Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 10 / Friday, January 15, 2010 / Notices 2517 

The above rates are effective for 

services rendered on or after October 1, 

2009. 

Dated: December 18, 2009. 

Patricia Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2010–598 Filed 1–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Army Corps 

of Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Joint 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Environmental Impact Report for the 

Lower San Joaquin River Feasibility 

Study 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers; DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The action being taken is the 

preparation of a joint environmental 

impact statement/environmental impact 

report (EIS/EIR) for the Lower San 

Joaquin River Feasibility Study 

(LSJRFS). The EIS/EIR will be prepared 

in accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

the California Environmental Quality 

Act (CEQA). The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) will serve as lead 

agency for compliance with NEPA, and 

the San Joaquin Area Flood Control 

Agency (SJAFCA) will serve as lead 

agency for compliance with CEQA. The 

LSJRFS will evaluate alternatives, 

including a locally preferred plan, for 

providing flood damage reduction and 

ecosystem restoration along the lower 

(northern) portion of the San Joaquin 

River system in the Central Valley of 

California. The approximate area of the 

proposed action and analysis is 

identified in Figure 1. 

DATES: Written comments regarding the 

scope of the environmental analysis 

should be received at (see ADDRESSES) 

by February 15, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

concerning this study and requests to be 

included on the LSJRFS mailing list 

should be submitted to Mr. Doug 

Edwards, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Sacramento District, Attn: Planning 

Division (CESPK–PD–R), 1325 J Street, 

Sacramento, CA 95814. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Doug Edwards via telephone at (916) 

557–7062, e-mail at 

Douglas.M.Edwards@usace.army.mil, or 

regular mail at (see ADDRESSES). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Proposed Action. USACE is 

preparing an EIS/EIR to analyze the 

environmental impacts associated with 

a range of alternatives for providing 

flood damage reduction and ecosystem 

restoration along the lower (northern) 

portion of the San Joaquin River system 

(Figure 1). 

2. Alternatives. The EIS/EIR will 

address an array of alternatives for 

providing flood risk management 

alternatives that are intended to reduce 

flood risk within the project area. 

Alternatives analyzed during the 

investigation may include, but are not 

limited to, a combination of one or more 

of the following flood damage reduction 

measures: adding, modifying, and/or reregulating storage on major tributaries; 

new transitory storage within flood 

plains, increasing conveyance by raising 

levees; widening channels and floodway 

areas; dredging; and constructing or 

modifying weirs and bypasses; and 

various floodplain management 

measures. Ecosystem restoration 

measures may include, but are not 

limited to, restoring riparian, wetland, 

and floodplain habitats, and/or 

constructing setback levees for habitat 

restoration. 

3. Scoping Process. 

a. A public scoping meeting will be 

held to present an overview of the 

LSJRFS and the EIS/EIR process, and to 

afford all interested parties with an 

opportunity to provide comments 

regarding the scope of analysis and 

potential alternatives. The public 

scoping meeting will be held at the 

University of Pacific, Regent’s Dining 

Room, 3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, 

CA on January 27, 2010, from 6–8 p.m. 

b. Potentially significant issues to be 

analyzed in depth in the EIS/EIR 

include project specific and cumulative 

effects on hydraulics, wetlands and 

other waters of the U.S., vegetation and 

wildlife resources, special-status 

species, esthetics, cultural resources, 

recreation, land use, fisheries, water 

quality, air quality, and transportation. 

c. USACE is consulting with the State 

Historic Preservation Officer to comply 

with the National Historic Preservation 

Act and with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service and National Marine Fisheries 

Service to comply with the Endangered 

Species Act. USACE is also coordinating 

with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

to comply with the Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act. 

d. A 45-day public review period will 

be provided for all interested parties 

individuals and agencies to review and 

comment on the draft EIS/EIR. All 

interested parties are encouraged to 

respond to this notice and provide a 

current address if they wish to be 

notified of the draft EIS/EIR circulation. 

4. Availability. The draft EIS/EIR is 

currently scheduled to be available for 

public review and comment in 2014. 

Dated: December 29, 2009. 

Thomas Chapman, 

COL, EN Commanding. 

[FR Doc. 2010–686 Filed 1–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Solicitation for Estuary 

Habitat Restoration Program 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for project 

applications. 

SUMMARY: Congress has appropriated 

limited funds to the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (Corps) and the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) for 

implementation of the Estuary Habitat 

Restoration Program as authorized in 

Section 104 of the Estuary Restoration 

Act of 2000, Title I of the Estuaries and 

Clean Waters Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106– 

457) (accessible at http:// 

www.usace.army.mil/CECW/ERA/ 

Pages/home.aspx). On behalf of the 

Estuary Habitat Restoration Council 

(Council) the Corps is soliciting 

proposals for estuary habitat restoration 

projects. The Council requests that all 

proposals address the potential effects 

of sea level change and other impacts 

related to climate change on the 

viability of the proposed restoration. 

This may take the form of considering 

climate change in the planning, design, 

siting, and construction of the project, 

or in testing new restoration 

technologies that may help to alleviate 

effects of climate change. This 

document describes project criteria and 

evaluation criteria the Council will use 

to determine which projects to 

recommend. Recommended projects 

must provide ecosystem benefits, have 

scientific merit, be technically feasible, 

and be cost-effective. Proposals selected 

for Estuary Habitat Restoration Program 

funding may be implemented in 

accordance with a cost-share agreement 

with the Corps; or a cooperative 

agreement with the Corps or NOAA, 

subject to availability of funds. 

In addition to this solicitation and the 

application form, a Supplemental Guide 

for Prospective Applicants is available 

at: http://www.usace.army.mil/CECW/ 


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