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orientation. Currently, Cambria has a 

population of approximately 6,400 

permanent residents with a substantial 

tourist and second home population. 

The CCSD provides water supply, 

wastewater collection and treatment, 

fire protection, garbage collection, and a 

limited amount of street lighting and 

recreation. The CCSD currently serves a 

population of about 6,400 as well as a 

large number of visitors to the Central 

Coast and covers approximately four 

square miles. The relatively remote 

location of Cambria has resulted in the 

area relying solely upon local 

groundwater for its water supply. 

3. Proposed Project. To study, plan, 

and implement a project to provide for 

a reliable water supply for the 

community of Cambria in San Luis 

Obispo County, CA. 

4. Alternatives. Potential water supply 

alternatives were compiled from studies 

conducted by the CCSD over a period of 

more than ten years identifying and 

evaluating potential sources of 

additional potable water for CCSD. The 

alternatives initially being considered 

for the proposed project include 

seawater desalination, local and 

imported surface water, groundwater, 

hard rock drilling, and seasonal 

reservoir storage. 

5. Scoping Process. 

a. Potential impacts associated with 

the proposed project will be fully 

evaluated. Resource categories that will 

be analyzed include: Physical 

environment, geology, biological 

resources, air quality, water quality, 

recreational usage, aesthetics, cultural 

resources, transportation, noise, 

hazardous waste, socioeconomics and 

safety. 

b. The Corps intends to hold a public 

scoping meeting(s) for the EIS/EIR to aid 

in the determination of significant 

environmental issues associated with 

the proposed project. Affected federal, 

state and local resource agencies, Native 

American groups and concerned interest 

groups/individuals are encouraged to 

participate in the scoping process. 

Public participation is critical in 

defining the scope of analysis in the 

Draft EIS/EIR, identifying significant 

environmental issues in the Draft EIS/ 

EIR, providing useful information such 

as published and unpublished data, and 

knowledge of relevant issues and 

recommending mitigation measures to 

offset potential impacts from proposed 

actions. The time and location of the 

public scoping meeting will be 

advertised in letters, public 

announcements and news releases. 

c. Individuals and agencies may offer 

information or data relevant to the 

environmental or socioeconomic 

impacts of the proposed project by 

submitting comments, suggestions, and 

requests to be placed on the mailing list 

for announcements to (see ADDRESSES) 

or the following email address: 

kathleen.s.anderson@usace.army.mil. 

d. The project will require 

concurrence by the California Coastal 

Commission with the federal Coastal 

Consistency Determination in 

accordance with the Coastal Zone 

Management Act, as well as certification 

under Section 401 of the Clean Water 

Act from the Regional Water Quality 

Control Board. Depending upon the 

recommended alternative, the project 

may also require additional real 

property rights for construction and 

operation of a facility, and compliance 

with the Endangered Species Act. 

6. Scoping Meeting Date, Time, and 

Location. The Public Scoping Meeting 

will take place on March 15, 2012, 7 

p.m. to 9 p.m., Veterans Hall, 1000 Main 

Street, Cambria, CA 93428. 

7. Availability of the Draft EIS/EIR. 

The Draft EIS/EIR is scheduled to be 

published and circulated in September 

2012. Pursuant to CEQA, a public 

hearing on the EIS/EIR will be held by 

the CCSD following its publication. 

Dated: February 15, 2012. 

R. Mark Toy, 

Colonel, U.S. Army, Commander and District 

Engineer, Los Angeles District. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Installation of a Terminal Groin 

Structure at Lockwood Folly Inlet and 

to Conduct Supplemental Beach 

Nourishment Along the Eastern 

Oceanfront Shoreline of Holden Beach, 

in Brunswick County, NC 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE), Wilmington 

District, Wilmington Regulatory Field 

Office has received a request for 

Department of the Army authorization, 

pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean 

Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers 

and Harbor Act, from the Town of 

Holden Beach to develop and 

implement a shoreline protection plan 

that includes the installation of a 

terminal groin structure on the west side 

of Lockwood Folly Inlet (a federally 

maintained navigational channel) and 

the nourishment of the oceanfront 

shoreline along the eastern end of 

Holden Beach. 

