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availability of space, this meeting is 

open to the public. Seating is on a firstcome basis. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lieutenant Colonel Renea Yates; reneayates@us.army.mil or 571.256.4325. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following topics are on the agenda for 

discussion: 

Æ Gravesite Accountability Task Force 

Report (22 December 2011) 

Æ Fiscal Stewardship and Information 

Technology Update 

Æ Army National Cemeteries Program 

Campaign Plan 

Æ Subcommittee Activities: 

D ‘‘Honor’’ Subcommittee: 

Independent recommendations of 

methods to address the long-term 

future of the Army National 

Cemeteries, including how best to 

extend the active burials and on 

what ANC should focus once all 

available space has been utilized. 

D ‘‘Remember’’ Subcommittee: 

Recommendations on preserving 

the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 

including the cracks in the large 

marble sarcophagus, the adjacent 

marble slabs, and the potential 

replacement marble stone for the 

sarcophagus already gifted to the 

Army. 

D ‘‘Explore’’ Subcommittee: 

Recommendations Section 60 

Mementos study and improving the 

quality of visitors’ experiences now 

and for generations to come. 

The Commission’s mission is to 

provide the Secretary of Defense, 

through the Secretary of the Army, 

independent advice and 

recommendations on the Army National 

Cemeteries Program, including, but not 

limited to: 

a. Management and operational 

issues, including bereavement practices; 

b. Plans and strategies for addressing 

long-term governance challenges; 

c. Resource planning and allocation; 

and 

d. Any other matters relating to Army 

National Cemeteries that the 

Commission’s co-chairs, in consultation 

with the Secretary of the Army, may 

decide to consider. 

Filing Written Statement: Pursuant to 

41 CFR 102–3.140d, the Committee is 

not obligated to allow the public to 

speak; however, interested persons may 

submit a written statement for 

consideration by the Commission. 

Written statements must be received by 

the Designated Federal Officer at the 

following address: Army National 

Cemeteries Advisory Commission, 

ATTN: Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO) (LTC Yates), Arlington National 

Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia 22211 not 

later than 5 p.m., Monday, March 5, 

2012. Written statements received after 

this date may not be provided to or 

considered by the Army National 

Cemeteries Advisory Commission until 

the next open meeting. The Designated 

Federal Officer will review all timely 

submissions with the Commission 

Chairperson and ensure they are 

provided to the members of the Army 

National Cemeteries Advisory 

Commission. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army: Corps of 

Engineers 

Public Scoping Meetings and 

Preparation of Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Proposed Glades 

Reservoir 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE), Savannah District, 

has received an application (File 

Number SAS–2007–00388) for a 

Department of the Army Permit 

pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean 

Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) from the 

Hall County Board of Commissioners 

(Applicant) for a proposed water supply 

reservoir project to be located in Hall 

County, Georgia. The proposed project 

would be comprised of a new pumpstorage water supply reservoir (Glades 

Reservoir), as well as pipelines and 

pumping stations to withdraw water 

from the Chattahoochee River and to 

connect with the existing Cedar Creek 

Reservoir. Water would be pumped to 

the existing Cedar Creek Reservoir 

located in eastern Hall County for 

treatment and distribution to Hall 

County customers. The Applicant 

believes this action is needed to supply 

water for Hall County through the year 

2060. 

The primary federal involvement 

associated with the proposed action is 

the discharge of dredged or fill material 

into waters of the United States, 

including jurisdictional wetlands. It is 

estimated, by the Applicant, that 39.2 

acres of jurisdictional wetlands and 

approximately 95,000 linear feet of 

streams would be adversely affected by 

the proposed action. Federal 

authorizations for the proposed project 

would constitute a ‘‘major federal 

action.’’ Based on the potential impacts, 

both individually and cumulatively, the 

USACE intends to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

in compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act to render a 

final decision on the permit application. 

