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live fire training; and high-speed, openwater-craft training. It is anticipated that 

the vessel will spend 150 days or more 

away from the home station. These 

home-station sites would only be used 

to support JHSV berthing and training 

requirements in and around the 

stationing location for 170 days per 

year. An annual maintenance cycle of 

approximately 45 days would occur at 

the home station or at another location, 

if appropriate maintenance facilities are 

not on site. The PEIS will include 

evaluation of the different locations 

which could reasonably accommodate, 

support, and sustain the JHSV and meet 

its requirements for live-fire training. 

The proposed action will require the 

Army to balance strategic, sustainment, 

and environmental considerations to 

provide greater flexibility and 

responsiveness to meet today’s evolving 

world conditions and threats to national 

defense and security. The PEIS will 

analyze the proposed action’s impacts 

upon the natural, cultural, and 

manmade environments at the 

alternative home-stationing sites. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: 

Public Affairs Office, U.S. Army 

Environmental Command, Attention: 

IMAE–PA, 5179 Hoadley Rd., Aberdeen 

Proving Ground, MD 21010–5401. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Public Affairs Office at (410) 436–2556; 

fax (410) 436–1693; or e-mail: APGRUSAECNEPA@conus.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The JHSV 

is a high-speed, shallow-draft vessel 

capable of rapid intratheater transport of 

Army units. JHSV stationing 

detachments consist of a 31 member 

crew and can accommodate up to 350 

additional Soldiers. The vessel can 

reach speeds of 35–45 knots and has an 

equipment carrying capacity of 

approximately 700 short tons. It has a 

shallow draft of 12.5 feet for enhanced 

port access for the types of austere piers 

and quay walls common in developing 

countries. The JHSV includes a weapons 

mount for crew served weapons, a flight 

deck for helicopter operations, and an 

off-load ramp that allows vehicles to 

drive off the ship quickly. These 

characteristics make the JHSV an 

extremely flexible asset, able to support 

a wide range of operations including 

maneuver and sustainment, relief 

operations in small or damaged ports, 

flexible logistics support, or as the key 

enabler for rapid transport. 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. & et seq.) 

and the Army NEPA procedures, 

Environmental Analysis of Army Action 

(32 CFR Part 651), require the Army to 

consider the environmental impacts of 

its actions and alternatives, and to 

solicit the views of the public so it can 

make an informed final decision 

regarding how to proceed. The Army is 

working in close coordination with the 

Navy (which is scheduled to receive 10 

JHSVs) in coordinating NEPA 

evaluations for this action. The Navy is 

completing a separate NEPA document 

to evaluate its requirements for the 

JHSV. The Army’s PEIS does not 

evaluate the direct and indirect 

environmental impacts of the Navy’s 

JHSV program. The Army’s PEIS will 

cumulatively consider the impacts of 

Navy JHSV stationing. 

The PEIS will assess, consider, and 

compare the direct, indirect, and 

cumulative environmental effects from 

the stationing of up to three Army 

JHSVs per site. The primary 

environmental issues to be analyzed 

will include potential impacts to air 

quality, airspace, cultural resources, 

noise, and marine life. In addition, the 

Army will consider those issues 

identified as the part of the scoping 

process. 

Scoping and Public Comment: All 

interested members of the public, 

including native communities and 

federally recognized Native American 

Tribes, Native Hawaiian groups, Guam 

Chamorro Groups, and federal, state, 

and local agencies, are invited to 

participate in the scoping process for 

the preparation of this PEIS. Written 

comments identifying environmental 

issues, concerns and opportunities to be 

analyzed in the PEIS will be accepted 

for 30 days following publication of the 

Notice of Intent in the Federal Register. 

There will be no on-site scoping 

meetings. 

Dated: January 25, 2010. 

Addison D. Davis, IV, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 

(Environment, Safety, and Occupational 

Health). 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Dam Safety Assurance Program 

Modification Report for the Isabella 

Dam Project, Kern County, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers; DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Sacramento District (Corps), 

in cooperation with the U.S. Forest 

Service, Sequoia National Forest, 

intends to prepare a draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Federal action to remediate 

seismic, seepage, and hydrologic dam 

safety concerns at the Isabella Lake 

main and auxiliary dams. Isabella Lake 

is located on the Kern River 

approximately 45 miles northeast of 

Bakersfield, Kern County, California. 

The proposed action is being conducted 

through the Corps’ Dam Safety 

Assurance Program (DSAP) for the 

evaluation of existing dams. 

ADDRESSES: Current and archival 

information regarding the Isabella Lake 

DSAP Project can be obtained from the 

following Web site address: http:// 

www.spk.usace.army.mil/projects/civil/ 

Lake_Isabella_Dam/Index.html. 

