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Identify as Hispanic or Latino/Latina; 

OMB Control Number: 0704–RPSS. 

Needs and Uses: Over the last several 

years, the Department of Defense (DoD) 

has been concerned about the force’s 

ethnic composition due to 

underrepresentation of Hispanic 

servicemembers in the senior grades 

across the Services. The National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2022 (NDAA FY22), Section 572, 

also requires a study focused on the 

recruitment, retention, and promotion of 

servicemembers identifying as Hispanic. 

To address these items covered by the 

NDAA FY22, OUSD (P&R) Office for 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) 

has contracted with CNA to conduct a 

study to identify and address gaps in 

DoD’s understanding of the recruitment, 

retention, and career progression of 

Hispanic servicemembers; evaluate past 

efforts and initiatives by DoD and the 

Services aimed at increasing Hispanic 

representation; and identify key lessons 

learned or best practices that should 

inform future initiatives. As part of this 

study, CNA will conduct Servicespecific in-person and virtual focus 

groups with Active Duty 

Servicemembers in the Marine Corps, 

Army, Navy, Air Force, and Space 

Force. The voluntary focus groups will 

inquire about focus group participants’ 

opinions and experiences based on their 

military careers. The purpose of the 

focus groups is to better understand the 

challenges that Servicemembers face in 

recruiting, retention, and promotion, 

especially for those who identify as 

Hispanic or Latino/Latina. 

Additionally, Florida International 

University (FIU), a subcontractor to 

CNA on this study, will conduct a 

survey among eligible members of the 

general Hispanic population who are 

registered to vote in the United States, 

analyze the survey data, and produce a 

report detailing findings and 

recommendations for ODEI. The intent 

of the survey is to examine factors that 

influence the U.S. Hispanic 

population’s perceptions of military 

service in the U.S. Armed Services and 

to identify the root causes for the 

notable disparity in the recruitment, 

retention, and promotion of 

Servicemembers who identify as 

Hispanic. Participation in the survey 

will be voluntary. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Recruiting, Retaining, and Promoting 

Servicemembers who Identify as 

Hispanic or Latino/Latina: 

Number of Respondents: 650. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 650. 

Average Burden per Response: 90 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 975. 

Recruiting, Retaining, and Promoting 

Servicemembers who Identify as 

Hispanic or Latino/Latina (general 

population): 

Number of Respondents: 1,500. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 1,500. 

Average Burden per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 375. 

Total: 

Number of Respondents: 2,150. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 2,150. 

Average Burden per Response: 38 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,350. 

Frequency: As required. 

Dated: December 13, 2023. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Sparrows Point Container 

Terminal, Patapsco River, Baltimore 

County, Maryland 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Baltimore District (Corps), 

has received an application for a 

Department of the Army (DA) permit 

(Corps number NAB–2023–61200) for 

the Sparrows Point Container Terminal 

project from Tradepoint TiL Terminal, 

LLC, a joint venture between Tradepoint 

Atlantic and Terminal Investments 

Limited to construct a new container 

terminal in the Port of Baltimore. The 

Corps, as the lead agency under the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), has determined the proposed 

project may significantly affect the 

quality of the human environment and 

intends to prepare an environmental 

impact statement (EIS). The Corps 

action will be to issue, issue with 

modifications, or deny a DA permit for 

the proposed project. The EIS will 

assess the potential social, economic, 

and environmental impacts of the 

proposed project. The Corps is 

requesting public/agency comments 

regarding the scope of the EIS and 

issues that should be evaluated in the 

document. 

DATES: A public scoping meeting is 

scheduled for Tuesday, January 23, 

2024, beginning at 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 

p.m. A virtual public scoping meeting is 

scheduled for Thursday, January 25, 

2024, beginning at 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

See paragraph 6 in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for additional 

details. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding the proposed EIS scope 

should be submitted to: U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, 

Attn: Ms. Maria Teresi, 2 Hopkins Plaza, 

Baltimore, MD 21201. Individuals who 

would like to provide comments 

electronically should submit comments 

by email to: NAB-SPCT@usace.army.mil 

The meeting address is the Sollers Point 

Multi-Purpose Center, 323 Sollers Point 

Road, Dundalk, MD 21222. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about this project or to be 

included on the mailing list for future 

updates and meeting announcements, 

contact Ms. Maria Teresi, USACE, by 

telephone at (410) 962–4252, email at 

NAB-SPCT@usace.army.mil or mail at 

the mailing address provided above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corps 

intends to prepare an EIS for the 

proposed Sparrows Point Container 

Terminal (SPCT) project. The nonFederal sponsor for the study is 

Tradepoint TiL Terminal, LLC (TTT). 

The proposed project requires 

authorization from the Corps under 

section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 

U.S.C. 1344) for the discharge of 

dredged or fill material into waters of 

the United States, section 10 of the 

Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 

U.S.C. 403) for the construction of any 

structure in or over navigable waters of 

the United States, section 408 of the 

Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 

U.S.C. 408) for taking possession of, use 

of, or injury to harbor or river 

improvements, and section 103 of the 

Marine Protection, Research and 

Sanctuaries Act (33 U.S.C. 1413) for 

ocean disposal of dredged material. All 

comments received during the public 

scoping period will be considered by 

the Corps during preparation of the EIS. 

1. Proposed Action. The project 

subject to review in an EIS involves 

construction of the proposed Sparrows 

Point Container Terminal which would 

consist of a +/¥3,000 foot-long wharf 

with cranes, a container yard, gate 

complex, Intermodal/Rail Yard and 

various support structures. To provide 

vessel access to the wharf, the project 


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includes dredging and placement of an 

anticipated 3.5–4.5 million cubic yards 

of dredged material for the required 

widening and deepening of the existing 

access channel and turning basin. The 

project dredging includes widening and 

deepening an existing access channel/ 

turning basin, and connection into the 

Brewerton Federal Navigation channel. 

