Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 216 / Tuesday, November 9, 2004 / Notices 64919

Time: 8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

(December 1) and 8:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

(December 2). 

Location: Classroom 217, Building 35, 

7011 Morrison Ave., Fort Benning, GA 

31905. 

Proposed Agenda: The WHINSEC 

BoV will receive new members and 

advisors, received updates on the status 

of actions taken on past BoV 

recommendations and an update on 

new activities and efforts since July 

2004; look into any matters it deems 

important; meet with groups of 

WHINSEC faculty and students; and 

prepare for its Spring 2005 meeting in 

Washington, DC. The Board will also 

schedule its calendar for the remainder 

of 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Shannon Russ, Executive Liaison, 

WHINSEC, Army G–3 at (703) 692–7419 

or LTC Linda Gould, Deputy DFO and 

Chief, Latin American Branch, Army G–

3 at (703) 692–7421.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. Please 

note that the Board members will arrive 

at various times on November 30 and 

may use available time for individual 

member reviews of special interest 

items (yet to be determined) and will 

convene in plenary session on 

December 1, 2004. On December 1 the 

Board will adjourn for lunch between 12 

p.m. and 1:30 p.m. The DFO has set 

aside 3 p.m. to 3:30 p..m. on December 

1 for public comments by individuals 

and organizations. Public comment and 

presentations will be limited to two 

minutes each and members of the public 

desiring to make oral statements or 

presentations must inform the contact 

personnel, in writing. Requests must be 

received before Friday, November 26, 

2004. Mail written presentations and 

requests to register to attend the public 

sessions to: Ms. Russ or LTC Gould at 

HQDA, DA0–G35–R (Room 3B473), 400 

Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310. 

Public seating is limited, and is 

available on a first come, first served 

basis.

Dated: November 1, 2004. 

Linda Gould, 

USA, Alternate Designated Federal Officer, 

WHINSEC BoV.

[FR Doc. 04–24906 Filed 11–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Cape Wind Energy Project, 

Nantucket Sound and Yarmouth, MA, 

Application for Corps Section 10 

Individual Permit

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: In keeping with the purposes 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA), the New England District, 

Corps of Engineers (Corps) has prepared 

a Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) in response to a permit 

application for the proposed 

construction of an offshore windpowered generating facility by Cape 

Wind Associates, LLC on Horseshoe 

Shoal in Nantucket Sound, MA. The 

DEIS evaluated the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

the construction, operation and 

decommissioning of the proposed 

offshore wind facility. Potential impacts 

at four alternative locations were also 

considered for comparison purposes. 

Public comment on the proposed and 

any or all of the alternative sites is 

requested and encouraged.

DATES: The Corps will hold four public 

hearings to receive comments on the 

DEIS. The public hearings will be held 

on: 

1. December 6, 2004, 6 p.m. to 10 

p.m., Oak Bluffs, MA. 

2. December 7, 2004, 7 p.m. to 11 

p.m., West Yarmouth, MA. 

3. December 8, 2004, 6 p.m. to 10 

p.m., Nantucket, MA. 

4. December 16, 2004, 7 p.m. to 11 

p.m., Cambridge, MA. 

Comments on the DEIS must be 

received no later than January 10, 2005. 

Additional information on how to 

submit comments is included in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

ADDRESSES: The hearing locations are: 

1. Martha’s Vineyard Regional High 

School, Vineyard Haven Road, Oak 

Bluffs, MA. 

2. Mattacheese Middle School, 400 

Higgins Crowell Road, West Yarmouth, 

MA. 

3. Nantucket Community School, 

Mary P. Walker Auditorium, 10 Surfside 

Road, Nantucket, MA. 

4. Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology, Building 10 Alumni Center 

(Maclaurin Buildings)—Room 10–250, 

222 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA.

Additional information regarding 

locations where the DEIS and 

appendices can be viewed is included 

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Kirk Adams, 978–318–8335.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cape 

Wind Associates, LLC (the applicant) 

has requested a permit under Section 10 

of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 

to install 130 wind turbine generators, 

an electric service platform, and 

associated cable in an area of Nantucket 

Sound, Massachusetts known as 

Horseshoe Shoal. The applicant’s 

intended purpose is to provide windgenerated energy that will be 

transmitted to the regional power grid. 

