82_FR_25916 82 FR 25810 - United States and Mexico; United States Section; Notice of Availability of a Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment: Flood Control Improvements to the Rio Grande Canalization Project From Vinton to Canutillo, El Paso County, Texas (Canutillo Phase II) [email protected] Background: This Draft SEA analyzes the potential impacts of constructing a flood control improvement project along the Rio Grande located within a portion of the Rio Grande Canalization Project (RGCP) protective levee system in El Paso County, Texas along approximately 5.6 miles on the east bank from just north of Vinton Road Bridge, south through the Canutillo area, and downstream to Borderland Bridge. The purpose is to construct a flood control structure with the following objectives: (1) Eliminate levee deficiencies within the Vinton to Canutillo reach and provide flood protection to withstand the 100-year flood with a minimum of 2 feet freeboard; (2) Maintain the design flood capacity of the RGCP; and 3) Enable the USIBWC to obtain accreditation of levees by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In the Final Environmental Assessment on Flood Control Improvements to the Rio Grande Canalization Project, dated December 2007, the USIBWC proposed to conduct flood control improvements along approximately 52- miles of east and west levees within the RGCP. The proposed action included the construction of a new flood control structure in the Canutillo Area; however, details of the proposed structure had not been developed and were therefore not analyzed in the 2007 EA. This Draft SEA evaluates potential environmental impacts of the No Action Alternative and the Preferred Alternative. The Preferred Alternative calls for the construction of a combination of 3 miles of new earthen levees on the floodplain and 2.6 miles of concrete floodwall where limited right of way or physical space exists between the river and the railroad. The Preferred Alternative would also require the construction of a floodgate at the Canutillo Bridge, eleven drainage structures on ephemeral streams with bank stabilization (including modification of one existing drainage structure and construction of ten new drainage structures). Scour protection blankets would be required on some sections of the earthen levee that are close to the river bank. Permits would be required from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad for work within the railroad right of way. An Individual Permit would be required from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for dredge and fill of Waters of the United States, per the Clean Water Act Sections 404 and 401. Six additional alternatives were considered and evaluated in previous analyses but were either found to not meet the purpose and need or were impractical. Potential impacts on natural, cultural, and other resources were evaluated. While the Preferred Alternative does have adverse impacts to riparian vegetation, Waters of the United States, and access to the river for recreation, the USIBWC has proposed mitigation to restore over 35 acres of native riparian habitat on the floodplain. Mitigation would be part of required permits for construction. A Mitigated Finding of No Significant Impact has been prepared for the Preferred Alternative based on a review of the facts and analyses contained in the SEA."> [email protected] Background: This Draft SEA analyzes the potential impacts of constructing a flood control improvement project along the Rio Grande located within a portion of the Rio Grande Canalization Project (RGCP) protective levee system in El Paso County, Texas along approximately 5.6 miles on the east bank from just north of Vinton Road Bridge, south through the Canutillo area, and downstream to Borderland Bridge. The purpose is to construct a flood control structure with the following objectives: (1) Eliminate levee deficiencies within the Vinton to Canutillo reach and provide flood protection to withstand the 100-year flood with a minimum of 2 feet freeboard; (2) Maintain the design flood capacity of the RGCP; and 3) Enable the USIBWC to obtain accreditation of levees by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In the Final Environmental Assessment on Flood Control Improvements to the Rio Grande Canalization Project, dated December 2007, the USIBWC proposed to conduct flood control improvements along approximately 52- miles of east and west levees within the RGCP. The proposed action included the construction of a new flood control structure in the Canutillo Area; however, details of the proposed structure had not been developed and were therefore not analyzed in the 2007 EA. This Draft SEA evaluates potential environmental impacts of the No Action Alternative and the Preferred Alternative. The Preferred Alternative calls for the construction of a combination of 3 miles of new earthen levees on the floodplain and 2.6 miles of concrete floodwall where limited right of way or physical space exists between the river and the railroad. The Preferred Alternative would also require the construction of a floodgate at the Canutillo Bridge, eleven drainage structures on ephemeral streams with bank stabilization (including modification of one existing drainage structure and construction of ten new drainage structures). Scour protection blankets would be required on some sections of the earthen levee that are close to the river bank. Permits would be required from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad for work within the railroad right of way. An Individual Permit would be required from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for dredge and fill of Waters of the United States, per the Clean Water Act Sections 404 and 401. Six additional alternatives were considered and evaluated in previous analyses but were