82 FR 17984 - The Release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Bogue Banks Master Beach Nourishment Plan (BBMBNP), on Bogue Banks Barrier Island, Carteret County, NC
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 71 (April 14, 2017)
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Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 71 (April 14, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 71 (Friday, April 14, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 17984-17986] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-07572] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers The Release of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Bogue Banks Master Beach Nourishment Plan (BBMBNP), on Bogue Banks Barrier Island, Carteret County, NC AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. ACTION: Notice of availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE), Wilmington District, Wilmington Regulatory Field Office has received a request for Department of the Army authorization, pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbor Act, from Carteret County to implement, under an inter-local agreement between the towns on Bogue Banks barrier island, a comprehensive 50-year beach and inlet management plan for the protection of approximately 25 miles of Bogue Banks shoreline. In order to address ongoing shoreline erosion in a more effective manner, the County and island municipalities (Towns of Atlantic Beach, Pine Knoll Shores, Indian Beach, and Emerald Isle) are proposing to combine their shore protection efforts under a more efficient comprehensive 50-year beach and inlet management plan known as the Bogue Banks Master Beach Nourishment Plan (BBMBNP). DATES: Written comments on the DEIS must be received at (see ADDRESSES below) no later than 5 p.m. on May 29, 2017. ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and questions regarding the DEIS may be addressed to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, Regulatory Division. ATTN: File Number SAW-2009-00293, 69 Darlington Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28403. Copies of the DEIS can be reviewed on the Corps homepage at, http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/RegulatoryPermitProgram/MajorProjects.aspx, under Bogue Banks 50-Year Project: Corps ID # SAW-2009-00293. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the proposed action and DEIS and/or to requests receive a CD or written copies of the DEIS can be directed to Mr. Mickey Sugg, Wilmington Regulatory Field Office, telephone: (910) 251-4811 or [email protected] . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Project Purpose and Need. The proposed action is to establish and implement a comprehensive, long-term, [[Page 17985]] non-federal beach and inlet management program that would preserve Bogue Banks' tax base, protect its infrastructure, and maintain its tourism-based economy. The COE Civil Work's investigation of a long- term federal Coastal Storm Damaged Reduction (CSDR) project for Bogue Banks has been ongoing for nearly 30 years. The island's shoreline has been managed in some capacity for over 35 years by Federal projects administered through the COE Civil Works program and by non-federal projects implemented by the County, and/or local municipalities through the COE Regulatory permit program. Since 1978, roughly 11 million cubic yards of sand have been placed upon the beaches of Bogue Banks at a total cost of approximately $95 million. Past management efforts have largely consisted of stand-alone projects that were undertaken to address site-specific erosional problems. This stand-alone approach has limited the efficiency and effectiveness of past and current efforts by the County and island municipalities to implement shore protection projects and to maintain the beaches. As federal funding for shore protection projects has declined, the future of a long-term federal CSDR project has grown increasingly uncertain. The proposed action would address the ongoing trend of declining federal shore protection funding by establishing a non-federal management program under the autonomous control of the County and the island municipalities. An island wide regional strategy was developed to do the following: (1) Establish a regional approach by consolidating local community resources, both financially and logistically, to manage Bogue Inlet and the beaches on Bogue Banks in an effective manner, (2) Provide long- term shoreline protection stabilization and an equivalent level of protection along Bogue Banks' 25-mile oceanfront/inlet shorelines addressing long-term erosion, (3) Provide long-term protection to Bogue Banks' tourism industry, (4) Provide short and long-term protection to residential and commercial structures and island infrastructure, (5) Provide long-term protection to the local tax base by protection existing and future tax bases and public access/use, (6) Maintain and improve natural resources along Bogue Banks' oceanfront and inlet shoreline by using compatible beach material in compliance with the North Carolina State Sediment Criteria for shore protection, (7) Maintain and improve recreational uses of Bogue Banks' oceanfront/inlet shorelines, (8) Maintain navigation conditions within Bogue Inlet, and (9) Balance the needs of the human environment with the protection of existing natural resources. 