DATES: A public scoping meeting for the 

Draft EIS will be held at Holden Beach 

Town Hall, located at 110 Rothschild 

Street in Holden Beach, on March 8, 

2012 at 6 p.m. Written comments will 

be received until March 26, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of comments and 

questions regarding scoping of the Draft 

EIS may be submitted to: U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, 

Regulatory Division. ATTN: File 

Number 2011–01914, 69 Darlington 

Avenue, Wilmington, NC 28403. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and Draft EIS can be directed to Mr. 

Mickey Sugg, Project Manager, 

Wilmington Regulatory Field Office, 

telephone: (910) 251–4811. Additional 

description of the Town’s proposal can 

be found at the following link, http:// 

www.saw.usace.army.mil/WETLANDS/ 

Projects/index.html, under Holden 

Beach Terminal Groin and Nourishment 

Project. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Project 

Description. Over the past decades, the 

eastern end of Holden Beach has 

experienced consistent and relatively 

severe erosional conditions along the 

oceanfront shoreline and primary dune 

system. As a result of chronic erosion, 

the Town has implemented, typically in 

coordination with the U.S. Corps of 

Engineers federal channel maintenance 

dredging, periodic beach nourishment 

activities within this eastern stretch and 

near the inlet. These measures have 

been short-term in nature; and it is the 

Town’s desire to implement a long-term 

beach and dune stabilization strategy. 

As stated by the Town, this strategy 

would help protect public and private 

infrastructure from future storms. Their 

proposal includes constructing a 

terminal groin near the Lockwood Folly 

Inlet (western side) and conducting 

supplemental sand placement along the 

eastern end of the island. Final locations 

and placement of sand will be 

determined during the project design 

process. For the groin structure, final 

location and design has yet to be 

determined. No groin structure is 

proposed on the opposite, or eastern, 

side of Lockwood Folly Inlet. 

2. Issues. There are several potential 

environmental and public interest 

issues that will be addressed in the EIS. 

Additional issues may be identified 

during the scoping process. Issues 

initially identified as potentially 

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a. Potential impacts to marine 

biological resources (benthic organisms, 

passageway for fish and other marine 

life) and Essential Fish Habitat. 

b. Potential impacts to threatened and 

endangered marine mammals, birds, 

fish, and plants. 

c. Potential impacts associated with 

using inlets as a sand source. 

d. Potential impacts to adjacent 

shoreline changes on the east side 

Lockwood Folly Inlet, or along the 

Town of Oak Island. 

e. Potential impacts to Navigation, 

commercial and recreational. 

f. Potential impacts to the long-term 

management of the inlet and oceanfront 

shorelines. 

g. Potential effects on regional sand 

sources and how it relates to sand 

management practices and North 

Carolina’s Beach Inlet Management 

Practices. 

h. Potential effects of shoreline 

protection. 

i. Potential impacts on public health 

and safety. 

k. Potential impacts to recreational 

and commercial fishing. 

l. The compatibility of the material for 

nourishment. 

m. Potential impacts to cultural 

resources. 

n. Cumulative impacts of past, 

present, and foreseeable future dredging 

and nourishment activities. 

3. Alternatives. Several alternatives 

and sand sources are being considered 

for the development of the protection 

plan. These alternatives will be further 

formulated and developed during the 

scoping process and an appropriate 

range of alternatives, including the no 

federal action alternative, will be 

considered in the EIS. 

4. Scoping Process. A public scoping 

meeting (see DATES) will be held to 

receive public comment and assess 

public concerns regarding the 

appropriate scope and preparation of 

the Draft EIS. Participation in the public 

meeting by federal, state, and local 

agencies and other interested 

organizations and persons is 

encouraged. 

