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2. Description of Proposed Action

The basic design of the interim plan

consists of beachfill with a minimum

berm width of 90 feet (ft) at elevation

+9.5 ft NGVD, and a minimum 25 ft

wide dune at elevation +15 ft NGVD.

Proposed dune slopes are 1V:5H to

Mean Low Water (MLW), and 1V:30H

below MLW.

Variations of this basic design plan

occur between Kismet and Point

O’Woods and at Old Inlet in the Federal

Wilderness Area. The dune and berm

elevations from Kismet to Point

O’Woods were increased to 18 ft NGVD

and 11.5 ft NGVD, respectively to

provide a 44 year level of protection.

This modification is necessitated by the

low elevations north of the dune in

these areas.

Due to the environmental sensitivity

of the Wilderness Area, and concerns

raised by the Department of the Interior,

fill in Old Inlet has been deferred. The

District instead recommends use of a

feeder beach and stockpile at Smith

Point County Park. The deferred

construction could be analyzed and

implemented in the future, to minimize

the negative environmental impacts

associated with repeated breach closure

efforts.

3. Reasonable Alternative Actions

In addition to the ‘‘No Action’’

alternative, the interim storm damage

protection study will consider

variations of the beach fill alternative to

identify a short term solution to the

severe erosion that has occurred within

the study area and which continues to

threaten the mainland communities

with increased exposure to storm

damages.

4. Scoping Process

a. Public Involvement

Additional scoping correspondence

detailing the proposed plan will be

distributed to all interested public and

private agencies and organizations with

the intent of receiving opinions all from

interested parties.

b. Scoping Meetings

The scoping meetings are intended to

assist in defining the focus of the EIS

issues. A public notice issued at a later

date will provide the dates, times and

places of the scoping meetings. Further,

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will

provide ample opportunity for public

participation in defining the issues to be

addressed in the EIS and in reviewing

and commenting on the draft EIS.

Additions to this mailing list can be

made by notifying the project EIS

coordinator.

c. Significant Issues Requiring In-Depth

Analysis

1. Water Quality Impacts; 2.

Archaeological and Cultural Resources

Impacts; 3. Aquatic and Terrestrial

Resources Impacts; 4. Impacts to

Shorebird Populations; 5. Recreational

Impacts; 6. Economic Impacts; 7.

Impacts to Longshore Sand Transport.

d. Environmental Review and

Consultation

Review will be conducted as outlined

in the Council on Environmental

Quality regulations dated November 29,

1983 (40 CFR parts 1500–1508) and U.S.

Army Corps of Engineer regulation ER

200–2–2 dated March 4, 1988.

e. Federal Agency Participation in the

EIS Process

Federal agencies with an interest in

this EIS effort are requested to

participate as cooperating agencies

pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1501.6. All

interested federal agencies are requested

to submit a letter of intent to Colonel

Gary Thomas, District Engineer at the

above address.

5. Estimated Date of DEIS Availability

June 1998.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Corps of Engineers; Department of the

Army

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for the Stabilization of the Bluff Toe at

Norco Bluffs

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Correction.

SUMMARY: In previous Federal Register

notice (Vol 62, No. 105, page 29719)

Monday, June 2, 1997, make the

following corrections:

On Page 29719 in column two,

Summary paragraph, lines six through

eleven, the sentence should be changed

to read ‘‘The purpose of the proposed

project is to stabilize the toe of the bluff

parallel to Shadow Canyon Circle,

Alahambra Street, and River Ridge

Drive, as far upstream as Crest Drive, in

the City of Norco, and thereby maintain

the location of the 566 foot elevation

line.’’

On Page 29719 in column three,

Availability of the Draft EIS paragraph,

change the date from ‘‘September 1997’’

to ‘‘March 1998.’’

The above corrections are required to

clarify the location of the proposed

project which has been expanded to

cover areas immediately upstream and

downstream of the originally proposed

project, and to inform individuals of the

change in the availability of the draft

EIS for publication and circulation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any

comments on this increase in project

area should be sent to Mr. Alex Watt,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los

Angeles district, Programs and Project

Management Division at (213) 452–

3860.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Corps of Engineers

Availability of a Proposed Plan for the

Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial

Action Program (FUSRAP)

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: During the 1940s, 1950s, and

1960s, the Ashland 1 (including Seaway

Area D) and Ashland 2 Sites became

contaminated as a result of disposal and

relocation of residues from uranium

processing, performed in support of the

nation’s early atomic energy program, at

the Linde Site. The sites are being

addressed under the Formerly Utilized

Sites Remedial Action Program

(FUSRAP). In December 1989, the U.S.

