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(7) reducing the costs of dredging and 

dredged material placement or disposal, 

such as projects that use dredged 

material for— 

(A) Construction or fill material; 

(B) civic improvement objectives; and 

(C) other innovative uses and 

placement alternatives that produce 

public economic or environmental 

benefits. 

The USACE has developed 

implementation guidance for carrying 

out the provisions of Section 1122. That 

implementation guidance can be 

obtained at http://www.usace.army.mil/ 

Missions/Civil-Works/Project-Planning/ 

Legislative-Links/wrda2016/wrda2016_

impguide. Search Section 1122(a)–(h) 

for links to the implementation 

guidance and other Section 1122 

information. 

The ten recommended projects, listed 

alphabetically by state/territory follow: 

CA ................. Restoring San Francisco Bay’s Natural Infrastructure with Dredged Sediment: Strategic Placement. 

HI ................... Haleiwa Small Boat Harbor Maintenance Dredging and Beach Restoration. 

IL ................... Public Beach Protection Pilot in Four Illinois Coastal Communities. 

MS ................. Deer Island Lagoon Project. 

NJ ................... Beneficial Use Placement Opportunities in the State of New Jersey Using Navigation Channel Sediments: Barnegat Inlet. 

PR .................. Condado Lagoon. 

SC .................. Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary. 

TX .................. Hickory Cove Marsh Restoration and Living Shoreline. 

WA ................ Grays Harbor South Jetty Sand Placement Pilot Project. 

WI .................. Mississippi River Upper Pool 4, Pierce County Islands and Head of Lake Pepin Backwater Complex—Beneficial Use of 

Dredged Material. 

The USACE process for evaluating all 

of the 95 proposals received and the 

decision to select the 10 projects is 

documented in the EA/FONSI. Further 

project specific evaluation of the 10 

selected projects will be accomplished 

by the appropriate USACE office in 

accordance with Section 1122 

implementation guidance and 

applicable USACE policies and 

regulations. 

Dated: December 18, 2018. 

Thomas P. Smith, 

Chief, Operations and Regulatory Division, 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for Chicago Area 

Waterway System Dredged Material 

Management Plan Study, Chicago, 

Illinois 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (Corps) is preparing an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

in accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for 

the Chicago Area Waterway System 

Dredged Material Management Plan 

Study. The study is sponsored by the 

Chicago Department of Transportation 

(CDOT) on behalf of the City of Chicago. 

The purpose of the EIS is to assess the 

likely social, economic, and 

environmental effects of a range of 

potential alternative plans to ensure that 

maintenance dredging activities are 

performed in an environmentally 

acceptable manner, use sound 

engineering techniques, are 

economically warranted, and provide 

sufficient confined disposal capacity, as 

needed, for at least the next 20 years. 

Based on stakeholder and public 

concerns voiced throughout the process 

of preparing an Environmental 

Assessment, the Corps has determined 

that an EIS is warranted for the study. 

DATES: Previous Scoping letters and 

outreach occurred between February 2, 

2018 and March 5, 2018. Public 

Workshops were held on April 28, 2018 

and April 30, 2018 to share preliminary 

analyses and further solicit public input 

on potential study alternatives. 

ADDRESSES: Mr. Mike Padilla, Project 

Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

Chicago District, 231 South LaSalle 

Street, Suite 1500, Chicago, IL 60608. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or questions 

about this Dredged Material 

Management Plan and EIS, please 

contact Mr. Mike Padilla, Project 

Manager, by telephone: 312–846–5427, 

by email: michael.c.padilla@

usace.army.mil, or by mail: ATTN: Mike 

Padilla, Project Manager, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers Chicago District, 231 

South LaSalle Street, Suite 1500, 

Chicago, IL 60608. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Chicago District is preparing an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

to determine the potential impacts of 

the Dredged Material Management Plan 

(DMMP) for the Chicago Area Waterway 

System (CAWS). The purpose of the 

DMMP is to find a new location for a 

Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) for 

contaminated sediment in the CAWS, 

which includes the Calumet River and 

Harbor and the Cal-Sag Channel. The 

current CDF is approaching capacity 

and will be full by 2022. 

Dredged material management 

planning for all federal harbor projects 

is conducted by the Corps to ensure that 

maintenance dredging activities are 

performed in an environmentally 

acceptable manner, use sound 

engineering techniques, are 

economically warranted, and that 

sufficient confined disposal facilities are 

available for at least the next 20 years. 

These plans address dredging needs, 

disposal capabilities, capacities of 

disposal areas, environmental 

compliance requirements, potential for 

beneficial use of dredged material, and 

indicators of continued economic 

justification. The federal navigation 

channels in the Chicago Area Waterway 

System are a vital part of the local and 

regional economy and the Corps 

regularly performs maintenance 

dredging to provide sufficient depths for 

safe and efficient navigation within 

Calumet Harbor & River. 

The Calumet Harbor and River 

navigation project is the third largest by 

tonnage among Great Lakes harbors, 

with shipments and receipts totaling 14 

million tons annually. Commercial 

navigation activities at the Calumet 

Harbor & River and Cal-Sag Channel are 

locally and regionally significant, 

supporting more than 3,700 jobs and 

$600 million in annual sales in the 

Chicagoland area. If a plan for managing 

the dredged material is not identified, 

sediment would accumulate in the 

federal channel, reducing the safe depth 

at which vessels can operate, forcing 

ships to carry less cargo. Shipping costs 

would increase, impacting businesses at 

the harbor. The project requires annual 

dredging of approximately 50,000 cubic 

yards (CY) to maintain deep draft 

navigation. Dredged material is 

currently placed in the Chicago Area 


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1 Italicized terms are defined in the Definitions 

section of this notice. 

