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20. Dr. Jaques Reifman, Senior 

Research Scientist (Advanced Medical 

Technology), U.S. Army Medical 

Research and Medical Command. 

21. Dr. Donald T. Resio, Senior 

Research Scientist (Coastal 

Sedimentation), U.S. Army Engineering 

Research and Development Center. 

22. Dr. Paul B. Ruffin, Senior 

Research Physicist (Micro-Sensors and 

Systems), U.S. Army Research, 

Development and Engineering 

Command. 

23. Dr. Jose Luis Sagripanti, Research 

Scientist (Biochemistry), U.S. Army 

Edgewood Chemical Biological Center. 

24. Dr. Connie S. Schmalljohn, Senior 

Research Scientist for Medical Defense 

Against Infectious Disease Threats, U.S. 

Army Research Institute of Infectious 

Diseases. 

25. Dr. Edward M. Schmidt, Senior 

Research Scientist (Ballistics Research), 

U.S. Army Research Laboratory. 

26. Dr. Michael P. Scully, Senior 

Research Engineer for Rotorcraft 

(Aerodynamics and Preliminary 

Design), U.S. Army Research, 

Development and Engineering 

Command. 

27. Dr. Paul H. Shen, Senior Research 

Scientist (Nuclear/Electronics 

Survivability, U.S. Army Research 

Laboratory. 

28. Dr. Brian R. Strickland, Chief 

Scientist (Directed Energy 

Applications), U.S. Army Space and 

Missile Defense Command. 

29. Dr. Mark B. Tischler, Senior 

Research Scientist (Rotorcraft Flight 

Dynamics and Control), U.S. Army 

Research, Development and Engineering 

Command. 

30. Dr. James J. Valdes, Scientific 

Advisor for Biotechnology, U.S. Army 

Edgewood Chemical Biological Center. 

31. Dr. Charles E. Wade, Senior 

Research Scientist Combat Casualty 

Care, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical 

Research. 

32. Dr. Billy J. Walker, Senior 

Research Scientist (Computational Fluid 

Dynamics), U.S. Army Research, 

Development and Engineering 

Command. 

33. Dr. Bruce J. West, Senior Research 

Scientist (Mathematical Sciences), U.S. 

Army Research Laboratory, Army 

Research Office. 

34. Dr. Thomas W. Wright, Senior 

Research Scientist (Terminal Ballistics), 

U.S. Army Research Laboratory. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–8935 Filed 10–26–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of an Extension of the Comment 

Period for the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement To Consider 

Issuance of a Department of the Army 

Permit Pursuant to Section 404 of the 

Clean Water Act for Mingo Logan Coal 

Company’s (Mingo Logan) Proposal To 

Construct and Operate Spruce No. 1 

Mine in Logan County, WV 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice extending comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) Huntington District 

announces the extension of the public 

comment period for the proposed 

Spruce No. 1 Mine Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (FEIS). 

DATES: Submit comments by November 

22, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments and 

suggestions concerning this proposal to 

Mrs. Teresa Spagna, Regulatory Project 

Manager, Regulatory Branch, CELRH–

OF–FS, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Huntington District, 502 8th Street, 

Huntington, WV 25701. Requests to be 

placed on the mailing list should be sent 

to this address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Teresa Spagna, Regulatory Project 

Manager at (304) 399–5710 or electronic 

mail at Teresa.D.Spagna@Lrh01.usace.

army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 22, 2006, the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers (USACE) Huntington 

District published a notice in the 

Federal Register (71 FR 55441) 

announcing the availability of the FEIS. 

Based on requests from members of an 

environmental group, the USACE is 

extending the comment period until 

November 22, 2006. 

Copies of the FEIS may be obtained by 

contacting USACE Huntington District 

Regulatory Branch at (304) 399–5210 or 

(304) 399–5710. 

Copies of the FEIS are also available 

for inspection at the locations identified 

below: 

(1) Blair Post Office, P.O. Box 9998, 

Blair, WV 25022–9998. 

