82 FR 12447 - Notice of Availability of a Draft Detailed Project Report With Integrated Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the Pier 70 Central Basin Continuing Authorities Program Section 107 Navigation Improvement Project at the Port of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 41 (March 3, 2017)
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 41 (March 3, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-04123 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 41 (Friday, March 3, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 12447-12448] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-04123] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Notice of Availability of a Draft Detailed Project Report With Integrated Environmental Assessment and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact for the Pier 70 Central Basin Continuing Authorities Program Section 107 Navigation Improvement Project at the Port of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. ACTION: Notice of Availability; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) San Francisco District announces the availability of a Draft Detailed Project Report with Integrated Environmental Assessment (DPR/EA) and draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for review and comment for the proposed Pier 70 Central Basin Continuing Authorities Program (CAP) Section 107 Navigation Improvement Project in San Francisco, California. Pursuant to 33 CFR 230.11(b) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-- Procedures for Implementing [the National Environmental Policy Act] NEPA, notice of the availability of this DPR/EA and draft FONSI for review and comment is being provided to agencies, organizations, and the interested public. DATES: Comments on the Draft DPR/EA and draft FONSI may be submitted starting March 6, 2017 through March 21, 2017. If comments are provided by mail, they must be received at the address below no later than March 21, 2017. ADDRESSES: The Draft DPR/EA can be viewed online starting March 6, 2017 at: http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Portals/68/docs/Environmental/2017_Central_Basin_Sec107_DraftDPR-EA.pdf Comments may be submitted on the Draft DPR/EA using any of the following methods:Mail: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, ATTN: Roxanne Grillo, 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1398. Email: CESPN-ET-PA@usace.army.mil. Comment letters should include the commenter's physical mailing address and the project title in the subject line. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roxanne Grillo, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1398. Telephone: (415) 503-6859. Email: CESPN-ET-PA@usace.army.mil. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Project Site and Background Information. The project area consists of a turning and maneuvering basin within the waters of the San Francisco Bay called the Central Basin Approach Area (Central Basin) at the Port of San Francisco's Pier 70 Shipyard located along the eastern shore of the City of San Francisco, approximately 1.5 miles south of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The Pier 70 Shipyard features two dry docks, full pier-side facilities, and an available labor force in excess of 1,300, as well as a number of machine shops and engineering firms. The Port of San Francisco owns the real property and primary equipment for ship repair, such as the dry docks and cranes, offering full-service ship repair for commercial and government vessels. The facility can accommodate post-Panamax class ships, including cruise ships, tankers, container ships, and more. The USACE proposes to dredge the Central Basin to an increased depth and place the dredged material at a permitted site. The purpose of the Proposed Action is to reduce the negative impacts of shoaling in the Central Basin to allow vessels to safely and efficiently access the Pier 70 Shipyard without the use of high tide. The Proposed Action is necessary to reduce transportation costs and user delays for use of the repair and service facilities at the Pier 70 Shipyard, increase access to the specialized repair and service facilities at the Pier 70 Shipyard, and improve safety for vessels [[Page 12448]] and operators in approaching the Central Basin and Pier 70 Shipyard. Pursuant to NEPA, USACE has prepared a Draft DPR/EA analyzing the potential environmental impacts of planning, designing, constructing, and maintaining a commercial navigation project at the Central Basin. The primary action areas for this analysis include the proposed Central Basin approach area dredge footprint, the dredged material placement site (the San Francisco Deep Ocean Disposal Site as well as the alternative placement sites evaluated), and waterways used for vessel transit between the dredge and placement sites. The Port of San Francisco is the Non-Federal Sponsor (NFS). 2. Alternatives. The study considers both non-structural and structural measures. Non-structural measures include: Lightering, light loading, the use of favorable tides, and daylight transit only. Structural measures proposed include dredging to various depths in combination with dredged material placement at a range of sites. Three sets of alternative deepening plans were evaluated based on three different depths (30 feet mean lower low water [MLLW], 32 feet MLLW, and 35 feet MLLW) and three alternative sediment placement locations (beneficial use, deep ocean disposal at the San Francisco Deep Ocean Disposal Site, and an in-bay site), which resulted in a total of 16 alternatives considered including the no-action plan. The final array of four alternatives (including the No Action Alternative) from the alternative formulation process were carried forward for analysis in the EA. The recommended plan (Proposed Action, Agency-Preferred Alternative) is the National Economic Development Plan (Alternative 6) to dredge the Central Basin to 32 feet MLLW plus two feet of overdepth and place all of the material at the San Francisco Deep Ocean Disposal Site. Approximately 237,700 cubic yards of material (including the two feet of overdepth) would be dredged. Brenda S. Bowen, Army Federal Register Liaison. [FR Doc. 2017-04123 Filed 3-2-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3720-58-P
