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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Paper records and electronic storage 

media. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

By individual’s name. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Paper and electronic records are 

maintained within secured buildings in 

areas accessible only to persons having 

official need to know, and who are 

properly trained and screened. In 

addition, the electronic system is 

controlled with passwords, and 

Common Access Card (CAC) governing 

access to data. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Delete information in the database 

when no longer needed. Electronic 

records are destroyed by erasing, 

deleting, or overwriting. When paper 

records are no longer needed, they are 

destroyed by shredding, rendering it 

impossible to recover meaningful 

information from the resulting residue. 

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Air Force Historical Research Agency 

Records Manager, 600 Chennault Circle, 

Maxwell AFB, Alabama 36112–6424. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking to determine 

whether information about themselves 

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address written inquiries to Air Force 

Historical Research Agency Records 

Manager, 600 Chennault Circle, 

Maxwell AFB, Alabama 36112–6424. 

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details which may assist in locating 

records, and their signature. In addition, 

the requester must provide a notarized 

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1746, in the following format: 

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RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system should address written 

inquiries to Air Force Historical 

Research Agency Records Manager, 600 

Chennault Circle, Maxwell AFB, 

Alabama 36112–6424. 

For verification purposes, individual 

should provide their full name, any 

details which may assist in locating 

records, and their signature. In addition, 

the requester must provide a notarized 

statement or an unsworn declaration 

made in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 

1746, in the following format: 

If executed outside the United States: 

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under penalty of perjury under the laws 

of the United States of America that the 

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verify, or state) under penalty of perjury 

that the foregoing is true and correct. 

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CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The Air Force’s rules for accessing 

records, and for contesting contents and 

appealing initial agency determinations 

are contained in Secretary of the Air 

Force Instruction 33–332; 32 CFR part 

806; or may be obtained from the system 

manager. Denial to amend records in 

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Director, Air Force History and 

Museums Policies and Programs. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision on the Final Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Mechanical and Artificial Creation 

and Maintenance of Emergent Sandbar 

Habitat in the Riverine Segments of the 

Upper Missouri River, Missouri River 

Basin, United States 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The District Commander of 

the Omaha District U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (Corps) has reviewed the 

‘‘Final Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement (PEIS) for the 

Mechanical and Artificial Creation and 

Maintenance of Emergent Sandbar 

Habitat (ESH) on the Riverine Segments 

of the Upper Missouri River’’ and has 

made the decision to proceed with the 

implementation of an Adaptive 

Management Implementation Process 

(AMIP) (preferred alternative) with a 

construction ceiling of acres associated 

with Alternative 3.5. Specific details of 

the decision are captured in the Record 

of Decision (ROD) for this action. The 

ROD explains that the Corps will create 

and maintain ESH acres in the Fort 

Peck, Garrison, Fort Randall and Gavins 

Point River Segments, and the Lewis 

and Clark Lake Segment for the benefit 

of the Interior Population of the least 

tern (least tern) and the northern Great 

Plains piping plover (piping plover). 

The maximum potential acres of ESH to 

be created is approximately 4,370 acres 

total, with the following estimated 

maximum acres by reach: 

• Fort Peck River, 565. 

• Garrison River, 1,327. 

• Fort Randall River, 212. 

• Lewis & Clark Lake, 354. 

• Gavins Point River, 1,913. 

The AMIP alternative best supports 

the needs of the birds while providing 

flexibility in program implementation 

that will help minimize environmental 

impacts as well as costs. 

ADDRESSES: Questions or comments on 

the ROD should be sent to: Department 

of the Army; Corps of Engineers, Omaha 

District; CENWO–PM–AC; ATTN: 

Emergent Sandbar Habitat Programmatic 

EIS; 1616 Capitol Avenue; Omaha, NE 

68102–4901, or e-mailed to: 

Cynthia.s.upah@usace.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Cynthia Upah, Project Manager, by 

telephone: (402) 995–2672, by mail: 

1616 Capitol Avenue, Omaha, NE 

68102–4901, or by e-mail: 

Cynthia.s.upah@usace.army.mil. For 

inquires from the media, please contact 

the USACE Omaha District Public 

Affairs Officer (PAO), Ms. Monique 

Farmer by telephone: (402) 995–2416, 

by mail: 1616 Capitol Avenue, Omaha, 

NE 68102, or by e-mail: 

Monique.l.farmer@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background. The ESH program 

resulted from a Biological Opinion 

(BiOp) issued by the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS) in which the 

Reasonable and Prudent Alternative 

(RPA) IV(b)3 called for the Corps to 

provide sufficient ESH acreage in order 

to meet biological metrics (fledge ratios) 

to avoid jeopardizing continued 

existence of the least tern and piping 

plover, as defined by the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA). The Final PEIS 

provides National Environmental Policy 


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Act (NEPA) coverage for the proposed 

action. 

The ROD discusses each alternative 

considered for the proposed action and 

those that are environmentally 

preferable. The Corps has identified an 

Adaptive Management Implementation 

Process (AMIP), with a construction 

ceiling of Alternative 3.5 (approximately 

4,370 acres), as the selected plan. The 

key aspect of the AMIP is that, rather 

than selecting a specific acreage 

alternative, actions would be 

progressively implemented and 

monitored until the desired biological 

response of terns and plovers is attained 

and sustained. The Corps recognizes 

that alternative methods such as 

vegetation removal, while relatively 

untested, provide the potential to 

decrease impacts and costs, and could 

be incorporated if proven successful. 