(2) Kanawha County Public Library, 

123 Capital Street, Charleston, WV 

25301. 

(3) Logan County Public Library, 16 

Wildcat Way, Logan, WV 25601. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–8938 Filed 10–26–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–GM–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Supplement to Notice of Intent To 

Prepare Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Proposed 

Implementation of Interim Water 

Storage Contracts Associated With the 

Southeastern Federal Power 

Customers Settlement Agreement, at 

Lake Sidney Lanier/Buford Dam, GA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Announcement of meetings. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (Corps), Mobile District, 

issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) on June 

16, 2006 (71 FR 34901) describing the 

preparation of a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS), as required by 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), to address the proposed 

implementation of interim water storage 

contracts at Lake Sidney Lanier/Buford 

Dam, GA, as contained in a settlement 

agreement associated with the 

Southeastern Federal Power Customers, 

Inc., (SeFPC) v. Secretary of the Army, 

et al. (1:00CV02954–TPJ) lawsuit. The 

Draft EIS will also address any changes 

in water management operations at Lake 

Lanier/Buford Dam, as well as the 

potential for other changes to operations 

in downstream reservoir projects in the 

Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, Flint 

Rivers (ACF) basin, which would result 

from implementation of the interim 

water storage contracts. This 

supplement to the NOI provides 

additional information explaining the 

scoping process that will be used to 

gather information on the project from 

the public and details regarding the 

dates and locations of public scoping 

meetings. 

DATES: Scoping comments may be 

provided anytime during preparation of 

the EIS, but would be most useful for 

planning purposes if provided by 

December 29, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about this Draft EIS or the 

NEPA process can be answered by: Ms. 

Joanne Brandt, Environmental 

Compliance Manager, Inland 

Environment Team, U.S. Army Engineer 


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District—Mobile, P.O. Box 2288, 

Mobile, AL 36628–0001; telephone 

(251) 690–3260; or delivered by 

electronic facsimile at (251) 694–3815; 

or E-mail: 

joanne.u.brandt@sam.usace.army.mil. 

You may also request to be included on 

the mailing list for public distribution of 

meeting announcements and 

documents. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

Scoping Meetings. Public scoping 

meetings have been scheduled to allow 

participation from interested 

individuals throughout the ACF basin. 

Five public scoping meetings will be 

held on the dates and at the locations 

listed below. All meetings will have the 

same format and present the same 

information to the public. These 

meetings will be conducted as openhouse meetings with subject matter 

experts located at various information 

stations. A court reporter will be 

available to accept oral statements, and 

comment forms will be available to 

accept specific written comments. 

Tuesday, November 28, 2006, 5 p.m.–

8 p.m., Georgia Mountains Center, 301 

Main Street SW., Gainesville, GA 30503, 

(770) 534–8420. 

Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 5 

p.m.–8 p.m., Renaissance Waverly 

Hotel, 2450 Galleria Parkway, Atlanta, 

GA 30339, (888) 391–8724. 

Thursday, November 30, 2006, 5 

p.m.–8 p.m., Troup County Parks and 

Recreation Center, 1220 Lafayette 

Parkway, LaGrange, GA 30240, (706) 

883–1670. 

Tuesday, December 5, 2006, 5 p.m.–

8 p.m., Dothan Conference Center, 3113 

Oxmoor Industrial Boulevard, Dothan, 

AL 36303, (800) 453–5302. 

Wednesday, December 6, 2006, 5 

p.m.–8 p.m., The Center for Economic 

and Workforce Development, 

Tallahassee Community College, 444 

Appleyard Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32304, 

(850) 201–6200. 

Currently Identified Environmental 

Issues. The EIS will address the 

potential for any impacts to the multiple 

project purposes identified for Lake 

Sidney Lanier/Buford Dam and 

downstream reservoirs along with other 

resource areas of interest, including 

hydropower, navigation, water quality, 

water supply, flood control, fish and 

wildlife conservation, endangered and 

threatened species, recreation, cultural 

resources, and socioeconomic concerns. 