2. Proposed Action. Within the County's preferred alternative, known as Alternative 4 (or the BBMBNP), the County would manage all of the approximately 18 miles of beaches along Pine Knoll Shores, Indian Beach/Salter Path, and Emerald Isle, along with the eastern shoreline of Bogue Inlet. The 50-year management would employ a regular and recurring cycle of nourishment events, in combination with periodic realignments of the Bogue Inlet ebb tide channel, to continuously maintain beach profile sand volumes at a 25-year Level of Protection (LOP). This LOP equates to protection for upland structures against a 25-year storm event, and nourishment events would be implemented according to 25-year LOP beach profile volumetric triggers. Volumetric triggers were developed by analyzing and adjusting design beach profiles in a series of iterative SBEACH numerical modeling runs. The final modeling results indicated appropriate volumetric triggers ranging from 211-266 cubic yards/foot along Bogue Banks, averaging 238 cubic yards/foot. Based on variability in the volumetric triggers, the project shoreline was divided into management reaches ranging in length from 2.4 to 4.5 miles. Reaches include Pine Knoll Shores, Indian Beach/ Salter Path, Emerald Isle (EI) East, EI Central, EI West, and Bogue Inlet. Based on the SBEACH modeling results and observed background erosional loss rates, EI Central, EI West, and Bogue Inlet management reaches are expected to require recurring nourishment of approximately 0.06 to 0.23 million cubic yards of material at intervals of six or nine years to offset background erosion. For Pine Knoll Shores, Indian Beach/Salter Path, and EI East, recurring maintenance events would place approximately 0.2 to 0.5 million cubic yards of material at intervals of three or six years to offset background erosion. Actual maintenance nourishment intervals would be expected to vary in response to background erosion rate variability over the course of the 50-year project. For Bogue Inlet management, the proposal has designated a ``safe box'' within the inlet throat where the ebb channel would be allowed to migrate freely so long as it remains within the boundaries of the safe box. If the channel migrates beyond the eastern boundary of the safe box (or toward Emerald Isle), this would trigger a preemptive event to realign the ebb channel mid-center within the established boundary. The limits of the safe box were developed and evaluated through empirical analysis of historical inlet changes and supplemental numerical modeling. Historical ebb channel alignments and corresponding inlet shoreline positions were analyzed through GIS analysis of historical aerial photography, National Ocean Service (NOS) T-sheet maps, and LIDAR topographic maps. Past migration rates and corresponding shoreline changes indicate that once eastward migration accelerates toward Emerald Isle, the migrating channel has the potential to threaten structures along the shoreline within two to three years. Based on the historical patterns, a safe box was established with boundaries corresponding to the location where acceleration of the ebb channel towards the west end of Emerald Isle has occurred in the past. The validity of the boundaries were then evaluated by modeling a series of six idealized inlet configurations encompassing the range of most relevant historical ebb channel alignments. Modeling results did not show any additional geomorphological indicators of an impending shift to accelerated migration that warranted modifications to the initial safe box. Once the boundary threshold is triggered, the relocation event would entail the construction of a channel approximately 6,000- feet long with variable bottom widths ranging from 150 to 500 feet. The dimensions of the channel would be similar to the footprint of the ebb tide channel realignment construction completed in 2005. Maintenance events of Bogue Inlet are expected approximately every ten to fifteen years, with corresponding placement of dredged material on the beaches of Emerald Isle. Beach fill for all the proposed nourishment activities on Bogue Banks would be acquired from a combination of sources including offshore borrow sites, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway disposal areas, upland sand mines, and the management of the Bogue Inlet. The offshore borrow sites consist of the Old Offshore Dredge Material Disposal Site (ODMDS) and the current ODMDS, which are located approximately 3 nautical miles offshore from Beaufort Inlet, and Area Y, which is located over 1.0 mile offshore from EI West reach. It is expected that hopper dredge plants will be used to extract beach fill material from the offshore borrow sites. Material would be transported from the hopper dredges to offshore booster pumps and carried to the appropriate nourishment reaches via pipeline. A hydraulic cutterhead dredge will likely be used during the management of the [[Page 17986]] inlet bar channel event, which would transport the dredge material directly from the dredge plant onto the beach via pipelines. 