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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Availability of the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (FEIS) for the 

Relocation of New River Inlet Ebb Tide 

Channel Between North Topsail Beach 

and Onslow Beach, and the Placement 

of the Dredged Material Along the 

Ocean Shoreline of North Topsail 

Beach in Onslow County, NC 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) 

Wilmington District, Wilmington 

Regulatory Field Office announces the 

availability of a Regulatory Program 

Final EIS for the North Topsail Beach 

Shoreline Protection Project. The 

applicant, The Town of North Topsail 

Beach, is requesting Department of the 

Army authorization, pursuant to Section 

404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 

10 of the Rivers and Harbor Act, to 

protect residential homes and town 

infrastructures by nourishing 

approximately 11.1 miles of beachfront 

via repositioning the New River Inlet 

channel, implementing an inlet 

management plan to control the 

positioning of the new inlet channel, 

and utilizing an offshore borrow area. 

The new channel will be centrally 

located and the proposal will be to 

maintain that position, which 

essentially will be located 

perpendicular to the adjacent shorelines 

of North Topsail Beach and Onslow 

Beach. The proposed sources of the 

material for the beach nourishment will 

come from the repositioning of the inlet 

and an identified offshore borrow area. 

The projected amount of material 

needed to initially nourish the 

oceanfront shoreline is approximately 

3.11 million cubic yards. The placement 

of beach fill along the Town’s shoreline 

would result in the initial widening of 

the beach by 50 to 100 feet. The 

widened beach would be maintained 

through a program of periodic beach 

nourishment events with the material 

extracted from the maintenance of the 

newly relocated channel. All work will 

be accomplished using a hydraulic 

cutterhead dredge. The proposed project 

construction will be conducted in a five 

phase approach to correspond with the 

Town’s anticipated annual generation of 

funds. 

The ocean shoreline of the Town of 

North Topsail Beach encompasses 

approximately 11.1 miles along the 

northern end of Topsail Island. Of the 

11.1 miles, approximately 7.25-miles of 

the shoreline in the project area, with 

the exception of two small areas, is 

located within the Coastal Barrier 

Resource System (CBRS), which 

prohibits the expenditure of Federal 

funds that would encourage 

development. 

The channel through New River Inlet 

has been maintained by the COE for 

commercial and recreational boating 

interest for over 55 years. The COE is 

authorized to maintain the channel in 

the inlet to a depth of 6 feet mean low 

water (mlw) over a width of 90 feet, 

following the channel thalweg. 

DATES: The Public commenting period 

on the FEIS will end on March 1, 2010. 

Written comments must be received at 

the address listed below no later than 5 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and 

questions regarding the FEIS may be 

addressed to: U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Wilmington District, 

Regulatory Division, ATTN: File 

Number 2005–0344, 69 Darlington 

Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28403. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and the FEIS can be directed to Mr. 