The USACE’s decision will be to 

either issue, issue with modification or 

deny a Department of the Army permit 

for the proposed action. The EIS will 

assess the potential social, economic 

and environmental impacts of the 

construction and operation of the 

reservoir, raw water conveyances, 

associated facilities, and appurtenances. 

The EIS is intended to be sufficient in 

scope to address federal, state and local 

requirements, environmental issues 

concerning the proposed action, and 

permit reviews. 

DATES: The scoping period will 

commence with the publication of this 

notice. The formal scoping period will 

end 60 days after the publication of this 

notice. Comments regarding issues 

relative to the proposed project should 

be received by April 17, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by mail to U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers, Attention: Regulatory 

Division, 100 West Oglethorpe Avenue, 

Savannah, Georgia 31401–3640. You 

may also submit written comments online at http://www.gladesreservoir.com. 

Documents pertinent to the proposed 

project may be examined at the Web site 

http://www.gladesreservoir.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Morgan, Project Manager, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, at (912) 652– 

5139. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

USACE Savannah District intends to 

prepare an EIS on the proposed Glades 

Reservoir project. The Hall County 

Board of Commissioners proposes this 

project and is the applicant for a 

Department of the Army permit (File 

Number SAS–2007–00388). 

1. Project Description: The Glades 

Reservoir is a proposed pumped-storage 

reservoir on Flat Creek, a tributary to the 

Chattahoochee River upstream of Lake 

Sidney Lanier. The drainage area for the 

proposed Glades Reservoir is estimated 

to be 17.6 square miles. The proposed 

dam would impound an approximately 

850-acre reservoir at a normal pool 

elevation of 1180 feet mean sea level 

(msl) and provide 11.7 billion gallons of 

water storage capacity. The proposed 

Glades Reservoir would be located 

approximately 12 miles northeast of 

Gainesville, Georgia, northeast of US 23/ 

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365, near the US 23/365 State Route 

(SR) 52 intersection. 

The proposed Glades Reservoir water 

supply project would be comprised of a 

new water supply reservoir, as well as 

pipelines and pumping stations for 

withdrawing water from the 

Chattahoochee River and for 

interconnecting with the existing Cedar 

Creek Reservoir. Water would be 

withdrawn from the Cedar Creek 

Reservoir for treatment and distribution 

to customers in Hall County. 

The total system (Glades ReservoirCedar Creek Reservoir system) safe yield 

is estimated to be 80 million gallons per 

day (mgd) (on an annual average daily 

basis), which includes 7.5 mgd of safe 

yield from the existing Cedar Creek 

Reservoir. The Glades Reservoir water 

supply project is proposed to meet an 

unmet projected water demand of 72.5 

mgd in 2060. 

When adequate flows are available in 

the Chattahoochee River, water would 

be withdrawn from the Chattahoochee 

River and delivered to the Hall County 

through the existing Cedar Creek 

Reservoir. 

When insufficient flow occurs, water 

would be released from the Glades 

Reservoir to meet water supply demand 

while maintaining the minimum instream flow in the Chattahoochee River. 

In May 2011, a Jurisdictional Waters 

of the U.S. Delineation was conducted 

by the Applicant on the reservoir site 

using sub-meter global positioning 

system (GPS). The delineation 

determined that the impacts at elevation 

1,180 feet msl would be 39.2 acres of 

wetlands and approximately 95,000 

linear feet of stream. 

2. Scoping and Public Involvement 

Process: The purpose of the public 

scoping process is to determine relevant 

issues that will affect the scope of the 

environmental analysis and EIS 

alternatives. Some areas of potential 

significant impact have been identified, 

but are not limited to the following: 

a. Loss of aquatic resources, including 

wetlands 

b. Water quality 

c. Water quantity, including 

downstream impacts 

d. Air quality 

e. Secondary and cumulative impacts 

f. Federal navigation 

g. Federal projects 

h. Socioeconomics, including 

environmental justice 

i. Cultural resources 

j. Threatened and endangered species. 

