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condition of resources in the Specific 

Plan area, concentrating on those areas 

proposed for development, and analyzes 

the potential impacts to resources as a 

result of implementing the alternatives. 

The alternatives considered in detail 

are: (A) Applicant’s Preferred 

Alternative; (B) 2006 Conceptual Land 

Use Plan Alternative; (C) Multiple 

Preserves Alternative; and (D) No 

Action/No USACE Permit Alternative. 

DATES: All written comments must be 

postmarked on or before August 13, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted in writing to: Kathleen 

Dadey, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Sacramento District, Regulatory 

Division; 1325 J Street, Room 1350, 

Sacramento, CA 95814–2922, or via 

email to 

Kathleen.A.Dadey@usace.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen Dadey at 916–557–5250, or via 

email at 

Kathleen.A.Dadey@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Sacremento County Office of Economic 

Development and Marketing (applicant) 

is seeking authorization from USACE for 

the placement of dredged or fill material 

into waters of the United States 

pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean 

Water Act to develop portions of the 

Mather Specific Plan area. The overall 

project purpose is a large scale, mixed 

use development to promote economic 

and wetland conservation opportunities 

within the Mather Specific Plan area. 

All of the build alternatives include the 

following land uses: airport commercial, 

commercial development, parks and 

recreation, aggregate extraction, 

university village/residential, regional 

sports park and infrastructure, including 

roadways. 

Alternative A, the Applicant’s 

Preferred Alternative, includes 

approximately 1,910 acres of 

development a 1,272-acre Preserve and 

a 13-acre riparian buffer area. The 

applicant proposes to fill a total of 40.25 

acres of waters of the U.S., including 

seasonal wetlands, vernal pools and 

swales, channels and drainage ditches. 

The preserved areas would provide 

protection for wetlands (including 

vernal pools) and endangered species, 

including vernal pool fairy shrimp, 

vernal pool tadpole shrimp, and 

legenere. The Preserve would also 

protect federally listed critical habitat. 

Alternative B is based on a land use 

plan for the Mather Specific Plan area 

that was conceptually endorsed by the 

Sacramento County Board of 

Supervisors in February 2006. 

Alternative B includes a 1,064-acre 

Preserve and 27 acre riparian buffer area 

which would provide protection for 

wetlands and endangered species. This 

alternative anticipates development of 

approximately 2,011 acres. Alternative 

B also includes four ‘‘avoidance areas’’ 

totaling 93 acres within the parks and 

recreation and university village/ 

residential areas. Impacts to waters of 

the U.S. associated with Alternative B 

would 39.64 acres. 

Alternative C proposes land uses 

identical to Alternative A with the 

addition of three smaller Preserves 

within the commercial development 

and university village/residential areas, 

with a total of 33.65 acres of fill into 

waters of the U.S. Alternative C would 

develop approximately 1,836 acreas and 

includes 1,346 acres of Preserve and 13 

acres of riparian buffer area. Preserve 

areas would provide protection for 

wetlands and endangered species. 

Alternative D, No Action/No USACE 

permit, avoids the placement of dredged 

or fill material into waters of the United 

States, including wetlands. A reduced 

amount of future development could 

occur without Department of the Army 

authorization, including infill 

development at Mather Airport and 

aggregate extraction in the southwestern 

corner of the project site. Because this 

alternative does not anticipate 

substantial economic development and 

related revenue to fund active 

management of a Preserve, however, the 

level of protection and management of 

wetland resources, listed species and 

their habitat is unknown. 

Comments on the DEIS must be 

submitted to USACE by August 13, 

2012. The public and affected Federal, 

State and local agencies, Native 

American Tribes, and other 

organizations and parties are invited to 

comment. An electronic copoy of the 

DEIS may be found on the USACE Web 

site at: http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/ 

Missions/Regulatory/Overview/ 

EnvironmentalImpactStatements.aspx. 

A hard copy of the DEIS is available for 

review at the USACE office during 

normal business hours. To schedule a 

time to view the hard copy, please 

contact Kathleen Dadey. 

The USACE will conduct a public 

meeting for the DEIS on July 25, 2012 

from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Main 

Conference Room A at 10590 Armstrong 

Avenue, Mather, California 95655. 