The wind turbine generators would be 

spaced one-third to one-half mile apart 

over a 24 square mile area, producing 

up to 454 megawatts of wind generated 

energy to be transmitted from a centrally 

located electric service platform via a 

submarine cable to a landfall location in 

Yarmouth, MA. The proposed wind 

turbines would be up to 420 feet high 

with the hub height approximately 260 

feet above the water surface. The 

northernmost turbines would be 

approximately 4 miles from Yarmouth, 

MA, the southeastern most turbines 

would be approximately 11 miles from 

Nantucket, and the westernmost 

turbines would be approximately 5.5 

miles from Martha’s Vineyard. The 

proposed submarine cable system, 

consisting of two 115 kV solid dielectric 

cable circuits, would be jet-plow 

embedded into the seabed to a depth on 

approximately 6 feet below the present 

bottom. The overland cable system 

would be installed underground within 

existing public right-of-ways and 

roadways in the town of Yarmouth, MA 

to NSTAR’s existing electric system in 

Barnstable, MA. The approximate 

construction start date for the proposed 

project is November 2005, with 

commercial operation starting in 

November 2006. 

The DEIS is intended to provide the 

information needed for the Corps to 

perform a public interest review for the 

Section 10 permit decision. Significant 

issues analyzed in the DEIS included 

geology and sediment conditions; 

physical oceanographic conditions; 

benthic and shellfish resources; finfish 

resources and commercial and 

recreational fisheries; protected marine 

species; terrestrial ecology, wildlife, and 

protected species; avian resources; 

coastal and freshwater wetland 

resources; water quality; cultural and 

recreational resources; visual resources; 

noise; transportation; electrical and 

magnetic fields, telecommunications 

systems; air quality; and socioeconomic 

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resources. Several alternatives were 

evaluated for comparative purposes, 

including the No Action Alternative 

under which the new facility will not be 

built. In addition to the applicant’s 

proposed location, which is Nantucket 

Sound, the potential impacts and 

benefits of locating a wind energy 

project at the Massachusetts Military 

Reservation, a site south of Tuckernuck 

Island, and a combination site 

comprised of two areas south of New 

Bedford with a reduced footprint in 

Nantucket Sound were evaluated for 

comparison purposes. Public comment 

on any or all of the alternatives is 

encouraged. The Notice of Intent for 

preparation of the DEIS was published 

in the Federal Register (67 FR 4414, 

January 30, 2002).

Other Environmental Review and 

Consultation Requirements. To the 

fullest extent possible, the DEIS 

integrated analyses and consultation 

required by the Endangered Species Act 

of 1973, as amended (Pub. L. 93–205; 16 

U.S.C. 1531, eq seq.); the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, as amended (Pub. L. 

94–265; 16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.), the 

National Historic Preservation Act of 

1966, as amended (Pub. L. 89–855; 16 

U.S.C. 470. et seq.), the Fish and 

Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958, as 

amended (Pub. L. 85–624; 16 U.S.C. 

661, et seq.); the Coastal Zone 

Management Act of 1972, as amended 

(Pub. L. 92–583; 16 U.S.C. 1451, et seq.); 

the Clean Water Act of 1977, as 

amended (Pub. L. 92–500; 33 U.S.C. 

1251, et seq.); Section 10 of the Rivers 

and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. 403 

et seq.); the Outer Continental Shelf 

Lands Act (Pub. L. 95–372; 43 U.S.C. 

1333(e)), and applicable and appropriate 

Executive Orders. Additionally, the 

DEIS was prepared as a Draft 

Environmental Impact Report to satisfy 

the requirements of the Massachusetts 

Environmental Policy Act (301 CMR 

11.00 et seq.) and to satisfy the 

requirements of the Cape Cod 

Commission as a Development of 

Regional Impact. 

Public Participation. Any person 

wishing to comment on the DEIS can 

submit written comments to: Karen Kirk 

Adams, Project Manager, Regulatory 

Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

New England District, 696 Virginia 

Road, Concord, Massachusetts 01742–

2751, Reference File No. NAE–2004–

338–1, or by e-mail to 

wind.energy@usace.army.mil. Interested 

parties may view the DEIS online at 

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

projects/ma/ccwf/deis.htm. The DEIS is 

also available to review at the following 

locations: 

1. Sturgis Library, 3090 Main Street, 

(PO Box 606), Barnstable, MA. 

2. South Yarmouth Library, 312 Old 

Main Street, Yarmouth, MA. 

3. West Yarmouth Library, Route 28, 

West Yarmouth, MA. 

4. Yarmouthport Library, 297 Main 

Street (6A), Yarmouthport, MA. 

5. Whelden Memorial Library, 2401 

Meeting House Way, (PO Box 147), West 

Barnstable, MA. 

