48932 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 185 / Friday, September 25, 2009 / Notices 

[FR Doc. E9–22947 Filed 9–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–C 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Public Hearing of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

on Basewide Utility Infrastructure at 

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, 

CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 

(102)(2)(c) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (42 United States Code [U.S.C.] 

4231); the Council on Environmental 

Quality (CEQ) regulations for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA (Title 40 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) Parts 1500–1508); 

Department of the Navy Procedures for 

Implementing NEPA (32 CFR Part 775); 

and Marine Corps NEPA directives 

(Marine Corps Order P5090.2A), the 

Marine Corps has prepared and filed 

with the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency a Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) that evaluates the 

potential environmental consequences 

that may result from implementing the 

Basewide Utility Infrastructure project 

at Camp Pendleton. 

The project would expand, update, 

repair, and improve, sewer, water, 

electrical, communication, roadway, 

and natural gas infrastructure in support 

of current and future expanded training 

operations on Camp Pendleton in 

support of the installation’s mission, 

which is to ‘‘operate an amphibious 

training base that promotes the combat 

readiness of operating forces by 

providing facilities, services, and 

support responsive to the needs of 

Marines, Sailors, and their families.’’ A 

Notice of Intent to prepare this EIS was 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 12, 2008 (73 FR 66879). 


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The Marine Corps will conduct a 

public meeting to receive oral and 

written comments on the Draft EIS. 

Federal, State, and local agencies and 

interested individuals are invited to be 

present or represented at the public 

meeting. This notice announces the date 

and location of the public meeting, and 

supplementary information about the 

environmental planning effort is also 

included in this notice. 

DATES: The public meeting will be 

conducted as an informational open 

house. Individuals will be allowed to 

review the information presented in the 

Draft EIS and Marine Corps and Navy 

representatives will be available to 

clarify information related to the Draft 

EIS. The meeting will be held from 6 

p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Ole Hanson 

Fireside Room at the San Clemente 

Community Center, 100 North Calle 

Seville, San Clemente, California 92672 

on October 27, 2009. 

The Draft EIS was distributed to 

Federal, State, and local agencies, 

elected officials, and other interested 

parties and individuals on September 

25, 2009. The public comment period 

will end on November 9, 2009. The 

document can be viewed online and 

downloaded from http:// 

www.marines.mil/units/hqmc/logistics/ 

Pages/LFL/LFL–1/ 

EnvironmentalPlanningInProgress.aspx. 

Copies of the Draft EIS are available for 

public review at the following public 

libraries: Oceanside Civic Center 

Library, 330 North Coast Highway, 

Oceanside, CA 92054; San Clemente 

Library, 242 Avenida del Mar, San 

Clemente, CA 92672; and Fallbrook 

Branch, San Diego County Public 

Library, Fallbrook, CA 92028. A hard 

copy of the Draft EIS will be made 

available upon written request to Mr. 

Jesse Martinez, NAVFAC Southwest, 

1220 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 

92132–5190. 

Comments: Attendees will be able to 

submit written comments at the public 

meeting; a stenographer will be present 

to transcribe oral comments, but to 

ensure the accuracy of the record, all 

statements should be submitted in 

writing. Equal weight will be given to 

oral and written statements. Comments 

may be mailed to Mr. Jesse Martinez at 

NAVFAC Southwest, 1220 Pacific 

Highway, San Diego, CA, 92132–5190. 

All mailed or e-mailed comments must 

be postmarked or electronically dated 

on or before November 9, 2009, to be 

sure they become part of the public 

record. All statements, oral transcription 

and written, submitted during the 

public review period will become part 

of the public record on the Draft EIS and 

will be responded to in the Final EIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jesse Martinez, NAVFAC Southwest, 

1220 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 

92132–5190; 

jesse.w.martinez1@navy.mil; fax: 

619.532.2060; telephone: 619.532.3844. 

Please submit requests for special 

assistance, sign language interpretation 

for the hearing impaired, or other 

auxiliary aids at the public meeting to 

Mr. Martinez. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed action and subject of the Draft 

EIS is the construction and operation, 

including maintenance, of utility 

infrastructure upgrades, expansions, 

and improvements to water, wastewater, 

electrical, communication, and natural 

gas systems within MCBCP. Full 

environmental analyses for a Preferred 

Alternative (Alternative 1), two other 

action alternatives (Alternatives 2 and 

3), and a No Action Alternative are 

presented in the Draft EIS. 

