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In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), an Environmental Assessment 

(EA) for this study is anticipated and 

will be prepared by MVP. The study 

will broadly evaluate two primary 

alternatives: (1) The no action; and, (2) 

deauthorization by Congress of the 

Federal navigation-related missions at 

the sites and disposal of the properties 

according to Federal law. 

Deauthorization would include portions 

of the Mississippi River 9-foot 

navigation channel associated with each 

lock and dam site. MVP is soliciting 

public comments on the scope of the EA 

and significant issues that should be 

addressed. MVP will also accept 

comments related to potential new 

ownership and management measures. 

Two public scoping meetings are 

planned as discussed in the DATES

section above. The primary purpose of 

these meetings is to provide a general 

understanding of the background of the 

proposed action and to solicit 

suggestions and information on the 

scope of issues to consider in the EA. 

Written and oral comments will be 

accepted at the meetings. Comments can 

also be submitted by the methods listed 

in the ADDRESSES section. Once the draft 

EA is complete and made available for 

review, there will be additional 

opportunity for public comment. 

Persons needing reasonable 

accommodations in order to attend and 

participate in the public scoping 

meetings should contact the person 

listed under the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section as soon as 

possible. In order to allow sufficient 

time to process requests, please make 

contact no later than one week before 

the public meeting. 

Written comments, including email 

comments, should be sent to MVP at the 

address given in the ADDRESSES section 

of this Notice. Comments should be 

specific and pertain only to the issues 

relating to the action and the anticipated 

EA. MVP will include all comments in 

the project record. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—will 

be publicly available. While you can ask 

in your comment to have your personal 

identifying information withheld from 

public review, MVP cannot guarantee 

that we will be able to do so. 

All submissions from organizations or 

businesses and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses will be 

available for public review to the extent 

consistent with applicable law. 

Dated: June 13, 2018. 

Terry J. Birkenstock, 

Deputy Chief, Regional Planning and 

Environment Division North. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Adopt U.S. Bureau 

of Reclamation’s December 2015 Final 

Environmental Impact Report/ 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Prepare Corps Record of Decision, and 

Reimburse the Sponsor for the Upper 

Truckee River and Marsh Restoration 

Project, City of South Lake Tahoe, El 

Dorado County, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (Corps), Sacramento District, 

intends to adopt the Bureau of 

Reclamation’s (BOR) December 2015 

Final Environment Impact Report 

(FEIR)/Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS)/Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Upper 

Truckee River and Marsh Restoration 

Project and prepare its own Record of 

Decision (ROD) after the public review 

period for this Notice of Intent ends. 

The Corps will use its Tahoe Section 

108 program authorization for 

participation in the restoration activities 

by reimbursing the California Tahoe 

Conservancy (CTC), the local sponsor, 

for final design, construction, and other 

applicable activities falling under the 

authorization. During final design and 

construction, the Corps will serve as the 

lead Federal agency for compliance with 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), and CTC will serve as the lead 

agency for compliance with the 

California Environmental Quality Act 

(CEQA) during the final design and 

construction activities if designs need to 

be modified or the river moves from its 

current alignment prior to design and 

construction. In the December 2015 

Final EIR/EIS/EIS, the analysis for this 

ecosystem restoration project evaluated 

five alternatives to restore aquatic and 

riparian values and functions on the 

Upper Truckee River’s marsh area near 

its terminus at Lake Tahoe, South Lake 

Tahoe in El Dorado County, CA with 

selection of a preferred alternative to be 

constructed. The Corps has reviewed 

the draft and Final EIR/EIS/EIS to 

ensure that all NEPA requirements have 

been met. 

