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options for locations of parking 

structures, and acquisition of additional 

space at two existing, offsite leased 

locations. These alternatives will be 

further developed during preparation of 

the Draft EIS as a result of public and 

agency input and environmental 

analyses of the activities. The No Action 

Alternative (not undertaking the East 

Campus Integration Program) will also 

be analyzed in detail. 

This notice of intent is required by 40 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

1508.22 and briefly describes the 

Proposed Action and possible 

alternatives and our proposed scoping 

process. The EIS will comply with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations in 40 CFR parts 1500 

through 1508, and DoD Instruction 

4715.9 (Environmental Planning and 

Analysis). 

Significant Issues: Environmental 

issues to be analyzed in the EIS will 

include potential impacts on air quality, 

noise, natural resources, water use, solid 

waste, hazardous materials and wastes, 

transportation, and cumulative impacts 

from increased burdens on the 

installation and neighboring community 

based on projected development. 

Scoping Process: Public scoping is an 

early and open process for identifying 

and determining the scope of issues to 

be addressed in the EIS. Scoping begins 

with this notice, continues through the 

public comment period (see DATES), and 

ends when the DoD has completed the 

following actions: 

—Invites the participation of Federal, 

State, and local agencies, any affected 

Indian tribes, and other interested 

persons; 

—Determines the actions, alternatives, 

and impacts described in 40 CFR 

1508.25; 

—Identifies and eliminates from 

detailed study those issues that are 

not significant or that have been 

covered elsewhere; 

—Indicates any related EISs or 

environmental assessments (EAs) that 

are not part of the EIS; 

—Identifies other relevant 

environmental review and 

consultation requirements; 

—Indicates the relationship between 

timing of the environmental review 

and other aspects of the proposed 

program; 

—At its discretion, exercises the options 

provided in 40 CFR 1501.7(b). 

Once the scoping process is complete, 

DoD will prepare a Draft EIS, and will 

publish a Federal Register notice 

announcing its public availability. If 

you want that notice to be sent to you, 

please contact the DoD Project Office 

point of contact identified in FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. You will 

have an opportunity to review and 

comment on the Draft EIS. Additionally, 

the DoD anticipates holding a public 

meeting after publication of the Draft 

EIS in the vicinity of Fort Meade, 

Maryland, to present the Draft EIS and 

receive public comments regarding the 

document. The DoD will consider all 

comments received and then prepare 

the Final EIS. As with the Draft EIS, the 

DoD will announce the availability of 

the Final EIS and once again give you 

an opportunity for review and comment. 

Dated: December 19, 2014. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Termination of Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the Alaska 

Department of Transportation & Public 

Facilities Foothills West 

Transportation Access Project 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Withdrawal of notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Alaska District, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is 

notifying interested parties that it has 

terminated the process to develop an 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

has withdrawn the application for a 

Department of the Army permit from the 

Alaska Department of Transportation 

and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) 

proposed Foothills West Transportation 

Access Project (Foothills Project). The 

original Notice of Intent to Prepare the 

EIS was published in the Federal 

Register on May 20, 2011 (76 FR 29218). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the termination of 

this EIS process should be addressed to: 

Ms. Melissa Riordan, Regulatory 

Division, telephone: (907) 474–2166, or 

mail: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

CEPOA–RD, 2175 University Avenue, 

Suite 201(E), Fairbanks, AK 99709– 

4927. Or email: melissa.c.riordan@

usace.army.mil. Emailed questions, 

including attachments, should be 

provided in .doc, .docx, .pdf or .txt 

formats. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Alaska District published the original 

Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS for 

the proposed Foothills project in the 

Federal Register on Friday, May 20, 

2011 (76 FR 29218). In the summer of 

2013 the Alaska DOT&PF decided to reevaluate plans for future EIS work, and 

in response the Corps suspended work 

and closed the EIS project file. After 

confirming on October 21, 2014 that the 

DOT&PF has no future plans to proceed 

with the project, the Corps officially 

determined that it is appropriate to 

terminate the EIS. The Corps’ neutral 

role in the EIS process was to evaluate 

the environmental consequences of the 

proposed project under the authority of 

Section 10 of the River and Harbors Act 

of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean 

Water Act. The preparation of the EIS 

was being conducted by a third-party 

contractor directed by the Corps, and 

funded by the applicant, which is 

typical of the Corps Regulatory EIS 

studies. Withdrawal of the permit 

application and termination of the EIS 

process will not prevent DOT&PF from 

reapplying at a later date. 

Dated: November 3, 2014. 

Approved by: 

Michael Salyer, 

North Branch Chief, Alaska District, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), 

Initiate the Public Scoping Period and 

Host Public Scoping Meetings for the 

Great Lakes and Mississippi River 

Interbasin Study (‘‘GLMRIS’’)— 

Evaluation of Aquatic Nuisance 

Species Controls Near Brandon Road 

Lock and Dam: Extension of the Public 

Scoping Period and Announcement of 

an Additional Public Scoping Meeting 

Location 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Reference the Notice of Intent 

published in the Federal Register on 

Thursday, November 20, 2014, volume 

79, number 224, pages 69099–100 (79 

FR 69099). This notice extends the 

public comment period and identifies 

an additional location for a GLMRIS 

public scoping meeting. For 

convenience, the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of the November 

20, 2014 notice has been reprinted with 

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new text announcing the extension of 

the public comment period and the 

additional location where USACE will 

host a scoping meeting. 

DATES: The NEPA public scoping period 

ends on January 30, 2015. Please refer 

to the ‘‘Scoping and Public 

Involvement’’ section below for 

instructions on ways to submit public 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or questions 

about GLMRIS, please contact USACE, 

Chicago District, Project Manager, Mr. 

David Wethington, by mail: USACE, 

Chicago District, 231 S. LaSalle, Suite 

1500, Chicago, Illinois 60604, or by 

email: david.m.wethington@

usace.army.mil. 

For media inquiries, please contact 

USACE, Chicago District, Public Affairs 

Officer, Ms. Lynne Whelan, by mail: 

USACE, Chicago District, 231 S. LaSalle, 

Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 60604, by 

phone: 312.846.5330 or by email: 

lynne.e.whelan@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background. In January 2014, 

USACE released the GLMRIS Report, 

which evaluated the potential range of 

alternatives to prevent ANS transfer 

between the GL and MR basins via the 

CAWS. In GLMRIS, USACE has 

interpreted the term ‘‘prevent’’ to mean 

the reduction of risk to the maximum 

extent possible, because it may not be 

technologically feasible to achieve an 

absolute solution. 

The GLMRIS Report identified eight 

alternatives, six of which were 

structural alternatives. Three structural 

alternatives established an ANS control 

point near Brandon Road Lock and Dam 

in Joliet, Illinois. The GLMRIS Report 

identified the Brandon Road control 

point as a single location that can 

address upstream transfer of MR ANS 

through the CAWS. 

Based on evaluations presented in the 

GLMRIS Report and in response to 

stakeholder input, USACE has been 

directed by the Assistant Secretary of 

the Army (Civil Works) to proceed with 

a formal evaluation of potential ANS 

controls to be applied near the Brandon 

Road Lock and Dam, located near Joliet, 

Illinois. The GLMRIS—Brandon Road 

effort will evaluate the range of options 

or technologies available to prevent MR 

ANS transfer through the CAWS into 

the GL Basin. 

This effort will assess the potential of 

various ANS controls to address the 

one-way, upstream transfer of ANS 

through the approach channel and/or 

lock chamber at Brandon Road Lock and 

Dam, and seek to minimize any adverse 

impacts to waterway users or resources. 

The Brandon Road Lock and Dam 

Historic District includes the Brandon 

Road Lock and Dam and was 

retroactively listed on the National 

Register of Historic Places on March 11, 

2004. 

