336 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 2 / Tuesday, January 4, 2011 / Notices 

Missile Defense Advisory Committee. 

Due to administrative matters, these 

meetings have been rescheduled from 

January 6–7, 2011 to January 19–20, 

2011. There are no other changes to the 

notice announced on Tuesday, 

December 14, 2010 (75 FR 77848). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Bagnati, Designated Federal 

Officer at MDAC@mda.mil, phone/voice 

mail 703–695–6438, or mail at 7100 

Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–7100. 

Dated: December 29, 2010. 

Morgan F. Park, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33168 Filed 1–3–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(SEIS) for PacRim Coal’s Proposed 

Chuitna Coal Project 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The Alaska District, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) 

intends to prepare an SEIS to identify 

and analyze the potential impacts 

associated with the proposed Chuitna 

Coal Project. It is anticipated that the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), the Native Village of Tyonek 

(NVT), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (USFWS), and the Alaska 

Department of Natural Resources 

(ADNR) will participate as cooperating 

agencies in the SEIS development 

process. The USACE will be evaluating 

a permit application for work under 

Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act 

and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. 

The SEIS will be used as a basis for the 

Corps’ permit decision and to ensure 

compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

SEIS will also address issues related to 

the Alaska Surface Coal Mining Control 

and Reclamation Act (ASCMCRA) 

permit, which governs all aspects of the 

mining operation and infrastructure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and the DSEIS can be answered by: Ms. 

Serena Sweet, Regulatory Division, 

telephone: (907) 753–2819, toll free in 

AK: (800) 478–2712, fax: (907) 753– 

5567, e-mail: 

serena.e.sweet@usace.army.mil, or mail: 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CEPOA– 

RD, Post Office Box 6898, Elmendorf 

AFB, Alaska 99506–0898. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. The Chuitna Coal Project (Project) 

is located in the Beluga Coal Field, 

approximately 10 miles northwest of the 

Native Village of Tyonek and 45 miles 

west of Anchorage, Alaska. The Project 

is based on the development of a +1 

billion metric ton, ultra low sulfur subbituminous coal resource located within 

the Chuitna Coal Lease Area. The 

proposed Project includes a surface coal 

mine, the Ladd Landing coal export 

terminal and other associated support 

facilities (including: Shop/office/ 

warehouse facility, fuel storage facility 

and fueling station, ready line for 

parking and fueling of rolling stock, 

electrical substation, truck dump with 

stilling shed and coal crusher, 35,000 to 

40,000-ton covered surge bin, overland 

conveyor loading station, roads, and a 

power distribution system). The project 

proponent, PacRim Coal, LP, targets a 

coal production rate of approximately 

12 million tons per year (facilities are 

designed for up to 18–20 million tons 

per year), and a 25-year mine life based 

on current estimated coal reserves. 

2. A previous project design was 

evaluated in an EIS and permitted by 

most of the applicable State and Federal 

regulatory programs in the early 1990s; 

however, this project did not proceed to 

development. Since 2006, EPA has been 

lead federal agency for the development 

of an SEIS for the Project and the 

USACE, ADNR, USFWS and NVT 

participated as cooperating agencies (71 

FR 33446). On October 31, 2010, the 

EPA’s authority to issue and enforce 

mining permits in Alaska for wastewater 

discharges issued under the Clean Water 

Act National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System program was 

transferred to the Alaska Department of 

Environmental Conservation. 

Consequently, the EPA recently 

discontinued their role as lead federal 

agency for the Chuitna SEIS. 

3. Alternatives: The alternatives to be 

evaluated include the ‘‘no-action’’ 

alternative, wastewater discharge 

alternatives and alternative discharge 

locations. In addition, the SEIS will 

evaluate mine access road and conveyor 

alignment alternatives, and coal export 

terminal alternatives. Additional 

alternatives may be developed. 

4. Scoping for the proposed project 

was completed by EPA in 2006. Based 

on the comments received during this 

scoping period, PacRim Coal, LP has 

made revisions to the proposed Project. 

In accordance with NEPA, the Corps has 

reviewed the revised project description 

and determined that because these 

revisions are the result of the original 

scoping process and remain within the 

original scope of review, additional 

scoping processes will not be conducted 

at this time. 

5. Estimated Date of DSEIS Release: 

December 2011. 

Dated: December 28, 2010. 

Serena E. Sweet, 

Project Manager, Alaska District U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of NEPA Public Scoping 

Meeting Information for the Great 

Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin 

Study (‘‘GLMRIS’’) 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In a November 16, 2010, 

Federal Register Notice (75 FR 69983), 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(USACE), Chicago District announced in 

a notice of intent that it will prepare a 

feasibility report and an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) for GLMRIS, and 

it will host a public scoping meeting in 

Chicago, Illinois, on December 15, 2010. 

In a December 8, 2010, Federal Register 

Notice (75 FR 76447), USACE 

announced the metropolitan locations 

where USACE would be hosting nine (9) 

additional public scoping meetings for 

GLMRIS. The December 8, 2010, notice 

did not include specific meeting details. 

This notice announces the venues, dates 

and times of these nine (9) public 

scoping meetings and also announces 

USACE’s intent to host two (2) 

additional public scoping meetings in 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin and New 

Orleans, Louisiana. 

USACE, in consultation with other 

federal agencies, Native American 

tribes, state agencies, local governments 

and non-governmental organizations, is 

conducting a feasibility study of the 

options and technologies that could be 

applied to prevent aquatic nuisance 

species (ANS) transfer between the 

Great Lakes and Mississippi River 

basins through aquatic pathways. 

DATES: Until March 31, 2011, USACE 

will be accepting public comments on 

the scope of GLMRIS. Please refer to the 

‘‘Scoping and Public Involvement’’ 

section below for instructions on how to 

submit public comments, the dates of 


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