either found to not meet the purpose and need or were impractical. Potential impacts on natural, cultural, and other resources were evaluated. While the Preferred Alternative does have adverse impacts to riparian vegetation, Waters of the United States, and access to the river for recreation, the USIBWC has proposed mitigation to restore over 35 acres of native riparian habitat on the floodplain. Mitigation would be part of required permits for construction. A Mitigated Finding of No Significant Impact has been prepared for the Preferred Alternative based on a review of the facts and analyses contained in the SEA." /> [email protected] Background: This Draft SEA analyzes the potential impacts of constructing a flood control improvement project along the Rio Grande located within a portion of the Rio Grande Canalization Project (RGCP) protective levee system in El Paso County, Texas along approximately 5.6 miles on the east bank from just north of Vinton Road Bridge, south through the Canutillo area, and downstream to Borderland Bridge. The purpose is to construct a flood control structure with the following objectives: (1) Eliminate levee deficiencies within the Vinton to Canutillo reach and provide flood protection to withstand the 100-year flood with a minimum of 2 feet freeboard; (2) Maintain the design flood capacity of the RGCP; and 3) Enable the USIBWC to obtain accreditation of levees by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In the Final Environmental Assessment on Flood Control Improvements to the Rio Grande Canalization Project, dated December 2007, the USIBWC proposed to conduct flood control improvements along approximately 52- miles of east and west levees within the RGCP. The proposed action included the construction of a new flood control structure in the Canutillo Area; however, details of the proposed structure had not been developed and were therefore not analyzed in the 2007 EA. This Draft SEA evaluates potential environmental impacts of the No Action Alternative and the Preferred Alternative. The Preferred Alternative calls for the construction of a combination of 3 miles of new earthen levees on the floodplain and 2.6 miles of concrete floodwall where limited right of way or physical space exists between the river and the railroad. The Preferred Alternative would also require the construction of a floodgate at the Canutillo Bridge, eleven drainage structures on ephemeral streams with bank stabilization (including modification of one existing drainage structure and construction of ten new drainage structures). Scour protection blankets would be required on some sections of the earthen levee that are close to the river bank. Permits would be required from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad for work within the railroad right of way. An Individual Permit would be required from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for dredge and fill of Waters of the United States, per the Clean Water Act Sections 404 and 401. Six additional alternatives were considered and evaluated in previous analyses but were either found to not meet the purpose and need or were impractical. Potential impacts on natural, cultural, and other resources were evaluated. While the Preferred Alternative does have adverse impacts to riparian vegetation, Waters of the United States, and access to the river for recreation, the USIBWC has proposed mitigation to restore over 35 acres of native riparian habitat on the floodplain. Mitigation would be part of required permits for construction. A Mitigated Finding of No Significant Impact has been prepared for the Preferred Alternative based on a review of the facts and analyses contained in the SEA." />

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Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Final Regulations; and the United States Section, Operational Procedures for Implementing Section 102 of NEPA, published in the Federal Register September 2, 1981, (46 FR 44083); the United States Section hereby gives notice that the Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Mitigated Finding of No Significant Impact for Flood Control Improvements to the Rio Grande Canalization Project from Vinton to Canutillo, El Paso County, Texas (Canutillo Phase II) is available. An environmental impact statement will not be prepared unless additional information which may affect this decision is brought to our attention within 30-days from the date of this Notice. Public Comments: USIBWC will consider substantive comments from the public and stakeholders for 30 days after the date of publication of this Notice of Availability in the Federal Register. Please note all written and email comments received during the comment period will become part of the public record, including any personal information you may provide. 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. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public disclosure in their entirety. Comments and requests for public hearings should be sent to: Elizabeth Verdecchia, Natural Resources Specialist, USIBWC, 4171 N. Mesa, C-100; El Paso, Texas 79902. Telephone: (915) 832-4701, Fax: (915) 493-2428, email: [email protected] Background: This Draft SEA analyzes the potential impacts of constructing a flood control improvement project along the Rio Grande located within a portion of the Rio Grande Canalization Project (RGCP) protective levee system in El Paso County, Texas along approximately 5.6 miles on the east bank from just north of Vinton Road Bridge, south through the Canutillo area, and downstream to Borderland Bridge. The purpose is to construct a flood control structure with the following objectives: (1) Eliminate levee deficiencies within the Vinton to Canutillo reach and provide flood protection to withstand the 100-year flood with a minimum of 2 