GLMRIS will be conducted in 

accordance with NEPA and with the 

Economic and Environmental Principles 

and Guidelines for Water and Related 

Land Resource Implementation Studies, 

Water Resources Council, March 10, 

1983. 

2. Scoping and Public Involvement. 

USACE will accept comments related to 

GLMRIS—Brandon Road until January 

30, 2015. 

All forms of comments received 

during the scoping period will be 

weighted equally. Using input obtained 

during the scoping period, USACE will 

refine the scope of GLMRIS to focus on 

significant issues, as well as eliminate 

issues that are not significant from 

further detailed study. 

Comments may be submitted in the 

following ways: 

• GLMRIS project Web site: Use the 

web comment function found at http:// 

glmris.anl.gov/. 

• NEPA Scoping Meeting: USACE is 

hosting scoping meetings and asks those 

who wish to make oral comments in 

person to register on the GLMRIS 

project Web site at http://glmris.anl.gov/ 

. Each meeting’s on-line registration to 

speak will be closed at 10 a.m. central 

time the day of the meeting. Those who 

do not register to speak via the GLMRIS 

Web site may register at the meeting. 

Those registering through the Web site 

may be given a preference over those 

that register to make an oral comment at 

the meeting. Each individual wishing to 

make oral comments shall be given 

three (3) minutes, and a stenographer 

will document oral comments; 

• Mail: Mail written comments to 

GLMRIS—Brandon Road Scoping, 231 

S. LaSalle, Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 

60604. Comments must be postmarked 

by January 30, 2015; and 

• Hand Delivery: Comments may be 

hand-delivered to the Chicago District, 

USACE office located at 231 S. LaSalle, 

Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 60604 

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Comments must be received by January 

30, 2015. 

The public meetings will begin with 

a brief presentation regarding the study 

followed by an oral comment period. 

During the meeting, USACE will also 

collect written comments. 

The additional public meeting is 

scheduled for 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on 

Thursday, January 8, 2015, at the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans 

District Office, Assembly Room A 

located at 7400 Leake Avenue, New 

Orleans, Louisiana. Please see the 

GLMRIS project Web site at http://

glmris.anl.gov/ for directions, more 

information regarding the meeting and if 

you wish to make an oral comment. 

Comments received during the 

scoping period will be posted on the 

GLMRIS project Web site and will 

become part of the EIS. 

If you require assistance under the 

Americans with Disabilities Act, please 

contact Ms. Lynne Whelan via email at 

lynne.e.whelan@usace.army.mil or 

phone at (312) 846–5330 at least seven 

(7) working days prior to the meeting to 

request arrangements. 

3. Significant Issues. Issues associated 

with the proposed study are likely to 

include, but will not be limited to 

impacts of ANS on current waterway 

uses and resources; impacts of potential 

ANS controls on current waterway uses 

and resources; and statutory and legal 

responsibilities relative to the lakes and 

waterways. Examples of waterway uses 

and resources that may be impacted by 

ANS include significant natural 

resources such as ecosystems and 

threatened and endangered species, 

commercial and recreational fisheries, 

and current recreational uses of the 

lakes and waterways. Examples of 

current waterway uses that may be 

impacted by potential ANS controls are 

commercial and recreational navigation, 

flood risk management and water 

supply and quality. 

4. Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

Availability of the Draft EIS is 

contingent upon sufficient allocation of 

funding for the study. Draft EIS 

availability will be announced to the 

public in the Federal Register in 

compliance with 40 CFR 1506.9 and 

1506.10. 

5. Authority. This action is being 

undertaken pursuant to the Water 

Resources and Development Act of 

2007, Section 3061, Pub. L. 110–114, 

121 STAT. 1121, and the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq., as 

amended. 

Dated: December 29, 2014. 

Susanne J. Davis, 

Chief Planning Branch, Chicago District, 

Corps of Engineer. 

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