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regtour.htm, or contact Ms. Sharon 

Barnett, at (910) 251–4555, to receive 

written or CD copies of the Final EIS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and FEIS can be directed to Mr. Raleigh 

Bland, Project Manager, Regulatory 

Division, telephone: (910) 251–4564. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Project Description. The project site 

is located off NC Highway 12, adjacent 

to the Atlantic Ocean, in the Town of 

Nags Head, Dare County, NC. The 

proposed project totals approximately 

10 miles of ocean shoreline beginning 

approximately 1 mile from the town’s 

northern limit and extending south to 

the town line adjacent to the Cape 

Hatteras National Seashore. The 

proposed borrow area is located in the 

Atlantic Ocean approximately 2–3 miles 

offshore of the project site. The Town of 

Nags Head encompasses approximately 

11 miles of ocean shoreline on a barrier 

island located at the northern end of 

North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The 

width of the berm of the island’s dune 

system varies considerably with 

location along the town’s beach and 

with the season. Along most of the 

project area, the winter berm is nonexistent due to continuing erosion 

processes. Dune habitat is currently 

decreasing due to excessive erosion of 

the base or toe of the dunes by waves 

that travel unimpeded over eroded wet 

beach to directly impact dunes. The 

Town of Nags Head proposes to 

excavate 4.6 million cubic yards of 

beach-quality sediment from an offshore 

borrow source, and deposit the material 

along approximately 10 miles of ocean 

shoreline owned by the Town of Nags 

Head. 

2. Proposed Action. The purpose of 

the proposed action is to nourish the 

Town of Nags Head’s ocean shoreline to 

restore a protective beach, replace sand 

lost during the period of delay in the 

implementation of the federal Dare 

County Hurricane Protection and Beach 

Erosion Control Project (USACE 2000), 

and to help preserve property values 

and the tax base of Dare County. 

The proposed borrow area includes 

portions of offshore areas identified by 

the Corps of Engineers in the 2000 

Federal Dare County Project. The 

anticipated optimal equipment for 

excavations will include ocean-certified, 

self-contained hopper dredges. Such 

equipment typically excavates shallow 

trenches (approximately 2–3 foot 

sections) in each pass (leaving narrow 

undisturbed areas at the margin of each 

cut), then travels to a buoyed pipeline 

anchored close to shore. Discharge to 

the beach is via submerged pipeline 

across the surf zone, then by way of 

shore-based pipe positioned along the 

dry beach. Only a small area of the 

Corps borrow area will be required to 

provide up to 4.6 million cubic yards of 

beach quality material. The applicant is 

coordinating the specific area for use in 

the proposed project with the Corps 

with the following understanding: (1) 

The final borrow area required for the 

emergency beach nourishment project 

can be limited to the equivalent of a 0.9 

square-mile (approximately 575 acres) 

area, (2) the borrow area used will be 

contiguous rather than a series of small 

impact areas, (3) once used, the borrow 

area will no longer be available for use, 

consistent with the Dare County Project, 

and (4) the borrow area will be 

delineated so as to avoid ongoing 

biological monitoring stations 

established by the Corps in connection 

with the Dare County Project. The 

project will be built in approximate 1– 

2 mile sections, optimizing the 

disposition of pipeline. Sections will be 

pumped into place with the aid of 

temporary dikes pushed up by 

bulldozers in the surf zone. Daily 

operations will impact approximately 

500–1,000 linear feet of shoreline as 

work progresses in either direction from 

the submerged pipeline. Upon 

completion of a section, the submerged 

pipe and beach-building equipment will 

be shifted to the next section. As 

construction progresses, sections will be 

graded to final contours, dressed to 

eliminate low areas, and opened for use 

by the public. Support equipment will 

be shifted out of completed sections as 

soon as practicable, so that construction 

activities in a particular reach will not 

disrupt normal beach use for only a 

month or so at any locality. The finished 

sections will be allowed to adjust to 

natural processes for several months. 

