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industrial base, and logistic. The 

meeting will adjourn at 5:00 p.m. On the 

second day of the meeting, Thursday, 

June 28, 2018, the day will begin at 8:00 

a.m. with a classified plenary session 

covering DoD dependence on the U.S. 

electric power grid, homeland air 

defense, maritime situational awareness, 

threats and promise of biotechnology, 

countering autonomous systems, 

technical approaches to counterintelligence, resilient positioning, 

navigation and timing, various undersea 

issues, gray zone conflict, resilience of 

the defense industrial base, and logistic. 

After break, the classified plenary 

discussion will continue. The meeting 

will adjourn at 3:00 p.m. 

Meeting Accessibility: In accordance 

with section 10(d) of the FACA and title 

41 CFR 102–3.155, the DoD has 

determined that the DSB meeting will 

be closed to the public. Specifically, the 

Under Secretary of Defense for Research 

and Engineering, in consultation with 

the DoD Office of General Counsel, has 

determined in writing that the meeting 

will be closed to the public because it 

will consider matters covered by title 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). The determination is 

based on the consideration that it is 

expected that discussions throughout 

will involve classified matters of 

national security concern. Such 

classified material is so intertwined 

with the unclassified material that it 

cannot reasonably be segregated into 

separate discussions without defeating 

the effectiveness and meaning of the 

overall meetings. To permit the meeting 

to be open to the public would preclude 

discussion of such matters and would 

greatly diminish the ultimate utility of 

the DSB’s findings and 

recommendations to the Secretary of 

Defense and to the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Research and Engineering. 

Written Statements: In accordance 

with section 10(a)(3) of the FACA and 

title 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 102–3.140, 

interested persons may submit a written 

statement for consideration by the DSB 

at any time regarding its mission or in 

response to the stated agenda of a 

planned meeting. Individuals 

submitting a written statement must 

submit their statement to the DSB DFO 

provided above at any point; however, 

if a written statement is not received at 

least three calendar days prior to the 

meeting, which is the subject of this 

notice, then it may not be provided to 

or considered by the DSB until a later 

date. 

Dated: June 27, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Army Corps 

of Engineers 

Notice of Solicitation of Applications 

for Stakeholder Representative 

Members of the Missouri River 

Recovery Implementation Committee; 

Correction 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice; extension of application 

deadline; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Army Corps of Engineers 

published a document in the Federal 

Register of June 4, 2018, soliciting 

applications to fill vacant stakeholder 

representative member positions on the 

Missouri River Recovery 

Implementation Committee (MRRIC). 

The document contained an incomplete 

list of stakeholder interest categories. 

There are three additional stakeholder 

interest categories. The Corps is also 

extending the deadline for submitting 

applications to August 2, 2018. 

DATES: The agency must receive 

completed applications and 

endorsement letters no later than 

August 2, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Rabbe, 816–389–3837. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of June 4, 

2018, in FR Doc. 2018–11891, on page 

25655, correct the fourth paragraph in 

the third column as follows: 

This Notice is for individuals 

interested in serving as a stakeholder 

member on the Committee. Members 

and alternates must be able to 

demonstrate that they meet the 

definition of ‘‘stakeholder’’ found in the 

Charter of the MRRIC. Applications are 

currently being accepted for 

representation in the stakeholder 

interest categories listed below: 

a. Environmental/Conservation Org; 

b. Hydropower; 

c. Local Government; 

d. Major Tributaries; 

e. Navigation; 

f. Recreation; 

g. Thermal Power; 

h. Water Supply; 

i. Conservation Districts; 

j. Irrigation; and 

k. Fish & Wildlife. 

Dated: June 25, 2018. 

Mark Harberg, 

Program Manager for the Missouri River 

Recovery Program (MRRP). 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Army Corps 

of Engineers 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Feasibility Report and Integrated 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Adams and Denver Counties, 

Colorado General Investigation Study, 

Adams and Denver County, Colorado 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (Corps) has made available for 

public review and comment the Adams 

and Denver Counties, Colorado General 

Investigation Study Draft Feasibility 

Report and Integrated Environmental 

Impact Statement (Draft EIS). The Draft 

EIS analyzes and discloses potential 

effects associated with the proposed 

Federal action to restore aquatic, 

wetland, and riparian habitat along the 

South Platte River and implement flood 

risk management solutions along Weir 

Gulch and Harvard Gulch. 