Interested parties can provide oral and 

written comments at this meeting. 

In addition to this Federal Register 

notice, USACE will issue public notices 

advising interested parties of the 

availability of the DEIS. Interested 

parties may register for USACE public 

notices at: http:// 

www.spk.usace.army.mil/Media/ 

RegulatoryPublicNotices.aspx. 

Dated: June 20, 2012. 

Braden G. LeMaster, 

Lieutenant Colonel, Corps of Engineers, 

Deputy District Engineer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–15965 Filed 6–28–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Proposed Reduction in Hours of 

Operation at the Mississippi River Twin 

Cities Locks Located in Minneapolis, 

MN 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The three locks in the Twin 

Cities (Upper St. Anthony Falls, Lower 

St. Anthony Falls, and Lock and Dam 1) 

located in Minneapolis, MN, on the 

Mississippi River, currently operate at 

Service Level 1 (24 hours per day/7 days 

per week) during the navigation season. 

It is proposed that these three locks and 

dams transition to Service Level 2 for 

the 2013 navigation season and beyond. 

The navigation season on the Upper 

Mississippi normally begins in March, 

depending on river conditions. Under 

Service Level 2, the locks will operate 

from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. and will be 

closed to lockages between 2:00 a.m. 

and 7:00 a.m. 

Constrained funding has led to 

reduced Operations and Maintenance 

funding within the Corps’ Inland 

Marine Transportation System (IMTS). 

The intended effect of the proposed 

change reduces operational costs and 

aligns lock availability with existing 

levels of lock usage. The Twin Cities 

locks have less than 1000 commercial 

lockages per year. Based on guidance 

adopted by the IMTS Board of Directors, 

locks operating at Service Level 1 

should pass more than 1,000 

commercial lockages per year. Pool 

levels will not be affected by change of 

operating hours. 

DATES: Submit written comments by 

August 30, 2012, to Mr. Kevin 

Baumgard, Deputy Chief, Operations 

Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

180 Fifth Street East, Suite 700, St. Paul, 

MN 55101–1678, or by email at 

kevin.l.baumgard@usace.army.mil. 

Written comments will also be accepted 

at the public meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael Kidby at Corps of Engineers 

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Headquarters in Washington, DC, by 

phone at 202–761–0250. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

meeting: August 7, 2012, from 7:00 p.m. 

to 8:00 p.m. at the Minneapolis Park and 

Recreation Board Headquarters, 2117 

West River Road Minneapolis, MN. 

The legal authority for the regulation 

governing the use, administration, and 

navigation of the Twin Cities locks is 

Section 4 of the River and Harbor Act 

of August 18, 1894 (28 Stat. 362), as 

amended, which is codified at 33 U.S.C. 

Section 1. This statute requires the 

Secretary of the Army to ‘‘prescribe 

such regulations for the use, 

administration, and navigation of the 

navigable waters of the United States’’ 

as the Secretary determines may be 

required by public necessity. Reference 

33 CFR 207.300, Mississippi River 

below mouth of Ohio River, including 

South and Southwest Passes; use, 

administration, and navigation. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–15967 Filed 6–28–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Naval Base Coronado 

Coastal Campus and To Announce 

Public Scoping Meetings 

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 

Regulations, the Department of the Navy 

(DoN) announces its intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

to evaluate the potential environmental 

effects of developing an academic 

campus on Naval Base Coronado (NBC) 

to support the current and future 

operational readiness of personnel with 

the Naval Special Warfare Command 

(NSWC). The proposed campus would 

include a mix of instructional and 

administrative facilities that would 

provide for indoor classroom and 

tactical training instruction, and 

equipment use, maintenance, and 

storage. Specific proposed actions 

within the Coastal Campus proposal are: 

(1) Evaluation of current land use and 

available facilities; (2) augmentation by 

design and construction of new facilities 

to support logistics, equipment use and 

maintenance training, classroom and 

tactical skills instruction, storage, and 

administration; and, (3) design and 

build of related site improvements that 

may include upgraded utilities, fencing, 

roads, and parking. An EIS is 

considered the appropriate document 

for comprehensively analyzing the 

potential environmental impacts of 

implementing this proposed action. 