Questions or comments regarding the 

Isabella Lake DSAP Project may be 

submitted through this Web site, or 

written questions or comments can be 

submitted by mail to Mr. Mitch Stewart, 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Sacramento District, Attn: Planning 

Division (CESPK–PD–R), 1325 J Street, 

Sacramento, CA 95814. Requests to be 

placed on a mailing list may also be 

submitted through the Web site or to the 

address provided above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mitch Stewart at (916) 557–6734, e-mail 

Mitch.W.Stewart@usace.army.mil, or by 

mail to (see ADDRESSES). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background Information. Based on 

current engineering knowledge, the 

Corps has determined that the Isabella 

Lake main and auxiliary dams have a 

high risk of failure due to significant 

seismic, seepage, and hydrologic issues 

that exist. An external peer review 

panel, commissioned by the Corps, has 

recently confirmed that the Corps’ Class 

I designation ‘‘Urgent and Compelling’’ 

is appropriate for the Isabella Lake dams 

for several reasons: 

a. A possibility of piping along the 

outlet conduit of its auxiliary dam 

(piping may be defined as fissures or 

openings through which water can 

travel inside the dam); 

b. Evidence that the auxiliary dam’s 

drain blanket is not performing as 

intended; 

c. Studies find that the Kern Canyon 

Fault, under the auxiliary dam’s right 

abutment, is active; 

d. Evidence that the upper 20 feet of 

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and might be subject to loss of shear 

strength during seismic loading; 

e. Hydrologic studies indicate that the 

spillway is inadequate; and 

f. Extremely high consequences of 

failure. 

The panel recommended short-term 

risk reduction measures such as 

maintaining the current reservoir pool 

restriction elevation of 2,585.5 feet, 20 

feet below normal pool. The panel also 

recommended long-term risk reduction 

measures including completion of ongoing studies of major rehabilitation of 

the auxiliary dam and evaluation of the 

main dam’s overall earthquake 

performance. 

2. Remediation Alternatives. The draft 

EIS will address an array of remediation 

alternatives that are necessary to 

prevent loss of life, extensive 

downstream damage, functional loss of 

the project, and the loss of all project 

benefits. The exact nature and extent of 

the remediation alternatives will be 

determined based on the results of ongoing geotechnical and engineering 

studies, public and agency input during 

the scoping period, and preparation of 

the draft EIS. 

3. Issues To Be Addressed. The draft 

EIS will address environmental issues 

concerning the remediation alternatives 

proposed. Issues will be identified 

based on public input during the 

scoping process and during the 

preparation of the draft EIS. Issues 

initially identified as potentially 

significant include, but are not limited 

to: Soils and seismicity, hydrology and 

water quality, noise and vibration, air 

quality, socioeconomics, water supply, 

land use, recreation, visual and 

aesthetic resources, traffic and 

transportation, historical and cultural 

resources, vegetation and wildlife, 

special status species, and fisheries. 

4. Public Involvement. Public scoping 

meetings will be held in May 2010 at 

specific locations to be announced 

within the local Isabella Lake DSAP 

Project area and in Bakersfield, 

California. The purpose of the public 

scoping meetings will be to present 

information to the public regarding the 

array of remediation alternatives 

proposed that may be addressed in the 

draft EIS, receive public comments, and 

solicit input regarding environmental 

issues of concern to the public. These 

meetings are intended to initiate the 

process to involve concerned 

individuals, and local, State, and 

Federal agencies. The public scoping 

meeting place, date, and time will be 

advertised in advance in local 

newspapers, and meeting 

announcement letters will be sent to 

interested parties. Written comments 

may also be submitted via Web site or 

mail to (see ADDRESSES). 

5. Availability of the Draft EIS. The 

Corps intends to issue the draft EIS in 

May 2011. The Corps will announce 

availability of the draft EIS in the 

Federal Register and other media, and 

will provide the public, organizations, 

and agencies with an opportunity to 

submit comments to be addressed in the 

final EIS. 

Dated: January 26, 2010. 

Thomas Chapman, 

Commander, Sacramento District, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers. 

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BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

[Docket ID: USAF–2010–0004] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, 

DoD. 

ACTION: Notice to add a system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Air 

Force is proposing to add a system of 

records to its existing inventory of 

records systems subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended. 

DATES: The proposed action will be 

effective on March 8, 2010 unless 

comments are received that would 

result in a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Federal Docket Management 

System Office, 1160 Defense Pentagon, 

Room 3C843, Washington, DC 20301– 

1160. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ben Swilley at (703) 696–6172. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of the Air Force systems of 

records notices subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974, (5 U.S.C. 552a), as 

amended, have been published in the 

Federal Register and are available from 

the address above. 

The proposed system report, as 

required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, was 

submitted on January 29, 2010, to the 

House Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, the Senate 

Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs, and the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix I 

to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘‘Federal 

Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining 

Records About Individuals,’’ dated 

February 8, 1996 (February 20, 1996; 61 

FR 6427). 

Dated: February 1, 2010. 

Mitchell S. Bryman, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

F065 AF FMP A 

SYSTEM NAME: 

eFinance Workspace 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Commander, 88th Communications 

Squadron, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 

45433–5344. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Current Air Force military personnel 

(Active Duty, Reserve, Air National 

Guard), family members of Air Force 

service members and Air Force civilian 

employees. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Name, Social Security Numbers 

(SSN), rank/grade, service number, 

marital status, the number of 

dependents claimed for pay purposes, 

home and unit location data. Specific 

information requested for dependents 

are name, age, date of birth, (used for 

travel calculation) and residence 

address to determine entitlement rate 

for basic allowance for housing. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

10 U.S.C. 8013, Department of the Air 

Force; 10 U.S.C. 8032, The Air Staff, 

general duties; DoD Financial 

Management Regulation 7000.14–R, 

Volume 7A, Military Pay Policy and 

Procedures, Active Duty and Reserve 

Pay; The Joint Federal Travel 

Regulations, Volume 1, Uniformed 

Service Members; The Joint Travel 

Regulations, Volume 2, Civilian 

Personnel; Air Force Instruction 65–114, 

Travel—Policy and Procedures For 

Financial Services Offices and Finance 

Offices—Reserve Component; Air Force 


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