83 FR 11509 - Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Holden Beach East End Shore Protection Project With Installation of a Terminal Groin Structure at the Eastern End of Holden Beach, Extending Into the Atlantic Ocean, West of Lockwoods Folly Inlet (Brunswick County, NC)

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 51 (March 15, 2018)

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), 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 the Town of Holden Beach to install a terminal groin structure on the east end of Holden Beach, extending into the Atlantic Ocean, just west of Lockwoods Folly Inlet.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) for the Holden Beach East End Shore Protection Project
With Installation of a Terminal Groin Structure at the Eastern End of
Holden Beach, Extending Into the Atlantic Ocean, West of Lockwoods
Folly Inlet (Brunswick County, NC)

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

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), 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 the
Town of Holden Beach to install a terminal groin structure on the east
end of Holden Beach, extending into the Atlantic Ocean, just west of
Lockwoods Folly Inlet.

DATES: Written comments on the FEIS will be received until 7 p.m.,
April 16, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and questions regarding the FEIS may be
submitted to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Wilmington
District, Regulatory Division, c/o Mr. Mickey Sugg. ATTN: File Number
SAW-2011-01914, 69 Darlington Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28403.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the proposed action
and FEIS can be directed to Mr. Mickey Sugg, Wilmington Regulatory
Field Office, telephone: (910) 251-4811 or
mickey.t.sugg@usace.army.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Project Description. The Town of Holden Beach is seeking Federal
and State authorization for construction of a terminal groin, and
associated beach fillet with required long-term maintenance, to be
located at the eastern end of Holden Beach. The proposed terminal groin
and beach fillet is the Town's Applicant Preferred alternative
(Alternative 6--Intermediate Terminal Groin and Beach Nourishment) of
six alternatives considered in this document. Under the Applicant's
preferred alternative, the main stem of the terminal groin would
include a 700-foot long segment extending seaward from the toe of the
primary dune and a 300-foot anchor segment extending landward from the
toe of the primary dune. The groin would also include a 120-ft-long
shore-parallel T-Head segment centered on the seaward terminus of the
main stem designed to prevent flanking. This is expected to have more
of a stabilizing effect on the shoreline and minimize formation of
potential offshore rip currents and sand losses during extreme wave
conditions.
The seaward section of the groin would be constructed with loosely
placed 4- to 5-ft-diameter granite armor stone to facilitate the
movement of sand past the structure, and would have a crest width of ~5
ft and a base width of ~40 ft, while the underlying geo-textile base
layer would have a slightly greater width of ~45 ft. The shore
anchorage segment would be entirely buried at the completion of groin
construction and would remain buried so long as the position of the MHW
line remains seaward of the initial post-construction primary dune
line. The intermediate groin would be designed to be a relatively low-
profile structure to maximize sand overpassing and to minimize impacts
to beach recreation and aesthetics.
The proposed terminal groin is one of four such structures approved
by the General Assembly to be constructed in North Carolina following
passing of Senate Bill (SB) 110. The USACE determined that there is
sufficient information to conclude that the project would result in
significant adverse impact on the human environment, and has prepared a
FEIS pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to
evaluate the environmental effects of the alternatives considering the
project's purpose and need. The purpose and need of the proposed Holden
Beach East End Shore Protection Project is to provide shoreline
protection that would mitigate ongoing chronic erosion on the eastern
portion on the Town's oceanfront shoreline so as to preserve the
integrity of its public infrastructure, provide protection to existing
development, and ensure the continued public use of the oceanfront
beach along this area.
2. Issues. There are several potential environmental and public
interest issues that are addressed in the FEIS. Public interest issues
include, but are not limited to, the following: public safety,
aesthetics, recreation, navigation, infrastructure, economics, and
noise pollution. Additional issues may be identified during the public
review process. Issues initially identified as potentially significant
include:
a. Potential impacts to marine biological resources (burial of
benthic organisms, passageway for fish and other marine life) and
Essential Fish Habitat.
b. Potential impacts to threatened and endangered marine mammals,
reptiles, birds, fish, and plants.
c. Potential for effects/changes to Holden Beach, Oak Island,
Lockwoods Folly inlet, and the AIWW respectively.
d. Potential impacts to navigation.
e. Potential effects on federal navigation maintenance regimes,
including the Federal project.
f. Potential effects of shoreline protection.
g. Potential impacts on public health and safety.
h. Potential impacts to recreational and commercial fishing.
i. Potential impacts to cultural resources.
j. Potential impacts to future dredging and nourishment activities.
3. Alternatives. Six alternatives are being considered for the
proposed project. These alternatives, including the No Action
alternative, were further formulated and developed during the scoping
process and are considered in the FEIS. A summary of alternatives under
consideration are provided below:
a. Alternative 1--No Action (Continue Current Management
Practices);
b. Alternative 2--Abandon and Retreat;
c. Alternative 3--Beach Nourishment Only;
d. Alternative 4--Inlet Management and Beach Nourishment;
e. Alternative 5--Short Terminal Groin with Beach Nourishment;
f. Alternative 6--Intermediate Terminal Groin with Beach
Nourishment/Applicants Preferred Alternative.
4. Scoping Process. Project Review Team meetings were held to
receive comments and assess concerns regarding the appropriate scope
and preparation of the FEIS. Federal, state, and local agencies and
other interested organizations and persons participated in these
Project Review Team meetings.
The Corps has initiated consultation with the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service pursuant to the Endangered Species Act and the
Fish and Wildlife