feet freeboard; (2) Maintain the design flood capacity of the RGCP; and 3) Enable the USIBWC to obtain accreditation of levees by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In the Final Environmental Assessment on Flood Control Improvements to the Rio Grande Canalization Project, dated December 2007, the USIBWC proposed to conduct flood control improvements along approximately 52- miles of east and west levees within the RGCP. The proposed action included the construction of a new flood control structure in the Canutillo Area; however, details of the proposed structure had not been developed and were therefore not analyzed in the 2007 EA. This Draft SEA evaluates potential environmental impacts of the No Action Alternative and the Preferred Alternative. The Preferred Alternative calls for the construction of a combination of 3 miles of new earthen levees on the floodplain and 2.6 miles of concrete floodwall where limited right of way or physical space exists between the river and the railroad. The Preferred Alternative would also require the construction of a floodgate at the Canutillo Bridge, eleven drainage structures on ephemeral streams with bank stabilization (including modification of one existing drainage structure and construction of ten new drainage structures). Scour protection blankets would be required on some sections of the earthen levee that are close to the river bank. Permits would be required from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad for work within the railroad right of way. An Individual Permit would be required from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for dredge and fill of Waters of the United States, per the Clean Water Act Sections 404 and 401. Six additional alternatives were considered and evaluated in previous analyses but were either found to not meet the purpose and need or were impractical. Potential impacts on natural, cultural, and other resources were evaluated. While the Preferred Alternative does have adverse impacts to riparian vegetation, Waters of the United States, and access to the river for recreation, the USIBWC has proposed mitigation to restore over 35 acres of native riparian habitat on the floodplain. Mitigation would be part of required permits for construction. A Mitigated Finding of No Significant Impact has been prepared for the Preferred Alternative based on a review of the facts and analyses contained in the SEA.

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United States and Mexico; United States Section; Notice of 
Availability of a Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment: Flood 
Control Improvements to the Rio Grande Canalization Project From Vinton 
to Canutillo, El Paso County, Texas (Canutillo Phase II)

AGENCY: United States Section, International Boundary and Water 
Commission, United States and Mexico (USIBWC).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental 
Assessment (SEA).

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969; the Council on Environmental Quality Final 
Regulations; and the United States Section, Operational Procedures for 
Implementing Section 102 of NEPA, published in the Federal Register 
September 2, 1981, (46 FR 44083); the United States Section hereby 
gives notice that the Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment and 
Mitigated Finding of No Significant Impact for Flood Control 
Improvements to the Rio Grande Canalization Project

[[Page 25811]]

from Vinton to Canutillo, El Paso County, Texas (Canutillo Phase II) is 
available. An environmental impact statement will not be prepared 
unless additional information which may affect this decision is brought 
to our attention within 30-days from the date of this Notice.
    Public Comments: USIBWC will consider substantive comments from the 
public and stakeholders for 30 days after the date of publication of 
this Notice of Availability in the Federal Register.
    Please note all written and email comments received during the 
comment period will become part of the public record, including any 
personal information you may provide. 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. All submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, will be made available for public disclosure in their 
entirety.
    Comments and requests for public hearings should be sent to: 
Elizabeth Verdecchia, Natural Resources Specialist, USIBWC, 4171 N. 
Mesa, C-100; El Paso, Texas 79902. Telephone: (915) 832-4701, Fax: 
(915) 493-2428, email: [email protected].
    Background: This Draft SEA analyzes the potential impacts of 
constructing a flood control improvement project along the Rio Grande 
located within a portion of the Rio Grande Canalization Project (RGCP) 
protective levee system in El Paso County, Texas along approximately 
5.6 miles on the east bank from just north of Vinton Road Bridge, south 
through the Canutillo area, and downstream to Borderland Bridge.
    The purpose is to construct a flood control structure with the 
following objectives: (1) Eliminate levee deficiencies within the 
Vinton to Canutillo reach and provide flood protection to withstand the 
100-year flood with a minimum of 2 feet freeboard; (2) Maintain the 
design flood capacity of the RGCP; and 3) Enable the USIBWC to obtain 
accreditation of levees by the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA).
    In the Final Environmental Assessment on Flood Control Improvements 
to the Rio Grande Canalization Project, dated December 2007, the USIBWC 
proposed to conduct flood control improvements along approximately 52-
miles of east and west levees within the RGCP. The proposed action 
included the construction of a new flood control structure in the 
Canutillo Area; however, details of the proposed structure had not been 
developed and were therefore not analyzed in the 2007 EA.
