70168 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 227 / Tuesday, November 25, 2014 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Conduct Scoping Meeting for the 

Redwood City Harbor Navigation 

Improvement Feasibility Study and 

Integrated EIS/EIR Redwood City and 

County of San Mateo, CA (SPN–2014– 

125242) 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to initiate the scoping process for the 

preparation of an integrated Feasibility 

Report and Environmental Impact 

Statement/Environmental Impact Report 

for proposed improvements to the 

existing navigation project at Redwood 

City Harbor and San Bruno Shoal. 

DATES: A public scoping meeting will be 

held on December 10, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. 

(PST). Submit comments concerning 

this notice on or before December 15, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting 

location is: the Redwood City Hall, 1017 

Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 

94063. Meeting will be held at the City 

Council Chamber Meeting Room. Mail 

written comments concerning this 

notice to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

San Francisco District, Project 

Management Division, ATTN: SPN– 

2014–125242, 1455 Market Street, San 

Francisco, CA 94103–1398. Comment 

letters should include the commenter’s 

physical mailing address, the project 

title and the Corps file number in the 

subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Reyes, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, San Francisco District, 

Project Management Division, ATTN: 

CESPN–PM–B, 1455 Market Street, San 

Francisco CA 94103–1398, (415) 503– 

6847, katherine.m.reyes@

usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS). The primary Federal 

actions under consideration are 

dredging, channel realignment, dredged 

material placement, and transport of 

dredged material for the purpose of 

ocean placement. 

Pursuant to the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) the 

Port of Redwood City will serve as Lead 

Agency in preparing an Environmental 

Impact Report (EIR). The Corps and the 

Port of Redwood City have agreed to 

jointly prepare a Draft EIS/EIR to 

optimize efficiency and avoid 

duplication. The Draft EIS/EIR is 

intended to be sufficient in scope to 

address the Federal, state and local 

requirements and environmental issues 

concerning the proposed activities and 

permit approvals. 

Project Site and Background 

Information: The project site is located 

at Redwood City Harbor (RWC), and San 

Francisco Bay, CA. The harbor is 

located in San Mateo County, on the 

southwest side of San Francisco Bay, 

approximately 18 miles south of San 

Francisco. The project site includes the 

existing Federal navigation channel and 

turning basins at RWC, extending from 

the mouth of Redwood Creek to deep 

water in the San Francisco Bay, as well 

as the channel at San Bruno Shoal in 

San Francisco Bay. Both channels are 

authorized to a depth of 30 feet Mean 

Lower Low Water (MLLW). It is the only 

deep-water port in South San Francisco 

Bay and was completed to its presentday authorized depth in 1965. The Port 

of Redwood City is the local sponsor 

and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

is the Federal partner. The port 

maintains three berth facilities at a 

depth of 34 feet MLLW and a small 

facility to unload cement and aggregates 

via barge. Maritime activities include 

the export of recycled metal and the 

import of dry bulk building materials 

such as cement, bauxite, gypsum and 

aggregates. 

Proposed Action(s): The proposed 

action is to evaluate alternatives to 

improve the existing navigation project 

at RWC and San Bruno Shoal. The study 

is authorized by House Resolution 2511, 

adopted May 7, 1997 ‘‘. . . in the 

interest of navigation improvements and 

related purposes at Redwood City 

Harbor, California, with particular 

reference to providing increased depths 

to accommodate new, larger vessels that 

now call on the port.’’ 

Issues: Potentially significant issues 

associated with the project may include: 

aesthetics/visual impacts, air quality 

emissions, biological resource impacts, 

environmental justice, geologic impacts 

related to seismicity, hazards and 

hazardous materials, hydrology and 

water quality, noise, traffic and 

transportation, and cumulative impacts 

from past, present and reasonably 

foreseeable future projects. Bair Island 

and Greco Island are adjacent to RWC 

and are within the NEPA scope of 

analysis due to potential project 

impacts. Bair Island is operated by the 

USFWS and is the site of an ongoing 

wetland restoration effort. The bay 

water around Bair Island and RWC is 

within the Don Edwards Marine 

Protected Area. 