Department of Energy (DOE) published

a Notice of Intent to complete a

Remedial Investigation/Feasibility

Study-Environmental Impact Statement

(RI/FS–EIS) for the Tonawanda

(Ashland 1, 2, Seaway D, and Linde)

Site. Since the issuance of that notice,

DOE established a policy in June 1994

of incorporating National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

values into Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act (CERCLA)

documentation. In accordance with that

policy, likewise, the Corps does not

intend to issue a separate

Environmental Impact Statement for the

Tonawanda Site. The Proposed Plan

summarizes the findings of the

Remedial Investigation and Feasibility
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Study and identifies the preferred

alternative for Ashland 1 (including

Seaway Area D) and Ashland 2. The

preferred alternative includes: Complete

Excavation with Offsite Disposal of

radioactively contaminated materials

that exceed the 40 picocurie per gram

Thorium-230 guideline. The

Administrative Record file was

established to support the Remedial

Investigation and Feasibility Study at

Ashland 1 and Ashland 2. The

Administrative Record is a compendium

of documentation that is compiled

progressively throughout the decisionmaking process. The file contains

documentation that will be relied upon

in issuing a Record of Decision for

Ashland 1 and Ashland 2. This notice

establishes a 60-day public comment

period for the Proposed Plan for

Ashland 1 and Ashland 2, beginning

November 10, 1997 and lasting through

January 9, 1998. Written comments will

be accepted anytime during this

comment period and both oral and

written comments will be accepted at a

public meeting, which is scheduled to

be held 7 to 9 p.m. on December 17,

1997, at the Phillip Sheridan Building,

3200 Elmwood Avenue, Kenmore, NY.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Copies of the Proposed Plan and further

information may be requested from: U.S.

Corps of Engineers, FUSRAP Public

Information Center, 70 Pearce Avenue,

Tonawanda, NY 14150, Telephone (716)

871–9660, ATTN: Ms. Sarah Snyder.

Hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,

Monday through Thursday, and 9:00

a.m. to noon on Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written

comments will be accepted if

postmarked by January 8 at the

following address: U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, FUSRAP Public Information

Center, 70 Pearce Avenue, Tonawanda,

NY 14150, ATTN: Ms. Sarah Snyder.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy, DoD

Notice of Public Hearing for the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for the Outfall Replacement for

Wastewater Treatment Plant at Fort

Kamehameha, Pearl Harbor, Oahu,

Hawaii

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by

the Council on Environmental Quality

regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508),

the Department of the Navy (Navy) has

prepared and filed with the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency a

DEIS for the outfall replacement for

Wastewater Treatment Plant at Fort

Kamehameha, Pearl Harbor, Oahu,

Hawaii.

The Navy proposes to construct a new

concrete pipeline, 2.4 miles long and 42

inches in diameter, into open coastal

waters to replace the existing outfall for

effluent discharge from the Public

Works Center, Pearl Harbor Wastewater

Treatment Plant (WWTP). The present

outfall discharges into the Pearl Harbor

Estuary, which is classified Water

Quality Limited Segment (WQLS) by the

State of Hawaii. The classification limits

the discharge of municipal and

industrial wastewater effluents. The

proposed action is needed to eliminate

the discharge to the WQLS and

associated future permit limitations and

violations.

A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare

the DEIS was published in the Federal

Register on September 11, 1996. Two

public scoping meetings were held on

Oahu: (1) Honolulu: October 1, 1996,

7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Washington

Intermediate School, 1633 South King

Street and (2) Pearl Harbor: October 2,

1996, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Makalapa

Elementary School, 4435 Salt Lake

Boulevard.

The DEIS analyzes reasonable

alternatives to the proposed action, such

as upland disposal of treated effluent by

subsurface injection, reclamation of

effluent for reuse, and ‘‘no action’’

alternative. Based on analysis of the

alternatives, the proposed action with

appropriate mitigation has been

presented to be the environmentally

preferred alternative.

No decision on the proposed action

will be made until the NEPA process

has been completed.

The DEIS has been distributed to

various federal, state and local agencies,

local groups, elected officials, special

interest groups and individuals. The

DEIS is also available for review at local

libraries as follows: Hawaii State Main

Library, Salt Lake Moanalua Public

Library, Aiea Public Library, Pearl City

Public Library and Ewa Beach Public

School Library, all of which are situated

in the vicinity of Pearl Harbor.

ADDRESSES: The Navy will conduct a

public hearing to receive oral and

written comments concerning the DEIS

on Wednesday, December 17, 1997,

from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., at the

Radford High School Cafeteria, 4361

Salt Lake Boulevard, Honolulu.

A brief presentation will precede a

request for public information and

comments. Navy representatives will be

available at the hearing to receive

information and comments from

agencies and the public regarding issues

of concern. Federal, state and local

agencies and interested individuals are

invited to be present or represented at

the hearing. Oral comments will be

heard and transcribed by a

stenographer. To assure accuracy of the

record, all comments should be

submitted in writing. Both oral and

written statements will become part of

the public record for this study. In the

interest of available time, each speaker

will be asked to limit oral comments to

five minutes. Longer comments should

be summarized at the public hearing

and submitted in writing either at the

hearing or mailed to the address below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please provide written comments by

January 9, 1998, to Mr. Gary Kasaoka,

Code 231GK, Pacific Division, Naval

Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl

Harbor, Hawaii 96860–7300, telephone

(808) 471–9338, fax (808) 474–5909, or

e-mail address:

gkasaoka@efdpac.navfac.navy.mil.

Dated: November 21, 1997.

Michael I. Quinn,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Alternate 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 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 January

26, 1998.

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