    This Draft SEA evaluates potential environmental impacts of the No 
Action Alternative and the Preferred Alternative. The Preferred 
Alternative calls for the construction of a combination of 3 miles of 
new earthen levees on the floodplain and 2.6 miles of concrete 
floodwall where limited right of way or physical space exists between 
the river and the railroad. The Preferred Alternative would also 
require the construction of a floodgate at the Canutillo Bridge, eleven 
drainage structures on ephemeral streams with bank stabilization 
(including modification of one existing drainage structure and 
construction of ten new drainage structures). Scour protection blankets 
would be required on some sections of the earthen levee that are close 
to the river bank. Permits would be required from the Burlington 
Northern Santa Fe Railroad for work within the railroad right of way. 
An Individual Permit would be required from the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers for dredge and fill of Waters of the United States, per the 
Clean Water Act Sections 404 and 401. Six additional alternatives were 
considered and evaluated in previous analyses but were either found to 
not meet the purpose and need or were impractical.
    Potential impacts on natural, cultural, and other resources were 
evaluated. While the Preferred Alternative does have adverse impacts to 
riparian vegetation, Waters of the United States, and access to the 
river for recreation, the USIBWC has proposed mitigation to restore 
over 35 acres of native riparian habitat on the floodplain. Mitigation 
would be part of required permits for construction. A Mitigated Finding 
of No Significant Impact has been prepared for the Preferred 
Alternative based on a review of the facts and analyses contained in 
the SEA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Verdecchia, Natural 
Resources Specialist, USIBWC, 4171 N. Mesa, C-100; El Paso, Texas 
79902. Telephone: (915) 832-4701, Fax: (915) 493-2428, email: 
[email protected].
    Availability: The electronic version of the Draft SEA is available 
from the USIBWC Web page: https://www.ibwc.gov/EMD/EIS_EA_Public_Comment.html.

    Dated: May 16, 2017.
Matt Myers,
Chief Legal Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2017-11535 Filed 6-2-17; 8:45 am]
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25810 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 106 / Monday, June 5, 2017 / Notices Office, regarding human remains and The one associated funerary object is Additional Requestors and Disposition one funerary object from site CA–MOD– ‘‘some bits of cordage.’’ Lineal descendants or representatives NL4. The human remains were On December 8, 2015, the Klamath of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian confirmed to be under Reclamation, Tribes inquired about the human organization not identified in this notice Mid-Pacific Regional Office, control on remains and associated funerary object that wish to request transfer of control November 30, 2015, and the Phoebe from site CA–MOD–NL2. At that time, of these human remains and associated Hearst Museum transferred the human the human remains, consisting of a funerary objects should submit a written remains and funerary objects to skull, had been misplaced by the request with information in support of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional the request to Melanie Ryan, NAGPRA museum and had not appeared on their Office, on December 22, 2015. Specialist/Physical Anthropologist, The human remains consist of one annual inventory since the 1980s. The absence of the human remains Mid-Pacific Regional Office, Bureau of nearly complete adult female, prevented the identification of the Reclamation, MP–153, 2800 Cottage approximately 30–40 years old and a human remains as Native American. On Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone few ribs and thoracic vertebra of one December 11, 2015, the associated (916) 978–5526, email emryan@ adult, age and sex indeterminate. No funerary object was confirmed to be usbr.gov, by July 5, 2017. After that date, known individuals were identified. The under the control of the Reclamation, if no additional requestors have come two associated funerary objects are one bone tube and one bag of associated soil. Mid-Pacific Regional Office. The Phoebe forward, transfer of control of the In consultation with the Klamath Hearst Museum transferred it to human remains and associated funerary Tribes, Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional objects to the Klamath Tribes and The Regional Office, determined a close Office, on March 28, 2016. Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma may proceed. affiliation with the Modoc, a Native The U.S. Department of the Interior, Snake Island is located on the Bureau Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific American tribe who resided in northeast of Reclamation-withdrawn lands that California and southeast Oregon during, Regional Office, is responsible for were under control of Reclamation, notifying the Klamath Tribes and The and prior to, Euro-American contact. Mid-Pacific Regional Office, in 1924. There is nothing temporally diagnostic Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma that this During consultation with the Klamath notice has been published. available to directly indicate the Tribes, Snake Island was identified to be antiquity of this collection. The Tule the center of the Modoc world in a place Dated: April 21, 2017. Lake Internment Center is located in the referred to in