82_FR_42720 82 FR 42547 - Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Combined Operational Plan, Broward, Miami-Dade Counties, Florida

82 FR 42547 - Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Combined Operational Plan, Broward, Miami-Dade Counties, Florida

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 173 (September 8, 2017)

Page Range42547-42548
FR Document2017-19065

The Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is beginning preparation of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) assessment for the Combined Operational Plan (COP). The purpose of the COP is to define operations for the constructed features of the Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park (MWD) and Canal 111 (C-111) South Dade Projects, while maintaining the congressionally authorized purposes of the Central and Southern Florida (C&SF) Project to include flood control; water supply for agricultural irrigation, municipalities and industry; regional groundwater control and prevention of saltwater intrusion; enhancement of fish and wildlife; and recreation.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 173 (Friday, September 8, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 173 (Friday, September 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19065]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers


Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the 
Combined Operational Plan, Broward, Miami-Dade Counties, Florida

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

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SUMMARY: The Jacksonville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
(Corps) is beginning preparation of a National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA) assessment for the Combined Operational Plan (COP). The purpose 
of the COP is to define operations for the constructed features of the 
Modified Water Deliveries to Everglades National Park (MWD) and Canal 
111 (C-111) South Dade Projects, while maintaining the congressionally 
authorized purposes of the Central and Southern Florida (C&SF) Project 
to include flood control; water supply for agricultural irrigation, 
municipalities and industry; regional groundwater control and 
prevention of saltwater intrusion; enhancement of fish and wildlife; 
and recreation.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Planning and Policy Division, 
Environmental Branch, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, FL 32232-0019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Nasuti at 904-232-1368 or 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    a. The COP will result in a comprehensive integrated water control 
plan for the operation of water management infrastructure associated 
with the MWD and C-111 South Dade Projects in Miami Dade County, 
Florida. Development of the COP will be informed by a series of 
operational field tests previously conducted under the authority of the 
MWD Project that include incremental increases in water delivered from 
Water Conservation Area 3 (WCA 3) to Everglades National Park (ENP). 
Information gained from water management actions taken by the Corps in 
response to unseasonable high water levels within the WCAs in 2016 and 
2017 will also be utilized to inform development of the COP.
    b. Implementation of the COP is anticipated to increase the 
availability of water deliveries from WCA 3A to ENP through Northeast 
Shark River Slough and improve hydrologic conditions in Taylor Slough, 
the Rocky Glades, and the eastern panhandle of ENP.

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    c. Water management operating criteria defined during development 
of the COP will be incorporated into the 2012 WCAs, ENP, and ENP to 
South Dade Conveyance system Water Control Plan following completion of 
NEPA.
    d. A scoping letter will be used to invite comments from Federal, 
State, and local agencies, affected Indian tribes, and other interested 
private organizations and individuals.
    e. All alternative plans will be reviewed under provisions of 
appropriate laws and regulations, including the Endangered Species Act, 
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, Clean Water Act, and Farmland 
Protection Policy Act.
    f. The Draft Environmental Impact Assessment is expected to be 
available for public review in 2019.