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COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER advisory network meetings) and address below no later than March 21,
SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE criminal justice systems (e.g., judges, 2017.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA parole commissioners, etc.). ADDRESSES: The Draft DPR/EA can be
Estimated Number of Respondents: viewed online starting March 6, 2017 at:
Generic Information Collection, 1340. http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Portals/
Extension Average Expected Annual Number of 68/docs/Environmental/2017_Central_
AGENCY: Court Services and Offender Activities: 3. Basin_Sec107_DraftDPR-EA.pdf
Supervision Agency for the District of Average Number of Respondents per Comments may be submitted on the
Columbia (CSOSA). Activity: 447. Draft DPR/EA using any of the following
Annual Responses: 1340. methods:
ACTION: Notice of generic information
Frequency of Responses: Once per • Mail: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
collection—emergency extension request.
without change. San Francisco District, ATTN: Roxanne
Average Minutes per Response: 7. Grillo, 1455 Market Street, San
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Total Burden Hours: 145. Francisco, CA 94103–1398.
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), Cost Burden: $19,484. • Email: CESPN-ET-PA@
CSOSA announces that it submitted to Dated: February 27, 2017. usace.army.mil.
the Office of Management and Budget Rochelle Durant, Comment letters should include the
(OMB) a request for a 6 (six) month Program Analyst, Court Services and Offender commenter’s physical mailing address
extension of the generic information Supervision Agency. and the project title in the subject line.
collection request, to be effective after [FR Doc. 2017–04118 Filed 3–2–17; 8:45 am] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
the current February 28, 2017 expiration BILLING CODE 3129–04–P Roxanne Grillo, U.S. Army Corps of
date. OMB approved the emergency
Engineers, San Francisco District, 1455
extension on February 24, 2017.
Market Street, San Francisco, CA
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 94103–1398. Telephone: (415) 503–
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Rochelle Durant, Program Analyst, 6859. Email: CESPN-ET-PA@
Office of General Counsel, Court Department of the Army, Corps of usace.army.mil.
Services and Offender Supervision Engineers
Agency, 633 Indiana Avenue NW., SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Room 1253, Washington, DC 20004, Notice of Availability of a Draft Detailed 1. Project Site and Background
Phone: (202) 220–5304 or to: Project Report With Integrated Information. The project area consists of
rochelle.durant@csosa.gov. Environmental Assessment and Draft a turning and maneuvering basin within
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Finding of No Significant Impact for the waters of the San Francisco Bay
Abstract: The information collection the Pier 70 Central Basin Continuing called the Central Basin Approach Area
activity provides a means to garner Authorities Program Section 107 (Central Basin) at the Port of San
qualitative customer and stakeholder Navigation Improvement Project at the Francisco’s Pier 70 Shipyard located
feedback in an efficient, timely manner Port of San Francisco, San Francisco, along the eastern shore of the City of
in accordance with the Administration’s CA San Francisco, approximately 1.5 miles
commitment to improving service south of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay
delivery. By qualitative feedback we AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Bridge. The Pier 70 Shipyard features
mean information that provides useful Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. two dry docks, full pier-side facilities,
insights on perceptions and opinions, ACTION: Notice of Availability; request and an available labor force in excess of
but are not statistical surveys that yield for comments. 1,300, as well as a number of machine
quantitative results that can be shops and engineering firms. The Port of
generalized to the population of study. SUMMARY: The United States Army San Francisco owns the real property
This feedback will provide insights into Corps of Engineers (USACE) San and primary equipment for ship repair,
customer or stakeholder perceptions, Francisco District announces the such as the dry docks and cranes,
experiences and expectations, provide availability of a Draft Detailed Project offering full-service ship repair for
an early warning of issues with service, Report with Integrated Environmental commercial and government vessels.
