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Coordinator, (213) 452–3846, or Ms. 

Susie Ming, Project Manager, (213) 452– 

3789. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authorization: House Public Works 

Transportation Committee Resolution 

dated May 13, 1993. The Army Corps of 

Engineers intends to prepare an EIS/EIR 

to assess the environmental effects 

associated with proposed erosion 

mitigating measures in the study area. 

Study Area: The study area is located 

along the Pacific Ocean coastline in the 

Cities of Encinitas and Solana Beach, 

San Diego County, CA. Encinitas is 

approximately 10 miles south of 

Oceanside Harbor, and 17 miles north of 

Point La Jolla. The City of Encinitas’ 

shoreline, about 6 miles long, is 

bounded by Batiquitos Lagoon to the 

north and on the south by San Elijo 

Lagoon. The City of Solana Beach is 

bounded by San Elijo Lagoon to the 

north and on the south by the City of 

Del Mar. The City’s shoreline is about 2 

miles long for a total of about 8 miles 

of study area shoreline. A major portion 

of the shoreline segment consists of 

narrow sand and cobble beaches 

fronting nearshore bluffs. A small 

stretch of beach west of the San Elijo 

Lagoon is backed by Highway 101 

(Pacific Coast Highway) and is the only 

segment of the beach not backed by 

coastal bluffs. 

Problems and Needs: A number of 

public concerns have been identified 

including: 

1. Bluff erosion threatens property, 

including state and city owned lands, 

roads, railroads and infrastructure, as 

well as private residences atop the 

bluffs. 

2. Public safety due to episodic bluff 

failure. 

3. Closure of Old Highway 101 at 

Cardiff during storm events. 

4. Bluff toe erosion and curtailed 

recreation activity resulting from eroded 

beach conditions. 

Proposed Action and Alternatives: 

The Los Angeles District will investigate 

and evaluate all reasonable alternatives 

to address the problems and needs 

identified above. In addition to the NO 

ACTION alternative, both structural 

(breakwaters, artificial reefs, groins, 

revetments, notch fills, and seawalls) 

and non-structural (best management 

practices, and beach nourishment) 

measures will be investigated. 

Previous Actions: The Los Angeles 

District originally published a Notice of 

Intent for this project in the Federal 

Register on September 20, 2001. A 

Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS/ 

EIR was published in the Federal 

Register on December 2, 2005. The 

project was modified following receipt 

of comments on the original Draft EIS/ 

EIR. The modified project is the subject 

of this Notice of Intent. 

Scoping: The scoping process is 

ongoing and has involved preliminary 

coordination with Federal, State, and 

local agencies. Two public scoping 

meetings are scheduled. The first on 

May 2, 2012, from 1 to 3 p.m. at City 

Hall, Poinsettia Room, 505 South 

Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, CA. The 

second on May 2, 2012, from 6 to 8 p.m. 

at the Solana Beach City Hall, City 

Council Chamber, 635 South Highway 

101, Solana Beach, CA. The public will 

have an opportunity to express opinions 

and raise any issues relating to the 

scope of the Feasibility Study and the 

EIS/EIR. The public as well as Federal, 

State, and local agencies are encouraged 

to participate by submitting data, 

information, and comments identifying 

relevant environmental and 

socioeconomic issues to be addressed in 

the study. Useful information includes 

other environmental studies, published 

and unpublished data, alternatives that 

could be addressed in the analysis, and 

potential mitigation measures associated 

with the proposed action. All comments 

enter into the public record. The 

scoping meetings will also serve as 

scoping meetings for the purposes of 

compliance with the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 

Availability of the Draft EIS/EIR: The 

Draft EIS/EIR is scheduled to be 

published and circulated in November 

2012, and a public hearing to receive 

comments on the Draft EIS/EIR will be 

held after it is published. 

Dated: April 9, 2012. 

Steven B. Sigloch, Jr., 

Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, Acting 

Commander and Acting District Engineer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Disposal and Reuse 

of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San 

Francisco, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969, as implemented by 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500– 

1508), the Department of the Navy 

(DoN) announces that it has prepared 

and filed the Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 

evaluating the potential environmental 

consequences associated with the 

disposal and reuse of Hunters Point 

Naval Shipyard (HPS), San Francisco, 

California. The DoN is required to close 

HPS per Public Law 101–510, the 

Defense Base Closure and Realignment 

Act of 1990, as amended. This Notice of 

Availability (NOA) initiates a 30- 

calender day wait period and public 

review period for the Final SEIS, 

beginning the date that this NOA is 

published in the Federal Register. 

During this time no federal decision on 

the proposed action shall be made or 

recorded. Following the 30-day wait/ 

review period, as required by CEQ 

Regulations for Implementing NEPA, 

Sec. 1506.10(b)2, the DoN may make a 

decision on the proposed action and a 

Record of Decision (ROD) could be 

issued. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Director, BRAC PMO West, Attn: Mr. 