    Dated: August 22, 2017.
Gina Paduano Ralph,
Chief, Environmental Branch.
[FR Doc. 2017-19065 Filed 9-7-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 173 / Friday, September 8, 2017 / Notices 42547 production by the nonprofit agencies 8410–01–414–7233—Shirt, Tuck-in, Army, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE listed: Women’s, Short Sleeved, Green, 26 Regula Department of the Army, Corps of Products Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Middle Engineers NSN(s)—Product Name(s): Georgia Diversified Industries, Inc., 8920–01–E62–5585—Rice, Brown, Dublin, GA Intent To Prepare an Environmental Parboiled, Long Grain, CS/Four (4) Five Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics Impact Statement for the Combined (5) Pound Bags Operational Plan, Broward, Miami- Agency Troop Support 8920–01–E62–5586—Rice, Brown, NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 1670–00–805– Dade Counties, Florida Parboiled, Long Grain, CS/Two (2) Ten (10) Pound Bags 3522—Strap Set, Webbin AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Mandatory for: 100% of the requirement of Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Huntsville Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. the Department of Defense Rehabilitation Foundation, Huntsville, ACTION: Notice of intent. Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: VisionCorps, AL Lancaster, PA Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics SUMMARY: The Jacksonville District, U.S. Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is Agency Troop Support Distribution: C-List NSN(s)—Product Name(s): beginning preparation of a National 8465–00–001–6487—Belt, Individual Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 5940–01–089–7066—Adapter, Battery Equipment, Olive Drab, Larg assessment for the Combined 8465–00–001–6488—Belt, Individual Operational Plan (COP). The purpose of Terminal, Negative Post, E 5940–01–520–6775—Adapter, Battery Equipment, LC–1, Olive Drab, Mediu the COP is to define operations for the Terminal, Positive Post, E 8465–01–120–0674—Belt, Individual constructed features of the Modified Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Eastern Equipment, USN/USA, LC–2, Olive Water Deliveries to Everglades National Carolina Vocational Center, Inc., Drab, Mediu Park (MWD) and Canal 111 (C–111) Greenville, NC 8465–01–120–0675—Belt, Individual South Dade Projects, while maintaining Mandatory for: 100% of the requirement of Equipment, Olive Drab, Larg the congressionally authorized purposes the Department of Defense Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Mississippi of the Central and Southern Florida Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics Industries for the Blind, Jackson, MS (C&SF) Project to include flood control; Agency Land and Maritime Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics Distribution: C-List water supply for agricultural irrigation, Agency Troop Support municipalities and industry; regional Deletion Service groundwater control and prevention of The following products and services Service Type: Grounds Maintenance Servic saltwater intrusion; enhancement of fish are proposed for deletion from the Mandatory for: Pennington Memorial U.S. and wildlife; and recreation. Procurement List Army Reserve Center: 2164 Harding ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Highway East, Marion, OH Engineers, Planning and Policy Product Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: MARCA Division, Environmental Branch, P.O. NSN(s)—Product Name(s): 2910–00–740– Industries, Inc., Marion, OH Box 4970, Jacksonville, FL 32232–0019. 