81_FR_95424 81 FR 95176 - Otay River Estuary Restoration Project, South San Diego Bay Unit of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California; Draft Environmental Impact Statement

81 FR 95176 - Otay River Estuary Restoration Project, South San Diego Bay Unit of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California; Draft Environmental Impact Statement

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 248 (December 27, 2016)

Page Range95176-95177
FR Document2016-31266

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), in coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a cooperating agency, announce the reopening of the public review and comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Otay River Estuary Restoration Project at the South San Diego Bay Unit of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge in San Diego County, California.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 95176-95177]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31266]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-R-2016-N213; FF08RSDC00-178-F1611MD-FXRS12610800000]


Otay River Estuary Restoration Project, South San Diego Bay Unit 
of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California; Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Reopening of the public comment period.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), in 
coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a cooperating 
agency, announce the reopening of the public review and comment period 
for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Otay 
River Estuary Restoration Project at the South San Diego Bay Unit of 
the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge in San Diego County, 
California.

DATES: To ensure consideration, we must receive your written comments 
by December 30, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Document Availability: You may obtain documents in the 
following places:
     Internet: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/San_Diego_Bay/what_we_do/Resource_Management/Otay_Restoration.html.
     In Person:
    [cir] San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex Headquarters, 
1080 Gunpowder Point Drive, Chula Vista, CA 91910; telephone: 619-476-
9150, extension 103.
    [cir] Chula Vista Public Library, Civic Center Branch, 365 F 
Street, Chula Vista, CA 91910; telephone: 619-691-5069.
    [cir] San Diego County Library, Imperial Beach Branch Library, 847 
Encina Avenue (temporary location), Imperial Beach, CA 91932; 
telephone: 619-424-6981.
    [cir] Chula Vista Public Library, South Chula Vista Branch, 389 
Orange Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91911; telephone: 619-585-5755.
    For how to view comments on the draft EIS from the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA), or for information on EPA's role in the EIS 
process, see EPA's Role in the EIS Process under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.
    Submitting Comments: You may submit written comments by one of the 
following methods:
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``Otay Estuary EIS'' in 
the subject line of the message.
     Fax: Attn: Brian Collins, 619-476-9149.
     U.S. Mail: Brian Collins, USFWS, San Diego NWR Complex, 
P.O. Box 2358, Chula Vista, CA 91912.
     In-Person Drop-off: You may drop off comments at the San 
Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex Headquarters between 9 a.m. and 
4 p.m.; please call 619-476-9150, extension 103, for directions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Collins, Refuge Manager, San 
Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, by telephone at 619-575-2704, 
extension 302, or via email at [email protected]; or Andy Yuen, 
Project Leader, by telephone at 619-476-9150, extension 100, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction

    On October 21, 2016, we published a Federal Register notice (81 FR 
72817) announcing the availability of the draft environmental impact 
statement (EIS) for the proposed Otay River Estuary Restoration Project 
for public review and comment in accordance with National Environmental 
Policy Act (40 CFR 1506.6(b)) requirements. We originally opened the 
comment period from October 21, 2016, through December 5, 2016. We now 
are reopening the public comment period until December 30, 2016. For 
more information on the draft EIS and a description of the project, 
please see the October 2016 notice.

EPA's Role in the EIS Process

    The EPA is charged under section 309 of the CAA (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 
seq.) to review all Federal agencies' environmental impact statements 
(EISs)

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and to comment on the adequacy and the acceptability of the 
environmental impacts of proposed actions in the EISs.
    EPA also serves as the repository (EIS database) for EISs prepared 
by Federal agencies and provides notice of their availability in the 
Federal Register. The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Database 
provides information about EISs prepared by Federal agencies, as well 
as EPA's comments concerning the EISs. All EISs are filed with EPA, 
which publishes a notice of availability on Fridays in the Federal 
Register. You may search for EPA comments on the EIS, along with the 
EIS itself, at https://cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/action/eis/search. The DEIS is also available at the locations under ADDRESSES.

NEPA Compliance

    We are conducting environmental review in accordance with the 
requirements of NEPA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), its 
implementing regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), other applicable 
regulations, and our procedures for compliance with those regulations. 
The DEIS discusses the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of the 
alternatives on biological resources, cultural resources, water 
quality, and other environmental resources. Measures to minimize 
adverse environmental effects are identified and discussed in the DEIS.

Public Involvement

    You may submit written comments anytime during the comment period 
(see ADDRESSES).