This preliminary list could be revised 

according to your comments and 

continued coordination and analyses 

conducted during preparation of the 

EIS. 

Public Participation. Public 

participation throughout the NEPA 

process is essential. The Corps invites 

full public participation to promote 

open communication and better 

decision making. All persons, 

stakeholders, and organizations that 

have an interest in the interim water 

storage contracts, including Federal, 

State and local agencies and officials, 

appropriate Federally recognized Indian 

tribes, other interested parties and the 

public, including minority, low-income, 

disadvantaged individuals, are invited 

to participate in the NEPA process. 

Assistance will be provided upon 

request to anyone having difficulty with 

understanding how to participate. 

Public comments are welcomed anytime 

throughout the NEPA process. 

Scoping Comments. Your input and 

participation in the scoping process will 

help identify the issues that need to be 

evaluated in the EIS. Comments on the 

project may be submitted in written 

form or presented verbally at one of the 

five public scoping meetings. You can 

make a difference by providing us with 

your specific comments or concerns 

about the implementation of the interim 

water storage contracts. By commenting, 

the Corps will address and consider 

your concerns in the EIS. Your 

comments should focus on the potential 

environmental effects, reasonable 

alternatives, and measures to avoid or 

lessen environmental impacts. Your 

comments can also address significant 

issues and resource areas of concern; 

additional stakeholders to be involved 

in the evaluation process; sources of 

pertinent information and any 

significant data gaps; assist in 

identifying and focusing the alternatives 

to be evaluated; defining the baseline for 

comparison of impacts; and appropriate 

methods and tools that can be used to 

assess impacts of the proposed action. 

The more specific your comments, the 

more useful they will be. 

The Corps encourages electronic filing 

of comments in response to this NOI. 

For information on electronically filing 

comments, see the instructions at http:// 

www.LanierEISInterimStorageContracts.org under the 

Comments link. The public scoping 

meetings (date, time, and location listed 

above) are designed to provide another 

opportunity to offer comments on the 

proposed action. Interested groups and 

individuals are encouraged to attend 

these meetings and to present comments 

that they believe should be addressed in 

the EIS. Following completion of the 

public scoping meetings, a report will 

be prepared to summarize the comments 

received and areas of concern identified 

during the scoping period. 

Web Page. Additional information 

about the project is available from the 

Web page http://www.LanierEISInterimStorageContracts.org. If you 

would also like to be included on the 

mailing list for public distribution of 

meeting announcements, newsletters 

and other documents, you may fill out 

a contact form on the Web page. 

Dated: October 20, 2006. 

Peter F. Taylor, 

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer. 

[FR Doc. 06–8936 Filed 10–26–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–CR–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Lower Willamette River Dredged 

Material Management Plan, Portland, 

OR 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

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

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508) 

and Public Law 102–484 Section 2834, 

as amended by Public Law 104–106 

Section 2867, the Department of the 

Army hereby gives notice of intent to 

prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the subject Dredged 

Material Management Plan (DMMP). 

The Portland District of the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers will be the lead 

agency in preparing the EIS. 

The EIS will consider Federal actions 

associated with the development of a 

DMMP for the Federal navigation 

channel in the city of Portland, 

Multnomah County, OR. The DMMP is 

a study conducted to develop a longterm (20-year) strategy for providing 

viable dredged material placement 

alternatives that would meet the needs 

of maintaining the Federal channel at 

Portland Harbor. The overall goal of the 

DMMP is to develop a long-term plan 

for continued maintenance of the 

federal navigation channel that supports 

commercial navigation within Portland 

Harbor and to conduct dredged material 

placement in the most economically and 

environmentally sound manner and to 

maximize the use of dredged material as 

a beneficial source. 

DATES: Submit comments by November 

27, 2001. 


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