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Coordination Act. The Corps has also initiated consultation with the
National Marine Fisheries Service pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Act
and Endangered Species Act. The Corps has coordinated with the State
Department of Cultural Resources pursuant to Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act.
Potential water quality concerns will be addressed pursuant to
Section 401 of the Clean Water Act through coordination with the North
Carolina Divisions of Coastal Management (DCM) and Water Resources
(DWR). This coordination will ensure consistency with the Coastal Zone
Management Act and project compliance with water quality standards. The
Corps has coordinated closely with DCM in the development of the FEIS
to ensure the process complies with State Environmental Policy Act
(SEPA) requirements, as well as the NEPA requirements. The FEIS has
been designed to consolidate both NEPA and SEPA processes to eliminate
duplications.
5. Availability of the FEIS. The FEIS has been published and
circulated. The FEIS for the proposal can be found at the following
link: http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/RegulatoryPermitProgram/MajorProjects under Holden Beach Terminal Groin--Corps ID # SAW-2011-
01914.

Dated: March 8, 2018.
Scott McLendon,
Chief, Regulatory Division.
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Coordination Act. The Corps has also 2018–ICCD–0001. Comments submitted Total Estimated Number of Annual
initiated consultation with the National in response to this notice should be Burden Hours: 3,202.
Marine Fisheries Service pursuant to the submitted electronically through the Abstract: This package requests
Magnuson-Stevens Act and Endangered Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// clearance for data collection activities to
Species Act. The Corps has coordinated www.regulations.gov by selecting the support an evaluation of
with the State Department of Cultural Docket ID number or via postal mail, departmentalized instruction in
Resources pursuant to Section 106 of commercial delivery, or hand delivery. elementary schools. This evaluation is
the National Historic Preservation Act. Please note that comments submitted by authorized by Title VII Section 8601 of
Potential water quality concerns will fax or email and those submitted after the Elementary and Secondary
be addressed pursuant to Section 401 of the comment period will not be Education Act, as amended most
the Clean Water Act through accepted. Written requests for recently in 2015 by the Every Student
coordination with the North Carolina information or comments submitted by Succeeds Act (ESSA). ESSA gives states
Divisions of Coastal Management (DCM) postal mail or delivery should be considerable flexibility in designing
and Water Resources (DWR). This addressed to the Director of the systems to hold their schools
coordination will ensure consistency Information Collection Clearance accountable for improving student
with the Coastal Zone Management Act Division, U.S. Department of Education, achievement. This flexibility extends to
and project compliance with water 400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ, Room the types of strategies that states
quality standards. The Corps has 216–32, Washington, DC 20202–4537. encourage or require their low-
coordinated closely with DCM in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
performing schools to adopt. However,
development of the FEIS to ensure the specific questions related to collection many strategies in use have little to no
process complies with State activities, please contact Thomas Wei, evidence of effectiveness. More research
Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) is needed to help states identify
202–341–0626.
requirements, as well as the NEPA strategies that are likely to help their
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The low-performing schools improve.
requirements. The FEIS has been Department of Education (ED), in
designed to consolidate both NEPA and One potential strategy that has
accordance with the Paperwork recently become more popular in upper
SEPA processes to eliminate Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
duplications. elementary school grades is to
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general departmentalize instruction, where each
5. Availability of the FEIS. The FEIS public and Federal agencies with an
has been published and circulated. The teacher specializes in teaching one