The final process will include the 

placement of dune fencing and/or dune 

plantings as needed or required. 

4. Alternatives. An extensive 

alternatives analysis was performed and 

reviewed for this project. This included 

the evaluation of a no action alternative; 

a retreat and relocate alternative; and 

the preferred alternative. Many 

alternatives were identified and 

evaluated through the scoping process, 

and further detailed descriptions of all 

alternatives is disclosed in Section 5.0 

of the Final EIS. 

5. Scoping Process. A public scoping 

meeting was held on April 28, 2009 and 

public and agency comments were 

solicited for input in the preparation of 

the Draft and Final EIS. The scoping 

meeting was well attended by the 

public, as well as representatives from 

local, state, and federal governmental 

agencies. 

The COE coordinated closely with the 

North Carolina Division of Coastal 

Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, and the National Marine 

Fisheries Service in the development of 

the Final EIS to ensure the process 

complies with State Environmental 

Policy Act (SEPA) requirements, as well 

as the NEPA requirements. The Final 

EIS has been designed to consolidate 

both NEPA and SEPA processes. The 

State of North Carolina has issued a 401 

Water Quality Certification Permit and a 

Coastal Zone Consistency Determination 

in the form of a Coastal Area 

Management Act Permit. 

Dated: June 17, 2010. 

Jefferson M. Ryscavage, 

Colonel, U.S. Army, District Commander. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Corps of Engineers 

[ID SPK–2009–00511] 

Notice of Availability of Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Sunridge Properties in the 

Sunridge Specific Plan Area, in 

Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County, 

CA 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Sacramento District, (Corps) 

has prepared a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze 

programmatically the direct, indirect 

and cumulative effects associated with 

six residential development projects in 

the Sunridge Specific Plan area in 

Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County, 

CA. 

The purpose of the Draft EIS is to 

provide decision-makers and the public 

with information pertaining to the 

Proposed Action and alternatives, and 

to disclose environmental impacts and 

identify mitigation measures to reduce 

impacts. The Proposed Action is the 

construction of the six projects 

(collectively, the ‘‘Sunridge Properties’’) 

which would require the filling of 

approximately 29.7 acres of waters of 

the United States, including wetlands. 

The EIS is being prepared as part of 

ongoing litigation concerning 

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by the Corps between 2005 and 2007 for 

five of the projects and a pending permit 

decision for the sixth. A stay in the 

litigation is in place while the Corps 

reevaluates the impacts of the projects 

through preparation of the EIS. 

The Draft EIS was prepared in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended, and the Corps’ 

regulations for NEPA implementation at 

33 Code of Federal Regulations parts 

230 and 325 Appendix B. The Corps is 

the lead Federal agency responsible for 

complying with NEPA and information 

contained in the EIS serves as the basis 

for decisions regarding issuance of a 

Department of the Army permits. 

DATES: Comments on the Draft EIS must 

be submitted to the Corps by August 15, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments to Michael Jewell, Chief of 

the Regulatory Division, U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, 

1325 J Street, Room 1480, Sacramento, 

CA 95814–2922. You may also e-mail 

your comments to 

michael.s.jewell@usace.army.mil. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Jewell, (916) 557–6605, e-mail: 

michael.s.jewell@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Sunridge Specific Plan area is a masterplanned area consisting of nine 

residential and commercial 

developments located in eastern Rancho 

Cordova, Sacramento County, CA. The 

Specific Plan, which was originally 

approved by the County of Sacramento 

in 2002, is part of a larger planning 

effort in the City of Rancho Cordova 

called the Sunrise-Douglas Community 

Plan. Three of the nine projects in the 

Sunridge Specific Plan area have been 

built. The Proposed Action is the 

construction of the remaining six 

projects in the Specific Plan area. 

Collectively, these six projects are 

referred to as the Sunridge Properties. 