Alternatives: Four alternative plans 

will be evaluated. Alternative 1 would 

deepen the RWC and the San Bruno 

Shoal Channels. Alternative 2 would 

deepen the RWC and San Bruno Shoal 

channels and implement measures to 

address shoaling including, realigning 

the turn into RWC channel, modifying 

the cross section of the RWC channel 

entrance and/or conducting advance 

maintenance. Alternative 3 would 

address shoaling by realigning the turn 

into RWC channel, modifying the cross 

section to the RWC channel entrance 

and/or conducting advance 

maintenance. Alternative 4 would be 

the no-action alternative, which would 

include continued maintenance of the 

authorized Federal channels to a depth 

of 30 feet MLLW at RWC and San Bruno 

Shoal. 

Six dredge material placement sites 

are being evaluated. Multiple sites may 

be used depending on the quantity of 

material dredged from the channels and 

the capacity of the placement sites. The 

potential dredge material placement 

sites include: 

1. Ravenswood Pond Complex 

(Upland Beneficial Reuse Site). 

2. Eden Landing Pond Complex 

(Upland Beneficial Reuse Site). 

3. Alviso Pond Complex (Upland 

Beneficial Reuse Site). 

4. SF–11 Alcatraz (In-Bay Aquatic). 

5. Dumbarton Bridge—Passive 

Sediment Transport (In-Bay Aquatic). 

6. San Francisco Deep Ocean Disposal 

Site (SFDODS) (Ocean Aquatic). 

Scoping Process: The Corps is seeking 

participation and input of all interested 

federal, state, and local agencies, Native 

American groups, and other concerned 

private organizations or individuals on 

the scope of the draft EIS/EIR through 

this public notice. The purpose of the 

public scoping meeting is to solicit 

comments regarding the potential 

impacts, environmental issues, and 

alternatives associated with the 

proposed action to be considered in the 

draft EIS/EIR. The meeting place, date 

and time will be advertised in advance 

in local newspapers, and meeting 

announcement letters will be sent to 

interested parties. The final draft 

Integrated Feasibility Report and EIS/

EIR is expected to be available for 

public review and comment in the 


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summer of 2015 and a public meeting 

will be held after its publication. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27787 Filed 11–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Hearing and Business 

Meeting; December 9–10, 2014 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Delaware River Basin Commission will 

hold a public hearing on Tuesday, 

December 9, 2014. A business meeting 

will be held the following day on 

Wednesday, December 10, 2014. The 

hearing and business meeting are open 

to the public and will be held at the 

Washington Crossing Historic Park 

Visitor Center, 1112 River Road, 

Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania. 

Public Hearing. The public hearing on 

December 9, 2014 will begin at 1:30 

p.m. Hearing items will include draft 

dockets for withdrawals, discharges and 

other water-related projects subject to 

the Commission’s review, and a 

resolution adopting the Commission’s 

Water Resources Program FY 2015–17. 

The list of projects scheduled for 

hearing, including project descriptions, 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

Web site, www.drbc.net, in a long form 

of this notice at least ten days before the 

hearing date. Written comments on draft 

dockets and resolutions scheduled for 

hearing on December 9 will be accepted 

through the close of the hearing that 

day. After the hearing on all scheduled 

matters has been completed, there will 

be an opportunity for public dialogue. 

The public is advised to check the 

Commission’s Web site periodically 

prior to the hearing date, as items 

scheduled for hearing may be postponed 

if additional time is deemed necessary 

to complete the Commission’s review, 

and items may be added up to ten days 

prior to the hearing date. In reviewing 

docket descriptions, the public is also 

asked to be aware that project details 

commonly change in the course of the 

Commission’s review, which is ongoing. 

Public Meeting. The public business 

meeting on December 10, 2014 will 

begin at 1:00 p.m. and will include: 

Adoption of the Minutes of the 

Commission’s September 10, 2014 

business meeting, announcements of 

upcoming meetings and events, a report 

on hydrologic conditions, reports by the 

Executive Director and the 

Commission’s General Counsel, and 

consideration of any items for which a 

hearing has been completed or is not 

required. The meeting will include a 

resolution honoring Robert F. Molzahn, 

President of the Water Resources 

Association of the Delaware River Basin, 

on his retirement. 