9419—Strap, Fuel Tan Contracting Activity: Dept of the Army, Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Employment FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: W6QM MICC Ft McCoy (RC) Melissa Nasuti at 904–232–1368 or Source, Inc., Fayetteville, NC Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics Service Type: Mail and Messenger Servic email at melissa.a.nasuti@ Agency Land and Maritime Mandatory for: Headquarters, Naval Facilities usace.army.mil. Engineering Command NSN(s)—Product Name(s): SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (NAVFACENGCOM), Washington, DC 8410–01–414–6979—Shirt, Tuck-in, Army, a. The COP will result in a Women’s, Short Sleeved, Green, 4 Regula Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: ServiceSource, Inc., Oakton, VA comprehensive integrated water control 8410–01–414–6980—Shirt, Tuck-in, Army, plan for the operation of water Women’s, Short Sleeved, Green, 6 Regula Contracting Activity: Dept of the Navy, U.S. 8410–01–414–6981—Shirt, Tuck-in, Army, Fleet Forces Command management infrastructure associated Women’s, Short Sleeved, Green, 8 Regula Service Type: Mailroom Operation Service with the MWD and C–111 South Dade 8410–01–414–7023—Shirt, Tuck-in, Army, Mandatory for: Food and Drug Projects in Miami Dade County, Florida. Women’s, Short Sleeved, Green, 10 Administration, 5100 Paint Branch Development of the COP will be Regula Parkway, College Park, MD informed by a series of operational field 8410–01–414–7105—Shirt, Tuck-in, Army, Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: Linden tests previously conducted under the Women’s, Short Sleeved, Green, 12 Resources, Inc., Arlington, VA authority of the MWD Project that Regula include incremental increases in water Contracting Activity: Dept of Health And 8410–01–414–7113—Shirt, Tuck-in, Army, delivered from Water Conservation Area Women’s, Short Sleeved, Green, 14 Human Services/Food and Drug Regula Administration 3 (WCA 3) to Everglades National Park 8410–01–414–7116—Shirt, Tuck-in, Army, Service Type: Mess Attendant Servic (ENP). Information gained from water Women’s, Short Sleeved, Green, 16 Mandatory for: Willow Grove Naval Air management actions taken by the Corps Regula Station Joint Reserve Base: Liberty in response to unseasonable high water 8410–01–414–7118—Shirt, Tuck-in, Army, Dining Hall, Horsham, PA levels within the WCAs in 2016 and Women’s, Short Sleeved, Green, 18 Mandatory Source(s) of Supply: 2017 will also be utilized to inform Regula Occupational Training Center of development of the COP. 8410–01–414–7120—Shirt, Tuck-in, Army, b. Implementation of the COP is sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Burlington County, Burlington, NJ Women’s, Short Sleeved, Green, 20 Contracting Activity: Dept of tThe Navy, U.S. anticipated to increase the availability Regula of water deliveries from WCA 3A to Fleet Forces Command 8410–01–414–7186—Shirt, Tuck-in, Army, Women’s, Short Sleeved, Green, 22 ENP through Northeast Shark River Amy B. Jensen, Regula Slough and improve hydrologic Director, Business Operations. conditions in Taylor Slough, the Rocky 8410–01–414–7232—Shirt, Tuck-in, Army, Women’s, Short Sleeved, Green, 24 [FR Doc. 2017–19082 Filed 9–7–17; 8:45 am] Glades, and the eastern panhandle of Regula BILLING CODE 6353–01–P ENP. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:18 Sep 07, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM 08SEN1

