed a will coordinate and, or consult with
later than May 7, 2016. Reconnaissance Report in August 2010 other State and Federal regulatory and
ADDRESSES: The location for the scoping which identified a federal interest in permitting agencies to ensure
meetings is: Bixby Park Community addressing issues such as loss of historic compliance with environmental laws
Center, 130 Cherry Avenue, Long Beach, coastal wetlands, lack of rocky reef/hard and regulations including but not
CA 90802. bottom habitat, loss of kelp habitat, poor limited to the Coastal Zone Management
Mail written comments, suggestions, water circulation and tidal action, and Act, Clean Water Act, Endangered
and/or request to be placed on the other degraded ecosystem conditions. Species Act, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
mailing list for announcements to: The study is now entering the feasibility Coordination Act, Magnuson-Stevens
Naeem A. Siddiqui, U.S. Army Corps of phase in which alternatives will be Fishery Management and Conservation
Engineers, Los Angeles District, CESPL– developed, a tentatively selected plan Act, as amended, National Historic
PDR–N, 915 Wilshire Blvd., Los and ultimately a proposed project will Preservation Act, and the Clean Air Act.
Angeles, CA 90017–3401 or by email to: be identified, and environmental 4. Public Scoping Meetings: The
Naeem.A.Siddiqui@usace.army.mil. documentation will be completed. Corps and City of Long Beach will
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
2. Alternatives. Potential measures jointly conduct two public scoping
Naeem A. Siddiqui, Project that would meet the objectives of the
meetings at the date and address
study are currently being developed and
Environmental Coordinator, 213–452– indicated above. The purpose of the
may include the addition of rocks out
3852, Naeem.A.Siddiqui@ scoping meeting is to gather information
side of navigational channels to create
usace.army.mil. from the general public or interested
underwater rocky reef and form a base
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The organizations about issues and concerns
for kelp beds; creation of sandy islands
Feasibility Study is being conducted as that they would like to see addressed in
to provide suitable habitat for eelgrass;
a partial response to Senate Resolution, the Draft IFR. Comments may be
and various modifications to the Long
dated June 25, 1969, reading in part: delivered in writing or verbally at the
Beach Breakwater such as removal and/
meeting. All comments will be entered
Resolved by the Committee on Public or notching to improve water
circulation. Measures will be grouped into the public record.
Works of the United States Senate, that the
Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, 5. Availability of the Draft IFR: The
into discrete alternatives and analyzed
created under Section 3 of the River and Draft IFR including Draft EIS/EIR is
in the IFR. In addition, the study will
Harbor Act, approved June 13, 1902, be, and also evaluate the No Action alternative anticipated to be available for public
is hereby requested to review the report of the pursuant to NEPA. review and comment in the spring or
Chief of Engineers on the Los Angeles and
3. Scoping and Analysis. a. The Corps summer of 2017.
San Gabriel Rivers and Ballona Creek,
California, published as House Document intends to hold a public scoping Dated: March 23, 2016.
Numbered 838, Seventy-sixth Congress, and meeting for the Draft IFR to aid in the Kirk E. Gibbs,
other pertinent reports, with a view to determination of significant Colonel, U.S. Army, Commander and District
determining whether any modifications environmental issues associated with Engineer.
contained herein are advisable at the present the proposed project, and to assist with [FR Doc. 2016–07284 Filed 3–30–16; 8:45 am]
time, in the resources in the Los Angeles alternative development. Affected BILLING CODE 3720–58–P
County Drainage Area. . . . federal, state and local resource
The study area is located offshore of agencies, Native American groups and
the City of Long Beach, California, in concerned interest groups/individuals DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
the easternmost part of San Pedro Bay. are invited to participate in the scoping
It includes the area between the Long process. Public participation is critical Department of the Army; Corps of
Beach shoreline, the Long Beach in defining the scope of analysis in the Engineers
Breakwater and the Los Angeles River Draft IFR, identifying significant
Intent To Prepare a Draft
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estuary. environmental issues in the Draft IFR,
The Corps is the lead agency in providing useful information such as Environmental Impact Statement for
preparing the EIS in accordance with published and unpublished data, The Coastal Texas Protection and
the National Environmental Policy Act sharing knowledge about relevant Restoration Feasibility Study
(NEPA). The City of Long Beach is the issues, and recommending potential AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S.
non-Federal sponsor of the Feasibility measures or alternatives that may be Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
Study and the lead agency in preparing considered for the purpose of meeting
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
the EIR in accordance with the study objectives.
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| Action | Notice of Intent. | |
| Dates | Two public scoping meetings will be held on April 7, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. and at 6:00 p.m. Submit written comments concerning this notice no later than May 7, 2016. | |
| Contact | Naeem A. Siddiqui, Project Environmental Coordinator, 213-452-3852, [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 18600 |
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