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[FR Doc. 2012–4339 Filed 2–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–C 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Army Education Advisory Committee 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the 

Sunshine in the Government Act of 

1976 (U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 41 

Code of the Federal Regulations (CFR 

102–3. 140 through 160, the Department 

of the Army announces the following 

committee meeting: 

Name of Committee: Army Education 

Advisory Committee (AEAC). 

Date of Meeting: March 14–15, 2012. 

Time of Meeting: 0800–1600. 

Place of Meeting: Deputy Chief of 

Staff G–3/5/7 Conference Room, 950 

Jefferson Ave., Building 950, 3rd Floor, 

Ft. Eustis, VA. 

Proposed Agenda: Purpose of the 

meeting is to gather and review 

information, discuss, and deliberate 

issues related to shifting Army training 

from an instructor-centric to a learnercentric paradigm required by the Army 

2020 learning environment. The agenda 

will include topics relating Arm 

Learning Model 2015 and to support 

context-based, collaborative, problemcentered instruction. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information please contact Mr. Wayne 

Joyner, Designated Federal Officer, at 

albert.w.joyner.civ@mail.mil, (757) 501– 

5810, or to the following address: Army 

Education Advisory Committee, 

Designated Federal Officer, Attn: 

ATTG–OPS–EI (Joyner), 950 Jefferson 

Ave., Building 950, Ft. Eustis, Virginia 

23604. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting of 

the Advisory Committee is open to the 

public and any member of the public 

wishing to attend this meeting should 

contact the Designated Federal Officer 

previously listed at least ten calendar 

days prior to the meeting for 

information on base entry. Individuals 

without a DoD Government Common 

Access Card require an escort at the 

meeting location. Attendance will be 

limited to those persons who have 

notified the Committee Management 

Office of their intention to attend. 

Filing Written Statement: Pursuant to 

41 CFR 102–3.140d, the Committee is 

not obligated to allow the public to 

speak, however, any member of the 

public wishing to provide input to the 

Committee should submit a written 

statement in accordance with 41 CFR 

102–3.140(c) and section 10(a)(3) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and 

the procedures described in this 

paragraph. Written statements can be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer at the address listed (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Statements being submitted in response 

to the agenda mentioned in this notice 

must be received at least ten calendar 

days prior to the meeting which is the 

subject of this notice. Written 

statements received after this date may 

not be provided to or considered by the 

Advisory Committee until its next 

meeting. The Designated Federal Officer 

will review all timely submissions with 

the Advisory Committee Chairperson 

and ensure they are provided to 

members of the Board before the 

meeting that is the subject of this notice. 

After reviewing written comments, the 

Chairperson and the Designated Federal 

Officer may choose to invite the 

submitter of the comments to orally 

present their issue during open portion 

of this meeting or at a future meeting. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report for the 

Proposed Cambria Water Supply 

Project, San Luis Obispo County, CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The Los Angeles District of 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(Corps) and Cambria Community 

Services District (CCSD), the nonFederal sponsor under a Project 

Cooperation Agreement dated March 27, 

2006, intend to jointly prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) 

to study, plan, and implement a project 

to provide for a reliable water supply for 

the community of Cambria in San Luis 

Obispo County. The relatively remote 

location of Cambria has resulted in the 

area relying solely upon local 

groundwater for its current water 

supply. The groundwater supplies from 

the Santa Rosa and San Simeon 

groundwater basins no longer are 

adequate to meet existing demand under 

extreme drought conditions or to meet 

projected future demand in most years. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 24, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Kathleen Anderson, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles 

District, P.O. Box 532711, Los Angeles, 

CA 90053–2325. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen Anderson, (818) 776–9049 Ext. 

2106; or Email at 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corps 

intends to prepare a joint EIS/EIR to 

assess the environmental effects 

associated with the proposed project. 

CCSD is the state lead agency for the EIR 

pursuant to the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 

1. Authorization. The proposed 

project would be conducted in 

accordance with Section 219 of the 

Water Resources Development Act 

(WRDA) of 1992 (Pub. L. 102–580), as 

amended, which states in part: 

* * * (a) IN GENERAL—The Secretary is 

authorized to provide assistance to nonFederal interests for carrying out waterrelated environmental infrastructure and 

resource protection and development 

projects described in subsection (c), 

including waste water treatment and related 

facilities and water supply, storage, 

treatment, and distribution facilities. Such 

assistance may be in the form of technical 

and planning and design assistance. If the 

Secretary is to provide any design or 

engineering assistance to carry out a project 

under this section, the Secretary shall obtain 

by procurement from private sources all 

services necessary for the Secretary to 

provide such assistance, unless the Secretary 

finds that (1) the service would require the 

use of a new technology unavailable in the 

private sector, or (2) a solicitation or request 

for proposal has failed to attract 2 or more 

bids or proposals. 

(f) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE—The 

Secretary may provide assistance under 

subsection (a) and assistance for construction 

for the following: 

(48) CAMBRIA, CALIFORNIA— 

$10,300,000 for desalination infrastructure, 

Cambria, California. 

2. Background: Cambria, an 

unincorporated community, is located 

in the coastal region of central 

California, in the northwestern portion 

of San Luis Obispo County. Cambria lies 

within the Santa Rosa Creek Valley. 

Located along Highway 1, Cambria is 

approximately 35 miles north of San 

Luis Obispo and approximately four 

miles south of San Simeon. The primary 

transportation corridor that bisects 

Cambria is Highway 1, which traverses 

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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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BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

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 

significant include: 


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