Mickey Sugg, Wilmington Regulatory 

Field Office, telephone: (910) 251–4811, 

facsimile (910) 251–4025, or e-mail at 

mickey.t.sugg@saw02.usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Town 

of North Topsail Beach, located along 

the north-northeast 11.1 miles of 

Topsail Island in North Carolina, is 

proposing to nourish the oceanfront 

shoreline and reposition New River 

Inlet channel as a means to address a 

severe erosion problem in order to 

preserve the Town’s tax base, protect its 

infrastructure, and maintain its tourist 

oriented economy. The entire stretch of 

the Town’s shoreline has experienced a 

considerable amount of erosion over the 

last 20 years due primarily to the impact 

of numerous tropical storms and 

hurricanes during the mid to late 1990’s 

and due to impacts of the uncontrolled 

movement of the main ebb channel in 

New River Inlet. The Town has stated 

that the shoreline erosion and residual 

effects of the storms have left North 

Topsail Beach in an extremely 

vulnerable position with regard to its 

ocean front development and 

infrastructure. They have estimated that 

over $250 million in property tax value 

as well as roads, water and sewer lines, 

and other utilities are at risk. The stated 

overall goals and objectives of the 

project are the following: (1) Long-term 

stabilization of the oceanfront shoreline 

located immediately south of New River 

Inlet, (2) Provide short-term protection 

to the 31 imminently threatened 

residential structures over the next zero 

to five years, (3) Provide long-term 

protection to Town infrastructure and 

approximately 1,200 homes, (4) Reduce 

or mitigate for property damage 

associated with shoreline erosion along 

11.1 miles of oceanfront shoreline of 

North Topsail Beach, (5) Improve 

recreational opportunities along the 

Town’s oceanfront shoreline, (6) Ensure 

material utilized for shore protection is 

beach compatible, (7) Maintain the 

Town’s tax base by protecting existing 

development and infrastructure on the 

oceanfront shoreline of North Topsail 

Beach, and (8) Balance the needs of the 

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avoiding negative effects to natural 

resources. 

The project is divided into three 

sections; North, Central, and South. The 

North Section starts from the inlet 

shoulder and runs approximately 21,000 

linear feet along the ocean shoreline. 

The Central Section is located both 

north and south of NC Hwy 210/55 

Bridge and is approximately 16,500 

linear feet, while the South Section, 

which is outside of the CBRS 

designation, includes approximately 

20,320 linear feet of shoreline. The 

Town is proposing to undertake the 

nourishment along the 11.1 miles of 

oceanfront in a five phase approach 

within a dredging window between 

November 16 and March 31 of any year. 

The first phase will include the 

relocation of the inlet channel with the 

dredged material being used to nourish 

approximately 9,000 linear feet of 

shoreline in the North Section. 

Construction timeline for Phase One 

will be within the 2010–2011 dredging 

window. Phase Two would take place 

during the 2012–2013 dredging window 

using the offshore borrow source, and 

will nourish approximately 10,120 

linear feet in the North Section. The 

third phase will include an inlet 

channel maintenance event and the use 

of the offshore borrow material to place 

material along approximately 11,500 

linear feet within the southern part of 

the Central Section. This phase is 

proposed during the 2014–2015 

dredging window. For Phase Four, 

offshore material will be used to nourish 

6,880 linear feet of shoreline in the 

north part of the Central Section and 

part of the southern tip of the North 

Section. This construction will take 

place in the 2016–2017 dredging 

window. The final phase of 

nourishment will encompass the entire 

South Section, using the offshore 

borrow site and material from an inlet 

channel maintenance event, and will be 

conducted in the 2018–2019 dredging 

window. 

Within the Town’s preferred 

alternative, the relocation of the inlet 

channel is a main component in the 

protection of the North Section of the 

project area. The inlet management plan 

includes the repositioning the main 

ocean bar channel to a more southerly 

alignment along an approximate 150 

degree azimuth and maintaining that 

position and alignment approximately 

every four years. Maintenance events 

will be initiated only when established 

thresholds have been triggered. These 

maintenance thresholds include the 

shoaling of 85% of the new channel 

and/or when the thalweg migrates 

outside of the constructed 500-foot wide 

corridor. Initial construction of the new 

channel and subsequent maintenance 

events will result in a channel width of 

500 feet at ¥18 foot NAVD depth. The 

new channel will start within the inlet 

gorge and will extend approximately 

3,500 linear feet southeast breaching 

through the ocean bar. The amount of 

material to be extracted during the 

realignment of the channel is 

approximately 635,800 cubic yards. The 

composite mean grain size of the 

dredged material is approximately 

0.32mm, compared to the native beach 

material at 0.23mm. During additional 

investigations, it was discovered that an 

estimated 91,400 cubic yards of the total 

extracted material is not beach 

compatible, consisting of clay and shell. 

This incompatible material will be 

relocated during the dredging operation 

to an existing dredge disposal island 

located at the intersection of the New 

River and the Atlantic Intracoastal 

Waterway, approximately 3.0 miles 

north of the project site. 

To supplement the initial beach 

nourishment construction, material will 

be dredged from an offshore borrow 

area. The borrow area is located directly 

off of the Central Section, and just 

southwest of the NC Highway 210 

bridge. Due to the presence of nearby 

hardbottom areas, the site is irregularly 

shaped, with its closest point to the 

shoreline at approximately 0.4 miles 

and its furthest offshore point at 1.6 

miles. The site is approximately 482 

acres in size and is divided into 16 cuts 

to separate coarse and fine materials. 

