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any other additional payment for fuel is 

already in existence. 

2. Percentage: Please see the table 

included to the Attachment to this 

policy for a demonstration of the 

percentage amount of the FRA for 

applicable shipments. 

H. Billing Procedures 

Carriers will clearly show fuel price 

adjustments on all paper and electronic 

commercial freight bills and Bills of 

Lading and invoices. The amount of any 

diesel fuel rate surcharge must be 

shown as a separate item on the carrier’s 

invoice. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This action is not considered 

rulemaking within the meaning of 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–

612. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 

U.S.C. 3051 et seq., does not apply 

because no information collection or 

record keeping requirements are 

imposed on contractors, offerors or 

members of the public. 

David R. McClean, 

Colonel, U.S. Army, Deputy Chief of Staff 

for Strategy, Plans, Policy and Programs. 

Attachment 

The table below demonstrates the 

percentage of the line-haul rate SDDC will 

pay at a given fuel cost given a $2.50 

baseline. Should the baseline differ at any 

time, the same principle applies simply with 

a different starting point for calculating the 

percent adjustment. The table ends at $4.40, 

but the same principle applies to fuel costs 

above that dollar amount. 

Cost per gallon Rate adjustment 

(percent) 

250.0 and below ............. 0 

251.1—260.0 .................. 1 

260.1—270.0 .................. 2 

270.1—280.0 .................. 3 

280.1—290.0 .................. 4 

290.1—300.0 .................. 5 

300.1—310.0 .................. 6 

310.1—320.0 .................. 7 

320.1—330.0 .................. 8 

330.1—340.0 .................. 9 

340.1—350.0 .................. 10 

350.1—360.0 .................. 11 

360.1—370.0 .................. 12 

370.1—380.0 .................. 13 

380.1—390.0 .................. 14 

400.1—410.0 .................. 15 

410.1—420.0 .................. 16 

420.1—430.0 .................. 17 

430.1—440.0 .................. 18 

For example, if the reported DOE, EIA 

National Average diesel fuel price is $3.15 

the carrier would be entitled to an FRA of 7% 

of the line-haul rate. 

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BILLING CODE 3710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for the Nourishment of 7.25 

Miles of Beach, the Repositioning of 

the New River Inlet Channel, and the 

Implementation of an Inlet 

Management Plan, in North Topsail 

Beach, 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 (COE), Wilmington District, 

Wilmington Regulatory Field Office has 

received an amendment to the request 

for Department of the Army 

authorization, pursuant to Section 404 

of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 

of the Rivers and Harbors Act, from the 

town of North Topsail Beach to nourish 

approximately 7.25 miles of shoreline. 

The modification will include an 

additional 3.85 miles of beachfront to 

protect residential homes and town 

infrastructures located along the south 

section of the Town limits. The 

proposed sources of material for the 

addition will be dredged from the same 

offshore borrow area as described in the 

original 7.25 mile plan. The placement 

of beach fill along the Town’s southern 

shoreline would result in the initial 

widening of the beach 75 to 1590 feet 

seaward, depending on the final design 

volume and foreshore slopes that the fill 

assumes during construction. 

The 3.85 miles of shoreline are 

located at the southern end of North 

Topsail Beach. Unlike the original 7.25 

miles of proposed nourishment, the 

additional section is outside the Coastal 

Barrier Resource System (CBRS) 

designation; therefore, it is not subject 

to the expenditure of Federal funding 

restrictions associated with the Coastal 

Barrier Resource Act of 1982 and the 

coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 

1990. This south section, or stretch, of 

shoreline is currently being considered 

by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for 

a federal shoreline protection project. 

Due to delays to complete the federal 

plan formulation process, the North 

Topsail Beach Board of Alderman voted 

to include the 3.85 mile section in the 

non-federal 7.25 mile section that is 

currently under review pursuant to the 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

procedures. The decision to include the 

south section in the present EIS process 

is intended to act as interim or 

emergency beach fill by preserving 

existing development and infrastructure 

along the 3.85 miles of shoreline while 

the federal plan formulation continues. 