their creation narrative. Melanie O’Brien, ancestral homelands of the Modoc The Klamath Tribes provided examples Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Indians. Modoc territory extended of creation stories that identify Snake [FR Doc. 2017–11540 Filed 6–2–17; 8:45 am] across both sides of what is now the Island as an extraordinarily sacred BILLING CODE 4312–52–P California-Oregon border immediately location for Klamath and Modoc east of the Cascades. North and west of peoples. The first stitch of the matting/ Modoc territory was the territory of the cordage was recognized by the Klamath INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND Klamath, who spoke a dialect of the Tribes as unique to the Modoc. During same language. The western shore of WATER COMMISSION consultation, the Klamath Tribes Goose Lake was shared by the Modoc provided several examples of Modoc United States and Mexico; United and the Yahooskin Paiute whose States Section; Notice of Availability of woven items that were made using the territory was to the east. The Klamath, a Draft Supplemental Environmental same technique. This weaving Modoc, and Yahooskin band of Snake Assessment: Flood Control technique is described in numerous (Northern Paiute) Indians ceded lands Improvements to the Rio Grande ethnographies. in south-central Oregon to the United Canalization Project From Vinton to States under terms of the Klamath Determinations Made by the U.S. Canutillo, El Paso County, Texas Treaty of 1864. By the terms of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of (Canutillo Phase II) treaty, all three Indian groups, who are Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional now collectively known as the Klamath Office AGENCY: United States Section, Tribes, retained a considerable portion International Boundary and Water of the Klamath homeland as a Officials of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Commission, United States and Mexico reservation. Regional Office, have determined that: (USIBWC). The amount of wear on the dentition • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the ACTION: Notice of Availability of the and the association of a bone tube human remains described in this notice Draft Supplemental Environmental indicates that the human remains are represent the physical remains of two Assessment (SEA). Native American. The associated bone individuals of Native American tube was identified through ancestry. SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) consultation as part of a Modoc bone of the National Environmental Policy whistle. The Klamath Tribes presented • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), Act of 1969; the Council on an ancient Modoc bone whistle of the the three objects described in this notice Environmental Quality Final same form and construction as CA– are reasonably believed to have been Regulations; and the United States MOD–NL4 bone tube. placed with or near individual human Section, Operational Procedures for remains at the time of death or later as asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES On June 30, 1924, human remains Implementing Section 102 of NEPA, representing, at minimum, one part of the death rite or ceremony. published in the Federal Register individual were removed from the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there September 2, 1981, (46 FR 44083); the Snake Island, Tule Lake site (CA–MOD– is a relationship of shared group United States Section hereby gives NL2) in Modoc County, CA, by Mr. Paul identity that can be reasonably traced notice that the Draft Supplemental Fair of the U.S. Forest Service. Mr. Fair between the Native American human Environmental Assessment and donated the items to the University of remains and associated funerary objects Mitigated Finding of No Significant California, Berkeley, where they were and the Klamath Tribes and The Modoc Impact for Flood Control Improvements curated by the Phoebe Hearst Museum. Tribe of Oklahoma. to the Rio Grande Canalization Project VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:31 Jun 02, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\05JNN1.SGM 05JNN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 106 / Monday, June 5, 2017 / Notices 25811 from Vinton to Canutillo, El Paso Canalization Project, dated December www.ibwc.gov/EMD/EIS_EA_Public_ County, Texas (Canutillo Phase II) is 2007, the USIBWC proposed to conduct Comment.html. available. An environmental impact flood control improvements along Dated: May 16, 2017. statement will not be prepared unless approximately 52-miles of east and west Matt Myers, additional information which may affect levees within the RGCP. The proposed Chief Legal Counsel. this decision is brought to our attention action included the construction of a within 30-days from the date of this [FR Doc. 2017–11535 Filed 6–2–17; 8:45 am] new flood control structure in the Notice. Canutillo Area; however, details of the BILLING CODE 7010–01–P Public Comments: USIBWC will proposed structure had not been consider substantive comments from the developed and were therefore not public and stakeholders for 30 days after analyzed in the 2007 EA. INTERNATIONAL TRADE the date of publication of this Notice of This Draft SEA evaluates potential COMMISSION Availability in the Federal Register. environmental impacts of the No Action Please note all written and email [Investigation No. 337–TA–945] Alternative and the Preferred comments received during the comment Alternative. The Preferred Alternative Certain Network Devices, Related