3. Alternatives. Several alternatives have been identified and evaluated through the scoping process, and further detailed description of all alternatives is disclosed in Section 3.0 of the FEIS. 4. Scoping Process. To date, a public scoping meeting was held on September 30, 2010 in Morehead City; several Project Delivery Team (PDT) meetings have been held, which were comprised of local, state, and federal government officials, local residents and nonprofit organizations. The COE has coordinated closely with Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management (BOEM), which has agreed to be a cooperating agency, in the development of the DEIS to ensure the process complies with the requirements of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) and with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Additionally, the COE has preliminarily consulted with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service Protected Resources Division under the Endangered Species Act; with U.S. Fish and Wildlife and National Marine Fisheries Service Habitat Conservation Division under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act; and with the National Marine Fisheries Service Habitat Conservation Division under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The DEIS assesses the potential water quality impacts pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, and is coordinated with the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management (DCM) to insure consistency with the Coastal Zone Management Act. Dated: April 3, 2017. Scott McLendon, Regulatory Division Chief, Wilmington District. [FR Doc. 2017-07572 Filed 4-13-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3720-58-P
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commercial industry may be a major based on the consideration that it is DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
part of the strategy for deploying expected that discussions throughout
adequate numbers of weapons. The will involve classified matters of Department of the Army, Corps of
study should investigate and analyze all national security concern. Such Engineers
of these areas and recommend preferred classified material is so intertwined
system options. This two-day session The Release of the Draft Environmental
with the unclassified material that it Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Bogue
will focus on future capabilities and cannot reasonably be segregated into
architectures for the Department. Day Banks Master Beach Nourishment Plan
separate discussions without defeating (BBMBNP), on Bogue Banks Barrier
One briefings will include opening the effectiveness and meaning of the
remarks and expectations for the two- Island, Carteret County, NC
overall meetings. To permit the meeting
day session from Dr. David Whelan and to be open to the public would preclude AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S.
Mr. Mark Russell, task force co-chairs; a discussion of such matters and would Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
briefing on long-range effects in the ACTION: Notice of availability.
greatly diminish the ultimate utility of
Pacific, including U.S. Navy operational
the DSB’s findings and SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of
programs and planning in the U.S.
Pacific Command area of responsibility, recommendations to the Secretary of Engineers (COE), Wilmington District,
from Commander David Fields, U.S. Defense and to the Under Secretary of Wilmington Regulatory Field Office has
Pacific Fleet, U.S. Navy; a briefing on Defense for Acquisition, Technology, received a request for Department of the
Future Naval Capabilities, including and Logistics. Army authorization, pursuant to Section
utilization of Navy resources to address In accordance with section 10(a)(3) of 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section
adversary long range strike capabilities, the FACA and 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 10 of the Rivers and Harbor Act, from
from VADM Jan Tighe, Deputy Chief of 102–3.140, interested persons may Carteret County to implement, under an
Naval Operations for Information submit a written statement for inter-local agreement between the towns
Warfare/Director of Naval Intelligence, consideration by the Long Range Effects on Bogue Banks barrier island, a
U.S. Navy; a briefing on countering anti- 2017 Summer Study Task Force comprehensive 50-year beach and inlet
access systems with longer range and members at any time regarding its management plan for the protection of
standoff capabilities from Mr. James approximately 25 miles of Bogue Banks
mission or in response to the stated
MacStravic, Performing the Duties of the shoreline. In order to address ongoing
agenda of a planned meeting.
Under Secretary of Defense for shoreline erosion in a more effective
Individuals submitting a written manner, the County and island
Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics; statement must submit their statement
and a briefing on Department of Defense municipalities (Towns of Atlantic
to the DSB’s DFO—Ms. Karen D.H. Beach, Pine Knoll Shores, Indian Beach,
Space Policy, from Mr. John Hill, Office
Saunders, Executive Director, Defense and Emerald Isle) are proposing to
of the Secretary of Defense, Space
Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, combine their shore protection efforts
Policy. The remainder of this day will
be the Long Range Effects 2017 Summer Room 3B888A, Washington, DC 20301, under a more efficient comprehensive
Study Task Force’s four panel break-out via email at karen.d.saunders.civ@ 50-year beach and inlet management
sessions: Architecture; Intelligence, mail.mil or via phone at (703) 571–0079 plan known as the Bogue Banks Master
Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR); at any point; however, if a written Beach Nourishment Plan (BBMBNP).
