Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 107 / Friday, June 3, 2011 / Notices 32147 

Matter To Be Considered 

Compliance Status Report 

The Commission staff will brief the 

Commission on the status of compliance 

matters. 

For a recorded message containing the 

latest agenda information, call (301) 

504–7948. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Todd A. Stevenson, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 

504–7923. 

Dated: June 1, 2011. 

Todd A. Stevenson, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–13894 Filed 6–1–11; 4:15 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the St. Lucie South Beach and Dune 

Restoration Project Located in St. 

Lucie County, Florida 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

DoD. 

Cooperating Agency: The Bureau of 

Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation 

and Enforcement (BOEMRE) is a 

cooperating federal agency having 

jurisdiction by law because the 

proposed federal action includes 

potential future use of beach compatible 

sand originating from the outer 

continental shelf. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) is issuing this notice 

to advise the public that a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 

has been completed and is available for 

review and comment. 

DATES: In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), we 

have filed the DEIS with the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

for publication of their notice of 

availability in the Federal Register. The 

EPA notice officially starts the 45-day 

review period for this document. It is 

the goal of the USACE to have this 

notice published on the same date as the 

EPA notice. However, if that does not 

occur, the date of the EPA notice will 

determine the closing date for 

comments on the DEIS. Comments on 

the DEIS must be submitted to the 

address below under Further Contact 

Information and must be received no 

later than 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 

Monday, July 18, 2011. 

Scoping: A Scoping Meeting was held 

in Ft. Pierce, FL on May 19th to gather 

information for the preparation of the 

DEIS. A Public notice was posted in a 

St. Lucie County newspaper, and mailed 

to current stakeholder lists with 

notification of the public meetings and 

requesting input and comments on 

issues that should be addressed in the 

DEIS. 

A public meeting for this DEIS will be 

held on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 from 

6 to 8:30 p.m. at the St. Lucie County 

Commission Chambers, Roger Poitras 

Administration Annex, 2300 Virginia 

Ave., Ft. Pierce, FL 34982. The purpose 

of this public meeting is to provide the 

public the opportunity to comment, 

either orally or in writing, on the DEIS. 

Notification of the meeting will be 

announced following same format as the 

Scoping Meetings announcements. 

ADDRESSES: The DEIS is available online 

on the Jacksonville District Web site at: 

http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/ 

Divisions/Regulatory/interest.htm. 

Copies of the DEIS are also available for 

review at the following libraries: 

1. St. Lucie County Administration 

Building, 2300 Virginia Ave., Fort 

Pierce, FL 34982. 

2. St. Lucie County Ft. Pierce Branch 

Library 101 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce, 

34950. 

3. St. Lucie County Lakewood Park 

Branch Library 7605 Santa Barbara 

Drive, Fort Pierce, 34951. 

4. St. Lucie West Library J Building, 

500 N.W. California Blvd., Port St. 

Lucie, 34986. 

5. USACE Palm Beach Gardens 

Regulatory Office, 4400 PGA Boulevard, 

Suite 500 Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 

33410. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Leah Oberlin, Chief, Palm Beach 

Gardens Section, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Jacksonville District, 4400 

PGA Boulevard, Suite 500, Palm Beach 

Gardens, FL 33410, Telephone: 561– 

472–3517, Fax: 561–626–6971. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

project is being reviewed under 

Department of the Army permit 

application number SAJ–2009– 

03448(IP–GGL). The primary Federal 

involvement associated with the 

Proposed Action is the dredging and 

discharge of fill within navigable waters 

of the United States pursuant to Section 

404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 

1344) and Section 10 of the Rivers and 

Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403). 

The project is located on South 

Hutchinson Island in St. Lucie County 

and is approximately 3.8 miles in 

length. The project coincides 

approximately with Florida Department 

of Environmental Protection Shoreline 

Monuments R–88.5 to R–90.3, and R–98 

to the St. Lucie/Martin County line. The 

northern limit of the project is 

approximately 6,000 feet south of the 

Hutchinson Island Nuclear Plant. The 

project was proposed by the St. Lucie 

County Erosion District (applicant) to 

stabilize the beach and dune to protect 

essential upland infrastructure, upland 

property, expand turtle nesting habitat, 

and increase recreational opportunities. 

The applicant’s preference is to utilize 

a hopper dredge to obtain 610,000 cubic 

yards of beach compatible sand from a 

borrow area approximately 3.0 miles 

offshore of St. Lucie County. The 

hopper dredge would deliver the sand 

by hydraulic pumping onto the project 

beach. The applicant has stated the 

project was anticipated to adversely 

affect approximately 1.08 acres of nearshore hard bottom habitat through direct 

burial. 

Because of the extensive hard bottom 

resources immediately adjacent to the 

beach, the high recreational uses of the 

project area, and the potential 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

project, the USACE is preparing the EIS 

for compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to 

render a final decision on the 

applicant’s permit application. The 

USACE’s decision will be to either issue 

or deny a Department of the Army 

permit for the Proposed Action. The 

DEIS discloses alternatives to the 

proposed action, and the anticipated 

environmental effects on the human 

environment resulting from St. Lucie 

County Erosion Districts’ proposal to 

construct the project and other 

reasonable alternatives. 

The DEIS reviews the purpose and 

need for this project. All reasonable 

alternatives will be considered, 

including the no-action alternative. This 

DEIS evaluates the environmental 

effects of 7 alternatives including the 

applicant’s preferred alternative 

described above, 5 additional 

alternatives that include varying degrees 

of beach and/or dune fill and 

hardbottom impacts, an alternative that 

includes beach and dune fill with 

stabilization structures (T-head groins), 

and the no-action alternative. 

Dated: May 24, 2011. 

Donald W. Kinard, 

Deputy Chief, Regulatory Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–13836 Filed 6–2–11; 8:45 am] 

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