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Comments on this certification are 

invited. Commenters should identify the 

statement(s) underlying the certification 

on which they are providing additional 

information. 

End of Certification 

The following service is proposed for 

addition to Procurement List for 

production by the nonprofit agency 

listed: 

Service 

Service Type/Location: Distribution of USCG 

Promotional Materials, Coast Guard 

Recruiting Command, Washington DC 

(Off Site: 445 S. Curtis Rd., West Allis, 

WI). 

NPA: Industries for the Blind, Inc., West 

Allis, WI. 

Contracting Activity: DEPARTMENT OF 

HOMELAND SECURITY, U.S. COAST 

GUARD, HQ CONTRACT OPERATIONS 

(CG–912), WASHINGTON, DC. 

Deletions 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities. 

2. If approved, the action may result 

in authorizing small entities to provide 

the services to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the services proposed 

for deletion from the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

The following services are proposed 

for deletion from the Procurement List: 

Services 

Service Type/Locations: Administrative 

Services, Department of Agriculture: 

Rural Development Agency USDA. St. 

Louis, MO 

NPA: St. Vincent DePaul Rehabilitation 

Services of Texas, Inc., Austin, TX, 

Department of Agriculture, Farm Service 

Agency, 6501 Beacon Drive, Kansas City, 

MO. 

NPA: Independence and Blue Springs 

Industries, Inc., Independence, MO. 

Contracting Activity: DEPARTMENT OF 

AGRICULTURE, FARM SERVICE 

AGENCY, KANSAS CITY ACQUISITION 

BRANCH, KANSAS CITY, MO. 

Service Type/Location: Recycling Service, 

Goodfellow Air Force Base: Basewide, 

Goodfellow AFB, TX. 

NPA: MHMR Services for the Concho Valley, 

San Angelo, TX. 

Contracting Activity: DEPT. OF THE AIR 

FORCE, FA3030 17 CONS CC, 

GOODFELLOW AFB, TX. 

Patricia Briscoe, 

Deputy Director, Business Operations (Pricing 

and Information Management). 

[FR Doc. 2011–21242 Filed 8–18–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Availability for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report for a 

Permit Application for the Proposed 

Salton Sea Species Conservation 

Habitat Project at the Salton Sea, in 

Imperial County, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army—U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles 

District, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Los Angeles District 

(Regulatory Division), in coordination 

with the California Natural Resources 

Agency, has completed a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) 

for the Salton Sea Species Conservation 

Habitat (SCH) Project. The Natural 

Resources Agency is requesting a permit 

from the Corps of Engineers to discharge 

dredged or fill material into the Salton 

Sea, a water of the United States subject 

to the Corps jurisdiction under section 

404 of the Clean Water Act, including 

permanent impacts up to 24 acres and 

temporary impacts up to 1,760 acres for 

the construction of up to 3,770 acres of 

shallow ponds and associated 

infrastructure at the southern end of the 

Salton Sea in Imperial County, 

California. Compared to existing 

conditions, the SCH Project would 

result in a net increase in the extent of 

jurisdictional aquatic resources by up to 

1,986 acres because the ponds would 

restore such resources located between 

elevation ¥228 feet and ¥231 feet 

previously lost by the receding Sea. 

Draft EIS/EIR Comment Process. In an 

effort to follow sustainable business 

practices, the Draft EIS/EIR can be 

downloaded in electronic format from 

the Natural Resources Agency— 

Department of Water Resources’ Web 

site: http://www.water.ca.gov/ 

saltonsea/. A hardcopy of the Draft EIS/ 

EIR and documents referenced in the 

Draft EIS/EIR can be viewed at the 

following location: California 

Department of Fish and Game, 78078 

Country Club Drive, Suite 109, Bermuda 

Dunes, CA 92203. In addition, the 

hardcopy Draft EIS/EIR can be viewed at 

the following public locations: Brawley 

Public Library, 400 Main Street, 

Brawley, CA 92227; Calipatria Public 

Library, 225 West Main Street, 

Calipatria, CA 92233; Imperial Public 

Library, 200 West 9th Street, Imperial, 

CA 92251; El Centro Public Library, 375 

South 1st Street, El Centro, CA 92243; 

Imperial County Free Library, 2098 

Frontage Road, Salton City, CA 92275; 

Mecca-North Shore Public Library, 91– 

260 Avenue 66, Mecca, CA 92254; and 

Coachella Branch Library, 1538 7th 

Street, Coachella, CA 92236. 

