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The project area extends from the

confluence of the Kill Van Kull, Arthur

Kill, and Lower Newark Bay, west and

south toward Piles Creek. This includes

the Elizabethport Reach, Gulfport

Reach, and the North of Shooters Island

Reach.

The project area shoreline (and

vicinity) has undergone extensive

industrial and residential development.

The New Jersey shoreline has been

almost completely developed with

riprap and ship-berthing areas. The

Staten Island shoreline has also been

developed, although to a much lesser

extent. Industrial development is

heaviest along the North of Shooters

Island and Elizabethport reaches.

The waterways are intensively used

navigation channels, and with the

recent dredging and reoccupation of the

Howland Hook Marine Terminal

(located within the project area),

previously one of New York Harbor’s

most active marine terminals, activity

will increase above present levels.

Although much of the project area

shoreline has been developed and the

Arthur Kill is heavily used for

commercial navigation, the project area

still contains a variety of biological and

natural resources. These resources

include migratory and resident fish and

shellfish populations as well as the

heron rookeries. While fish and wildlife

resources use the area year round,

recreational opportunities are generally

limited.

A deepened and realigned channel in

the Arthur Kill will permit existing

facilities to efficiently accommodate the

larger ocean-going vessels calling on the

Port.

Simeon Hook,

Acting Chief, Planning Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Corps of Engineers

Public Notice of Availability for the

Final Supplemental Environmental

Impact Statement and General

Reevaluation Report of the Green

Brook Flood Control Project in the

Green Brook Sub-Basin of the Raritan

River Basin, Middlesex, Union and

Somerset Counties in the State of New

Jersey

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Army Corps of Engineers,

New York District (NYDCOE), in

coordination with the project sponsor,

the New Jersey Department of

Environmental Protection (NJDEP), has

conducted a General Reevaluation

Study and prepared a Supplemental

Impact Statement for an authorized

flood protection project in the Green

Brook Sub-Basin of the Raritan River in

New Jersey. A Final Environmental

Impact Statement and a Record of

Decision were prepared for the project

in 1980. This report has been prepared

in association with the Reevaluation

Study and is a supplement to the 1980

Final Environmental Impact Statement.

The project proposes to provide flood

protection to residents in Somerset,

Middlesex and Union Counties through

the use of levees, flood-proofing, flood

walls, detention basins and stream

channelization. The plan also provides

for a mitigation plan for environmental

impacts. The project is divided into

three separate portions of the Sub-basin:

the upper portion, the lower portion and

the Stony Brook portion. The proposed

flood protection measures which were

described in the DSEIS for the upper

portion of the Sub-basin have been

deferred at the request of the local

sponsor, pending further study.

The Draft Supplement Environmental

Impact Statement (DSEIS) was filed on

January 6, 1997. The DSEIS was

released for public review from January

6, 1997 through March 7, 1997. This

review period included four formal

public meetings and numerous informal

information sessions with various

groups. The public coordination process

confirmed the need for the project.

However, the coordination process

identified concerns with the proposed

construction of the detentions basins in

the upper portion of the basin in the

Boroughs of Berkeley Heights,

Watchung, and Scotch Plains. The local

sponsor, NJDEP, has asked the NYDCOE

to defer construction of the upper

portion of the project at this time but to

continue work on the lower and Stony

Brook portions of the project.

Accordingly, this final document is

considered a decision document for

construction implementation of the

lower and Stony Brook portions of the

basin only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Bill Richardson, ATTN: CENAN–

PL–ES, Army Corps of Engineers, New

York District, 26 Federal Plaza, New

York, NY 10278–0090, Tel. (212) 264–

2199.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Green Brook Sub-basin is a

component of the Raritan River drainage

basin in north central New Jersey. The

Green Brook Sub-Basin has a 65 square

mile watershed. The Sub-Basin is

located between the Watchung

Mountains and the Raritan River in

Middlesex, Somerset, and Union

Counties.

In response to resolutions of the

United States Senate Public Works

Committee adopted 15 September 1955

and 10 July 1972 to adopt

recommendations for flood control, the

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New

York District prepared a feasibility

report and a final environmental impact

statement in August 1980. A project

similar to ‘‘Plan A’’ as described in the

1980 feasibility study was authorized

for construction under the Water

Resources Development Act of 1986.

The flood problems of the Green

Brook Sub-Basin result from a

combination of natural hydrologic and

hydraulic features coupled with dense

development within the floodplains.

The Green Brook flows southwest from

the slopes of the Watchung Mountains.