or focus attention on areas where Assessment (DPR/EA) and draft Finding The facility can accommodate post-
communication, training or changes in of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Panamax class ships, including cruise
operations might improve delivery of review and comment for the proposed ships, tankers, container ships, and
products and services. These collections Pier 70 Central Basin Continuing more.
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and Authorities Program (CAP) Section 107 The USACE proposes to dredge the
actionable communications between Navigation Improvement Project in San Central Basin to an increased depth and
CSOSA and its stakeholders. It will also Francisco, California. Pursuant to 33 place the dredged material at a
allow feedback to contribute directly to CFR 230.11(b) U.S. Army Corps of permitted site. The purpose of the
the improvement of program Engineers—Procedures for Proposed Action is to reduce the
management. Implementing [the National negative impacts of shoaling in the
Collection Title: Collection of Environmental Policy Act] NEPA, notice Central Basin to allow vessels to safely
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service of the availability of this DPR/EA and and efficiently access the Pier 70
draft FONSI for review and comment is Shipyard without the use of high tide.
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Delivery.
OMB-Number: 3225–0002. being provided to agencies, The Proposed Action is necessary to
Affected Public: Individuals currently organizations, and the interested public. reduce transportation costs and user
or recently under court-ordered DATES: Comments on the Draft DPR/EA delays for use of the repair and service
supervision by CSOSA, CSOSA and draft FONSI may be submitted facilities at the Pier 70 Shipyard,
stakeholders including members of the starting March 6, 2017 through March increase access to the specialized repair
community (e.g., DC residents who 21, 2017. If comments are provided by and service facilities at the Pier 70
attend CSOSA community justice mail, they must be received at the Shipyard, and improve safety for vessels
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and operators in approaching the DENALI COMMISSION of Alaska in the broad, low-lying delta
Central Basin and Pier 70 Shipyard. between the Yukon and Kuskokwim
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Rivers. The village is located on low
Pursuant to NEPA, USACE has
Environmental Impact Statement To marshy terrain on the banks of a tidally
prepared a Draft DPR/EA analyzing the
Study Mertarvik Community influenced slough of the Ninglik River.
potential environmental impacts of Infrastructure Development Project, The Ninglik River is eroding toward the
planning, designing, constructing, and Alaska village of Newtok at an average rate of
maintaining a commercial navigation 72 feet per year. The maximum yearly
project at the Central Basin. The AGENCY: Denali Commission.
observed rate of erosion is 300 feet per
primary action areas for this analysis ACTION: Notice of intent. year. Based upon an average annual
include the proposed Central Basin riverbank loss resulting from fall storms,
SUMMARY: The Denali Commission, in
approach area dredge footprint, the cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps the village has approximately four years
dredged material placement site (the of Engineers (USACE), announces its before critical village infrastructure will
San Francisco Deep Ocean Disposal Site intention to prepare an Environmental be threatened and/or destroyed.
as well as the alternative placement Impact Statement (EIS) to study the Changes in river channels
sites evaluated), and waterways used for feasibility of relocating the threatened surrounding the village of Newtok have
vessel transit between the dredge and Newtok Village from its current location also increased the frequency and
placement sites. The Port of San to Mertarvik, a site roughly nine miles severity of flooding in the village. Lower
Francisco is the Non-Federal Sponsor away on Nelson Island, which is across lying areas of the village flood almost
(NFS). the Ninglik River from mainland Alaska. every year. Flooding events in 2005 and
The EIS will address the potential for 2006 flooded the village water supply,
2. Alternatives. The study considers
positive and negative environmental causing raw sewage to be spread
both non-structural and structural
impacts associated with constructing all throughout the village, displacing
measures. Non-structural measures residents from homes, destroying
required infrastructure at the new
include: Lightering, light loading, the subsistence food storage and other
village townsite of Mertarvik. The
use of favorable tides, and daylight facilities, and shutting down essential
Denali Commission, along with the
transit only. Structural measures USACE, will hold a scoping meeting in utilities.