Each action alternative, including the 

Preferred Alternative, includes six 

construction projects to construct and 

operate six utility infrastructure projects 

entirely within Marine Corps Base 

Camp Pendleton (MCBCP) funded by 

Military Construction (MILCON) 

program appropriation. Each alternative 

would include upgrades to the northern 

wastewater system, including a 

Northern Regional Tertiary Treatment 

Plant (MILCON P–1043/P–1046); 

upgrades to the Base electrical systems 

and associated facilities (MILCONs P– 

1048 and P–1094); upgrades to the 

Basewide communication systems 

(MILCON P–1093); upgrades to the 

Basewide natural gas systems (P–1099); 

and water, wastewater, and road 

improvements to serve Range 130 and 

Range 131. 

Many infrastructure elements at 

MCBCP date back to the 1940s and 

1950s and are now outdated, 

undersized, and deteriorating. Because 

of this worsening condition, 

maintenance costs are high and will 

continue to mount. The situation will be 

further exacerbated by future growth of 

the Base. A lack of adequate 

infrastructure is currently impeding, 

and will continue to impede, the 

mission of the Base without significant 

upgrades. The purpose of the three 

action alternatives is to provide new or 

upgraded, reliable, and compliant utility 

systems to support military training and 

operations throughout MCBCP and 

quality of life services; and to provide 

system redundancy that would enable 

the delivery of utility services during 

periods of scheduled, unscheduled, and 

emergency outages. 

Each action alternative contains six 

projects intended to accomplish this 

purpose. Some of the projects have more 

than one means of doing so, referred to 

as ‘‘Options’’ for that MILCON. 

Alternatives 1, 2, and 3 consist of 

different suites of those Options. Some 

Options are common to all three action 

alternatives. The alternatives do not 

present all possible combinations of 

Options, but it is intended that the 

decision maker could choose to approve 

any of the alternatives or a combination 

of Options different from the three 

action alternatives, since the EIS fully 

assesses the environmental 

consequences of each Option. 

All of the three action alternatives 

would achieve the purpose of and fulfill 

the need for the proposed action. 

Alternative 1, the Preferred Alternative, 

contains the Options for each project 

that are most desirable from the 

standpoint of cost, engineering 

efficiency, and environmental 

consequences. Options in Alternatives 2 

and 3 that differ from Alternative 1 are 

feasible but less desirable. 

The No Action Alternative would not 

meet the purpose of and need for the 

proposed action. The current 

inadequacies of the infrastructure 

systems would persist and increase with 

age. The growth in personnel and 

training programs at MCBCP that is 

already planned and has started would 

be impeded and possibly curtailed. 

Environmental resources addressed in 

the Draft EIS are geology and soils, 

water resources, biological resources, 

cultural resources, land use, visual 

resources, socioeconomics and 

environmental justice, traffic, air 

quality, noise, public health and safety, 

infrastructure and utilities, and coastal 

zone management. The Draft EIS also 

examines cumulative impacts from past, 

present, and reasonably foreseeable 

future projects on and near MCBCP. 

Environmental consequences of the 

proposed action would principally arise 

from construction; impacts from 

operation and maintenance of the 

infrastructure systems would be 

relatively minor. The Draft EIS 

enumerates an array of conservation and 

construction measures and features of 

project design and planning that would 

avoid and minimize most potential 

impacts. The proposed action would 

fully comply with regulatory 

requirements for the protection of 

environmental resources. Mitigation for 

potential impacts to biological resources 

would be accomplished at accepted 

restoration or enhancement ratios, and 

mitigation for potential impacts to 


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Federally-listed threatened or 

endangered species would be developed 

in consultation with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service. Mitigation for 

potential impacts to cultural resources 

would comply with a Programmatic 

Agreement with the State Historic 

Preservation Office and Native 

Americans. 

Schedule: A Notice of Availability 

will be published in the Federal 

Register and local print media to start 

the 45-day public comment period for 

the Draft EIS. The Marine Corps will 

consider and respond to all written 

comments, including e-mail, in 

preparing the Final EIS. The Department 

of the Navy intends to issue the Final 

EIS in April 2010, at which time an 

NOA will be published in the Federal 

Register and local print media. A 

Record of Decision is expected in June 

2010. 

Dated: September 17, 2009. 

A. M. Vallandingham, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for Pine Mountain 

Dam, Arkansas, General Reevaluation 

Report 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), 

Little Rock District will prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Pine Mountain Dam, Arkansas, 

General Reevaluation Report. 