The FPEIS describes the potential 

environmental consequences of the 

alternatives considered in detail. During 

analysis, impacts of the larger 

alternatives (3, 2 and 1) were deemed to 

be moderate to high and impacts of 

lesser alternatives (3.5, 4 and 5) were 

deemed to be moderate to low. 

Alternative 3.5 represents a midrange of 

habitat available at a time when the 

birds were productive, and it is 

anticipated that biological metrics will 

be met before fully implementing up to 

Alternative 3.5. If Alternative 3.5 is fully 

implemented and biological metrics are 

not met, the Corps can consider 

continuing to higher acreage alternatives 

or other methodologies, in which case 

appropriate coordination and disclosure 

would be pursued (potential amended 

ROD or additional NEPA). 

The AMIP allows for flexibility to 

provide habitat up to a point of meeting 

population goals, and to minimize 

impacts through approaches such as 

monitoring, redistributing acreage 

targets among segments if needed, 

avoiding sensitive resources, using lessimpactful or costly construction 

methodologies as they become available, 

and avoiding over-construction of 

habitat. 

Implementing the selected alternative 

will provide the most effective means 

for the Corps to meet its obligations, 

including avoiding jeopardy to the bird 

species, while managing the river for all 

authorized purposes. Risk of significant 

impacts to the environment appears to 

be low to moderate as a result of 

implementation of the ESH program, 

and numerous acres of ESH would be 

created, which is considered important 

not only to protected bird species, but 

to the overall ecology of the Missouri 

River. 

Concurrently with the ROD, an errata 

sheet is also being made available, 

which provides the comments received 

on the Final PEIS along with the Corps 

response to each. Also included in the 

errata is an update regarding Tribal 

coordination and the PEIS. 

2. Document Availability. The Final 

PEIS (May 2011), the ROD, the errata 

sheet, and an updated Final PEIS which 

incorporates the ROD and the errata 

items (August 2011), are available at: 

http://www.moriverrecovery.org/mrrp/ 

f?p=MRRP:documents. 

For more information about the 

Emergent Sandbar Habitat program, 

please visit http:// 

www.moriverrecovery.org under ‘‘BiOp/ 

Mit Efforts.’’ 

Dated: August 15, 2011. 

Christopher D. Wiehl, 

Acting Chief, Planning Branch, Omaha 

District. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report for the 

Section 408 Permission for the 

Southport Sacramento River Early 

Implementation Project, West 

Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers; DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, and the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) 

intends to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement/Environmental 

Impact Report (EIS/EIR) under Section 

14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 

(as amended) (33 U.S.C. 408), and 

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 

U.S.C. 1344), for the proposed 

Southport Sacramento River Early 

Implementation Project (EIP), sponsored 

by the West Sacramento Area Flood 

Control Agency (WSAFCA). Figures of 

the project area can be viewed at 

http://www.cityofwestsacramento.org/ 

city/flood. 

WSAFCA is planning the Southport 

Sacramento River EIP to implement 

flood-risk reduction measures along the 

Sacramento River South Levee in the 

City of West Sacramento, Yolo County, 

CA. The project reach extends along the 

right bank of the Sacramento River 

south of the barge canal, downstream 

approximately 6.4 miles to the South 

Cross Levee, protecting the Southport 

community of West Sacramento. The 

3.3-square mile study area encompasses 

the area of levee improvement along the 

river corridor and the potential soil 

borrow sites. In order to implement the 

project, the sponsor must acquire 

permission from USACE to alter the 

Federal project under Section 14 of the 

Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (as 

amended) (33 U.S.C. 408 or, Section 

408). USACE also has authority under 

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 

U.S.C. 1344) over activities involving 

the discharge of dredged or fill material 

to waters of the United States, which are 

known to be in the project area. The 

project would bring the levee up to 

standard with Federal and state flood 

protection criteria, as well as providing 

opportunities for ecosystem restoration 

and public recreation. USACE, acting as 

the federal lead agency under NEPA, 

and WSAFCA, acting as the state lead 

agency under the CEQA in coordination 

with the Central Valley Flood Protection 

Board, have determined that an EIS/EIR 

should be prepared to describe 

alternatives, potential environmental 

effects, and mitigation measures. 

DATES: Public scoping meetings will be 

held on Thursday, September 15, 2011 

at 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the West 

Sacramento Recreation Center, 2801 

Jefferson Boulevard, West Sacramento, 

CA. Send written comments by 

September 26, 2011 (see ADDRESSES). 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

suggestions concerning the scope and 

content of the environmental 

information may be submitted to Mr. 

John Suazo, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Sacramento District, Attn: 

Planning Division (CESPK–PD–R), 1325 

J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. 

Requests to be placed on the mailing list 

also should be sent to this address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed actions 

and environmental review process 

should be addressed to John Suazo at 

(916) 557–6719, e-mail: 

john.suazo@usace.army.mil (see 

ADDRESSES). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Proposed Action. WSAFCA is 

proposing a project along the 

Sacramento River west levee under the 

California DWR’s Early Implementation 

Program to expeditiously complete 

flood-risk reduction measures. Known 

as the Southport Sacramento River EIP, 

the project proposes implementation of 

flood-risk reduction measures 


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