The overall purpose of the action is to 

construct a large residential 

development, including supporting 

infrastructure, in southeastern 

Sacramento County, California. 

Between 2005 and 2007, the Corps 

completed Environmental Assessments, 

made Findings of No Significant Impact, 

and issued permits for five of the six 

Sunridge Specific Plan Projects. The 

permitted projects are Anatolia IV, 

Sunridge Village J, Grantline 208, 

Douglas Road 98, and Douglas Road 

103. A permit decision has not been 

rendered for the sixth of the Sunridge 

Specific Plan Projects, Arista Del Sol. 

1. The Anatolia IV project received a 

DA permit (ID: SPK–1994–00210) from 

Corps on October 2, 2006. It is located 

on a 24-acre site south of Douglas Road 

and adjacent to the west side of Jaeger 

Road. The project involves filling 

approximately 1.4 acres of waters of the 

U.S., including wetlands, to construct 

134 houses, roadways, and other 

infrastructure. As compensation for the 

loss of waters, the permittee purchased 

1.4 acres of vernal pool creation credits 

at the Laguna Terrace Mitigation Bank, 

and purchased 2.7 credits of 

preservation credits from the Anatolia 

Preserve to satisfy U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS) requirements, 

and 2.7 credits at Gill Ranch to satisfy 

Corps requirements. No on-site preserve 

area is proposed. The permittee for this 

project is the Sunridge, LLC. 

2. The Sunridge Village J project 

received a DA permit (ID: SPK–2001– 

00230) from Corps on October 24, 2006. 

It is located on an 81.3-acre site in the 

southwest corner of the intersection 

formed by Douglas Road and Jaeger 

Road. The project involves filling 

approximately 3.0 acres of waters of the 

U.S., including wetlands, to construct 

369 houses, roadways, and other 

infrastructure. No on-site preserve area 

is proposed. As compensation for the 

loss of waters, the permittee paid for the 

creation of 3.4 acres of vernal pools and 

the preservation of functioning wetland 

habitat. The Corps’ required mitigation 

action has been completed. The USFWS 

Biological Opinion concluded that the 

project would adversely affect 

approximately 2.49 acres of vernal pool 

habitat, 1.88 acres directly and 0.36 

acres indirectly. As mitigation the 

USFWS identified preserving 9.96 acres 

at Bryte Ranch Conservation Bank and 

creating 2.10 acres of vernal pool and 

seasonal wetland habitat. The permittee 

for this project is Cresleigh Homes. 

3. The Grantline 208 project received 

a DA permit (ID: SPK–1994–00365) on 

October 25, 2006. It is located on a 211- 

acre site in the southeast corner of the 

intersection formed by Douglas Road 

and Grant Line Road. As part of the 

project, approximately 5.7 acres of 

waters of the U.S., including wetlands, 

would be filled to construct 855 houses, 

roadways, and other infrastructure. The 

permittee proposes to preserve 68.1 

acres of wetlands within its property. 

Compensatory mitigation identified in 

the DA permit is the restoration and/or 

creation of 6.2 acres of vernal pool 

habitat off-site. This action has not been 

taken, but it is expected to occur within 

the Gill Ranch Open Space Preserve, a 

10,400-acre preserve in eastern 

Sacramento County. The USFWS 

Biological Opinion concluded that the 

project would adversely affect 

approximately 5.55 acres directly and 

0.45 acres indirectly of vernal pool 

habitat. To mitigate for this loss, the 

USFWS instructed the permittee to 

preserve 11.55 acres of vernal pool 

habitat at either the Town Center 

Property or Anatolia Conservation Bank, 

and to create 6.0 acres of vernal pool 

crustacean habitat. The permittee for 

this project is Grantline Investors, LLC. 