DATES: Written comments regarding the 

scope of the Corps adoption of the 

BOR’s FEIR/FEIS/FEIS, preparation of 

the Corps ROD, and reimbursement to 

CTC should be received by the Corps on 

or before July 30, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments and 

suggestions to Mr. Mario Parker, 

Biological Sciences Study Manager, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento 

District, 1325 J Street, Sacramento, CA 

95814, or email him at mario.g.parker@

usace.army.mil, or telephone (916) 557– 

6701, or fax (916) 557–7856. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Proposed Action. The Corps in 

cooperation with the non-Federal 

sponsor, the CTC, proposes to adopt the 

BOR’s December 2015 FEIR/FEIS/FEIS, 

prepare its own ROD, and reimburse 

CTC on the final design and 

construction of the restoration features 

at the Upper Truckee River and Marsh 

Restoration Project in South Lake 

Tahoe, in Eldorado County, CA. 

Reimbursement for the construction of 

the ecosystem restoration project is 

authorized by the Tahoe 108 program 

authority, which is Section 108 of the 

Energy and Water Development 

Appropriations Act, 2005 (Division C of 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

Pub. L. 108–447). The relevant authority 

from the 2005 Consolidated 

Appropriations Act excerpted is stated 

below: 

Sec. 108. Lake Tahoe Basin 

Restoration, Nevada and California. (a) 

Definition.—In this section, the term 

‘‘Lake Tahoe Basin’’ means the entire 

watershed drainage of Lake Tahoe 

including that portion of the Truckee 

River 1,000 feet downstream from the 

United States Bureau of Reclamation 

dam in Tahoe City, California. 

(b) Establishment of Program.—The 

Secretary [of the Army] may establish a 

program for providing environmental 

assistance to non-Federal interests in 

Lake Tahoe Basin. 

(c) Form of Assistance.—Assistance 

under this section may be in the form 

of planning, design, and construction 

assistance for water-related 

environmental infrastructure and 

resource protection and development 

projects in Lake Tahoe Basin, which 

could include the following: 

(1) Urban stormwater conveyance, 

treatment and related facilities; 

(2) watershed planning, science and 

research; 

(3) environmental restoration; and 

(4) surface water resource protection 

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(d) Public Ownership Requirement.— 

The Secretary [of the Army] may 

provide assistance for a project under 

this section only if the project is 

publicly owned. 

(e) Local Cooperation Agreement.—(1) 

In general.—Before providing assistance 

under this section, the Secretary shall 

enter into a local cooperation agreement 

with a non-Federal interest to provide 

for design and construction of the 

project to be carried out with the 

assistance. 

(2) Requirements.—Each local 

cooperation agreement entered into 

under this subsection shall provide for 

the following: 

(A) Plan.—Development by the 

Secretary [of the Army], in consultation 

with appropriate Federal and State and 

Regional officials, of appropriate 

environmental documentation, 

engineering plans and specifications. 

(B) Legal and institutional 

structures.—Establishment of such legal 

and institutional structures as are 

necessary to ensure the effective longterm operation of the project by the nonFederal interest. 

(3) Cost sharing.— 

(A) In general.—The Federal share of 

project costs under each local 

cooperation agreement entered into 

under this subsection shall be 75 

percent. The Federal share may be in 

the form of grants or reimbursements of 

project costs. 

(B) Credit for design work.—The nonFederal interest shall receive credit for 

the reasonable costs of planning and 

design work completed by the nonFederal interest before entering into a 

local cooperation agreement with the 

Secretary for a project. 

(C) Land, easements, rights-of-way, 

and relocations.—The non-Federal 

interest shall receive credit for land, 

easements, rights-of-way, and 

relocations provided by the non-Federal 

interest toward the non-Federal share of 

project costs (including all reasonable 

costs associated with obtaining permits 

necessary for the construction, 

operation, and maintenance of the 

project on publicly owned or controlled 

land), but not to exceed 25 percent of 

total project costs. 

(D) Operation and maintenance.—The 

non-Federal share of operation and 

maintenance costs for projects 

constructed with assistance provided 

under this section shall be 100 percent. 

(F) Applicability of Other Federal and 

State Laws.—Nothing in this section 

waives, limits, or otherwise affects the 

applicability of any provision of Federal 

or State law that would otherwise apply 

to a project to be carried out with 

assistance provided under this section. 