Ronald Bochenek, 1455 Frazee Road, 

Suite 900, San Diego, CA 92108–4310, 

telephone 619–532–0906, fax 619–532– 

9858, email: 

ronald.bochenek.ctr@navy.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DoN, 

as lead agency, has prepared and filed 

the Final SEIS for the Disposal and 

Reuse of HPS, San Francisco, California 

in accordance with the requirements of 

the NEPA of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4345) 

and its implementing regulations (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508). A Notice of 

Intent for the SEIS was published in the 

Federal Register on September 5, 2008 

(Federal Register/Vol. 73, No. 173 pgs 

51797 and 51798/Friday, September 5, 

2008/Notices). The purpose of the 

proposed action and the preferred 

alternative is the disposal of HPS from 

federal ownership (861 dry and 

submerged acres) and its subsequent 

reuse in a manner consistent with the 

amended HPS Redevelopment Plan as 

adopted by the San Francisco 

Redevelopment Agency (SFRA) on 

August 3, 2010. HPS Phase 1, 

comprising approximately 75 acres, was 

disposed of by the DoN in 2004 and is 

not part of the proposed project 

evaluated in the Final SEIS. The DoN is 

required to close HPS in accordance 

with Public Law 101–510, the Defense 

Base Closure and Realignment Act of 

1990, as amended. In accordance with 

NEPA, before disposing of any real 

property, the DoN must analyze the 

environmental effects of the disposal of 

the HPS property. 

The environmental consequences 

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HPS were previously evaluated by the 

DoN in the Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS) for the Disposal and 

Reuse of HPS, San Francisco, CA, March 

2000. The DoN issued a ROD on 

November 29, 2000 indicating that 

disposal of HPS would be accomplished 

in a manner as set forth in the previous 

1997 HPS Redevelopment Plan. The 

Final SEIS supplements the previous 

2000 FEIS due to changes that have 

occurred to the proposed reuse plan 

since the DoN prepared the 2000 FEIS 

and 2000 ROD. 

The Final SEIS has identified and 

considered six reuse alternatives for 

HPS and a no action alternative. DoN 

disposal is assumed as part of each 

reuse alternative. The no action 

alternative assumes retention of the HPS 

property by the Government in a 

‘‘caretaker status’’ and no reuse or 

redevelopment. 

Alternative 1 (‘‘Stadium Plan 

Alternative’’) would redevelop HPS 

with a wide range of uses including a 

mixed-use community with 2,650 

residential units, retail (125,000 square 

feet (sq ft)), research and development 

(R&D) (2.5 million sq ft), community 

services (50,000 sq ft), and parks and 

recreational open space (232 acres). A 

major component would include a new 

69,000-seat football stadium. This 

alternative would also include a 300- 

slip marina, improvements to stabilize 

the shoreline, and a new bridge over 

Yosemite Slough. New infrastructure 

would serve the development as 

necessary. 

Alternative 1A (the ‘‘Stadium Plan/No 

Bridge Alternative’’) includes the 

disposal of HPS by the DoN and its 

reuse with the same level, land use 

types, and density of development as 

Alternative 1, except that the Yosemite 

Slough bridge would not be constructed. 

Alternative 2 (the ‘‘Non-Stadium 

Plan/Additional R&D Alternative’’) 

includes many of the same components 

as Alternative 1 including 2,650 

residential units, retail (125,000 sq ft), 

community services (50,000 sq ft), and 

parks and recreational open space (222 

acres), a 300-slip marina, improvements 

to stabilize the shoreline, and a new 

bridge over Yosemite Slough. Under this 

alternative, a new football stadium 

would not be constructed. Instead, an 

additional 2.5 million sq ft, for a total 

of 5 million sq ft, of R&D space would 

be developed. 

Alternative 2A (the ‘‘Non-Stadium 

Plan/Housing and R&D Alternative’’) 

includes a mix of uses including 4,275 

residential units, retail (125,000 sq ft), 

R&D (3 million sq ft), community 

services (50,000 sq ft), and parks and 

recreational open space (222 acres). This 

alternative would also include a 300- 

slip marina, improvements to stabilize 

the shoreline, and a new bridge over 

Yosemite Slough. No new football 

stadium would be constructed. 

Alternative 3 (the ‘‘Non-Stadium 

Plan/Additional Housing Alternative’’) 

does not include a new stadium, but is 

comprised of a mix of land uses 

including 4,000 residential units, retail 

(125,000 sq ft), R&D (2.5 million sq ft), 

community services (50,000 sq ft), and 

parks and recreational open space (245 

acres). The alternative also includes a 

300-slip marina, improvements to 

stabilize the shoreline, and a new bridge 

over Yosemite Slough. 