4. The Douglas Road 98 project 

received a DA permit (ID: SPK–2002– 

00568) on May 31, 2006. It is located on 

a 105-acre site south of Douglas Road 

and adjacent to the west side of Grant 

Line Road. As part of the project, 

approximately 3.9 acres of waters of the 

U.S., including wetlands, would be 

filled to construct 693 houses, 

roadways, and other infrastructure. No 

on-site preserve area is proposed. To 

compensate for the loss of waters, 3.9 

acres of wetland habitat would be 

constructed or created off-site. This 

action has not been taken; but is 

expected to occur within Gill Ranch 

Open Space Preserve, a 10,400-acre 

preserve in eastern Sacramento County. 

The USFWS Biological Opinion 

concluded that the project would 

adversely affect 3.70 acres of vernal pool 

habitat. To mitigate for this loss, the 

permittee is required to preserve either 

7.8 acres of vernal pool crustacean 

habitat at the Anatolia preserve or 15.6 

acres at Borden Ranch, and create 3.91 

acres at the Silva Consolidated 

Conservation Bank. The permittee for 

this project is Woodside Homes. 

5. The Douglas Road 103 project 

received a DA permit (ID: SPK–1997– 

00006) on June 18, 2007. It is located on 

a 106-acre site adjacent to the south side 

of Douglas Road and west of Grant Line 

Road. As part of the project, 

approximately 2.0 acres of waters of the 

U.S., including wetlands, would be 

filled to construct 301 houses, 

roadways, and other infrastructure. The 

permittee proposes to preserve 44 acres 

of wetlands on-site. Compensatory 

mitigation identified in the DA permit 

but not yet implemented includes 

restoring or creating 7.3 acres of vernal 

pool habitat and preserving 5.9 acres of 

vernal pool habitat off-site. Mitigation is 

expected to occur within Gill Ranch 

Open Space Preserve, a 10,400-acre 

preserve in eastern Sacramento County. 

In the Biological Opinion, the USFWS 

concluded that the project would 

directly affect 1.97 and indirectly affect 

2.91 acres of vernal pool crustacean 

habitat. To mitigate for this loss, the 

USFWS directed the permittee to restore 

4.88 acres of vernal pool habitat. The 

permittee for this project is Douglas 

Grantline 103 Investors, LLC. 

6. The Arista del Sol project (ID: SPK– 

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site south of Douglas Road and adjacent 

to the west side of Grant Line Road. The 

applicant proposes to fill approximately 

13.9 acres of waters of the U.S., 

including wetlands, to construct 906 

houses, roadways, and other 

infrastructure. The permittee proposes 

to preserve 42 acres of wetlands on-site. 

According to the Biological Opinion 

issued for the project, approximately 12 

acres of wetland habitat would be 

created and 22.5 acres of wetland 

habitat preservation would occur offsite. Mitigation is expected to occur 

within Gill Ranch Open Space Preserve, 

a 10,400-acre preserve in eastern 

Sacramento County. The applicant for 

this project is Pappas Investments. 

The Draft EIS includes an evaluation 

of a reasonable range of alternatives. 

The Draft EIS considers several on-site 

and off-site alternatives. Three 

alternatives were carried through for 

detailed analysis: (1) The no action 

alternative, (2) the proposed action (the 

applicants’ preferred projects), and (3) a 

reduced footprint alternative. The no 

action alternative is limited to 

development in uplands, avoiding all 

waters of the United States. The reduced 

development footprint alternative 

involves less development with fewer 

impacts to waters of the United States. 

Comments on the Draft EIS must be 

submitted to the Corps by August 15, 

2010. The public and affected Federal, 

State, and local agencies, Native 

American Tribes, and other 

organizations and parties are invited to 

comment. Electronic copies of the Draft 

EIS may be found on the Corps’ Web 

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

organizations/cespk-co/regulatory/EISs/ 

EIS-index.html. A hard copy of the Draft 

EIS will be available for review at the 

Corps office during normal business 

hours. To view the hard copy, please 

contact Michael Jewell to schedule a 

time to visit the Corps office. 