The original Notice of Intent was 

published on May 19, 2005 (70 FR 

28924) with a commenting deadline of 

June 21, 2005. 

DATES: Written comments for this 

project amendment or modification 

must be provided by November 10, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and 

questions regarding the inclusion of the 

additional 3.85 miles of nourishment 

may be addressed to: U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers, Wilmington District, 

Regulatory Division. Attn: File Number 

2004–344–067, Post Office Box 1890, 

Wilmington, NC 28402–1890. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed 

amendment and DEIS can be directed to 

Mr. Mickey Sugg, Wilmington 

Regulatory Field Office, telephone: (910) 

251–4811. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Project 

Description. The formulation of the 

federal storm damage reduction project 

for the southern 3.85 miles of North 

Topsail Beach by the Corps of Engineers 

is based on the condition of the 

shoreline that existed in 2002. Corps of 

Engineers guidance for the design of the 

emergency beach fill in the South 

Section indicated that the volume of 

material should be based on: (1) 

Restoring the 2002 shoreline condition 

and (2) providing advanced 

nourishment sufficient to maintain the 

2002 shoreline condition until the 

federal storm damage reduction project 

is implemented (estimated timeframe 6 

to 8 years). The volume of material 

necessary to achieve the project 

objective will range between 500,000 

and 1,000,000 cubic years. The material 

would be distributed along the 3.85 mile 

shoreline in the form of a horizontal 

beach berm at elevation +7.0 NGVD 

(National Geodetic Vertical Datum). The 

berm would begin near the seaward toe 

of the existing dune system and would 

extend 75 to 150 feet seaward 

depending on the final design volume 

and foreshore slopes that the fill 

assumes during construction. 

2. Proposed Action. The scope of 

activities for the proposed emergency 

beach fill project includes: (a) 

Additional vibracores in the borrow 

area, (b) side scan sonar surveys of the 

ocean bottom just offshore of the South 

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potential near shore hard bottom 

resources identified by the side scan 

sonar survey, and (d) beach profile 

surveys. The boundaries of the borrow 

area will take into consideration the 

location and extent of hard bottom 

resources identified by side scan sonar 

and seismic surveys and in-water 

observations conducted in connection 

with the planning and design of the 

northern 7.25 mile beach nourishment 

project. A magnetometer survey will be 

conducted in the borrow area. Any 

historically significant archaeological 

artifacts located by the magnetometer 

surveys and verified through field 

investigations will be avoided. A final 

compatibility analysis of the material in 

the borrow area with the native beach 

material will be performed following the 

refinement of the boundaries of the 

borrow area. 

3. Issues. There are several potential 

environmental issues that will be 

addressed in the EIS. Issues initially 

identified as potentially significant 

include: 

a. Potential impact to marine 

biological resources (benthic organisms, 

passageway for fish and other marine 

life) and Essential fish Habitat, 

particularly Hard Bottoms. 

b. Potential impact to threatened and 

endangered marine mammals, birds, 

fish, and plants. 

c. Potential impacts to water quality. 

d. Potential increase in erosion rats to 

adjacent Onslow Beach. 

e. Potential effects on military training 

on U.S. Marine Corps Camp Lejeune 

Base. 

f. Potential impacts to Navigation, 

commercial and recreational. 

g. Potential impacts to the long-term 

management of New River Inlet. 

h. Potential impacts to private and 

public property. 

i. Cumulative impacts of Inlet and 

Inlet channel relocations throughout 

North Carolina. 

j. Cumulative impacts for using inlets 

as sand source in nourishment projects. 

k. Potential impacts on public health 

and safety. 

l. Potential impacts to recreational 

and commercial fishing. 

m. The compatibility of the material 

for nourishment. 

n. Potential economic impacts. 

4. Alternatives. Several alternatives, 

including various borrow areas, are 

being considered for the 11.1 miles of 

shoreline. These alternatives are being 

further formulated and developed 

during the scoping process and an 

appropriate range of alternatives, 

including the no federal action 

alternative, will be considered in the 

EIS. 