42548 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 173 / Friday, September 8, 2017 / Notices c. Water management operating (RCW), the Washington State navigation. The Corps’ policy requires criteria defined during development of Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). The all federally maintained navigation the COP will be incorporated into the Washington Sponsor Ports will be co- projects to demonstrate that there is 2012 WCAs, ENP, and ENP to South lead agencies under SEPA, and the Port sufficient dredged material placement Dade Conveyance system Water Control of Longview will serve as the nominal capacity for a minimum of 20 years. An Plan following completion of NEPA. SEPA lead agency for purposes of SEPA updated Plan for the Lower Columbia d. A scoping letter will be used to compliance. To satisfy the requirements River FNC is needed now because the invite comments from Federal, State, of NEPA and SEPA, the Corps and existing dredged material placement and local agencies, affected Indian Sponsor Ports will be jointly preparing network is nearing capacity and, if tribes, and other interested private an integrated EIS for the Plan. insufficient capacity exists, navigation organizations and individuals. DATES: Written comments for maintenance dredging may be e. All alternative plans will be consideration in the development of the negatively affected. Non-federal project reviewed under provisions of scope of the joint NEPA/SEPA EIS are sponsors for the Lower Columbia River appropriate laws and regulations, due to the addresses below no later than FNC include the Port of Portland including the Endangered Species Act, Thursday, November 16, 2017. individually and as representative of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, Comments may also be made at the Port of St. Helens in Oregon, and the Clean Water Act, and Farmland public scoping meetings listed in this Port of Longview, the Port of Kalama, Protection Policy Act. notice. Additional information related the Port of Woodland, and the Port of f. The Draft Environmental Impact to the public scoping process will be Vancouver in Washington. These ports Assessment is expected to be available provided through advertisements placed are stakeholders in the channel depth for public review in 2019. in regional newspapers of general maintenance of the Columbia River. Dated: August 22, 2017. circulation, Public Notice, and on the Maintenance of the channel depth is Gina Paduano Ralph, project Web site at necessary for the ports’ and other Chief, Environmental Branch. www.nwp.usace.army.mil/lcrchannel channel users’ continued industrial maintenance. economic development and trade [FR Doc. 2017–19065 Filed 9–7–17; 8:45 am] ADDRESSES: Mailed comments may be promotion. In 2015, the Lower BILLING CODE 3720–58–P sent to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Columbia River FNC was used to Portland District, P.O. Box 2946, Attn: transport nearly 55 million tons of cargo DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CENWP–PM–E, Portland, Oregon valued at $22 billion. Vessels drafting 97208–2946. Email comments to: the full authorized channel depth of 43 Department of the Army, U.S. Army ColumbiaNavChannel@usace.army.mil. feet carried approximately 11 million Corps of Engineers All written comments and materials tons of export shipments worth nearly received, including names and $3 billion in 2015. Tonnage amounts Notice of Intent To Prepare an addresses, will become part of the refer to Corps Waterborne Commerce Integrated Environmental Impact administrative record and may be Statistics Center (WCSC) data for the Statement for the Lower Columbia released to the public. Columbia & Lower Willamette Rivers River Federal Navigation Channel FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For below Vancouver, WA, and Portland, Maintenance Plan questions regarding the Plan, the EIS, or OR, Waterway as processed by the AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. special accommodations for scoping Corps Channel Portfolio Tool (CPT). Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. process participation, please contact Cargo values are estimated by the CPT Kate Wells, Environmental Resources based on the WCSC tonnage amounts ACTION: Notice of intent. Specialist; Attn: CENWP–PM–E, P.O. multiplied by national average SUMMARY: The Portland District, U.S. Box 2946, Portland, Oregon 97208– commodity unit price ($ per ton) data Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) 2946; (503) 808–4664; derived from USA Trade Online intends to prepare an integrated ColumbiaNavChannel@usace.army.mil. (https://usatrade.census.gov/). Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed Project. The Corps will and Federal Navigation Channel (FNC) Project Background. The Lower develop the subject Plan in accordance Maintenance Plan, hereafter referred to Columbia River FNC project includes a with the procedures for a dredged as the Plan. The purpose of this Plan is main channel that is 43 feet deep and material management plan in to ensure the continued maintenance of generally 600 feet wide, and extends Engineering Regulation 1105–2–100, the 43-foot deep Lower Columbia River upstream of the Mouth of Columbia which governs Corps project FNC for the next 20 years. The Port of River, River Mile (RM) 3 to Vancouver, formulation, evaluation, and Longview, Port of Kalama, Port of WA, RM 105.5. The FNC also extends implementation. As a dredged material Woodland, Port of Vancouver, and the into lower Oregon Slough and includes management plan, it will ensure Port of Portland (collectively the vessel turning basins at Astoria in warranted and environmentally Sponsor Ports) are non-federal sponsors Oregon and Longview, Kalama, and acceptable maintenance of the 43-foot of the project, who will have Oregon Vancouver in Washington. The FNC is Lower Columbia River FNC for the next and Washington State permitting maintained using a combination of 20 years. Specifically, the Plan will be requirements to execute on the Plan. dredging and hydraulic control works designed to facilitate efficient The Corps will serve as the lead federal (pile dikes). Advanced maintenance management of dredged material, agency for purposes of the National dredging is currently approved up to 5 accounting for variability of shoaling sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The feet below authorized depth (¥48 feet) processes, to provide a reliable channel Sponsor Ports will serve as cooperating and up to 100 feet outside the for deep-draft navigation. The Plan will agencies for purposes of NEPA. The authorized channel width. For the past describe the results of investigations Washington ports’ activities in support several years, dredging 6 to 8 million and analyses used to make of the proposed project will be subject cubic yards of localized sand shoals has determinations as to current and to environmental review under chapter been required annually to provide forecasted dredging needs and material 43.21C Revised Code of Washington reliable service for deep-draft placement capacity, potential additional VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:18 Sep 07, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM 08SEN1


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Document Modified: 2018-10-24 14:09:03
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of intent.
ContactMelissa Nasuti at 904-232-1368 or email at [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 42547 
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