DATES: The public comment period on 

the Draft EIS begins on July 2, 2018 and 

will last 45 days. Submit written 

comments on the Draft EIS on or before 

August 16, 2018. Three public meetings 

to share information and for the public 

to provide oral or written comments 

will be held for specific study segments 

at the following locations: 

• Weir Gulch: Tuesday, July 31, 2018, 

5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Barnum 

Recreation Center, 360 Hooker Street, 

Denver, CO 80219. 

• South Platte River: Wednesday, 

August 1, 2018, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 

at REI, 1416 Platte Street, 3rd Floor, 

Denver, CO 80202. 

• Harvard Gulch: Thursday, August 

2, 2018, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Porter 

Hospital, 2525 S Downing Street, Grand 

Mesa Conference Room (2nd Floor), 

Denver, CO 80210. 

The parking garage is available and 

access is through the main hospital 

entrance. Each meeting will begin with 

an open house at 5:30 p.m. followed by 

a formal 30-minute presentation at 6:00 

p.m., with the rest of the meeting 

consisting of an open house until 7:30 

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ADDRESSES: Send written comments, 

requests to be added to the mailing list, 

or requests for sign language 

interpretation for the hearing impaired 

or other special assistance needs to U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers Omaha 

District, ATTN: CENWO–PMA–A, 1616 

Capitol Ave., Omaha, NE 68102; or 

email to cenwo-planning@

usace.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jeffrey Bohlken, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, 1616 Capitol Ave., Omaha, 

NE 68102, or Jeffrey.C.Bohlken@

usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corps 

is issuing this notice pursuant to section 

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, 

42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) 

regulations for implementing the 

procedural provisions of NEPA, 43 CFR 

parts 1500 through 1508; the 

Department of the Interior’s NEPA 

regulations, 43 CFR part 46. 

Background Information. The Adams 

and Denver Counties, Colorado General 

Investigation Study is located in eastern 

Colorado in Adams and Denver 

Counties. The study area includes three 

streams—the South Platte River, Weir 

Gulch, and Harvard Gulch. The Weir 

and Harvard Gulches are tributaries to 

the South Platte River. Stream-specific 

project areas were established for each 

stream and are as follows: 

• South Platte River—6th Ave to 58th 

Ave. 

• Harvard Gulch—Colorado Blvd. to the 

confluence 

• Weir Gulch—Just west of Sheridan 

Blvd. to the confluence, including 1st 

Ave. and Dakota Ave. Tributaries 

Original authority for the Adams 

County, Colorado study was expanded 

by a resolution adopted 24 September, 

2008, by the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. 

House of Representatives, Docket 2813, 

Adams and Denver Counties, Colorado, 

directing the USACE to conduct a study 

on flood damage reduction, floodplain 

management, water supply, water 

quality improvement, recreation, 

environmental restoration, watershed 

management, and other allied purposes 

along the South Platte River and its 

tributaries in Adams and Denver 

Counties, Colorado. Additional study 

guidelines were provided by the USACE 

Northwestern Division, ensuring that 

the Omaha District developed measures 

that focus on environmental restoration 

(e.g., migratory bird habitat, wetlands, 

etc.) rather than primarily targeting 

improvement of aesthetic features. 

This notice announces the availability 

of the Draft EIS and begins a 45-day 

public comment period on the range of 

alternatives and effects analysis. 

Analysis in the Draft EIS will support a 

decision on the selection of an 

alternative. The Draft EIS can be 

accessed at: http://

www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Missions/ 

Civil-Works/Planning/Project-Reports/. 

The Corps is serving as the lead Federal 

agency for the NEPA analysis process 

and preparation of the Draft EIS. No 

Cooperating Agencies were established 

for this study. 

Project Alternatives. The purpose of 

the Adams and Denver Counties, 

Colorado General Investigation Study is 

to restore aquatic, wetland, and riparian 

habitat along the South Platte River. 

Along Weir and Harvard Gulches, the 

purpose of the study is to implement 

flood risk management improvements. 

The Draft EIS analyzes 10 alternatives 

which includes a No Action Alternative 

for each stream. 

South Platte River Alternative 1. The 

South Platte River No Action 

Alternative (NAA) would involve 

continued ongoing operation and 

maintenance of existing flood risk 

management features, operation and 

maintenance of constructed habitat 

restoration projects, and associated 

activities to comply with state and 

Federal law. Some actions expected to 

be taken under the no action alternative 

would include the redevelopment of the 

National Western Center (including 

some ecosystem restoration features 

along the east bank of the South Platte 

River and floodplain), relocation of 

sewage lines along the east bank, minor 

ongoing invasive species removal 

efforts, and ongoing water quality 

improvement efforts. Several ongoing 

master planning efforts and their 

proposed activities would also be 

expected to continue. Large-scale 

ecosystem restoration construction 

would not be expected to be 

implemented. 