The Corps and the Natural Resources 

Agency invites interested parties to 

attend one of the jointly held public 

hearings to provide the agencies with 

their views and comments on the Draft 

EIS/EIR. Comments on the content of 

the Draft EIS/EIR by Federal, State, and 

local agencies, affected Indian tribes, 

and other interested organizations and 

persons are encouraged and will be 

considered by the Corps and the Natural 

Resources Agency and become part of 

the administrative record for the Corps’ 

decision. The public hearings will be 

held at: 

1. Calipatria—September 14, 2011 at 1 

P.M. at the Calipatria Inn and Suites, 

700 North Sorenson Avenue, Calipatria, 

CA 92233. 

2. Brawley—September 14, 2011 at 6 

P.M. at Elks Lodge #1420, 161 South 

Plaza, Brawley, CA 92227. 

3. Palm Desert— September 15, 2011 

at 1 P.M. at the University of California, 

75–080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Room 

B200, Palm Desert, CA 92211. 

In order for the Corps and the Natural 

Resources Agency to more accurately 

process and respond to comments, an 

online e-form is provided on the Natural 

Resources Agency—Department of 

Water Resources’ Web site http:// 

www.water.ca.gov/saltonsea/ and is the 

preferred method of receiving comments 

from interested parties. Alternatively, 

written comment letters can be provided 

directly to Ms. Lanika Cervantes or Mr. 

David Elms at the addresses listed 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Written comments concerning the Draft 

EIS/EIR should be directed to Ms. 

Lanika Cervantes, Project Manager, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles 

District, Regulatory Division, San Diego 

Field Office, ATTN: CESPL–RG–S– 

2010–00142–LLC, 6010 Hidden Valley 

Road, Suite 105, Carlsbad, CA 92011, 

(760) 602–4838. Comments also can be 

directed to: Mr. David Elms, California 

Department of Fish and Game Project 

Manager, California Department of Fish 


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and Game, 78078 Country Club Drive, 

Suite 109, Bermuda Dunes, CA 92203, 

(760) 200–9372. For additional 

information, please call Rick Davis of 

the Davis Group at (760) 610–2072 or 

e-mail 

CAFishandGame@davisgroupca.com. 

Alternatively, you may contact the 

Corps and DFG project managers 

identified above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Draft 

EIS/EIR has been filed with the 

Environmental Protection Agency to be 

published in the Federal Register. The 

review period for the Draft EIS/EIR will 

begin from the date of publishing the 

Notice of Availability in the Federal 

Register, which is expected to be on 

August 17, 2011. Comments on the Draft 

EIS/EIR will be accepted 60 days later, 

until October 17, 2011. 

Dated: August 8, 2011. 

R. Mark Toy, P.E., 

Colonel, US Army, Commander and District 

Engineer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21239 Filed 8–18–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Medical Facilities Development and 

University Expansion at Naval Support 

Activity Bethesda, Bethesda, Maryland 

and To Announce Public Scoping 

Meetings 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section (102)(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, the regulations 

implemented by the Council on 

Environmental Quality (40 Code of 

Federal Regulations [CFR] parts 1500– 

1508), the Department of the Navy 

(DoN) announces its intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

to evaluate the potential environmental 

effects associated with the proposed 

actions at Naval Support Activity (NSA) 

Bethesda to implement the 

Congressional mandate in the Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2010 National Defense 

Authorization Act (NDAA) to achieve 

the new statutory world-class standards 

for military medicine at the Walter Reed 

National Military Medical Center at 

Bethesda (WRNMMCB) by providing 

enduring facilities commensurate in 

quality, capability and condition as 

those provided by the Base Realignment 

and Closure (BRAC) investment and 

address the space and operational 

limitations at the Uniformed Services 

University of the Health Sciences 

(USUHS). The proposed actions, which 

will enhance and support but not add to 

the missions of the installation, medical 

center or USUHS, include: (1) The 

demolition of five (5) hospital buildings 

and reconstruction of a single 5-story 

facility and associated parking garage, 

utility capacity upgrades, and temporary 

medical facilities to provide 

uninterrupted patient care during 

construction (Medical Facilities 

Development) and (2) the expansion of 

the USUHS and associated parking 

garage. 

