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Bering Sea. It also has the largest auklet 

population in Alaska. 

Constructability criteria include 

geologic stability, availability, and cost 

effectiveness of an armor rock and fill 

quarry sources. Environmental issues 

include effects to sea bird nesting 

habitat, fish and wildlife resources, 

social well being, cultural resources and 

justifiable and practicable mitigation 

measures. Other resources and concerns 

will be identified through scoping, 

public involvement, and interagency 

coordination. 

Scoping: A copy of this notice and 

additional public information will be 

sent to interested parties to initiate 

scoping. All parties are invited to 

participate in the scoping process by 

identifying any additional concerns, 

issues, studies, and alternatives that 

should be considered. A scoping 

meeting will be held on Little Diomede 

Island, AK, in the February/March 2007 

time frame. The DEIS is scheduled for 

release in 2009. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–9854 Filed 12–22–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–NL–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Wilmington Harbor—96 Act, 

Dredged Material Management Plan, 

New Hanover and Brunswick Counties, 

NC 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Wilmington District, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is 

conducting a study to evaluate the longterm (20-year) dredged material 

placement needs and opportunities for 

Wilmington Harbor. The study area 

encompasses Wilmington Harbor and 

the Ocean Bar approach channels, 

which extend from the mouth of the 

Cape Fear River in Brunswick County, 

NC to a point just north of the Hilton 

Railroad Bridge in New Hanover 

County, near Wilmington, NC. The 

study will include the preparation of a 

Dredged Material Management Plan 

(DMMP) and Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) and will 

identify, evaluate, screen, prioritize, and 

ultimately optimize placement 

alternatives resulting in the 

recommendation of a plan for the 

placement of dredged materials for at 

least the next 20 years. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the DMMP and 

DEIS should be directed to: Ms. Jenny 

Owens; Environmental Resources 

Section; U.S. Army Engineer District, 

Wilmington; Post Office Box 1890; 

Wilmington, NC 28402–1890; 

telephone: (910) 251–4757. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

USACE, Engineering Regulation (ER) 

1105–2–100 mandates that the Corps 

Districts develop DMMP plans for all 

Federal navigation projects where there 

is an indication of insufficient capacity 

to accommodate maintenance dredging 

for the next 20 years. The ER further 

states that the Districts should consider 

options that provide opportunities for 

beneficial uses of dredged material. The 

DMMP process began with a 

Preliminary Assessment (PA) that was 

completed in February 1997. The PA 

identified dredged material placement 

shortfalls for Wilmington Harbor and 

recommended the development of a 

DMMP. 

Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, options for dredged material 

management will be based on an 

evaluation of the probable impact of the 

proposed activity on the public interest. 

The decision will reflect the national 

concern for the protection and 

utilization of important resources. The 

benefit, which may reasonably be 

expected to accrue from the proposal, 

will be balanced against its reasonably 

foreseeable detriments. All factors that 

may be relevant to the proposal will be 

considered, including wetlands; fish 

and wildlife resources; cultural 

resources; land use; water and air 

quality; hazardous, toxic, and 

radioactive substances; threatened and 

endangered species; regional geology; 

aesthetics; environmental justice; and 

the general needs and welfare of the 

public. 

The alternatives currently being 

considered for the DMMP include, but 

are not limited to: offshore disposal in 

the EPA designated Ocean Dredged 

Material Disposal Site (ODMDS), beach 

disposal, upland disposal at Eagle 

Island, dike restoration and wetland 

creation at existing islands in the Harbor 

and establishment of sand recycling 

islands. Additional beneficial uses will 

also be investigated for the DMMP. The 

DEIS will address measures, alternatives 

and impacts to the selected or preferred 

alternative(s). 

All private parties and Federal, State, 

and local agencies having an interest in 

the study are hereby notified of the 

intent to prepare a DEIS and are invited 

to comment at this time. A scoping 

meeting was held on December 8, 2005 

and all comments received as a result of 

the scoping meeting and this notice of 

intent will be considered in the 

preparation of the DMMP and DEIS. 

The lead agency for this project is the 

U.S. Army Engineer District, 

Wilmington. Cooperating agency status 

has not been assigned to, nor requested 

by, any other agency. 

The DEIS is being prepared in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, and will address the 

relationship of the proposed action to 

all other applicable Federal and State 

Laws and Executive Orders. 

The DMMP and DEIS is currently 

scheduled to be available in October 

2007. 

Dated: December 6, 2006. 

John E. Pulliam, Jr., 

Colonel, EN, Commanding. 

[FR Doc. 06–9853 Filed 12–22–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–CE–M 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA No: 84.031S] 

Office of Postsecondary Education, 

Institutional Development and 

Undergraduate Educational Services 

ACTION: Notice Announcing Technical 

Assistance Workshops for fiscal year 

(FY) 2007 Developing Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions (HSI) program. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information about seven one-day 

technical assistance workshops to assist 

institutions of higher education 

interested in preparing grant 

applications for FY 2007 new awards 

under the HSI program. Staff will 

present information about the purpose 

of the HSI program, selection criteria, 

application content, submission 

procedures, and reporting requirements. 

Although the Department has not yet 

announced an application deadline date 

in the Federal Register for the FY 2007 

competition, the Department is holding 

these workshops to give potential 

applicants guidance for preparing 

applications for the competition we 

expect to conduct in FY 2007. Specific 

requirements for the FY 2007 

competition will be published in a 

separate Federal Register notice. This 

notice announces the technical 

assistance workshops only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Josephine Hamilton, Team Leader or 

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