The Corps will also hold two public 

meetings for the Draft EIS. The meetings 

will be held on July 27, 2010, with the 

first from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and the 

second from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The 

location of the meetings is at the Rancho 

Cordova City Hall, 2729 Prospect Park 

Drive, American River Room—South, 

Rancho Cordova, CA 95670. Interested 

parties can provide oral and written 

comments at these meetings. 

In addition to notices in the Federal 

Register, the Corps will issue public 

notices advising interested parties of the 

availability of the Draft EIS and Final 

EIS. Interested parties may register for 

the Corps’ public notices at: http:// 

www.spk.usace.army.mil/organizations/ 

cespk-co/regulatory/pnlist.html. 

Dated: June 22, 2010. 

Thomas C. Chapman, 

Colonel, Corps of Engineers, District Engineer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Army Science Board Plenary 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 Science 

Board (ASB). 

Date(s) of Meeting: July 21, 2010. 

Time(s) of Meeting: 0800–1330. 

Location: Beckman Center, 100 

Academy, Irvine, CA 92617. 

Purpose: Adopt the findings and 

recommendations for phase one of the 

following studies: Strengthening 

Sustainability and Resiliency of a 

Future Force, Tactical Non-cooperative 

Biometric Systems and Soldier 

Resilience and Performance 

Sustainment. 

Purposed Agenda: 

Wednesday 21 July: 

0800–0930 Study results for 

Strengthening Sustainability and 

Resiliency of a Future Force are 

presented to the ASB. The ASB 

deliberates and votes to adopt the 

findings and recommendations on the 

first phase of the study. 

0930–0945 Break. 

0945–1115 Study results for the 

Tactical Non-Cooperative Biometric 

Systems are presented to the ASB. The 

ASB deliberates and votes to adopt the 

findings and recommendations on the 

first phase of the study. 

1115–1200 Lunch Break for the ASB 

Members. 

1200–1330 Study results for Soldier 

Resilience and Performance 

Sustainment are presented to the ASB. 

The ASB deliberates and votes to adopt 

the findings and recommendations on 

the first phase of the study. 

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information please contact Mr. Justin 

Bringhurst at 

justin.bringhurst@us.army.mil or (703) 

604–7468 or Carolyn German at 

carolyn.t.german@us.army.mil or (703) 

604–7490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Meetings of the Naval Research 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of closed meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Naval Research Advisory 

Committee (NRAC) will meet from July 

19–23, 2010, and July 26–30, 2010, to 

discuss materials presented at the NRAC 

Summer Study. All sessions on 

Monday, July 19, 2010, and the 

Executive Sessions led by Panel Chair 

and Vice Chair from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. 

on July 20–23, 2010, will be open to the 

public. The sessions from 8:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m. on July 20–23, 2010, and all of 

the sessions on July 26–30, 2010, will be 

closed to the public. The closed sessions 

will be devoted to discussions and 

technical examination of classified 

information, For Official Use Only 

(FOUO) information, and vendor 

proprietary briefings related to the 

study: ‘‘Status and Future of Naval 

Research & Development Enterprise.’’ 

These closed session discussions will 

assess the current technical core 

competencies of the Warfare Centers 

employed by the Systems Commands 

(SYSCOMs) and Program Executive 

Offices (PEOs) (as well as the 

stewardship provided for those 

competencies and the technical core 

competencies that are provided by the 

Navy University Affiliated Research 

Centers (UARCs)); will consider the 

technical quality of the workforce and 

physical infrastructure; will review 

proprietary information regarding 

technology applications and systems 

under development in the private sector 

between competing companies; will 

assess emerging concepts of operations 

in each of these areas and evaluate 

appropriate options in such areas as: 

Personnel, training, R&D funding 

allocation, technology monitoring, 

progress assessments, probable time 

frames for transformation and 

implementation; and will assess 

challenges with the utilization and 

fielding of various technology 

applications. 


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