Public Availability of Comments

    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

Alexandra Pitts,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region, Sacramento, 
California.
[FR Doc. 2016-31266 Filed 12-23-16; 8:45 am]
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95176 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 27, 2016 / Notices • Consider and approve the Council’s Council Coordinator up to 30 days Æ San Diego County Library, Imperial recommendations on priority focus subsequent to the teleconference. Beach Branch Library, 847 Encina areas for the new administration; Avenue (temporary location), Imperial Meeting Minutes • Schedule an upcoming spring Beach, CA 91932; telephone: 619–424– meeting; and Summary minutes of the 6981. • Consider other Council business. teleconference will be maintained by Æ Chula Vista Public Library, South The final agenda will be posted on the the Council Coordinator (see FOR Chula Vista Branch, 389 Orange Council’s Web site at http:// FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) and will Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91911; www.fws.gov/sfbpc. be available for public inspection within telephone: 619–585–5755. 90 days of the meeting and will be For how to view comments on the Public Input posted on the Council’s Web site at draft EIS from the Environmental You must contact http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc. Protection Agency (EPA), or for the Council Coor- Dated: December 16, 2016. information on EPA’s role in the EIS dinator (see FOR process, see EPA’s Role in the EIS If you wish to FURTHER IN- Stephen Guertin, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Process under SUPPLEMENTARY FORMATION CONTACT) no INFORMATION. [FR Doc. 2016–31261 Filed 12–23–16; 8:45 am] later than Submitting Comments: You may BILLING CODE 4333–15–P submit written comments by one of the Listen to the teleconfer- Wednesday, Jan- following methods: ence. uary 11, 2017. • Email: Otay_EIS@fws.gov. Include Submit written information Wednesday, Jan- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ‘‘Otay Estuary EIS’’ in the subject line of or questions before the uary 11, 2017. Fish and Wildlife Service the message. teleconference for the council to consider dur- • Fax: Attn: Brian Collins, 619–476– [FWS–R8–R–2016–N213; FF08RSDC00– 9149. ing the teleconference. Give an oral presentation Wednesday, Jan- 178–F1611MD–FXRS12610800000] • U.S. Mail: Brian Collins, USFWS, during the teleconfer- uary 11, 2017. San Diego NWR Complex, P.O. Box Otay River Estuary Restoration ence. 2358, Chula Vista, CA 91912. Project, South San Diego Bay Unit of • In-Person Drop-off: You may drop the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Submitting Written Information or off comments at the San Diego National Refuge, California; Draft Questions Wildlife Refuge Complex Headquarters Environmental Impact Statement Interested members of the public may between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.; please call submit relevant information or AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 619–476–9150, extension 103, for questions for the Council to consider Interior. directions. during the teleconference. Written ACTION: Reopening of the public FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: statements must be received by the date comment period. Brian Collins, Refuge Manager, San listed, so that the information may be Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, by made available to the Council for their SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and telephone at 619–575–2704, extension consideration prior to this Wildlife Service (Service), in 302, or via email at teleconference. Written statements must coordination with the U.S. Army Corps brian_collins@fws.gov; or Andy Yuen, be supplied to the Council Coordinator of Engineers, a cooperating agency, Project Leader, by telephone at 619– in one of the following formats: One announce the reopening of the public 476–9150, extension 100, or by email at hard copy with original signature, and review and comment period for the andy_yuen@fws.gov. one electronic copy via email Draft Environmental Impact Statement SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (acceptable file formats are Adobe for the proposed Otay River Estuary Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS Restoration Project at the South San Introduction PowerPoint, or rich text file). Diego Bay Unit of the San Diego Bay On October 21, 2016, we published a National Wildlife Refuge in San Diego Federal Register notice (81 FR 72817) Giving an Oral Presentation County, California. announcing the availability of the draft Individuals or groups requesting to DATES: To ensure consideration, we environmental impact statement (EIS) make an oral presentation during the must receive your written comments by for the proposed Otay River Estuary teleconference will be limited to 2 December 30, 2016. Restoration Project for public review minutes per speaker, with no more than ADDRESSES: Document Availability: You and comment in accordance with a total of 15 minutes for all speakers. may obtain documents in the following National Environmental Policy Act (40 Interested parties should contact the places: CFR 1506.6(b)) requirements. We Council Coordinator, in writing • Internet: https://www.fws.gov/ originally opened the comment period (preferably via email; see FOR FURTHER refuge/San_Diego_Bay/what_we_do/ from October 21, 2016, through INFORMATION CONTACT), to be placed on Resource_Management/ December 5, 2016. We now are the public speaker list for this Otay_Restoration.html. reopening the public comment period teleconference. To ensure an • In Person: until December 30, 2016. For more opportunity to speak during the public Æ San Diego Bay National Wildlife asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES information on the draft EIS and a comment period of the teleconference, Refuge Complex Headquarters, 1080 description of the project, please see the members of the public must register Gunpowder Point Drive, Chula Vista, October 2016 notice. with the Council Coordinator. CA 91910; telephone: 619–476–9150, Registered speakers who wish to expand extension 103. EPA’s Role in the EIS Process upon their oral statements, or those who Æ Chula Vista Public Library, Civic The EPA is charged under section 309 had wished to speak but could not be Center Branch, 