(G) Authorization of 

Appropriations.—There is authorized to 

be appropriated to carry out this section 

for the period beginning with fiscal year 

2005, $25,000,000, to remain available 

until expended. 

2. Alternatives. The study’s Draft 2013 

EIR/EIS/EIS evaluated five ecosystem 

restoration alternatives and selected 

Alternative 3, the Middle Marsh 

Corridor (Moderate Recreation 

Infrastructure), for the restoration 

element and recreation element of the 

west side of the Upper Truckee Marsh, 

as well as Alternative 5 (No Project) for 

the recreation element of the east side 

of the Upper Truckee Marsh, as the 

preferred alternative because it was 

considered the most environmentally 

superior, cost-effective, feasible, 

responsive to public comments, and 

resilient to potential impacts of climate 

change. 

The selected alternative proposes the 

most geomorphically appropriate 

channel configuration, allowing the 

pilot channel to strategically connect 

the current river alignment to historic 

channels and lagoons. The river would 

form its own pattern and spread over 

the expanse of the marsh, resulting in 

substantial benefits to habitats, wildlife, 

and long-term water quality. However, 

the preferred alternative could have a 

long-term, and significant unavoidable 

impact to fish passage through the 

project area during low flow periods if 

channel disconnectivity occurs. 

The selected alternative also includes 

restoration of a portion of a marina, 

removal of fill placed during 

development to restore wet meadow, 

stabilization of streambanks, 

modification and/or relocation of two 

existing stormwater discharge locations, 

and restoration of sand ridges that were 

graded and leveled. The selected 

alternative would provide a moderate 

level of recreation infrastructure along 

the west side of the Upper Truckee 

Marsh that would include a modified 

American with Disabilities Act (ADA)- 

accessible pedestrian trail to Cove East 

Beach, viewpoints, and signage. 

The preferred alternative would have 

short-term and interim impacts on water 

quality from increased turbidity and 

would have short-term impacts to 

sensitive habitats and wildlife during 

construction. It would also have shortterm and interim impacts on water 

quality that could not be avoided 

because of the strict turbidity criteria 

used to determine a significant and 

unavoidable impact and to sensitive 

habitats and wildlife. 

In compliance with NEPA and CEQA, 

a combination of best management 

practices and conservation measures 

would be used and included in the 

designs to avoid, reduce, and minimize 

any significant adverse effects on 

environmental resources that were 

identified in the December 2015 FEIR/ 

FEIS/FEIS while meeting requirements 

for various Federal, State, and local 

statutes. The project is being designed to 

restore ecosystem values and riparian 

and fluvial functions that benefit many 

seasonal and resident fish and wildlife 

populations including Federally listed 

species such as the Lahontan cutthroat 

trout and species of concern such as 

willow flycatcher and Tahoe yellowcress. 

3. Scoping Process. 

A. Two public scoping meetings were 

held on February 27, 2015, at the Inn by 

the Lake and on March 28, 2015, at the 

Lake Tahoe Community College Board 

Room in South Lake Tahoe, CA. 

B. CTC will obtain all Federal, State, 

TRPA, and all other local permits prior 

to construction. 

C. A 30-day review period will be 

allowed for all interested agencies and 

individuals to review and comment on 

the Corps’ intention to adopt the BOR’s 

December 2015 FEIR/FEIS/FEIS, 

preparation of its own ROD, and 

reimbursement for design and 

construction of the restoration project. 

All interested persons are encouraged to 

respond to this notice and provide a 

current address if they wish to be 

contacted about the adoption and 

reimbursement for construction 

activities associated with this ecosystem 

restoration project. 

D. In compliance with the Council of 

Environmental Quality regulations [46 

FR 18026] and [40 CFR 1506.3(b)], the 

BOR’s December 2015 Final EIR/EIS/EIS 

document is recirculated and can be 

viewed in a link on the Corps website. 