The division of the borrow site into 

coarser and finer materials resulted in 

the use of the Point of Intercept Concept 

or ‘‘perched beached’’ for the placement 

of material in areas where nearshore 

hard bottom communities were present. 

For nourishment in areas within close 

proximity to nearshore hard bottoms, 

the beach profiles were designed to use 

coarser material in order to reduce the 

fill toe of equilibrium. 

The FEIS examines potential impacts 

to Essential Fish Habitat (EFH), 

Threatened and Endangered Species, 

and includes a comprehensive 

mitigation and monitoring plan and the 

implementation of specific design 

measures to minimize potential impacts 

and to evaluate unforeseen effects of the 

projects. Several components in the 

plan include incorporating the Point of 

Intercept design to reduce the 

equilibrium beach profile for areas 

where hardbottom habitats are in close 

proximity of the shoreline, 

incorporation of a monitoring plan to 

verify the Point of Intercept design to 

ensure its effectiveness, compliance to 

North Carolina Sediment Criteria Rule 

for sand compatibility, winter 

construction period to occur during 

lower biological activities and to avoid 

nesting turtle season, use of hydraulic 

cutterhead dredge and selected pipeline 

corridors (which will be GPS) to avoid 

impacts to hardbottom features, 

monitoring protocol during the 

placement of dredge material onto the 

beach to comply with sand 

compatibility requirements, 

implementation of a bird and sea turtle 

monitoring plan, funding of a research 

initiative for infaunal communities 

conducted by Carteret County 

Community College, implementation of 

an aerial habitat mapping effort for New 

River Inlet to survey any short- and 

long-term effects, and the execution of 

a hardbottom monitoring plan which 

consists of a geophysical survey using 

sidescan sonar, underwater 

investigations that includes habitat 

characterization and documentation, 

and sediment monitoring. 

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 Draft EIS. 

The applicant’s preferred alternative is 

to relocate the main ocean bar channel 

to a southerly alignment, implement an 

inlet management plan, nourish 

approximately 11.1 miles of ocean 

shoreline, and to construct the work in 

a five phase approach. 

The COE has initiated consultation 

with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

under the Endangered Species Act and 

the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 

and with the National Marine Fisheries 

Service under the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act and Endangered Species Act. 

Additionally, the EIS 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 the 

projects consistency with the Coastal 

Zone Management Act. The COE has 

coordinated closely with DCM in the 

development of the EIS to ensure the 

process complies with State 

Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) 

requirements, as well as the NEPA 

requirements. The Final EIS has been 

designed to consolidate both NEPA and 

SEPA processes to eliminate 

duplications. 

Copies of the Final EIS will also be 

available on our regulatory homepage at 

http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/ 

WETLANDS/. Locate North Topsail 

Beach Shoreline Protection Project 

under heading ‘‘News from the 

Regulatory Program’’, and click on 

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pull up the document. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Availability of a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement To Consider 

Issuance of a Department of the Army 

Permit Pursuant to Section 404 of the 

Clean Water Act for the Angelina & 

Neches River Authority’s Proposal to 

Construct Lake Columbia, a Proposed 

10,133-Surface-Acre Water Supply 

Reservoir in Cherokee and Smith 

Counties, TX 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) 

Fort Worth District has prepared a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). 

This DEIS evaluates potential impacts to 

the natural, physical and human 

environment as a result of the Angelina 

& Neches River Authority’s proposal to 

construct Lake Columbia. The USACE 

regulates this proposed project pursuant 

to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. 

The proposed activity would involve 

the discharge of dredged and fill 

material into waters of the United States 

associated with the proposed 

construction of Lake Columbia. 

DATES: Submit comments by March 30, 

2010. An informal public information 

meeting (open house format) regarding 

this DEIS will be held on March 1, 2010, 

and a formal public hearing regarding 

this DEIS will be held on March 2, 2010 

(see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION). 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments and 

suggestions concerning this proposal to 

Mr. Brent Jasper, Regulatory Project 

Manager, Regulatory Branch, CESWF– 

PER–R, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, 

Fort Worth, TX 76102–0300 or via 

e-mail: Brent.J.Jasper@usace.army.mil. 