The proposed project plan also includes 

the construction of an offshore Dredged 

Material Containment Facility (DMCF) 

in the Patapsco River on the west side 

of Coke Point to provide placement 

capacity for dredged material. An 

offshore DMCF to provide capacity for 

the total anticipated dredged material 

volume would permanently fill 

approximately 100 acres of tidal waters 

of the United States. As part of the EIS 

process, the Corps will consider 

minimization measures for dredging and 

a combination of alternatives for 

dredged material placement. 

The project includes a proposed 

compensatory mitigation plan. The 

compensatory mitigation plan is under 

development and will be completed as 

part of the development of the EIS. 

2. Location. The project site is located 

within the Tradepoint Atlantic 

development on the Coke Point 

peninsula in the Patapsco River, 

Sparrows Point, Baltimore County, 

Maryland. [Latitude: 39.211222° and 

Longitude: ¥76.490349°] 

3. Project Purpose. To develop 

Sparrows Point Container Terminal 

(SPCT), a new container terminal and 

associated facilities that would be 

located on the Coke Point Peninsula 

within the Patapsco River in Baltimore, 

Maryland. 

4. Alternatives. The EIS will evaluate 

an array of alternatives for dredging, 

dredged material disposal, and 

construction. Alternatives may include, 

but are not limited to, no action 

alternative, dredged material placement 

options including upland disposal 

onsite, upland disposal offsite, 

beneficial and innovative reuse of 

dredge material, and offshore ocean 

placement. In order to accommodate the 

anticipated volume of dredged material, 

these options may be evaluated alone or 

on combination. 

Specifically, alternatives may be 

combined to reduce the footprint of the 

offshore DMCF. These options include 

(1) a DMCF in the existing on-site High 

Head Reservoir; (2) use of existing 

offsite upland DMCFs; (3) ocean 

disposal of dredged material; (4) a 

nearshore DMCF; and/or (5) beneficial 

reuse. 

Mitigation measures could include, 

but are not limited to, avoidance and 

minimization, enhancement, 

restoration, or establishment of 

wetlands. 

5. Scoping Process. The scoping 

period will continue for 60 days from 

the date of this Notice of Intent. During 

the scoping period, the Corps invites 

federal, state, and local agencies, Native 

American Tribes, other interested 

parties, and the general public to 

participate in the scoping process. The 

purpose of the scoping process is to 

provide information to the public, serve 

as a mechanism to solicit agency and 

public input on alternatives, identify 

significant issues to be analyzed in the 

EIS, and ensure full and open 

participation in scoping for the draft 

EIS. Scoping comments may be 

submitted by conventional mail or 

email. All comments must include the 

Corps number NAB–2023–61200. To be 

accepted, email comments must 

originate from the author’s email 

account. All comments received will 

become part of the administrative record 

and are subject to public release under 

the Freedom of Information Act 

including any personally identifiable 

information such as names, phone 

numbers, and addresses. Additional 

information on the project and scoping 

process are available on the Corps’ 

website at this link: https://www.nab.

usace.army.mil/SPCT/ 

6. Scoping Meetings. The Corps will 

conduct public scoping meetings during 

the scoping period in which agencies, 

organizations, and members of the 

general public are invited to present 

comments or suggestions with regard to 

the range of actions, alternatives, and 

potential impacts to be considered in 

the EIS. The Corps has scheduled two 

public scoping meetings, one in-person 

and one virtual as described below: (a) 

In-person: Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at 

5:30 p.m. Display material and staff will 

be available beginning at 5:30 p.m. with 

a presentation following at 6 p.m. at the 

Sollers Point Multi-Purpose Center; 323 

Sollers Point Rd, Dundalk, MD 21222; 

and (b) Virtual: Thursday, January 25, 

2024, beginning at 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Access the virtual scoping meeting at 

this link: https://bit.ly/

SparrowsPoint2024 

7. Availability of the Draft EIS. The 

draft EIS is estimated to be available for 

public review and comment in January 

2025. At that time, a public review 

period will be provided for public 

review and comment on the draft EIS. 

8. Analyses and Consultation. The EIS 

will be integrated with analyses and 

consultation required by the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 

section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors 

Act, section 401 and section 404 of the 

Clean Water Act, section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act, section 103 of 

the of the Marine Protection, Research 

and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA), the Clean 

Air Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act, section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act, 

Prime and Unique Farmlands, and the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act. All 

appropriate documentation (i.e., section 

7, section 106 coordination letters, and 

public and agency comments) will be 

obtained and included as part of the 

EIS. As part of the EIS process, 

recommendations will be based on an 

evaluation of the probable impact of the 

proposed activity on the public interest. 

The decision will reflect the national 

concern for the protection and 

utilization of important resources. The 

benefit, which may reasonably be 

expected to accrue from the proposal, 

will be balanced against its reasonably 

foreseeable detriments. All factors that 

may be relevant to the proposal will be 

considered, among these are wetlands; 

fish and wildlife resources; cultural 

resources; land use; water and air 

quality; hazardous, toxic, and 

radioactive substances; threatened and 

endangered species; regional geology; 

aesthetics; environmental justice; 

navigation; cumulative impacts; and the 

general needs and welfare of the public. 

Reinhard W. Koenig, 

Programs Director, North Atlantic Division, 

US Army Corps of Engineers. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

[Docket ID: USN–2023–HQ–0016] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, 

Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The DoD has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 17, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

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