opportunity to comment on proposed, subject to multiple classes of students
FEIS for the proposal can be found at revised, and continuing collections of
the following link: http:// instead of teaching all subjects to a
information. This helps the Department single class of students (self-contained
www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/ assess the impact of its information instruction). However, virtually no
RegulatoryPermitProgram/MajorProjects collection requirements and minimize evidence exists on its effectiveness
under Holden Beach Terminal Groin— the public’s reporting burden. It also relative to the more traditional self-
Corps ID # SAW–2011–01914. helps the public understand the contained approach. This evaluation
Dated: March 8, 2018. Department’s information collection will help to fill the gap by examining
Scott McLendon, requirements and provide the requested whether departmentalizing fourth and
Chief, Regulatory Division. data in the desired format. ED is fifth grade teachers improves teacher
[FR Doc. 2018–05244 Filed 3–14–18; 8:45 am] soliciting comments on the proposed and student outcomes. The evaluation
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information collection request (ICR) that will focus on math and reading, with an
is described below. The Department of emphasis on low-performing schools
Education is especially interested in that serve a high percentage of
public comment addressing the disadvantaged students.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION following issues: (1) Is this collection The evaluation will include
[Docket No.: ED–2018–ICCD–0001] necessary to the proper functions of the implementation and impact analyses.
Department; (2) will this information be The implementation analysis will
Agency Information Collection processed and used in a timely manner; describe schools’ approaches to
Activities; Submission to the Office of (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; departmentalization and benefits and
Management and Budget for Review (4) how might the Department enhance challenges encountered. The analysis
and Approval; Comment Request; the quality, utility, and clarity of the will be based on information from
Impact Evaluation of Departmentalized information to be collected; and (5) how schools’ study agreement form; meetings
Instruction in Elementary Schools might the Department minimize the to design each school’s approach to
burden of this collection on the departmentalization; monitoring and
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences support calls with schools; a principal
respondents, including through the use
(IES), Department of Education (ED). interview; and a teacher survey. The
of information technology. Please note
ACTION: Notice. that written comments received in impact analysis will draw on data from
response to this notice will be a teacher survey, videos of classroom
SUMMARY: In accordance with the instruction, a principal interview, and
considered public records.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is district administrative records to
Title of Collection: Impact Evaluation
proposing a new information collection. estimate the impact of departmentalized
of Departmentalized Instruction in
DATES: Interested persons are invited to instruction on various outcomes. The
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Elementary Schools.
submit comments on or before May 14, OMB Control Number: 1850—NEW. outcomes include the quality of
2018. Type of Review: A new information instruction and student-teacher
ADDRESSES: To access and review all the collection. relationships, teacher satisfaction and
documents related to the information Respondents/Affected Public: retention, and student achievement and
collection listed in this notice, please Individuals or Households. behavior. These various data collection
use http://www.regulations.gov by Total Estimated Number of Annual activities will be carried out between
searching the Docket ID number ED– Responses: 8,531. spring 2018 and fall 2020, although

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of availability.
Dates		Written comments on the FEIS will be received until 7 p.m., April 16, 2018.
Contact		Questions about the proposed action and FEIS can be directed to Mr. Mickey Sugg, Wilmington Regulatory Field Office, telephone: (910) 251-4811 or [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 11509

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