The USACE will consult with the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service under the 

Endangered Species Act and the Fish 

and Wildlife Coordination Act; with the 

National Marine Fisheries Service under 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act and 

the Endangered Species Act; and with 

the North Carolina State Historic 

Preservation Office under the National 

Historic Preservation Act. Additionally, 

the USACE will coordinate the Draft EIS 

with the North Carolina Division of 

Water Quality (NCDWQ) to assess the 

potential water quality impacts 

pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean 

Water Act, and with the North Carolina 

Division of Coastal Management 

(NCDCM) to determine the projects 

consistency with the Coastal Zone 

Management Act. The USACE will 

closely work with NCDCM and NCDWQ 

in the development of the EIS to ensure 

the process complies with all State 

Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) 

requirements. It is the intention of both 

the USACE and the State of North 

Carolina to consolidate the NEPA and 

SEPA processes thereby eliminating 

duplication. 

6. Availability of the Draft PEIS. The 

Draft EIS is expected to be published 

and circulated by early 2013. A public 

hearing will be held after the 

publication of the Draft EIS. 

Dated: February 14, 2012. 

S. Kenneth Jolly, 

Chief, Regulatory Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Revised Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Brunswick County Beaches, 

NC, Coastal Storm Damage Reduction 

Project 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE), Wilmington District 

(Corps) is currently conducting a 

General Reevaluation Report (GRR) for 

the Brunswick County Beaches, NC, 

Coastal Storm Damage Reduction 

(CSDR) Project. The Corps intends to 

prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS) to evaluate the 

impacts of the proposed CSDR 

alternatives to reduce coastal storm 

damages from beach erosion in the 

towns of Holden Beach, Oak Island, and 

Caswell Beach, North Carolina. An array 

of structural, non-structural, and no 

action alternatives are being evaluated. 

Current analyses suggest that the dune 

and berm beach fill alternative 

maximizes net CSDR benefits for the 

project area beaches and provides 

additional environmental and recreation 

benefits. An offshore borrow area has 

been identified within the Southwestern 

portion of Frying Pan Shoals (FPS) 

(located off the coast of Cape Fear, 

North Carolina) to provide beach 

compatible sediment for the 50-year life 

of the project. 

The DEIS is being prepared in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and will 

address the relationship of the proposed 

action to all other applicable Federal 

and State Laws and Executive Orders. 

DATES: The earliest the DEIS will be 

available for public review would be 

August 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and DEIS can be answered by Mr. Doug 

Piatkowski, Environmental Resources 

Section; U.S. Army Engineer District, 

Wilmington; 69 Darlington Avenue, 

Wilmington, North Carolina 28403; 

telephone: (910) 251–4908; email: 

douglas.piatkowski@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Previous Notice of Intent (NOI) 

publication. This notice is a revision of 

an August 26, 2003, NOI (68 FR 51257) 

to prepare a DEIS and is prepared in 

response to changes in the proposed 

action, availability of new information 

relative to the proposal and associated 

impacts, and the significant amount of 

time which has passed since the last 

NOI. 

2. Authority. Federal improvements 

for CSDR along a segment of the ocean 

shoreline in Brunswick County, North 

Carolina, were authorized by the Flood 

Control Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89–789). 

The most applicable text is copied 

below. 

The project for hurricane-flood control 

protection from Cape Fear to the North 

Carolina—South Carolina State line, North 

Carolina, is hereby authorized substantially 

in accordance with the recommendations of 

the Chief of Engineers in House Document 

Numbered 511, Eighty-ninth Congress. 

3. Project Purpose. The project 

purpose is reduction of damages from 

beach erosion for the towns of Caswell 

Beach, Oak Island (the former towns of 

Long Beach and Yaupon Beach have 

been incorporated as the Town of Oak 

Island), and Holden Beach, North 

Carolina. If implemented, the project 

would also enhance the beach area 

available for recreation use and provide 

habitat for a variety of plants and 

animals. 

Significant environmental resources 

to be addressed in the DEIS include, but 

are not limited to: (1) Endangered and 

threatened species; (2) Marine and 

estuarine resources; (3) Upland beach 

and dune resources; (4) Fish and 

wildlife and their habitats; (5) Essential 

Fish Habitat (EFH) and Cape Fear Sandy 

Shoals; (6) Water and air quality; (7) 

Socioeconomic resources; (8) Cultural 


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