5. Scoping Process. A public scoping 

meeting was held on June 7, 2005, and 

Project Delivery Team (PDT) meetings 

are continuing on a periodic basis. The 

release of the Draft EIS is expected 

sometime in early 2007. 

The COE will also be consulting with 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under 

the Endangered Species Act and the 

Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, and 

with the National Marine Fisheries 

Service under the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act and Endangered Species Act. 

Additionally, the EIS will assess the 

potential water quality impacts 

pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean 

Water Act, and will be coordinated with 

the North Carolina Division of Coastal 

Management (DCM) to determine the 

projects consistency with the Coastal 

Zone Management Act. The COE will 

closely work with DCM through the EIS 

to ensure the process complies with all 

State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) 

requirements. It is the COE and DCM’s 

intentions to consolidate both NEPA 

and SEPA processes to eliminate 

duplications. 

6. Availability of the Draft EIS. The 

Draft EIS is expected to be published 

and circulated sometime in early 2007, 

and a public hearing will be held after 

the publication of the Draft EIS. 

Dated: October 6, 2006. 

John E. Pulliam, Jr., 

Colonel, U.S. Army, District Commander. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for 

a Permit Application for the Carryover 

Storage and San Vicente Dam Raise 

Project, San Diego County, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent (NOI). 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (Corps), Los Angeles District, 

has received an application for a 

Department of the Army permit under 

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act from 

the San Diego County Water Authority 

(Water Authority) to construct the San 

Vicente Carryover Storage Project 

(Proposed Action). As part of the permit 

process, and in conjunction with the 

Water Authority, the Corps is evaluating 

the environmental effects associated 

with raising San Vicente Dam beyond 

the permitted height of the Emergency 

Storage Project (ESP), to provide 

additional reservoir capacity for 

carryover storage. 

The primary Federal involvement 

associated with the Proposed Action is 

the discharge of fill materials (including 

permanent inundation) within Federal 

jurisdictional areas and waters of the 

United States. In addition, the Proposed 

Action could have potential significant 

effects on the human environment. 

Therefore, the Corps will prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

in compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to 

render a final decision on the Water 

Authority’s permit application. The 

Corps decision will be to either issue or 

deny a Department of the Army permit 

for the Proposed Action. The EIS will be 

prepared as a joint document. Pursuant 

to the California Environmental Quality 

Act (CEQA), the Water Authority will 

serve as Lead Agency for the 

preparation of an Environmental Impact 

Report (EIR). The Corps and Water 

Authority have agreed to jointly prepare 

a Draft EIS/EIR for the Proposed Action 

to optimize efficiency and avoid 

duplication. The Draft EIS/EIR is 

intended to be sufficient in scope to 

address Federal, state, and local 

requirements and environmental issues 

concerning the Proposed Action and 

permit approvals. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the Proposed Action 

and Draft EIS/EIR can be answered by 

Mr. Robert R. Smith, Corps Regulatory 

Project Manager, by telephone at (858) 

674–6784 or by e-mail at 

robert.r.smith@usace.army.mil. Written 

comments should be addressed to both 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Rancho Bernardo Branch Office, Attn: 

File Number 200601015–RRS, 16885 

West Bernardo Drive, Suite 300A, San 

Diego, CA 92127, and to Ms. Kelley 

Gage, Senior Water Resources 

Specialist, San Diego County Water 

Authority, 4677 Overland Avenue, San 

Diego, CA 92123. Information about the 

Proposed Action and Draft EIS/EIR can 

also be obtained from the Water 

Authority’s Web site at http:// 

www.sdcwa.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Project Site and Background 

Information. The Proposed Action is 

located at the existing San Vicente 

Reservoir in the unincorporated area of 

San Diego County, north of Lakeside. 

The site is within the USGS 7.5’ San 

Vicente Reservoir Quadrangle, Sections 

13, 14, 25, and 36, Township 14 South, 

Range 1 West; and Sections 16–20, 23, 


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