Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 232 / Friday, December 2, 2011 / Notices 75539 

Dated: November 29, 2011. 

Morgan F. Park, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30986 Filed 12–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Central 

Everglades Planning Project, 

Okeechobee, Glades, Martin, Palm 

Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and 

Monroe Counties, FL 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Everglades ecosystem 

encompasses a system of diverse 

wetland landscapes that are 

hydrologically and ecologically 

connected across more than 200 miles 

from north to south and across 18,000 

square miles of southern Florida. In 

2000, the U.S. Congress authorized the 

Federal government, in partnership with 

the State of Florida, to embark upon a 

multi-decade, multi-billion dollar 

Comprehensive Everglades Restoration 

Plan (CERP) to further protect and 

restore the remaining Everglades 

ecosystem while providing for other 

water-related needs of the region. CERP 

involves modification of the existing 

network of drainage canals and levees 

that make up the Central and Southern 

Florida Flood Control Project. 

Since 2000, much progress has been 

made. Construction has begun on the 

first generation of CERP project 

modifications already authorized by 

Congress. These include the Picayune 

Strand Restoration, the Indian River 

Lagoon South and Site 1 Impoundment 

projects. Project Implementation 

Reports have been completed, or are 

nearing completion, for the second 

generation of CERP projects for 

Congressional authorization, including 

Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands—Phase 

1, the Broward County Water Preserve 

Areas, the Caloosahatchee River (C–43) 

West Basin Storage Reservoir, and the 

C–111 Spreader Canal Western Project. 

All of these CERP projects utilize lands 

that were acquired by the State and 

Federal government to meet CERP goals 

of increasing the extent of wetlands, 

reducing damaging freshwater 

discharges to the coastal estuaries, and 

reducing seepage losses from the natural 

system. These projects contribute 

significant ecological benefits to the 

system and the specific regional habitats 

in which they are located. These initial 

CERP projects were intended to provide 

initial and immediate ecological 

benefits and set the conditions along the 

margins of the system that help ensure 

increased water flows to the interior of 

the system will not cause adverse 

effects. 

The next step for implementation of 

CERP is to redirect water that is 

currently discharged to the east and 

west coast estuaries from Lake 

Okeechobee and restore water flow to 

the south, allowing for restoration of 

natural habitat conditions and water 

flow in the central Everglades and reconnecting the ecosystem from Lake 

Okeechobee to Everglades National Park 

and Florida Bay. The Central Everglades 

Planning Project will develop the initial 

increment of project features that 

provide for storage, treatment and 

conveyance south of Lake Okeechobee, 

removal of canals and levees within 

Water Conservation Area 3 and seepage 

management features to retain water 

within the natural system. The CERP 

projects identified to accomplish this 

include the Everglades Agricultural 

Storage Reservoirs, Water Conservation 

Area 3 Decompartmentalization and 

Sheetflow Enhancement, Everglades 

National Park (ENP) Seepage 

Management, and Everglades RainDriven Operations. These projects make 

up the heart of CERP aimed at restoring 

more natural quantity, quality, timing 

and distribution of water flows to the 

remaining portions of the river of grass. 

An integrated study effort on these 

projects is needed to set the direction 

for the next decade of CERP 

implementation. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Planning Division, 

Environmental Branch, P.O. Box 4970, 

Jacksonville, FL 32232–0019. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Gina Ralph at (904) 232–2336 or email 

at Gina.P.Ralph@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

a. The goal of the Central Everglades 

Planning Project effort would be to 

develop an integrated, comprehensive 

technical plan, including the first 

increment of projects, for delivering the 

right quantity, quality, timing and 

distribution of water needed to restore 

and reconnect the central Everglades 

ecosystem. 

b. 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. 

c. A scoping meeting will be held 

December 14, 2011 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. 

at the Sheraton Suites Plantation, 

Plantation I/II Room, 311 North 

University Drive, Plantation, Florida 

and December 15, 2011 from 6:30 to 9 

p.m. at the John Boy Auditorium, 1200 

South W.C. Owen Avenue, Clewiston, 

FL. Assistance for individuals with 

special needs or language translation 

will be available as needed by calling 

(904) 232–1613. 

d. 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. 

e. The Draft Environmental Impact 

Assessment is expected to be available 

for public review in the 1st quarter of 

2013. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31010 Filed 12–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: EC12–38–000. 

Applicants: TPW Petersburg, LLC, 

Gestamp Eolica S.L. 

Description: Application of TPW 

Petersburg, LLC and Gestamp Eolica 

S.L. for Authorization Pursuant to 

Section 203 of the Federal Power Act 

and Request for Confidential Treatment, 

Expedited Consideration and Waivers. 

Filed Date: 11/21/11. 

Accession Number: 20111121–5279. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/12/11. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4674–001. 

Applicants: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

Description: Vectren-IMPA FCA 

Amendment to be effective 9/29/2011. 

Filed Date: 11/21/11. 

Accession Number: 20111121–5193. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/12/11. 

Docket Numbers: ER12–351–001. 

Applicants: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

Description: 11–21–11 MRES 

Attachment O, GG, and MM 

Amendment to be effective 1/1/2012. 

Filed Date: 11/21/11. 

Accession Number: 20111121–5234. 


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