The path of the streams within the subbasin flow from relatively undeveloped

mountains through a broad flat

floodplain which is largely suburban

and industrialized. Streams included in

the study are: Ambrose Brook, Bound

Brook, Bonygutt Brook, Municipal

Brook, Stony Brook, Blue Brook, Cedar

Brook, and Middle Brook. Flood

damages in the tri-county basin are

quite severe due to the level of

development within the sub-basin.

Notable storms which have caused flood

conditions in the sub-basin occurred in

May 1968, August 1971, August 1973,

July 1975, September 1979, July 1984,

and October 1996.

The Final Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement

(FSEIS) describes in the impacts of the

proposed project on environmental and

cultural resources in the study area. The

FSEIS also applies guidelines issued by

the Environmental Protection Agency,

under the authority of the Clean Water

Act of 1977 (Pub. L. 96–217). An

evaluation for the purposed actions on

the waters of the United States was

performed pursuant to the guidelines of

the Administrator, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, under authority of

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The

results of the evaluation are presented

in the SEIS.

This Notice of Availability is being

sent to organizations and individuals

known to have an interest in the project.
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Please bring this notice to the attention

of any other individuals with an interest

in this matter. Copies of the FSEIS and

General Reevaluation Report are

available upon request for review at the

following locations:

Berkeley Heights Public Library, 290

Plainfield Avenue, Berkley Heights,

New Jersey.

Bound Brook Public Library, 402 Ease

High Street, Bound Brook, New

Jersey.

Bridgewater Public Library, Box 6700,

Bridgewater, New Jersey.

Dunellen Public Library, New Market

Road, Dunellen, New Jersey.

Fanwood Public Library, North Avenue

and Tillotson Road, Fanwood, New

Jersey.

Middlesex Public Library, 1300

Mountain Avenue, Middlesex, New

Jersey.

North Plainfield Public Library, 6

Rockview Avenue, North Plainfield,

New Jersey.

Piscataway Public Library, 500 Hoes

Lane, Piscataway, New Jersey.

Plainfield Public Library, 8th and Park

Avenue, Plainfield, New Jersey.

Scotch Plains Public Library, 1927

Bartle Avenue, Scotch Plains, New

Jersey.

South Plainfield Public Library, 2840

Plainfield Avenue, South Plainfield,

New Jersey.

Summit Public Library, 75 Maple Street,

Summit, New Jersey.

Watchung Public Library, 12 Stirling

Road, Watchung, New Jersey.

John Sassi, P.E.,

Chief, Planning Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Corps of Engineers

Inland Waterways Users Board

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Pub. L. 92–463,

announcement is made of the next

meeting of the Inland Waterways Users

Board. The meeting will be held on

November 20, 1997, in Charleston, West

Virginia, at the Holiday Inn Charleston

House, 600 Kanawha Boulevard East,

Charleston, West Virginia, (Tel. 304–

344–4092). Registration will begin at

12:30 PM and the meeting is scheduled

to adjourn at 4:00 PM. The meeting is

open to the public. Any interested

person may attend, appear before, or file

statements with the committee at the

time and in the manner permitted by the

Committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Norma T. Edwards, Headquarters, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, CECW–PD,

Washington, DC 20314–1000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, invites comments

on the proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before

December 8, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

requests for copies of the proposed

information collection requests should

be addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Acting Deputy

Chief Information Officer, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, publishes this

notice containing proposed information

collection requests prior to submission

of these requests to OMB. Each

proposed information collection,

grouped by office, contains the

following: (1) Type of review requested,

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary

of the collection; (4) Description of the

need for, and proposed use of, the

information; (5) Respondents and

frequency of collection; and (6)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. OMB invites public comment at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

The Department of Education is

especially interested in public comment

addressing the following issues: (1) is

this collection necessary to the proper

functions of the Department, (2) will

this information be processed and used

in a timely manner, (3) is the estimate

of burden accurate, (4) how might the

Department enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected, and (5) how might the

Department minimize the burden of this

collection on the respondents, including

through the use of information

technology.

Dated: October 3, 1997.

Linda Tague,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Reinstatement.

Title: 1998 Field Test for Schools and

Staffing Survey (SASS): LEA,

Administrator, School, Teacher and

Finance.

Frequency: One Time.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Not-for-profit institutions;

State, local or Tribal Gov’t, SEAs or

LEAs.

Reporting Burden and Recordkeeping:

Responses: 2,800.

Burden Hours: 3,834.

Abstract: The National Center for

Education Statistics (NCES) will use the

field test to assess data collection

procedures and new questions that are

planned for the next full-scale SASS in

1999–2000. Policy makers, researchers,

and practitioners at the national, state,

and local levels use SASS data.

Respondents include public and private

school principals, teachers, and school

and LEA staff persons.

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