2Prior to enactment of the Every Student 

Succeeds Act (ESSA), the ESEA, as amended by the 

No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), 

authorized the Secretary to make awards to State 

educational agencies (SEAs) to enable them to 

conduct charter school subgrant programs in their 

States. State entities, which include SEAs, are 

eligible applicants under the ESSA. In December 

2015, Congress enacted the ESSA, which 

reauthorized the ESEA, as amended by NCLB. 

Confined Disposal Facility (CDF). With 

over 1.3 million CY placed since 

inception in 1984, the CDF will reach 

capacity in 2022. The plan will include 

disposal management of more highly 

contaminated dredged sediment and 

beneficial use planning for material that 

is deemed suitable for various identified 

uses. The study is identifying and 

analyzing potential locations along the 

Calumet harbor and River to construct a 

new sediment management facility, as 

well as the feasibility of expanding the 

existing CDF to provide the required 

capacity for safely handling material 

that is too contaminated for beneficial 

use. 

The Corps has hosted a number of 

stakeholder engagements and public 

workshops up to this point and is 

continuing to coordinate with 

stakeholders and resource agencies to 

identify and assess any potentially 

significant adverse impacts to human 

health and the environment associated 

with the study. Availability of the Draft 

Dredged Material Management Plan and 

EIS is anticipated in the spring of 2019 

for a 45-day period of public review. A 

public hearing(s) will be conducted 

following public release. 

Additional information about the 

Chicago Area Waterway System and the 

Dredged Material Management Plan is 

available on the study website at: 

https://www.lrc.usace.army.mil/ 

Missions/Civil-Works-Projects/CalumetHarbor-and-River/. 

Felicia Kirksey, 

Assistant Chief, Planning Programs and 

Project Management Division, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Chicago District. 

[FR Doc. 2018–28344 Filed 12–27–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Expanding Opportunity Through 

Quality Charter Schools Program 

(CSP)—Grants to State Entities 

AGENCY: Office of Innovation and 

Improvement, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

is issuing a notice inviting applications 

for fiscal year (FY) 2019 for CSP— 

Grants to State Entities, Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 

number 84.282A. 

DATES: Applications Available: 

December 28, 2018. 

Date of Pre-Application Webinar: 

January 3, 2019, 2 p.m., Eastern Time. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 12, 2019. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: April 15, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on February 12, 2018 

(83 FR 6003), and available at 

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018- 

02-12/pdf/2018-02558.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ashley Gardner, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 4W216, Washington, DC 20202– 

5970. Telephone: (202) 453–6787. 

Email: ashley.gardner@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The major 

purposes of the CSP are to expand 

opportunities for all students, 

particularly traditionally underserved 

students, to attend public charter 

schools 1 and meet challenging State 

academic standards; provide financial 

assistance for the planning, program 

design, and initial implementation of 

charter schools; increase the number of 

high-quality charter schools available to 

students across the United States; 

evaluate the impact of charter schools 

on student achievement, families, and 

communities; share best practices 

between charter schools and other 

public schools; encourage States to 

provide facilities support to charter 

schools; and support efforts to 

strengthen the charter school 

authorizing process. 

Through the CSP Grants to State 

Entities (CSP State Entities) competition 

(CFDA number 84.282A), the 

Department awards grants to State 

entities that, in turn, award subgrants to 

eligible applicants for the purpose of 

opening and preparing for the operation 

of new charter schools and replicated 

high-quality charter schools, and 

expanding high-quality charter schools. 

Grant funds may also be used to provide 

technical assistance to eligible 

applicants and authorized public 

chartering agencies in opening and 

preparing for the operation of new 

charter schools and replicating and 

expanding high-quality charter schools; 

and to work with authorized public 

chartering agencies in the State to 

improve authorizing quality, including 

developing capacity for, and 

conducting, fiscal oversight and 

auditing of charter schools. 

Background: The CSP State Entities 

program provides financial assistance to 

State entities (SEs) to support charter 

schools that serve elementary and 

secondary school students in a given 

State. Charter schools receiving funds 

under the CSP State Entities program 

also may serve students in early 

childhood education programs or 

postsecondary students. 

The CSP State Entities program is 

authorized under Title IV, Part C of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended by the Every 

Student Succeeds Act (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 

7221–7221j).2 This notice contains 

information regarding eligibility, 

priorities, definitions, application 

requirements, and selection criteria 

under the CSP State Entities program. 

All charter schools receiving CSP 

funds must meet each element of the 

definition of charter school in section 

4310(2) of the ESEA, including the 

requirement to comply with the Age 

Discrimination Act of 1975, Title VI of 

the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of 

the Education Amendments of 1972, 

section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, the Americans with Disabilities 

Act of 1990, section 444 of the General 

Education Provisions Act (GEPA), and 

part B of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). 

Priorities: This notice includes six 

competitive preference priorities. In 

accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), these priorities are from 

section 4303(g)(2) of the ESEA. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2019 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award: 

• An additional two points to an 

application that meets competitive 

preference priority 1; and 

• Up to an additional 16 points to an 

application that meets one or more of 

competitive preference priorities 2 

through 6, depending on how well the 

application addresses the priorities. 


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