Alternative 4 (‘‘the Non-Stadium 

Plan/Reduced Development 

Alternative’’) includes a reduced 

density of development. Development 

proposed under this alternative includes 

1,855 residential units, retail (87,500 sq 

ft), R&D (1.75 million sq ft), community 

services (50,000 sq ft), and parks and 

recreational open space (245 acres). This 

alternative does not include a new 

stadium, a bridge over Yosemite Slough, 

a marina, nor shoreline stabilization. 

The ‘‘No Action Alternative’’ is 

required by NEPA and evaluates the 

impacts at HPS in the event that the 

property is not disposed. Under this 

alternative the property would be 

retained by the DoN in caretaker status. 

Existing leases would continue until 

they expire or are terminated, and no 

new leases would be executed. No reuse 

or redevelopment would occur under 

this alternative. 

For each alternative, the Final SEIS 

addresses the potential direct, indirect, 

short-term, and long-term impacts on 

the human and natural environments, 

including the following resource areas: 

Transportation, traffic, and circulation; 

air quality and greenhouse gases; noise; 

land use and recreation; visual 

resources and aesthetics; 

socioeconomics; hazards and hazardous 

substances; geology and soils; water 

resources; utilities; public services; 

cultural resources; biological resources; 

and environmental justice. The analysis 

also includes an analysis of cumulative 

impacts from other reasonably 

foreseeable federal, state, or local 

activities at and around HPS. 

In preparation of the SEIS, the DoN 

completed a public scoping period from 

September 5 to October 17, 2008, and 

held a public scoping meeting on 

September 23, 2008, to identify 

community concerns and local issues 

that should be addressed in the SEIS. 

Federal, state, and local agencies and 

interested parties provided oral and 

written comments to the DoN and 

identified specific issues or topics of 

environmental concern that should be 

addressed in the SEIS. In addition, the 

DoN facilitated community outreach 

activities to solicit additional comments 

and concerns and identified issues from 

interested community groups in 2009. 

The DoN considered the scoping and 

outreach comments in determining the 

scope of the SEIS. 

Following the public scoping period, 

the DoN released a Draft SEIS for public 

review and comment on February 23, 

2011. The DoN published a NOA in the 

Federal Register (Federal Register/Vol. 

76, No. 36 pgs 10012–10014/ 

Wednesday, February 23, 2011/Notices) 

to announce the availability of the Draft 

SEIS and public comment period on 

February 23, 2011. In addition, the Draft 

SEIS NOA was also published in the 

San Francisco Chronicle and Oakland 

Tribune newspapers; mailed to agencies 

and interested members of the public; 

and posted to the DoN BRAC PMO Web 

site (http://www.bracpmo.navy.mil). 

Copies of the Draft SEIS were 

circulated for review and comment to 

government agencies, local 

organizations, Native American tribes, 

and interested members of the public. 

The Draft SEIS was also made available 

at seven public locations, including six 

public libraries and the City Planning 

Department. Electronic copies were also 

posted to the DoN BRAC PMO Web site 

for download. 

The Draft SEIS was available for a 45- 

day public review period that began on 

February 23, 2011 and ended on May 6, 

2011. A public hearing was conducted 

during the review period at the 

Southeast Community Facility, Alex L. 

Pitcher Community Room, 1800 

Oakdale Avenue, San Francisco, CA 

94124 on March 15, 2011, 5:30 to 8:30 

p.m. The DoN considered all public 

comments received on the Draft SEIS 

and the Final SEIS has been revised, as 

appropriate, in response to all public 

comments. All Draft SEIS comments 

and the DoN responses are included in 

the Final SEIS. 

The Final SEIS has been distributed to 

various Federal, State, local agencies, 

and Native American tribes, as well as 

other interested individuals and 

organizations. In addition, copies of the 

Final SEIS have been distributed and 

are available at the following libraries 

and publicly accessible facilities for 

public review: 

1. San Francisco Main Library, 100 

Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 

94102. 

2. San Francisco State University 

Library, 1360 Holloway Avenue, San 

Francisco, CA 94132. 

3. Hastings Law Library, UC Hastings 

College of the Law, 200 McAllister 


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Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 

94102. 

4. Jonsson Library of Government 

Documents, Cecil H. Green Library, 

Bing Wing, Stanford, CA 94305–6004. 

5. Institute of Governmental Studies 

Library, UC Berkeley, 109 Moses Hall, 

#2370, Berkeley, CA 94720. 

6. City Planning Department (By 

Appointment), 1650 Mission Street, 

Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 

94103. 

An electronic copy of the Final SEIS 

is also available for public viewing at 

http://www.bracpmo.navy.mil. 