South Platte River Alternative 2. The 

South Platte River ecosystem restoration 

Plan 9 alternative would involve 

extensive aquatic, wetland, riparian, 

and some upland buffer habitat 

restoration and would incorporate some 

incidental flood risk management 

improvements. The footprint of this 

alternative spans approximately 150 

acres of floodplain and approximately 

95 acres in-channel. Restoration 

activities include dredging and removal 

of accreted sediment, removal and 

modification of multiple in-channel 

drop structures, regrading of floodplain 

banks, installation of rock jetties, 

construction of wetland benches, 

removal of invasive species vegetation, 

and revegetation of all disturbed land 

with native species. The project would 

result in the restoration of 85 acres of 

riparian habitat, 43 acres of wetland 

habitat, 95 acres of aquatic habitat, and 

the removal and replacement of 24 acres 

of additional invasive species vegetation 

with native riparian species. In 

addition, construction of the 

recommended plan would reconnect 

approximately 190 acres of existing 

riparian areas, ponds, parks, and other 

‘‘green’’ areas in the urban landscape. 

These habitat areas would directly 

support breeding migratory birds and 

could serve as valuable corridors for 

native wildlife utilizing this area. In 

total, almost 450 acres of habitat would 

see direct and indirect improvement 

from this project. Infrastructure 

improvements conducted under this 

alternative would include realignment 

of a portion of sanitary sewer lines and 

the Burlington Canal; replacement of the 

Confluence Park diversion structure 

with flashboards; relocation of a 

pedestrian bridge; and relocation of all 

impacted recreational trails. 

Weir Gulch Alternative 1. The Weir 

Gulch NAA would involve Urban 

Drainage & Flood Control District 

(UDFCD) and City and County of Denver 

(CCD) ongoing operation and 

maintenance of constructed flood risk 

management features along the Weir 

Gulch. Ongoing minor invasive species 

management and water quality 

improvements would be expected to 

continue, but construction of habitat 

restoration or additional flood risk 

management features would not be 

expected to occur. 

Weir Gulch Alternative 2. The Weir 

Gulch flood risk management channel 

alternative would involve increasing 

conveyance through the project area by 

widening the channel in reaches 1 

through 3 with a culvert expansion in 

reach 6. The channel widening in 

reaches 1 through 3 would involve 

maintaining the approximately 1-foot 

wide daily flow channel, excavating a 

low flow channel and re-grading the 

upper channel sides to a 3H:1V slope. 

The flood control channel would consist 

generally of a trapezoidal low-flow 

channel designed to convey 

approximately 70% of the 50% annual 

chance exceedance (ACE) flood event 

(2-year return interval flood), per 

UDFCD guidelines. The overall channel 

width varies by location and reach, but 

in general top of channel widths 

averages 100 feet. Native species 

vegetation plantings would also be 

incorporated into this alternative to 

restore some riparian vegetation along 

the channel banks as well as to restore 


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wetland benches within the daily flow 

channel. 

Weir Gulch Alternative 3. The Weir 

Gulch nonstructural flood risk 

management alternative includes such 

nonstructural measures as elevation, 

buyouts, relocations, wet floodproofing, 

dry floodproofing, etc. Incremental 

nonstructural measures were added to 

reaches 4, 5, and 7. There were only five 

structures with an individual benefitcost ratio (BCR) over 1.0 in reaches 

these reaches, therefore to include as 

many structures as possible, structures 

with an individual BCR above 0.5 were 

included. A total of 13 structures were 

identified as part of the nonstructural 

alternative. 

Weir Gulch Alternative 4. The Weir 

Gulch flood channel and nonstructural 

flood risk management combination 

alternative combines the measures and 

properties considered in alternatives 2 

and 3 into a single alternative by 

looking at how isolated nonstructural 

measures could be used to further 

reduce the existing flood risk and thus 

generate higher flood risk reduction 

benefits. 

Harvard Alternative 1. The Harvard 

Gulch NAA would involve the UDFCD 

and CCD ongoing operation and 

maintenance of constructed flood risk 

management features along the Harvard 

Gulch. Harvard Gulch Park would 

continue to be maintained for its current 

mixed use recreational purposes. 

Ongoing minor invasive species 

management and water quality 

improvements would be expected to 

continue, but construction of habitat 

restoration or additional flood risk 

management features would not be 

expected to occur. 