period will become part of the public calls for the construction of a Software and Components Thereof (II) record, including any personal combination of 3 miles of new earthen Notice of Correction Concerning; Final information you may provide. Before levees on the floodplain and 2.6 miles Determination of Violation of Section including your address, phone number, of concrete floodwall where limited 337; Termination of Investigation; email address, or other personal right of way or physical space exists Issuance of Limited Exclusion Order identifying information in your between the river and the railroad. The and Cease and Desist Order comment, you should be aware that Preferred Alternative would also require your entire comment—including your the construction of a floodgate at the AGENCY: U.S. International Trade personal identifying information—may Canutillo Bridge, eleven drainage Commission. be made publicly available at any time. structures on ephemeral streams with ACTION: Correction. While you can ask us in your comment bank stabilization (including to withhold your personal identifying modification of one existing drainage SUMMARY: Correction is made to notice information from public review, we structure and construction of ten new 82 FR 21827–29 which was published cannot guarantee that we will be able to drainage structures). Scour protection on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, to clarify do so. All submissions from blankets would be required on some that the Commission found, inter alia, a organizations or businesses, and from sections of the earthen levee that are violation with respect to claims 1, 2, 4, individuals identifying themselves as close to the river bank. Permits would 5, 7, 8, 10, 13, 18, 56, and 64 of U.S. representatives or officials of Patent No. 7,224,668 (‘‘the ’668 patent’’). be required from the Burlington organizations or businesses, will be Any omission of claim 18 from the list Northern Santa Fe Railroad for work made available for public disclosure in of claims concerning the ’668 patent is within the railroad right of way. An their entirety. hereby corrected in the notice of Comments and requests for public Individual Permit would be required from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers termination and in the Commission hearings should be sent to: Elizabeth opinion. Verdecchia, Natural Resources for dredge and fill of Waters of the Specialist, USIBWC, 4171 N. Mesa, C– United States, per the Clean Water Act Issued: May 30, 2017. 100; El Paso, Texas 79902. Telephone: Sections 404 and 401. Six additional Lisa R. Barton, (915) 832–4701, Fax: (915) 493–2428, alternatives were considered and Secretary to the Commission. email: Elizabeth.Verdecchia@ibwc.gov. evaluated in previous analyses but were [FR Doc. 2017–11487 Filed 6–2–17; 8:45 am] Background: This Draft SEA analyzes either found to not meet the purpose BILLING CODE 7020–02–P the potential impacts of constructing a and need or were impractical. flood control improvement project along Potential impacts on natural, cultural, the Rio Grande located within a portion and other resources were evaluated. While the Preferred Alternative does DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE of the Rio Grande Canalization Project (RGCP) protective levee system in El have adverse impacts to riparian Federal Bureau of Investigation Paso County, Texas along approximately vegetation, Waters of the United States, and access to the river for recreation, the [OMB Number 1110–0046] 5.6 miles on the east bank from just north of Vinton Road Bridge, south USIBWC has proposed mitigation to restore over 35 acres of native riparian Agency Information Collection through the Canutillo area, and Activities; Proposed eCollection downstream to Borderland Bridge. habitat on the floodplain. Mitigation would be part of required permits for eComments Requested; Revision of a The purpose is to construct a flood Currently Approved Collection; control structure with the following construction. A Mitigated Finding of No Significant Impact has been prepared for Friction Ridge Cards: Arrest and objectives: (1) Eliminate levee Institution FD–249; Applicant FD–258; deficiencies within the Vinton to the Preferred Alternative based on a review of the facts and analyses Personal Identification FD–353; FBI Canutillo reach and provide flood Standard Palm Print FD–884; protection to withstand the 100-year contained in the SEA. Supplemental Finger and Palm Print asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES flood with a minimum of 2 feet FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FD–884a freeboard; (2) Maintain the design flood Elizabeth Verdecchia, Natural Resources capacity of the RGCP; and 3) Enable the Specialist, USIBWC, 4171 N. Mesa, C– AGENCY: Criminal Justice Information USIBWC to obtain accreditation of 100; El Paso, Texas 79902. Telephone: Services Division, Federal Bureau of levees by the Federal Emergency (915) 832–4701, Fax: (915) 493–2428, Investigation, Department of Justice. Management Agency (FEMA). email: Elizabeth.Verdecchia@ibwc.gov. ACTION: 60-day notice. In the Final Environmental Availability: The electronic version of Assessment on Flood Control the Draft SEA is available from the SUMMARY: Department of Justice (DOJ), Improvements to the Rio Grande USIBWC Web page: https:// Federal Bureau of Investigation, VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:31 Jun 02, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\05JNN1.SGM 05JNN1


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