There will be no opportunity for 

additional public comment at the 

December 10 business meeting on 

hearing items for which the hearing was 

completed on December 9 or a previous 

date. Commission consideration on 

December 10 of items for which the 

public hearing is closed may result in 

either approval of the item (docket or 

resolution) as proposed, approval with 

changes, denial, or deferral. When the 

Commissioners defer an action, they 

may announce an additional period for 

written comment on the item, with or 

without an additional hearing date, or 

they may take additional time to 

consider the input they have already 

received without requesting further 

public input. Any deferred items will be 

considered for action at a public 

meeting of the Commission on a future 

date. 

Advance Sign-Up for Oral Comment. 

Individuals who wish to comment for 

the record at the public hearing on 

December 9 or to address the 

Commissioners informally during the 

public dialogue portion of the hearing 

on December 9 are asked to sign up in 

advance by contacting Ms. Paula 

Schmitt of the Commission staff, at 

paula.schmitt@drbc.state.nj.us or by 

phoning Ms. Schmitt at 609–883–9500 

ext. 224. 

Addresses for Written Comment. 

Written comment on items scheduled 

for hearing may be delivered by hand at 

the public hearing or in advance of the 

hearing, either: by hand, U.S. Mail or 

private carrier to: Commission 

Secretary, P.O. Box 7360, 25 State Police 

Drive, West Trenton, NJ 08628; by fax to 

Commission Secretary, DRBC at 609– 

883–9522; or by email to 

paula.schmitt@drbc.state.nj.us. If 

submitted by email in advance of the 

hearing date, written comments on a 

docket should also be sent to Mr. 

William Muszynski, Manager, Water 

Resources Management at 

william.muszynski@drbc.state.nj.us. 

Accommodations for Special Needs. 

Individuals in need of an 

accommodation as provided for in the 

Americans with Disabilities Act who 

wish to attend the informational 

meeting, conference session or hearings 

should contact the Commission 

Secretary directly at 609–883–9500 ext. 

203 or through the Telecommunications 

Relay Services (TRS) at 711, to discuss 

how we can accommodate your needs. 

Updates. Items scheduled for hearing 

are occasionally postponed to allow 

more time for the Commission to 

consider them. Other meeting items also 

are subject to change. Please check the 

Commission’s Web site, www.drbc.net, 

closer to the meeting date for changes 

that may be made after the deadline for 

filing this notice. 

Additional Information, Contacts. The 

list of projects scheduled for hearing, 

with descriptions, will be posted on the 

Commission’s Web site, www.drbc.net, 

in a long form of this notice at least ten 

days before the hearing date. Draft 

dockets and resolutions for hearing 

items will be available as hyperlinks 

from the posted notice. Additional 

public records relating to hearing items 

may be examined at the Commission’s 

offices by appointment by contacting 

Carol Adamovic, 609–883–9500, ext. 

249. For other questions concerning 

hearing items, please contact Project 

Review Section assistant Victoria 

Lawson at 609–883–9500, ext. 216. 

Dated: November 19, 2014. 

Pamela M. Bush, 

Commission Secretary and Assistant General 

Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27880 Filed 11–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6360–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Certification Notice—230] 

Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of 

Coal Capability Under the Powerplant 

and Industrial Fuel Use Act 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of filing. 

SUMMARY: On October 21, 2014, 

Footprint Power Salem Harbor 

Development LP, as owner and operator 

of a new base load electric powerplant, 

submitted a coal capability selfcertification to the Department of 

Energy (DOE) pursuant to 201(d) of the 

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act 

of 1978 (FUA), as amended, and DOE 

regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61. FUA 

and regulations thereunder require DOE 

to publish a notice of filing of selfcertification in the Federal Register. 42 

U.S.C. 8311(d) and 10 CFR 501.61(c). 

ADDRESSES: Copies of coal capability 

self-certification filings are available for 

public inspection, upon request, in the 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code OE–20, Room 

8G–024, Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 


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