This NOA initiates a 30-calender day 

wait period and public review period 

for the Final SEIS, beginning the date 

that this NOA is published in the 

Federal Register. Federal, State, and 

local agencies, as well as interested 

members of the public, are invited and 

encouraged to review the Final SEIS 

during this 30-calendar day period. 

During this time no federal decision on 

the proposed action shall be made or 

recorded. Following the 30-day wait/ 

review period, per CEQ Regulations for 

Implementing NEPA, Sec. 1506.10(b)2, 

the DoN may make a decision on the 

proposed action and a ROD could be 

issued, completing the NEPA process. 

Following the DoN decision on the 

federal action and signature of the ROD, 

the DoN will publish a NOA for the 

ROD in the Federal Register and the 

San Francisco Chronicle and Oakland 

Tribune newspapers; NOAs will be 

mailed to government agencies, local 

organizations, Native American tribes, 

and interested members of the public; 

and posted to the Navy BRAC PMO Web 

site. 

For further information contact: 

Director, BRAC PMO West, Attn: Mr. 

Ronald Bochenek, 1455 Frazee Road, 

Suite 900, San Diego, CA 92108–4310, 

telephone 619–532–0906, fax 619–532– 

9858, email: 

ronald.bochenek.ctr@navy.mil. 

Dated: April 13, 2012. 

J.M. Beal, 

Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge 

Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Intent To Grant Exclusive 

Patent License; Aurora Technologies, 

LLC 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

hereby gives notice of its intent to grant 

to Aurora Technologies, LLC a 

revocable, nonassignable, exclusive 

license to practice in the United States, 

the Government-owned inventions 

described in Navy Case 101713 entitled 

Laser Treated Heat Transfer Surface.// 

Navy Case 101445 entitled Surface 

Enhancement Via Applied Laser Energy. 

DATES: Anyone wishing to object to the 

grant of this license must file written 

objections along with supporting 

evidence, if any, not later than May 7, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be 

filed with the Naval Surface Warfare 

Center, Crane Div, Code OOL, Bldg. 2, 

300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522– 

5001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Christopher Monsey, Naval Surface 

Warfare Center, Crane Div, Code OOL, 

Bldg 2, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 

47522–5001, telephone 812–854–4100. 

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404. 

J.M. Beal, 

Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge 

Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Availability of GovernmentOwned Inventions; Available for 

Licensing 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below 

are assigned to the United States 

Government, as represented by the 

Secretary of the Navy and are available 

for licensing by the Department of the 

Navy. Navy Case 101713: Laser Treated 

Heat Transfer Surface (an approach to 

increase surface area while maintaining 

the integrity of the substrate)//Navy 

Case 101445: Surface Enhancement Via 

Applied Laser Energy (a process to 

increase material surface area via 

application of laser energy). 

ADDRESSES: Written objections are to be 

filed with the Naval Surface Warfare 

Center, Crane Div, Code OOL, Bldg 2, 

300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 47522– 

5001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mr. Christopher Monsey, Naval Surface 

Warfare Center, Crane Div, Code OOL, 

Bldg 2, 300 Highway 361, Crane, IN 

47522–5001, telephone 812–854–4100. 

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR part 404. 

Dated: April 13, 2012. 

J.M. Beal, 

Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge 

Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Stakeholder Meeting: 

Industry Roundtable—DON/USDA/ 

DOE/DOT–FAA Advanced Drop-In 

Biofuels Initiative 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Navy (DoN) in conjunction with the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and 

the U.S. Department of Transportation 

Federal Aviation Administration (DOT 

FAA), is hosting an industry roundtable 

with the full complement of participants 

in the biofuels supply chain. The 

purpose of the roundtable meeting is for 

the federal government to present 

further details on the partnership 

between the DoN, DoE, and USDA to 

construct or retrofit multiple 

commercial scale advanced 

biorefineries. Additional general 

information will be provided regarding 

the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title 

III, the Commodity Credit Corporation, 

and DoN’s requirements for fuels. 

Federal government representatives will 

also be able to hear from stakeholders as 

to their abilities to meet such 

requirements and/or barriers to such 

success. 

This session is not intended to offer 

government insight, nor answer direct 

questions and receive comments on the 

DPA Title III Advanced Drop-In Biofuels 

Production Project. Questions related to 

the Special Notices or the pending 

Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 

cannot be answered at this roundtable. 

All comments concerning the Special 

Notices on the pending BAA should be 

sent to TitleIIIBiofuels@wpafb.af.mil. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Friday, May 18, 2012, from 8 a.m. to 

5:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

USDA Jefferson Auditorium, USDA 

South Building, 14th and Independence, 

Washington, DC 20250. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

reg.adibir@Gmail.com. 


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