Dates and Addresses: DoN is 

initiating a 30-day public scoping 

process to identify community interests 

and specific issues to be addressed in 

the EIS. This public scoping process 

starts with the publication of this Notice 

of Intent (NOI). Two public scoping 

meetings will be held to receive oral 

and/or written comments on issues to be 

addressed in the EIS: 

1. Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 6:00 p.m. 

to 8:00 p.m., Marina Vista Community 

Center, 1075 Eighth Street, Imperial 

Beach, California, 91932. 

2. Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 6:00 

p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Winn Room, 

Coronado Public Library, 640 Orange 

Avenue, Coronado, California, 92118. 

Additional information concerning 

meeting times and locations is available 

on the EIS Web site at 

www.nbccoastalcampuseis.com. Public 

scoping meeting dates, times, and 

locations are also being announced in 

the local news media, including a local 

Spanish language newspaper. 

Public scoping meetings will include 

open house sessions, with information 

stations staffed by the DoN 

representatives. Comments, both written 

and oral, will be collected at each of the 

two public scoping meetings, and 

written comments may also be made 

electronically on the project Web site. 

Spanish translation will be available at 

the public meetings and the project Web 

site accommodates Spanish language 

users. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Naval Base Coronado Coastal Campus 

EIS Project Manager, Attn: Ms. Teresa 

Bresler, 2730 McKean Street, Bldg 291, 

San Diego, California 92136. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSWC is 

the maritime component of United 

States Special Operations Command 

(USSOCOM). Based at NAB Coronado, 

California, NSWC’s mission is to 

organize, train, man, equip, educate, 

sustain, maintain combat readiness, and 

deploy Naval Special Warfare (NSW) 

forces to carry out special operations 

missions worldwide. NSW forces 

operate independently or in conjunction 

with other special operations forces 

(SOF), joint forces, allied units, and 

coalition forces. 

NSWC currently conducts 

administrative and extensive logistics 

support, equipment use and 

maintenance training and classroom and 

tactical skills instruction on the Silver 

Strand Training Complex-North (SSTC– 

N) and Silver Strand Training Complex 

South (SSTC–S), Naval Amphibious 

Base (NAB) Coronado, Naval Air Station 

North Island (NASNI), and Naval 

Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach 

(NOLFIB), and Camp Michael Monsoor. 

Although all of the facilities currently 

used by NSWC are located on 

components of NBC, they are overutilized as well as widely dispersed and 

not conveniently co-located. 

To support Congressionally-mandated 

growth of NSWC and to meet its current 

and anticipated mission requirements, 

the DoN is proposing a Coastal Campus 

at NBC. The proposed Coastal Campus 

would support future operational 

readiness by augmenting available 

NSWC facilities and reducing 

fragmentation and space deficiencies, 

while providing an integrated campus 

that accommodates primacy and 

privacy, characteristics of learning 

required for the development of these 

skill sets. 

The proposed Coastal Campus would 

augment the current facilities used by 

NSWC. Specific proposed actions 

within the Coastal Campus proposal are 

as follows. 

(1) Evaluation of current land use and 

available facilities. 

(2) Augmentation by design and 

construction of new facilities to support 

logistics, equipment use and 

maintenance training, classroom and 

tactical skills instruction, storage, and 

administration. 

(3) Design and build of related site 

improvements that may including 

utilities, fencing, roads, and parking. 

Due to the functional linkages and the 

geographic proximity of the 

components, the proposed Coastal 

Campus could be sited at SSTC–S, 

SSTC–N including NAB Coronado, 

NASNI, or NOLFIB, or a combination of 

these locations, all within the footprint 

of NBC. 

Purpose and Need for the Action: The 

Global War on Terror has resulted in 

Congressionally-mandated personnel 

growth and increased training and 

operational readiness requirements for 

NSWC. However, current NSWC 

operational support, classroom and 

tactical skills instruction and 

administrative facilities, primarily 

located at NAB Coronado, are 

inadequate to meet existing and future 

mission requirements. Moreover, 

expansion potential at this location is 

limited. To accommodate NSWC’s 

projected growth requires additional 

logistics and operational support 

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