These proposed actions are two 

components of the 2012 NSA Bethesda 

Master Plan that the DoN is currently 

updating and this EIS analyzes the 

implementation of these components. 

The 2012 NSA Bethesda Master Plan 

reflects ongoing projects previously 

considered under NEPA as well as 

potential future development 

opportunities at NSA Bethesda. The EIS 

will evaluate the cumulative effects of 

the proposed actions in the context of 

the known, ongoing activities and 

identify the potential programmatic 

effects of the proposed actions in the 

context of the potential future 

development opportunities. Therefore, 

the EIS will analyze the environmental 

effects of the 2012 NSA Bethesda Master 

Plan relative to the implementation of 

the proposed actions in this EIS. For the 

potential future development 

opportunities, the DoN will ensure the 

appropriate NEPA review is completed 

at such time as the projects are proposed 

for implementation. 

The proposed actions at NSA 

Bethesda consist of: (1) The Medical 

Facilities Development, which includes 

demolition of Buildings 2, 4, 6, 7, and 

8 and construction of a single, 5-story 

replacement building in the medical 

center core, construction of an 

associated parking garage, utility 

capacity upgrades, construction of 

temporary medical facilities to maintain 

uninterrupted patient care during 

construction, and internal renovations 

to Buildings 1, 3, 5, 9, and 10; and (2) 

the University Expansion, which 

includes construction of a new 

classroom/research facility and 

associated parking garage at USUHS. 

The proposed actions would not add to 

the existing missions at NSA Bethesda 

and would occur subsequent to the 2005 

BRAC Law mandated relocation of the 

Walter Reed Army Medical Center’s 

(WRAMC) tertiary (sub-specialty and 

complex care) medical services to 

National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) 

at NSA Bethesda in September 2011. 

With the relocation, the NNMC will be 

renamed the WRNMMCB. 

NSA Bethesda is the action proponent 

and the DoN is the lead agency for the 

proposed actions. Joint Task Force 

National Capital Region Medical (JTF 

CapMed), NNMC, and USUHS, are 

tenants of NSA Bethesda and are the 

stakeholders for these activities. 

The DoN is initiating a 45-day public 

scoping period to identify community 

interests and specific issues to be 

addressed in the EIS. The public 

scoping period starts with the 

publication of this Notice of Intent. The 

DoN will hold two public scoping 

meetings to inform the public of the 

proposed actions and receive comments. 

Comments, both written and oral, will 

be collected at each of the two public 

scoping meetings. Each of the public 

scoping meetings will consist of an open 

house session followed by a live 

presentation and an opportunity for the 

public to present their comments. To 

ensure that the full range of issues 

related to the proposed actions will be 

addressed, representatives from the DoN 

will be available to solicit comments 

from all interested parties during the 

public scoping meetings. Following 

future publication of the draft EIS, at a 

time to be determined, further public 

meetings will be held to address 

comments on the draft document. 

Dates and Addresses: The two public 

scoping meetings will be held on the 

following dates: 

1. Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 5 

p.m. to 9 p.m., Bethesda Marriott, 5151 

Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, Maryland 

20814. 

2. Monday, September 12, 2011, 1 

p.m. to 5 p.m., Bethesda Marriott, 5151 

Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, Maryland 

20814. 

Additional information concerning 

meeting times and locations are 

available on the NSA Bethesda Web site 

at: http://www.bethesda.med.navy.mil/

nsa/eis.aspx. Public scoping meeting 

schedules and locations will also be 

announced in local newspapers. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandy Dean, NSA Bethesda Public 

Affairs Office; e-mail: 

NNMC.NSABETHESDAEIS@med.

navy.mil; telephone number: 301–295– 

5727. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSA 

Bethesda is a 243-acre health care, 

medical education and research 

installation located in Bethesda in 

Montgomery County, Maryland and is 

the home of the world renowned 

NNMC. The installation provides 

logistical and service support to all of its 

tenant commands, including JTF 


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