5250 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 21 / Wednesday, February 1, 2006 / Notices 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Laurel Bryant, 

MAFAC Executive Director; telephone: 

(301) 713–2379 x171. 

Dated: January 27, 2006. 

Gordon J. Helm, 

Acting Director, Office of Constituent 

Services, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E6–1336 Filed 1–31–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive 

Patent License to the National Center 

for Composite Systems Technology 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with 37 CFR 

404 et seq., the Department of the Army 

hereby gives notice of its intent to grant 

to The National Center for Composite 

Systems Technology, a corporation 

having its principle place of business at 

2000 Composite Drive, Kettering, OH 

45420, an exclusive relative to U.S. 

Army Research Laboratory (ARL) patent 

US 6,881,374 entitled, ‘‘Apparatus for 

Induction Lamination of Electrically 

Conductive Fiber-Reinforced 

Thermoplastic’’; April 19, 2005, Gerhard 

et al. 

DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the 

grant of this license must file written 

objections along with supporting 

evidence, if any, not later than 15 days 

from the date of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Send written objections to 

Michael D. Rausa, U.S. Army Research 

Laboratory, Office of Research and 

Technology Applications, ATTN: 

AMSRD–ARL–DP–T/Bldg. 434, 

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005–

5425. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael D. Rausa, telephone (410) 278–

5028. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–932 Filed 1–31–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Proposed 

Halligan-Seaman Water Management 

Project in Northeastern Colorado 

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) is preparing an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

to analyze the direct, indirect and 

cumulative effects of two water supply 

projects being proposed collectively as 

the Halligan-Seaman Water 

Management Project. Construction of 

the proposed Project(s) will result in 

temporary and permanent impacts to 

jurisdictional waters of the United 

States, thereby requiring Clean Water 

Act Section 404 permits. The Cities of 

Fort Collins and Greeley (Cities), and six 

other water providers (Participants), 

have proposed the Project(s) to provide 

drought protection of existing and 

future water demands, more efficiency 

in managing Participants’ existing or 

future water rights, some operational 

redundancy, and possibly 

environmental benefits. Construction of 

the proposed Project(s) involves 

enlargement of two existing reservoirs: 

Halligan Reservoir and Milton Seamen 

Reservoir (Seaman Reservoir), resulting 

in approximately 88,592 acre-feet of 

additional storage capacity in the Cache 

la Poudre River Basin. The HalliganSeaman Water Management Project 

would be a non-federal project 

constructed, owned and operated by the 

Cities and/or Participants. 

DATES: Scoping meetings will be held: 

1. February 23, 2006, 4 to 8 p.m., 

Livermore, CO. 

2. February 27, 2006, 4 to 8 p.m., Fort 

Collins, CO. 

3. February 28, 2006, 4 to 8 p.m., 

Greeley, CO. 

ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting 

locations are: 

1. February 23, 2006, at The 

Livermore Community Church, 160 Red 

Feather Lakes, Livermore, CO. 

2. February 27, 2006, at the Lincoln 

Center, Canyon Room, 417 West 

Magnolia Street, Fort Collins, CO. 

3. February 28, 2006, at the Bunk 

House at Island Grove, 501 North 14th 

Avenue, Greeley, CO. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions and comments regarding the 

proposed action and EIS should be 

addressed to Chandler Peter, Project 

Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

2232 Dell Range Blvd., Suite 210, 

Cheyenne, WY 82009; (307) 772–2300 

chandler.j.peter@usace.army.mil. For 

special needs (visual or hearing 

impaired, Spanish Translator, etc.) 

requests during scoping meetings, 

please call Chandler Peter by February 

15, 2006. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The COE 

will be conducting public scoping 

meetings at three locations (See DATES

and ADDRESSES) to describe the 

Project(s), the NEPA compliance 

process, and to solicit input on the 

issues and alternatives to be evaluated, 

and other related matters. Written 

comments for scoping will be accepted, 

until March 17, 2006. The COE has 

prepared a Scoping Document to 

familiarize other agencies, the public 

and interested organizations with the 

proposed Project(s) and potential 

environmental issues that may be 

involved. Copies of the Scoping 

Document will be available at the public 

Scoping Meetings or can be requested 

by mail. 

The Participants are composed of 

water providers in the region and 

include three water districts collectively 

known as the Tri-District including 

North Weld County Water District, Fort 

Collins-Loveland Water District, and 

East Larimer County Water District, the 

City of Evans, the North Poudre 

Irrigation Company, and the Water 

Supply and Storage Company. 

The Cities have proposed a preferred 

configuration of the Project(s) which 

involves the construction of new, larger 

dams immediately downstream of the 

existing Halligan and Seaman dams. 

Water stored in the expanded reservoirs 

will address needs associated with 

municipal and industrial water 

demands as well as some agricultural 

demands. Preliminary analyses by the 

Cities indicate that the enlarged 

reservoirs will fill primarily during the 

summer and fall months from North 

Fork Poudre River flows. Seaman 

Reservoir will also fill via a pump 

station on the Poudre River mainstem 

near the dam site. Small releases are 

proposed throughout the year on a 

periodic basis to maximize operational 

efficiency. The cities anticipate that 

both reservoirs are expected to remain 

mostly full except during drought 

periods. 

The EIS will be prepared according to 

the COE’s procedures for implementing 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

4332(2)(c), and consistent with the 

COE’s policy to facilitate public 

understanding and review of agency 


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