6. Cotuit Library, 871 Main Street (PO 

Box 648), Cotuit, MA. 

7. Hyannis Public Library, 401 Main 

Street, Hyannis, MA. 

8. Centerville Public Library, 585 

Main Street, Centerville, MA. 

9. Marstons Mills Library, 2160 Main 

Street, Marstons Mills, MA. 

10. Osterville Free Library, 43 Wianno 

Avenue, Osterville, MA.

11. Mashpee Library, 100 Nathan Ellis 

Highway (PO Box 657), Mashpee, MA. 

12. Falmouth Public Library, 123 

Katherine Lee Bates Road, Falmouth, 

MA. 

13. East Falmouth Public Library, 310 

East Falmouth Highway, East Falmouth, 

MA. 

14. North Falmouth Public Library, 6 

Chester Street, North Falmouth, MA. 

15. West Falmouth Public Library, 

575 West Falmouth Highway (PO Box 

1209), West Falmouth, MA. 

16. Dennis Memorial Library, 1020 

Old Bass River Road, Dennis, MA. 

17. Dennis Public Library, 673 Main 

Street (Route 28), Dennisport, MA. 

18. Woods Hole Library, 581 Woods 

Hole Road (PO Box 185), Woods Hole, 

MA. 

19. Brooks Free Library, 739 Main 

Street, Harwich, MA. 

20. Eldredge Public Library, 64 Main 

Street, Chatham, MA. 

21. Nantucket Atheneum, 1 India 

Street (PO Box 808), Nantucket, MA. 

22. Edgartown Free Public Library, 58 

North Water Street (PO Box 5249), 

Edgartown, MA. 

23. Oak Bluffs Public Library, 80 

Pennacook Avenue (PO Box 2039), Oak 

Bluffs, MA. 

24. Free Public Library, 1042A State 

Road (PO Box 190), West Tisbury, MA. 

25. Chilmark Public Library, 522 

South Road, Chilmark, MA. 

26. Aquinnah Public Library, 1 

Church Street, Aquinnah, MA. 

27, New Bedford Free Public Library, 

613 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA. 

28. Jonathan Bourne Public Library, 

19 Sandwich Road, Bourne, MA. 

29. Vineyard Haven Public Library, 

RFD 139A Main Street, Vineyard Haven, 

MA. 

30. Sandwich Free Public Library, 142 

Main Street, Sandwich, MA. 

31. Boston Public Library, Central 

Library, 700 Boylston Street, Boston, 

MA. 

32. Cape Cod Community College, 

Wilkens Library, 2240 Iyanough Road, 

West Barnstable, MA.

Thomas L. Koning, 

COL, EN, Commander.

[FR Doc. 04–24907 Filed 11–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–24–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Security 229 Boundary Revision at Oak 

Ridge Reservation, Y–12 National 

Security Complex

AGENCY: Real Estate Office, Oak Ridge 

Office, TN, U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of 229 boundary revision 

for Y–12 National Security Complex. 

SUMMARY: Appended to this notice is the 

revised security boundary for the 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration facility identified as the 

Y–12 National Security Complex within 

the Oak Ridge Reservation at Oak Ridge, 

Tennessee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katy 

Kates, Realty Officer at Oak Ridge 

Office, 865–576–0977, 

katesse@oro.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

security boundary is designated 

pursuant to Section 229 of the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954. This revised 

boundary supersedes and/or redescribes 

the entries previously contained in 

Federal Register notices published 

October 19, 1965, at 30 FR 202 and the 

amending notice published July 8, 1985, 

at 50 FR 130, which identified the Y–

12 Plant site and related facilities all 

being located in Anderson County, 

Tennessee.

Issued in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on October 

15, 2004. 

Daniel H. Wilken, 

Assistant Manager for Administration.

Appendix 

Security 229 Boundary Revision at Oak 

Ridge Reservation, Y–12 National Security 

Complex 

Notice is hereby given that the United 

States Department of Energy, pursuant to 

section 229 of the Atomic Energy Act of 

1954, as amended, as implemented by 10 

CFR part 860 published in the Federal 

Register on August 16, 1963 (28 FR 8400), 

prohibits the unauthorized entry, as provided 

in 10 CFR 860.3, and the unauthorized 

introduction of weapons or dangerous 

materials, as provided in 10 CFR 860.4, into 

or upon the following described facility of 

the United States Department of Energy: 

The bearings and distances of the 

description set forth below are based on the 

Tennessee State Plane Coordinate System 

NAD 83 (88).