Basing, Delivery, and Weapons; statement is not received at least 3 DATES: Written comments on the DEIS
Command, Control, Communications, calendar days prior to the meeting, must be received at (see ADDRESSES
and Cyber. These panels will meet which is the subject of this notice, then below) no later than 5 p.m. on May 29,
simultaneously to discuss topics to it may not be provided to or considered 2017.
analyze in support of the study. Day by the Long Range Effects 2017 Summer ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and
Two activities will be the Long Range Study Task Force until the next meeting questions regarding the DEIS may be
Effects 2017 Summer Study Task of this task force. The DFO will review addressed to: U.S. Army Corps of
Force’s four panel break-out sessions: all submissions with the Long Range Engineers, Wilmington District,
Architecture; Intelligence, Surveillance, Effects 2017 Summer Study Task Force Regulatory Division. ATTN: File
and Reconnaissance (ISR); Basing, Co-Chairs and ensure they are provided Number SAW–2009–00293, 69
Delivery, and Weapons; Command, to Long Range Effects 2017 Summer Darlington Avenue, Wilmington, NC
Control, Communications, and Cyber. Study Task Force members prior to the 28403. Copies of the DEIS can be
These panels will meet simultaneously end of the two day meeting on April 27, reviewed on the Corps homepage at,
to discuss topics to analyze in support 2017. http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/
of the study. The Day Two will close Missions/RegulatoryPermitProgram/
with discussion of the four panels’ Dated: April 11, 2017.
MajorProjects.aspx, under Bogue Banks
work. Aaron Siegel, 50-Year Project: Corps ID # SAW–2009–
In accordance with section 10(d) of Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 00293.
the FACA and 41 CFR 102–3.155, the Officer, Department of Defense. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DoD has determined that the Long [FR Doc. 2017–07588 Filed 4–13–17; 8:45 am] Questions about the proposed action
Range Effects 2017 Summer Study Task BILLING CODE 5001–06–P and DEIS and/or to requests receive a
Force meeting will be closed to the CD or written copies of the DEIS can be
public. Specifically, the Under Secretary directed to Mr. Mickey Sugg,
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of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, Wilmington Regulatory Field Office,
and Logistics), in consultation with the telephone: (910) 251–4811 or
DoD Office of General Counsel, has mickey.t.sugg@usace.army.mil .
determined in writing that the meeting SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
will be closed to the public because 1. Project Purpose and Need. The
matters covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) proposed action is to establish and
will be considered. The determination is implement a comprehensive, long-term,
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inlet bar channel event, which would SUMMARY: For the Native Hawaiian Education Act of 2006 (Act), supports
transport the dredge material directly Career and Technical Education grants to community-based
from the dredge plant onto the beach via Program (NHCTEP), the Secretary organizations primarily serving and
pipelines. proposes to waive the requirements in representing Native Hawaiians.1 Under
3. Alternatives. Several alternatives 34 CFR 75.261(a) and (c)(2) that this program, grantees carry out projects
have been identified and evaluated generally prohibit project period that provide organized educational
through the scoping process, and further extensions involving the obligation of activities offering a sequence of courses
detailed description of all alternatives is additional Federal funds and extend the that—
disclosed in Section 3.0 of the FEIS. project periods for the current seven (a) Provides individuals with coherent
4. Scoping Process. To date, a public NHCTEP grantees for an additional 12 and rigorous content aligned with
scoping meeting was held on September months under the existing program challenging academic standards and
30, 2010 in Morehead City; several authority. This proposed waiver and relevant technical knowledge and skills
Project Delivery Team (PDT) meetings extension would allow the seven needed to prepare for further education
have been held, which were comprised current NHCTEP grantees to seek fiscal and careers in current or emerging
of local, state, and federal government year (FY) 2017 continuation awards for professions;
officials, local residents and nonprofit project periods through FY 2018 under (b) Provides technical skill
organizations. the existing program authority. proficiency, an industry-recognized
The COE has coordinated closely with credential, a certificate, or an associate
DATES: We must receive your comments
Bureau of Ocean Energy and degree; and
on or before May 15, 2017.
