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million cubic yards of dredged material 

resulting from the channel modification. 

DATES: The Corps will hold a public 

hearing to receive comments on the 

DEIS. The public hearing will be held 

May 10, 2012, 6 p.m., Grand Magnolia 

Ballroom, 3604 Magnolia Street, 

Pascagoula, Mississippi. 

Written comments on the DEIS must 

be received no later than May 29, 2012. 

Additional Information on how to 

submit comments is included in the 

(SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION) section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Written and emailed comments to the 

Corps will be received until May 29, 

2012. Correspondence concerning this 

Public Hearing should refer to Public 

Notice Number SAM–2011–00389–PAH 

and should be directed to the U.S. Army 

Engineer District, RD–C–M Attention: 

Mr. Philip Hegji, Post Office Box 2288, 

Mobile, Alabama 36628–0001, via email 

at philip.a.hegji@usace.army.mil or by 

phone at (251) 690–3222. We encourage 

any additional comments from 

interested public, agencies and local 

officials. For additional information 

about our Regulatory Program, please 

visit our web site at: 

www.sam.usace.army.mil/rd/reg/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability of the Draft EIS: The DEIS 

will be made available to the public 

April 13, 2012. The public hearing will 

be held May 10, 2012, during the 45-day 

public comment period for the DEIS. 

On April 6, 2011, the Jackson County 

Port Authority (JCPA) submitted an 

application to the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (Corps), Mobile District, 

Mississippi Department of 

Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and the 

Mississippi Department of Marine 

Resources (MDMR) for authorization to 

impact wetlands and other waters of the 

United States associated with the 

proposed widening of the Pascagoula 

Lower Sound/Bayou Casotte Channel 

(the proposed project), Jackson County. 

The proposed project is located in the 

Pascagoula Lower Sound/Bayou Casotte, 

Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi 

(Latitude 30.365° North, Longitude 

88.556° West). 

The Corps prepared a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 

to assess the potential environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

project. The proposed project is the 

dredging of approximately 38,200 feet 

(7.2 miles) of the existing Pascagoula 

Lower Sound/Bayou Casotte Channel 

segment to widen the channel from the 

Federally authorized width of 350 feet 

and depth of ¥42 feet mean lower low 

water (MLLW) (with 2 feet of allowable 

over-depth and 2 feet of advanced 

maintenance) to a width of 450 feet, 

parallel to the existing channel 

centerline and to the existing Federally 

authorized depth of ¥42 feet MLLW. 

The proposed project would include the 

placement of approximately 3.35 

million cubic yards of dredged material 

resulting from the channel modification. 

The JCPA requested a Department of 

the Army (DOA) permit pursuant to 

Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act 

of 1899, Section 103 of the Marine 

Protection, Research and Sanctuaries 

Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water 

Act, including a Section 404(b)(1) 

analysis to help ensure compliance. The 

Corps is the lead Federal agency for the 

preparation of this DEIS in compliance 

with the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

the President’s Council on 

Environmental Quality regulations for 

implementing NEPA. The National 

Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. 

Coast Guard are cooperating agencies for 

the preparation of the EIS. This 

application was advertised by 30-day 

Public Notice April 15, 2011. 

On April 13, 2012, a copy of the DEIS 

will be available for public review. The 

DEIS is available to the public at: 

www.sam.usace.army.mil/rd/reg. 

Hardcopies of the DEIS are available 

upon request from Mr. Philip A. Hegji, 

Corps Project Manager (contact 

information below). This document is 

being circulated to resource agencies 

and interested members of the public for 

a 45-day comment period ending May 

29, 2012. 

A public hearing will be held at 

7 p.m. Thursday, May 10, 2012, at the 

Grand Magnolia Ballroom at 3604 

Magnolia Street, Pascagoula, 

Mississippi. The public hearing will be 

held to provide information about the 

proposed project and to receive public 

input and comments on the DEIS. The 

Corps invites full public participation to 

promote open communication on the 

issues surrounding the DEIS. In 

addition, participation by Federal, State, 

local agencies and other interested 

organizations is encouraged. Both oral 

and written statements will be accepted 

at the hearing. An informal open house 

will be held from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. in 

the Grand Magnolia Ballroom to allow 

the public the opportunity to become 

familiar with the proposed project prior 

to the start of the formal hearing. 

Displays of the proposed project and 

associated impacts will be available. 

Representatives from the JCPA will be 

present to answer questions concerning 

the project and Corps representatives 

will be available to answer questions 

concerning the Corps regulatory 

process. 

The public hearing will be conducted 

in English. Those in need of language 

interpreters should contact the Corps’ 

Public Involvement consultant, Crouch 

Environmental Services at (713) 868– 

1043, by Thursday, May 3, 2012. 

Any comments received at the hearing 

will be considered by the Corps to 

determine whether to issue, modify, 

condition or deny a permit for this 

proposed project. All comments will be 

considered in the final EIS pursuant to 

NEPA. Comments are also used to help 

determine the overall public interest of 

the proposed project. All comments 

must be received or postmarked by May 

29, 2012 (19 days following the public 

hearing). 

Dated: April 5, 2012. 

Cindy J. House-Pearson, 

Chief, Regulatory Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement/Environmental 

Impact Report for the Encinitas and 

Solana Beach Shoreline Protection 

Project, San Diego County, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The Los Angeles District 

intends to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement/Environmental 

Impact Report (EIS/EIR) to support a 

cost-shared feasibility study with the 

Cities of Encinitas and Solana Beach, 

CA, for shoreline protection along the 

coastline of these two cities. The 

purpose of the feasibility study is to 

evaluate alternatives for reducing 

shoreline erosion. The EIS/EIR will 

analyze potential impacts of the 

recommended plan and a range of 

alternatives for shoreline protection. 

Alternatives will include both structural 

and non-structural measures. 

ADDRESSES: You may also submit your 

concerns in writing to the city or the Los 

Angeles District at the address below. 

Comments, suggestions, and requests to 

be placed on the mailing list for 

announcements should be sent to Larry 

Smith, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Los Angeles District, P.O. Box 532711, 

Los Angeles, CA 90053–2325, or email 

to lawrence.j.smith@usace.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact Mr. Larry 

Smith, Project Environmental 


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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 

resulting from the disposal and reuse of 


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