23806 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 83 / Tuesday, May 1, 2007 / Notices 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An EIS 

will be prepared in accordance with 

NEPA to address any environmental or 

socioeconomic impacts associated with 

the real property exchange. The EIS will 

examine a wide range of resource areas, 

including, but not limited to, land use, 

air quality, traffic, noise, biological 

resources, cultural resources, 

socioeconomics, utilities, hazardous and 

toxic substances, and cumulative 

environmental effects. Air quality and 

traffic effects are believed at this time to 

be the areas with greatest potential for 

impact. 

All reasonable alternatives, including 

a No Action Alternative (as required by 

NEPA), will be developed and analyzed 

in the EIS. The range of alternatives will 

include several redevelopment 

scenarios. During the scoping process, 

other alternatives may be developed for 

consideration. The EIS will analyze 

each alternative’s impact on the natural 

and cultural environments at the West 

Los Angeles facility and the 

surrounding area. Mitigation measures 

will also be considered in the EIS. 

Tribal, federal, state and local 

agencies, and the public are invited to 

participate in the scoping process for 

the preparation of the EIS. The scoping 

process will help identify additional 

possible alternatives, potential 

environmental impacts, and key issues 

of concern to be analyzed in the EIS. 

Scoping meetings will be held in 

convenient locations near the West Los 

Angeles facility. Notification of the 

times and locations for the scoping 

meetings will be published in local 

newspapers. To ensure scoping 

comments are fully considered in the 

draft EIS, comments and suggestions 

should be received within the 30-day 

scoping period. 

Dated: April 17, 2007. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety and Occupational 

Health). 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement With 

an Integrated Feasibility Report for the 

Chesapeake Bay Shoreline Erosion 

Study, MD 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), the Baltimore District, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), will 

conduct a review of the 1990 

Chesapeake Bay Shoreline Erosion 

Study to investigate shoreline erosion 

and related sediment management 

measures which could be undertaken to 

protect the water and land resources of 

the Chesapeake Bay watershed and 

achieve the water quality conditions 

necessary to protect the Bay’s living 

resources. USACE will prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

and integrated feasibility report 

documenting study findings and plan 

formulation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed DEIS with 

integrated feasibility report can be 

addressed to Mr. Kevin Luebke, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: 

CENAB–PL–P, 10 South Howard Street, 

P.O. Box 1715, Baltimore, MD 21203– 

1715, telephone 410–962–6141; e-mail 

address: Kevin.Luebke@usace.army.mil; 

or Mr. Christopher Spaur, same address, 

telephone 410–962–6134; e-mail 

address: 

Christopher.C.Spaur@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: USACE is 

conducting this review in partnership 

with the Maryland Department of 

Natural Resources (DNR). The 1990 

study evaluated erosive conditions 

along the Chesapeake Bay shoreline 

where publicly owned property and/or 

infrastructure were threatened. The 

1990 study also investigated sources of 

sediment from shoreline that contribute 

to shoaling of public navigation 

channels. 

Several efforts have been completed 

to date in the review. Conditions of the 

Maryland shoreline have been 

inventoried by the Virginia Institute of 

Marine Science and summary data and 

maps are now available on the 

worldwide Web at http:// 

ccrm.vims.edu/gisdatabases.html. Wave 

energy has been modeled regionally for 

the study area shoreline by USACE. The 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prepared 

a planning aid report identifying 

shoreline-dependent animal and plant 

species and important habitats. Efforts 

currently underway include: (1) 

Conducting a statistical analysis of 

historic shoreline change rates, modeled 

shoreline wave energy, and current 

shoreline to correlate relationships 

between these variables; (2) Forecasting 

shoreline areas likely to be vulnerable to 

future erosion; (3) Characterizing tidal 

tributary shoreline segments vulnerable 

to boat wake erosion; and (4) 

Formulating shoreline ecosystem 

restoration and public property and 

infrastructure storm/flood damage 

reduction projects for implementation 

by USACE, DNR, and other agencies or 

organizations. Engineering feasibility, 

economic costs and benefits, and 

environmental impacts will be 

considered in formulating projects. 

Additionally, the study partners, in 

conjunction with Md. Dept. of the 

Environment (MDE), initiated 

preparation of an updated shoreline 

erosion control handbook for waterfront 

property owners. 

Study products will comprise 

components of a shoreline management 

master plan DNR and MDE are 

developing for the state of Maryland. 

The master plan would address issuance 

of stabilization permits for shoreline 

property owners, shoreline habitat 

restoration and conservation, and 

coastal flood and erosion hazard 

reduction. The USACE EIS and 

integrated feasibility report will provide 

an overview of the master plan and 

include environmental compliance 

documentation for specific projects 

USACE may pursue. Projects to be 

pursued independently by others would 

require separate environmental 

compliance efforts to be undertaken by 

other agencies and organization. 

The study will be conducted in 

compliance with Sections 401 and 404 

of the Clean Water Act, Section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act, the Clean Air 

Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act, Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act, 

Prime and Unique Farmlands, the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, and 

the National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System Act. All appropriate 

documentation (i.e., coordination letters 

and public and agency comments) will 

be obtained and included as part of the 

EIS. As part of the EIS process, 

recommendations of projects 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. 

It is expected that public release of 

the DEIS and integrated feasibility 

report will occur in Summer 2009. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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