The EIS process is being implemented 

so that the application can be fully 

evaluated and a permit decision can be 

made. The purpose of the EIS scoping 

meetings is to gather information on the 

subjects to be studied in detail in the 

EIS. 

3. Purpose and Need. The purpose of 

the proposed action is to provide 

sufficient water supply to meet 

projected water demand in Hall County 

through the year 2060. 

4. Alternatives. An evaluation of 

alternatives to the Applicant’s preferred 

alternative initially being considered 

includes a No Action alternative, 

alternatives that would avoid, minimize 

and compensate for impacts to the 

aquatic environment, alternatives 

utilizing alternative practices, and other 

reasonable alternatives that will be 

developed through the project scoping 

process which may also meet the 

identified purpose and need. 

5. Additional Resources to be 

Evaluated. Resource areas to be 

evaluated that have been identified to 

date include the following: potential 

direct effects to waters of the U.S. 

including aquatic species; 

environmental justice; socioeconomic 

environment; archaeological and 

cultural resources; recreation and 

recreational resources; energy supply 

and natural resources; hazardous waste 

and materials; aesthetics; public health 

and safety; navigation; erosion and 

accretion; cumulative impacts; public 

benefit and needs of the people along 

with potential effects on the human 

environment. All parties who express 

interest will be given an opportunity to 

participate in the process. 

6. Public Scoping Meetings. Three 

public scoping meetings will be held at 

the following locations/dates: 

a. March 20, 2012, 4 to 8 p.m. at 

Gainesville State College, 3820 

Mundy Mill Road, Oakwood, GA 

30566 

b. March 21, 2012, 4 to 8 p.m. at 

Lexington Auburn University 

Convention Center, 1577 South 

College Street, Auburn, AL 36832; 

c. March 22, 2012, 4 to 8 p.m. at 

Apalachicola National Estuarine 

Research Reserve, 108 Island Drive, 

Eastpoint, FL 32328 

The USACE will announce the public 

scoping meetings through local news 

media and the Web page at least 15 days 

prior to the first meeting. Comments are 

encouraged from the public, federal, 

state, and local agencies and officials, 

Indian tribes, and other interested 

parties so that the scope of the EIS may 

be properly identified. 

7. Coordination. The proposed action 

is being coordinated with a number of 

Federal, state, regional and local 

agencies including, but not limited to, 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, and the Georgia Department of 

Natural Resources Environmental 

Protection Division. These agencies 

were requested by the USACE Savannah 

District to be cooperating agencies for 

this EIS per Council on Environmental 

Quality regulations at 40 CFR 1501.6. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency and the Georgia Environmental 

Protection Division have agreed to 

participate in the EIS process as 

cooperating agencies. Other agencies, 

including the state resource protection 

agencies of the States of Alabama and 

Florida and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service may also comment during the 

scoping process. 

8. Availability of the Draft EIS. The 

USACE currently expects the Draft EIS 

to be made available to the public by 

December 30, 2012. 

Russell L. Kaiser, 

Chief, Regulatory Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Availability of a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement in 

Cooperation With the North Carolina 

Department of Transportation for the 

Improvement of a 27.3 Mile Segment of 

US Highway 64 in Tyrrell and Dare 

Counties, NC 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (COE), Wilmington District, 

Wilmington Regulatory Division is 

issuing this notice to advise the public 

that a State of North Carolina funded 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) has been prepared for the 

improvement of US 64 to a multilane 

facility, and replacement of the Lindsay 

C. Warren bridge, in Tyrrell and Dare 

Counties, North Carolina (TIP Projects 

R–2544 and R–2545). 

DATES: Written comments on the DEIS 

will be received until April 2, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Bill Biddlecome, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Washington 

Regulatory Field Office, 2407 West 5th 

Street, Washington, NC 27889 or 

Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D., Project 

Development and Environmental 

Analysis Unit, North Carolina 

Department of Transportation, 1548 

Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North 

Carolina 27699–1548. 

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