365 F Street, Chula of the CAA (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) to accommodated on the agenda, may Vista, CA 91910; telephone: 619–691– review all Federal agencies’ submit written statements to the 5069. environmental impact statements (EISs) VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:45 Dec 23, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27DEN1.SGM 27DEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 27, 2016 / Notices 95177 and to comment on the adequacy and DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the the acceptability of the environmental same manner as persons employed impacts of proposed actions in the EISs. Bureau of Land Management intermittently in government service EPA also serves as the repository (EIS [LLWO260000.L10600000PC0000.17X. under Section 5703 of Title 5 of the database) for EISs prepared by Federal LXSIADVSBD0.241A] United States Code. Nominations for a term of three years are needed to agencies and provides notice of their Call for Nominations for the National represent the following categories of availability in the Federal Register. The Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board interest: Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Bureau of Land Management, Natural Resource Management Database provides information about AGENCY: Wild Horse and Burro Research EISs prepared by Federal agencies, as Interior. Public Interest (Equine behavior) well as EPA’s comments concerning the ACTION: Notice. The Board will meet one to four times EISs. All EISs are filed with EPA, which annually. The DFO may call additional publishes a notice of availability on SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations for three meetings in connection with special Fridays in the Federal Register. You needs for advice. Individuals may may search for EPA comments on the positions on the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board (Board) that will nominate themselves or others. An EIS, along with the EIS itself, at https:// individual serving on another resource become vacant on April 3, 2017. The cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/ advisory council is not eligible to serve Board provides advice concerning the action/eis/search. The DEIS is also management, protection, and control of concurrently on the Board. Any available at the locations under wild free-roaming horses and burros on individual or organization may ADDRESSES. public lands administered by the nominate one or more persons to serve Department of the Interior, through the on the Board. Nominations will not be NEPA Compliance Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and accepted without a complete resume. We are conducting environmental the Department of Agriculture, through The following information must review in accordance with the the U.S. Forest Service. accompany all nominations for the requirements of NEPA, as amended (42 DATES: Nominations must be post individual to be considered for a U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), its implementing marked or submitted to the address position: regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), 1. 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Education (colleges, degrees, major identified and discussed in the DEIS. sent via FedEx or UPS should be field of study); addressed as follows: Wild Horse and 8. Career Highlights: Significant Public Involvement Burro Division, U.S. Department of the related experience, civic and Interior, Bureau of Land Management, professional activities, elected offices You may submit written comments 20 M Street SE., Room 2134 LM, Attn: (include prior advisory committee anytime during the comment period (see experience or career achievements Dorothea Boothe, Washington, DC ADDRESSES). 20003. You may also email PDF related to the interest to be represented). Public Availability of Comments documents to Ms. Boothe at dboothe@ Attach additional pages, if necessary; blm.gov. 9. Qualifications: Education, training, Before including your address, phone and experience that qualify you to serve FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: number, email address, or other Dorothea Boothe, Acting Wild Horse on the Board; personal identifying information in your 10. Experience or knowledge of wild and Burro Program Specialist, 202–912– comment, you should be aware that horse and burro management; 7654. Persons who use a 11. Experience or knowledge of horses your entire comment—including your telecommunications device for the deaf personal identifying information—may or burros (Equine health, training, and (TDD) may call the Federal Relay management); be made publicly available at any time. Service at 1–800–877–8339 to contact While you can ask us in your comment 12. Experience in working with the above individual during normal disparate groups to achieve to withhold your personal identifying business hours. The Service is available collaborative solutions (e.g., civic information from public review, we 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You will organizations, planning commissions, cannot guarantee that we will be able to receive a reply during normal business school boards, etc.); do so. hours. 13. Identification of any BLM permits, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Alexandra Pitts, leases, or licenses held by the of the Board serve without individual or his or her employer; Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest compensation. However, while away 14. Indication of whether the Region, Sacramento, California. from their homes or regular places of individual is a federally registered [FR Doc. 2016–31266 Filed 12–23–16; 8:45 am] business, Board and subcommittee lobbyist; and BILLING CODE 4333–15–P members engaged in Board or 15. Explanation of interest in serving subcommittee business, approved by the on the Board. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionReopening of the public comment period.
DatesTo ensure consideration, we must receive your written comments by December 30, 2016.
ContactBrian Collins, Refuge Manager, San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, by telephone at 619-575-2704, extension 302, or via email at [email protected]; or Andy Yuen, Project Leader, by telephone at 619-476-9150, extension 100, or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 95176 
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