Harvard Gulch Alternative 2. The 

Harvard Gulch flood channel alternative 

would involve increasing conveyance 

through the project area by widening the 

channel in reaches 2 through 5 with a 

culvert expansion in reach 1. The 

channel widening in reaches 2 through 

5 would involve maintaining the 

approximately 1-foot wide daily flow 

channel, excavating a low flow channel 

and re-grading the upper channel sides 

to a 3H:1V slope. The flood control 

channel would consist generally of a 

trapezoidal low-flow channel designed 

to convey approximately 70% of the 

50% ACE (2-year return interval flood), 

per UDFCD guidelines. The overall 

channel width varies by location and 

reach, but in general top of channel 

widths average 80 feet. Native species 

vegetation plantings would also be 

incorporated into this alternative to 

restore some riparian vegetation along 

the channel banks and restore wetland 

benches within the daily flow channel. 

Harvard Gulch Alternative 3. The 

Harvard Gulch nonstructural flood risk 

management alternative includes 

structures in all reaches with an 

individual BCR above 1.0 and 10 

buyouts located in the floodway in 

reach 4. The 10 residential buyouts in 

the floodway were selected based on 

flood damages beginning at the 10% 

ACE (10-year return interval flood) and 

inundation depths around 3 feet during 

the 1% ACE (100-year return interval 

flood). Of the structures meeting this 

criteria, the 10 closest to the channel 

were selected. This selection criteria 

also aligns with the non-Federal 

sponsor’s Harvard Gulch Major 

Drainageway Plan. The nonstructural 

measures for the 96 structures in this 

alternative include elevation, basement 

fill, dry floodproofing, and buyouts. 

Harvard Gulch Alternative 4. The 

Harvard Gulch flood channel and 

nonstructural flood risk management 

combination alternative combines the 

measures and properties considered in 

alternatives 2 and 3 into a single 

alternative by looking at how isolated 

nonstructural measures could be used to 

further reduce the existing flood risk 

and thus generate higher flood risk 

reduction benefits. 

The Draft EIS evaluates the potential 

effects on the human environmental 

associated with each of the alternatives. 

Issues addressed include: Land use and 

vegetation, social and economic 

conditions, recreation, water resources, 

climate change, biological resources, 

cultural resources, geomorphology, 

preexisting contamination, utilities and 

infrastructure, air quality, noise, and 

environmental justice. 

Schedule. A 45-day public comment 

period will begin July 2, 2018. 

Comments on the Draft EIS must be 

received by August 16, 2018. The Corps 

will consider and respond to all 

comments received on the Draft EIS 

when preparing the Final EIS. The 

Corps expects to issue the Final EIS in 

the spring of 2019, at which time a 

Notice of Availability will be published 

in the Federal Register. 

The public meeting date or location 

may change based on inclement weather 

or exceptional circumstances. If the 

meeting date or location is changed, the 

Corps will issue a press release and post 

it on the web at http://www.nwo.usace.

army.mil/Media/News-Releases/ to 

announce the updated meeting details. 

Special Assistance for Public Meeting. 

The meeting facility is physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

People needing special assistance to 

attend and/or participate in the meeting 

should contact: U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers Omaha District, ATTN: 

CENWO–PMA–A, 1616 Capitol Ave., 

Omaha, NE 68102; or email to cenwoplanning@usace.army.mil. To allow 

sufficient time to process special 

requests, please contact no later than 

one week before the public meeting. 

Public Disclosure Statement. If you 

wish to comment, you may mail or 

email your comments as indicated 

under the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice. Before including your address, 

phone number, email address, or any 

other personal identifying information 

in your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment—including 

your personal identifying information— 

may be made available to the public at 

any time. While you can request in your 

comment for us to withhold your 

personal identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Dated: June 25, 2018. 

Eric Laux, 

Chief, Environmental and Cultural Resources 

Section. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Department of the Navy 

United States Naval Academy Board of 

Visitors; Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Naval Academy 

Board of Visitors, Department of the 

Navy, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD) is publishing this notice to 

announce that the following Federal 

Advisory Committee meeting of the 

United States Naval Academy Board of 

Visitors will take place. 

DATES: The open session of the meeting 

will be held on September 4, 2018, from 

9:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. The executive 

session held from 11:15 a.m. to 12:00 

p.m. will be the closed portion of the 

meeting. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Library of Congress in Washington, 

DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LCDR Lawrence Heyworth IV, USN, 

410–293–1500 (Voice), 410–293–2303 

(Facsimile), heyworth@usna.edu 

(Email). Mailing address is U.S. Naval 

Academy 121 Blake Road, Annapolis, 

MD 21402. Website: https://

www.usna.edu/PAO/Superintendent/ 

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