37528 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 120 / Friday, June 21, 2013 / Notices 

Public Library prior to the public 

meeting. The Draft EIS may also be 

reviewed electronically at: 

www.wainwright.army.mil/env/NEPA/ 

Current.html. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–14726 Filed 6–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft Supplement 

to the December 2009 Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) for the Relocation of New River 

Inlet Ebb Tide Channel and the 

Placement of the Dredge Material 

Along 11.1 Miles of Ocean Shoreline of 

North Topsail Beach in Onslow 

County, NC 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE), Wilmington 

District, Wilmington Regulatory Field 

Office has received a request for 

Department of the Army (DA) 

authorization, pursuant to Section 404 

of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 

of the Rivers and Harbor Act, from the 

Town of North Topsail Beach to modify 

their original May 27, 2011 DA 

authorization to relocate the New River 

Inlet ebb tide channel and to place 

dredge material along 11.1 miles of 

oceanfront shoreline in (5) phases over 

an eight to nine year timeframe. 

Additionally, the authorization permits 

up to a maximum of (7) maintenance 

events within the relocated ebb tide 

channel, which is equivalent to a 

maximum of one maintenance event 

every 4 years until authorization expires 

on December 31, 2041. The main 

purpose of the project is to provide 

short and long-term protection of the 

Town’s infrastructure. The proposed 

modification request includes the 

consolidation of Phases II–V into one 

phase (in a single dredging event), the 

utilization of a hopper dredge, an 

increase of beach fill density in the 

original Phase V footprint, the inclusion 

of an additional borrow source, and the 

extension of dredging outside the 

permitted dredge window. 

DATES: Written comments will be 

received until July 22, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and 

questions regarding the Draft 

Supplement to the FEIS may be 

submitted to: U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Wilmington District, 

Regulatory Division. ATTN: File 

Number 205–00344 (ORM #2004– 

00344), 69 Darlington Avenue, 

Wilmington, NC 28403. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and Supplement to the EIS can be 

directed to Mr. Mickey Sugg, Project 

Manager, Wilmington Regulatory Field 

Office, at telephone (910) 251–4811; 

email mickey.t.sugg@usace.army.mil ; or 

regular mail at (see ADDRESSES). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Proposed Action. Between 

November 26, 2012 and February 9, 

2013, the Town of North Topsail Beach 

implemented Phase I of their 

authorization, which encompassed the 

relocation of the New River Inlet ebb 

tide channel by use of a cutter head 

dredge and the placement of the 

dredged material along approximately 

1.5 miles of the island’s northeast end. 

Upon the completion of Phase I, the 

Town has reevaluated its financial 

status and seeks to modify their DA 

authorization. A key component in the 

modification request is to combine 

Phases II–V. This would replace the 

current multi-nourishment cycle within 

the remaining 9.6 miles with a one-time 

nourishment event constructed during a 

single dredging window. The proposal 

also requests that dredging be allowed 

outside the November 16–March 31 

dredge window to extend their 

operation to April 30, and that the 

dredging operation include the use of 

hopper dredge plants. The Town seeks 

to include a new borrow source, DA143, 

which is an upland disposal island 

located near the intersection of New 

River and the Atlantic Intracoastal 

Waterway. Historically, DA 143 has 

been used by USACE as a disposal area 

during maintenance dredging of nearby 

federal navigation channels. It is 

estimated that the disposal island 

contains approximately 1.9 million 

cubic yards of material, which will be 

short of the approximate 2.6 million 

cubic yards needed for the 9.6 miles of 

ocean front nourishment. With this 

short fall of beach fill, the remaining 

material will be dredged from the 

existing permitted off-shore borrow 

source. The 2.6 million cubic yards of 

material includes the Town’s 

modification plans to increase the 

original fill density of Phase V from 25.2 

cubic yards/linear foot to a range of 57– 

132 cubic yards/linear foot. 

2. Scoping Process. a. The USACE 

will reinitiate consultation with the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service under the 

Endangered Species Act and the Fish 

and Wildlife Coordination Act; with the 

National Marine Fisheries Service under 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act and 

the Endangered Species Act; and with 

the North Carolina State Historic 

Preservation Office under the National 

Historic Preservation Act. Additionally, 

the USACE will coordinate the FEIS 

Supplement with the North Carolina 

Division of Water Quality (NCDWQ) to 

assess the potential water quality 

impacts pursuant to Section 401 of the 

Clean Water Act, and with the North 

Carolina Division of Coastal 

Management (NCDCM) to determine the 

projects consistency with the Coastal 

Zone Management Act. The USACE will 

closely work with NCDCM and NCDWQ 

in the development of the Supplement 

to ensure the process complies with all 

State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) 

requirements. It is the intention of both 

the USACE and the State of North 

Carolina to consolidate the NEPA and 

SEPA processes thereby eliminating 

duplication. 

b. A 45-day public review period will 

be provided for all interested parties, 

individuals, and agencies to review and 

comment on the Draft Supplement to 

the FEIS when released. 

3. Availability of the Supplement to 

the EIS. The Draft Supplement is 

expected to be published and circulated 

the summer of 2013. 

Dated: June 12, 2013. 

Scott McLendon, 

Chief, Regulatory Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–14725 Filed 6–20–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2013–ICCD–0082] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Elementary and Secondary 

Improvement Formula Grants 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education (OESE), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before August 

20, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 


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