Management (BOEM), which has agreed (c) May include prerequisite courses
to be a cooperating agency, in the ADDRESSES: Address all comments
regarding this proposed extension and (other than remedial courses) that meet
development of the DEIS to ensure the the definitional requirements of section
process complies with the requirements waiver to Linda Mayo, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue 3(5)(A) of the Act (20 U.S.C. 2302(5)(A)).
of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands These organized educational activities
Act (OCSLA) and with the National SW., Room 11075, Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–7241. If may also include competency-based
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
you prefer to send your comments by applied learning that contributes to the
Additionally, the COE has preliminarily
email, use the following address: academic knowledge, higher-order
consulted with the U.S. Fish and
linda.mayo@ed.gov. You must include reasoning and problem-solving skills,
Wildlife Service and the National
the term ‘‘Proposed Waiver and work attitudes, general employability
Marine Fisheries Service Protected
Extension for NHCTEP’’ in the subject skills, technical and occupation-specific
Resources Division under the
line of your message. skills, and knowledge of all aspects of
Endangered Species Act; with U.S. Fish
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
an industry, including
and Wildlife and National Marine
Linda Mayo by telephone at (202) 245– entrepreneurship, of an individual.
Fisheries Service Habitat Conservation
7792 or by email at: linda.mayo@ed.gov. On June 14, 2013, we published in the
Division under the Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act; and with the National If you use a telecommunications device Federal Register (78 FR 35877), a notice
Marine Fisheries Service Habitat for the deaf or a text telephone, call the inviting applications for NHCTEP grants
Conservation Division under the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1– (2013 NIA). The project periods for the
Magnuson-Stevens Act. The DEIS 800–877–8339. NHCTEP projects funded under the
assesses the potential water quality 2013 NIA were scheduled to end in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
impacts pursuant to Section 401 of the Invitation to Comment: We invite you 2015.
Clean Water Act, and is coordinated to submit comments regarding this On February 10, 2015, we published
with the North Carolina Division of proposed waiver and extension of the in the Federal Register (80 FR 7397) a
Coastal Management (DCM) to insure project period. During and after the proposed waiver and extension of the
consistency with the Coastal Zone comment period, you may inspect all project period for the NHCTEP. In that
Management Act. public comments about this proposed notice, we stated that we did not believe
waiver and extension in Room 11075, it would be in the public interest to hold
Dated: April 3, 2017. a new NHCTEP competition in FY 2015,
Scott McLendon, PCP, 550 12th Street SW., Washington,
DC, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and due to the potential for changes in the
Regulatory Division Chief, Wilmington authorizing legislation for NHCTEP
District. 4 p.m., Washington, DC time, Monday
through Friday of each week, except beyond 2015, resulting in projects that
[FR Doc. 2017–07572 Filed 4–13–17; 8:45 am] might then operate for just one year.
Federal holidays.
BILLING CODE 3720–58–P
Assistance to Individuals with Following that notice and consideration
Disabilities in Reviewing the of the comments received in response to
Rulemaking Record: On request, we will it, on July 7, 2015 we published in the
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION provide an appropriate accommodation Federal Register (80 FR 38672), a notice
[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance or auxiliary aid to an individual with a of final waiver and extension of the
(CFDA) Number: 84.259A] disability who needs assistance to project period for the NHCTEP, waiving
review the comments or other the requirements of 34 CFR 75.261(a)
Proposed Waiver and Extension of the documents in the public rulemaking and (c)(2) that generally prohibit project
Project Period for the Native Hawaiian record for this notice. If you want to period extensions involving the
Career and Technical Education obligation of additional Federal funds.
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schedule an appointment for this type of
Program aid, please contact the person listed Therefore, the current seven NHCTEP
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION grantees were permitted to request an
AGENCY: Office of Career, Technical, and
Adult Education, Department of CONTACT.
1 For purposes of NHCTEP, ‘‘community-based
Education. Background organization’’ means a public or private
ACTION: Proposed waiver and extension organization that provides career and technical
NHCTEP, authorized by section 116 of education, or related services, to individuals in the
of the project period.
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Native Hawaiian community.
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