proposed include dredging to various Newtok Village, Alaska, in an effort to The closest high ground to the village
depths in combination with dredged better define the issues associated with of Newtok that avoids damages from
material placement at a range of sites. permanently relocating village both flooding and erosion is the
Three sets of alternative deepening residents. While the official scoping Mertarvik site on Nelson Island, a
plans were evaluated based on three period concludes 30 days following the 10,943-acre site transferred to the
different depths (30 feet mean lower low publication of this NOI, public input Newtok Native Corporation, from the
water [MLLW], 32 feet MLLW, and 35 will continue to be solicited throughout U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, in
feet MLLW) and three alternative the study process. November 2003 by Public Law 108–129,
sediment placement locations DATES: A scoping meeting will be held and designated as ‘‘Proposed Village
(beneficial use, deep ocean disposal at in Newtok Village, AK at 6:00 p.m. on Site’’ on a map titled ‘‘Proposed Newtok
the San Francisco Deep Ocean Disposal Wednesday March 22 in the school Exchange,’’ dated September 2002.
Site, and an in-bay site), which resulted gymnasium. (Schedule updates will be Additional information related to past
in a total of 16 alternatives considered posted to the ‘‘Events’’ section of the efforts to address erosion and relocate
including the no-action plan. The final Denali Commission Web page found at the village can be found at: https://
array of four alternatives (including the https://www.denali.gov/.) A summary of www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/dcra/
the comments received will be PlanningLandManagement/
No Action Alternative) from the
forwarded to meeting participants and NewtokPlanningGroup.aspx.
alternative formulation process were
carried forward for analysis in the EA. other public as requested. The scoping Purpose and Need for Agency Action
meeting will be advertised as necessary. The purpose and need for this study
The recommended plan (Proposed
ADDRESSES: Please direct comments or is to identify a practicable and
Action, Agency-Preferred Alternative) is
suggestions on the scope of the EIS to: environmentally responsible solution to
the National Economic Development
Mr. Christopher Floyd, NEPA protect the village of Newtok from both
Plan (Alternative 6) to dredge the
Coordinator, U.S. Army Corps of flooding and erosion damages and loss
Central Basin to 32 feet MLLW plus two Engineers, Alaska District, CEPOA–PM–
feet of overdepth and place all of the of life.
C–ER, P.O. Box 6898, Joint Base This EIS will assess the potential
material at the San Francisco Deep Elmendorf-Richardson, AK 99506–0898; environmental impacts of reconstructing
Ocean Disposal Site. Approximately Phone: 907–753–2700; email all required village infrastructure at the
237,700 cubic yards of material christopher.b.floyd@usace.army.mil. new village site of Mertarvik on Nelson
(including the two feet of overdepth) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Island. This action is needed without
would be dredged. information or questions concerning the delay to avoid the potential loss of life
Brenda S. Bowen, proposed project, please contact: CAPT and/or the indefinite dislocation of
Army Federal Register Liaison.
Donald Antrobus, Environmentally Newtok Village residents associated
Threatened Communities Program with the relentless migration of the
[FR Doc. 2017–04123 Filed 3–2–17; 8:45 am]
Manager, Denali Commission, 510 L
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES
Ninglik River.
BILLING CODE 3720–58–P Street, Suite 410, Anchorage, AK 99501;
907–271–3500; dantrobus@denali.gov. Preliminary Alternatives
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Consistent with National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Background implementation requirements, this EIS
The village of Newtok (population will assess the full range of reasonable
354, 2010 census) is on the west coast and practicable alternatives regarding
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| Dates | Comments on the Draft DPR/EA and draft FONSI may be submitted starting March 6, 2017 through March 21, 2017. If comments are provided | |
| Contact | Roxanne Grillo, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1398. Telephone: (415) 503-6859. Email: CESPN-ET- [email protected] | |
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