70650 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 196 / Thursday, October 12, 2023 / Notices 

membership on an advisory committee 

or subcommittee, or effectively 

administer its advisory committee or 

subcommittee activities. 

(Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2(a)(15)) 

Dated: October 6, 2023. 

Robert Sidman, 

Deputy Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22577 Filed 10–11–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement for Real Property Master 

Plan Implementation at Military Ocean 

Terminal Sunny Point, North Carolina 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

(Army) announces its intent to conduct 

public scoping under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to 

gather information to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for proposed near-term real property 

actions and the update of the Real 

Property Master Plan (RPMP) for 

Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point 

(MOTSU). MOTSU is a 16,435-acre 

installation located on the banks of the 

Cape Fear River between the towns of 

Boiling Spring Lakes and Southport, 

North Carolina. The scoping process 

will help identify reasonable 

alternatives, potential environmental 

impacts, and key issues of concern to be 

analyzed in the EIS. The Army intends 

to comply with the requirements of 

section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act in parallel with this 

NEPA process and invites federally 

recognized Tribes and the State Historic 

Preservation Office (SHPO) of North 

Carolina to participate in the 

consultation process. 

DATES: Scoping comments must be 

submitted/sent on or before November 

11, 2023. There will be a public 

meeting, as discussed below. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments to James A. Rupkalvis, 

Installation Manager, 6280 Sunny Point 

Road, Southport, NC 28461–7800 or via 

email to james.a.rupkalvis.civ@

army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen C Herring, Legislative Affairs 

Officer, Public and Congressional 

Affairs Office, Military Surface 

Deployment and Distribution 

Command; telephone (618) 220–6119; 

email: stephen.c.herring.civ@army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MOTSU is 

the Military Surface Deployment and 

Distribution Command’s East Coast 

strategic ammunition port and is the 

Department of Defense’s primary 

ammunition seaport supporting the 

European, African, and Middle Eastern 

areas of operation. The proposed action 

includes barricade safety, waterfront 

maintenance, Pleasure Island Explosive 

Safety Clear Zone security, linear 

infrastructure (e.g., roads, rail, utilities, 

firebreaks), stormwater mitigation, and 

cantonment area infill. In addition to 

these projects planned for the fiscal year 

2025 through 2031 timeframe, the 

proposed action includes modernizing 

operation areas and general repair and 

maintenance of infrastructure, to 

include facilities, wharves, roads, rail, 

utilities, and perimeter security. The 

purpose of the proposed action is to 

provide MOTSU a master plan that will 

guide installation-wide real property 

management and development. The 

need for the proposed action is to 

maintain and modernize MOTSU’s 

infrastructure so its staff and assets are 

safe and secure and so its vital, longterm, trans-shipment mission is assured. 

The master plan allows for a 

coordinated approach to the 

maintenance and modernization of 

critical infrastructure. 

The EIS will evaluate the potential 

impacts associated with implementing 

the proposed RPMP activities, to 

include analyzing Full-Plan 

Implementation, a Partial 

Implementation Alternative, and a NoAction Alternative. Any other 

reasonable alternatives identified during 

the scoping process will be considered 

for evaluation in the EIS. The EIS will 

assess the impacts of the alternatives on 

resources and identify mitigation 

measures. Resource areas to be 

addressed include land use and coastal 

zone management, cultural resources, 

socioeconomics and environmental 

justice, transportation and utilities 

infrastructure, hazardous materials, 

hazardous waste, toxic substances, and 

contaminated sites. The proposed action 

could result in significant adverse 

effects to endangered species, 100-year 

floodplains, wetlands, and waters of the 

Cape Fear River. Anticipated permits 

and other authorizations include 

findings of no practicable alternatives 

for actions proposed in floodplains and 

wetlands per Executive Orders 11988 

and 11990 respectively, Endangered 

Species Act consultations and take 

permits, National Historic Preservation 

Act consultations, Clean Water Act 

section 401 water quality certifications 

and section 404 permits, Rivers and 

Harbors Act section 10 permits, 

Sediment Pollution Control Act permits, 

and North Carolina Coastal Area 

Management Act federal consistency 

determinations. Actual permits and 

other authorizations will be determined 

for each project following that project’s 

final design. 

Members of the public, federally 

recognized Native American Tribes, and 

Federal, state, and local agencies are 

invited to participate in the scoping 

process for the preparation of this EIS 

by attending the virtual public meeting 

and/or submitting written comments. 

The Army requests input on 

identification of potential alternatives, 

information, and analyses relevant to 

the proposed action. 

Written comments must be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

NOI in the Federal Register. A virtual 

public meeting will be held during this 

period. The date and location of the 

meeting will be announced at least 

seven days in advance through local 

media, newspapers, and on the project’s 

website. Materials, including posters, 

fact sheet(s), and comment forms will be 

made available on https://

www.sddc.army.mil/SitePages/ 

Environmental%20Programs.aspx. 

James W. Satterwhite Jr., 

U.S. Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22496 Filed 10–11–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3711–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Strategic Environmental Research and 

Development Program Scientific 

Advisory Board; Notice of Federal 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition and Sustainment 

(USD(A&S)), Department of Defense 

(DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this 

notice to announce that the following 

Federal Advisory Committee meeting of 

the Strategic Environmental Research 

and Development Program (SERDP) 

Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) will 

take place. 

DATES: SERDP SAB will hold a meeting 

open to the public. Day 1—Wednesday, 

October 11, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 

p.m. (EST). Day 2—Thursday, October 

12, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:35 p.m. 

(EST). Day 3—Friday, October 13, 2023 

from 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. (EST). 


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