The purpose of the EIS will be to 

present alternatives and assess the 

impacts to the human environment 

associated with providing water supply 

to the surrounding areas in Arkansas 

from the proposed project. The study 

area includes the entire Lee Creek 

watershed together with the lower Lee 

Creek reservoir near Van Buren, AR. 

The proposed project could affect 

agriculture, recreation, flood control, 

water supply and natural resources 

within the study area. 

The EIS will evaluate potential 

impacts (positive and negative) to the 

natural, physical, and human 

environment as a result of implementing 

any of the proposed project alternatives 

that may be developed during the EIS 

process. 

This notice replaces a Notice of Intent 

(NOI) that was previously published in 

the Federal Register on May 1, 2006 (71 

FR 25573) which included flood control 

as part of the project purpose. Flood 

control is no longer being considered as 

a project purpose. 

ADDRESSES: Questions or comments 

concerning the proposed action should 

be addressed to: Ms. Laura Cameron, 

USACE, Little Rock District, Planning 

and Environmental Office, PO Box 867, 

Little Rock, AR 72203–0867, e-mail: 

laura.l.cameron@usace.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Laura Cameron, (501) 324–5037. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Study History: The Pine Mountain 

Dam project was authorized for 

construction by Congress in 1965. 

Additional studies and a preliminary 

draft EIS were prepared in the 1970s. In 

1980, prior to public review of the EIS, 

the local sponsor decided not to 

continue sponsoring the project. In 

2000, the River Valley Regional Water 

District identified themselves as a 

willing sponsor and requested that the 

Corps of Engineers reevaluate the 

project. The proposed Pine Mountain 

Dam, Arkansas, General Reevaluation 

Report is being undertaken by USACE, 

Little Rock District under the direction 

of the U.S. Congress. A study will be 

conducted consisting of major 

hydraulics and hydrologic 

investigations, economic analyses, 

alternative development and related 

analyses in conjunction with the EIS. 

2. Comments/Scoping Meeting: 

Interested parties are requested to 

express their views concerning the 

proposed activity. The public is 

encouraged to provide written 

comments in addition to or in lieu of 

oral comments at scoping meetings. To 

be most helpful, scoping comments 

should clearly describe specific 

environmental topics or issues, which 

the commentator believes the document 

should address. Oral and written 

comments receive equal consideration. 

Scoping meetings will be held with 

government agencies and the public in 

October 2009 in Crawford and Pulaski 

Counties, AR. The location, time, and 

date will be published at least 14 days 

prior to each scoping meeting. 

Comments received as a result of this 

notice and the news releases will be 

used to assist Little Rock District in 

identifying potential impacts to the 

quality of the human or natural 

environment. Affected local, state, or 

Federal agencies, affected Indian Tribes, 

and other interested private 

organizations and parties may 

participate in the scoping process by 

forwarding written comments to (see 

ADDRESSES). Interested parties may also 

request to be included on the mailing 

list for public distribution of meeting 

announcements and documents. 

4. Alternatives/Issues: The EIS will 

evaluate the effects of all viable water 

supply alternatives including the 

construction of the Pine Mountain Dam 

and Lake, which was authorized by 

Congress in 1965. Anticipated 

significant issues to be addressed in the 

EIS include impacts on: (1) Water 

supply, (2) recreation and recreation 

facilities, (3) stream hydraulics, (4) fish 

and wildlife resources and habitats, and 

(6) other impacts identified by the 

public, agencies or USACE studies. 

5. Availability of the Draft EIS: The 

Draft EIS is anticipated to be available 

for public review in early 2013 subject 

to the receipt of Federal funding. 

6. Authority: Pine Mountain Dam and 

Lake was authorized for construction by 

the Flood Control Act of 1965 (Title II, 

Pub. L. 89–298) substantially in 

accordance with the recommendations 

of the Chief of Engineers in House 

Document No. 270, 89th Congress. 

Donald E. Jackson, Jr., 

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District 

Commander. 

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BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Availability for the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report and a 

Draft General Conformity 

Determination for the San Pedro 

Waterfront Project, Port of Los 

Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army—U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: On September 22, 2008, the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los 

Angeles District, Regulatory Division 

(Corps) in coordination with the Los 

Angeles Harbor Department (LAHD) 

completed and published the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) 

for the San Pedro Waterfront Project 

(Project) in the Port of Los Angeles. The 

Corps and LAHD considered all 

comments received in preparing the 


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