This environmental document is being 

re-circulated for procedural purposes. 

The selected plan remains a 

combination of Alternative 3, the 

Middle Marsh Corridor (Moderate 

Recreation Infrastructure), and 

Alternative 5 (No Project), as described 

in detail in the environmental document 

as the preferred plan. This Notice of 

Intent informs the reader on what the 

proposed Federal action is and complies 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act, by allowing the public to provide 

comments on the Corps intention to 

adopt the BOR’s December 2015 FEIR/ 

FEIS/FEIS, preparation of the Record of 

Decision, and to reimburse CTC for 

those activities falling under the Tahoe 

Section 108 authority. 

4. Availability. The Corps is 

publishing this Notice of Intent for 30- 

day public review and comment 

beginning on June 29, 2018. To view the 


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BOR’s draft and final environmental 

documents, go to this web address: 

http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/Media/ 

USACE-Project-Public-Notices/. No 

supplemental environmental documents 

for review are anticipated. 

Dated: June 14, 2018. 

David G. Ray, 

Colonel, U.S. Army, District Commander. 

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BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

[Docket ID USN–2018–HQ–0007] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

has submitted to OMB for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by July 30, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

information collection should be 

emailed to Ms. Jasmeet Seehra, DoD 

Desk Officer, at oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please identify the 

proposed information collection by DoD 

Desk Officer, Docket ID number, and 

title of the information collection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Licari, 571–372–0493, or whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Facilities Available for the 

Construction or Repair of Ships; 

Standard Form 17; OMB Control 

Number 0703–0006. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 200. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 200. 

Average Burden per Response: 4 

hours. 

Annual Burden Hours: 800. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection is part of a joint effort 

between the Naval Sea Systems 

Command (NAVSEA) and the U.S. 

Maritime Administration (MARAD), to 

maintain a working data set on active 

U.S. Shipyards. The information 

collected is required by the Merchant 

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1936 as amended and is critical in 

providing both organizations with a 

comprehensive list of U.S. commercial 

shipyards and their capabilities and 

capacities. These shipyards play a 

crucial role in national defense, the 

economy and the U.S. transportation 

infrastructure and as such, are of 

considerable interest to the U.S. 

Government. The data collected is used 

to assess the capabilities and capacities 

of U.S. commercial shipyards in the 

areas of ship repair and ship 

construction. The data is also used to 

monitor employment numbers for labor 

forecasting for future build projects as 

well as providing information on the 

ability to raise labor to meet national 

industrial mobilization requirements 

during times of national emergency. The 

data collected is the main source of 

information on these shipyards and is 

used to these ends. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

You may also submit comments and 

recommendations, identified by Docket 

ID number and title, by the following 

method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, Docket 

ID number, and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick 

Licari. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection proposal should be sent to 

Mr. Licari at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddod-information-collections@mail.mil. 

Dated: June 21, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13771 Filed 6–28–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Educational Technology, Media, and 

Materials for Individuals With 

Disabilities—Center on Early Science, 

Technology, Engineering, and Math 

Learning for Young Children With 

Disabilities 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for a new award for fiscal 

year (FY) 2018 for Educational 

Technology, Media, and Materials for 

Individuals with Disabilities—Center on 

Early Science, Technology, Engineering, 

and Math Learning for Young Children 

with Disabilities, Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 

84.327G. 

DATES:

Applications Available: June 29, 2018. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: July 30, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on February 12, 2018 

(83 FR 6003) and available at 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/ 

pdf/2018-02558.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dawn Ellis, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 5137, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–5108. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6417. Email: 

dawn.ellis@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purposes of 

the Educational Technology, Media, and 

Materials for Individuals with 

Disabilities Program are to: (1) Improve 

results for students with disabilities by 

promoting the development, 

demonstration, and use of technology; 

(2) support educational activities 

designed to be of educational value in 

the classroom for students with 

disabilities; (3) provide support for 

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