Requests to be placed on the mailing list 

should also be sent to this address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Brent Jasper, Regulatory Project 

Manager at (817) 886–1733 or via 

e-mail: Brent.J.Jasper@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Discharges 

of fill material into waters of the United 

States are regulated under Section 404 

of the Clean Water Act, with the 

permitting responsibility administered 

by the USACE. The proposed project 

must also address environmental 

impacts relative to the Clean Air Act, 

Clean Water Act, Endangered Species 

Act and the Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act (FWCA). In 

accordance with the NEPA, the DEIS 

evaluates practicable alternatives for the 

USACE’s decision making process. As 

required by NEPA, the USACE also 

analyzes the ‘‘no action’’ alternative as a 

baseline for gauging potential impacts. 

As part of the public involvement 

process, notice is hereby given by the 

USACE Fort Worth District of an 

informal public information meeting 

(open house format) to be held at the 

Norman Activity Center, 526 East 

Commerce Street, Jacksonville, TX, from 

5 to 7:30 p.m. on March 1, 2010. This 

meeting will afford interested parties 

the opportunity to engage in a dialog 

with the USACE regarding the EIS 

process and the analyses performed to 

date. The USACE Fort Worth District 

will also be holding a formal public 

hearing to be held at the Norman 

Activity Center, 526 East Commerce 

Street, Jacksonville, TX, from 5 to 7:30 

p.m. on March 2, 2010. The public 

hearing will allow participants the 

opportunity to comment on the DEIS 

prepared for the proposed Lake 

Columbia. Written comments should be 

sent to Mr. Brent Jasper (see ADDRESSES). 

The comments are due no later than 60 

days from the date of publication of this 

notice. Copies of the DEIS may be 

obtained by contacting USACE Fort 

Worth District Regulatory Branch at 

(817) 886–1731 or printed from the Fort 

Worth District USACE internet home 

page at http://www.swf.usace.army.mil. 

Copies of the DEIS are also available 

for inspection at the locations identified 

below: 

(1) Jacksonville Public Library, 502 

South Jackson St., Jacksonville, TX 

76766. 

(2) Kurth Memorial Library, 706 

South Raguet St., Lufkin, TX 75904. 

(3) Nacogdoches Public Library, 1112 

North Street, Nacogdoches, TX 75961. 

(4) Rusk County Library, 106 East 

Main St., Henderson, TX 75652. 

(5) Tyler Public Library, 201 South 

College Avenue, Tyler, TX 75702. 

(6) Henderson City Hall, 400 West 

Main Street, Henderson, TX 75652. 

(7) Jacksonville City Hall, 301 East 

Commerce Street, Jacksonville, TX 

75766. 

(8) Lufkin City Hall, 300 East 

Shepherd Avenue, Lufkin, TX 75901. 

(9) Nacogdoches City Hall, 202 East 

Pilar Street, Nacogdoches, TX 75961. 

(10) Rusk City Hall, 205 South Main 

St., Rusk, TX 75785. 

(11) Tyler City Hall, 212 North Bonner 

Avenue, Tyler, TX 75702. 

After the public comment period 

ends, the USACE will consider all 

comments received, revise the DEIS as 

appropriate, and issue a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

Stephen L Brooks, 

Chief, Regulatory Branch. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Availability for Non-Exclusive, 

Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive 

Licensing of U.S. Provisional Patent 

Application Concerning Blast Wave 

Sensor 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Announcement is made of the 

availability for licensing of the 

invention set forth in U.S. Provisional 

Patent Application Serial No. 61/ 

292,095 entitled ‘‘Blast Wave Sensor,’’ 

filed January 4, 2010. The United States 

Government, as represented by the 

Secretary of the Army, has rights to this 

invention. 

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army 

Medical Research and Materiel 

Command, ATTN: Command Judge 

Advocate, MCMR–JA, 504 Scott Street, 

Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702– 

5012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

patent issues, Ms. Elizabeth Arwine, 

Patent Attorney, (301) 619–7808. For 

licensing issues, Dr. Paul Mele, Office of 

Research and Technology Assessment, 

(301) 619–6664, both at telefax (301) 

619–5034. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

invention relates to blast wave sensors 

and their use to detect blast induced 

pressure changes, and, in particular, a 

blast wave over pressure threshold. The 

invention may be used to measure blast 

wave exposure. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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