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1–2 p.m. Task Force 

Recommendation Development Review 

of Legal Support for IDES. 

2–3 p.m. Task Force 

Recommendation Development Review 

of Vocational Training. 

3–3:15 p.m. Break. 

3:15–4:30 p.m. Task Force 

Recommendation Development Review 

of Resources for Reserve Components. 

4:30–5 p.m. Wrap Up. 

Public’s Accessibility to the Meeting: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and the 

availability of space, this meeting is 

open to the public. Seating is on a firstcome basis. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

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

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to the Department of Defense 

Task Force on the Care, Management, 

and Transition of Recovering Wounded, 

Ill, and Injured Members of the Armed 

Forces about its mission and functions. 

If individuals are interested in making 

an oral statement during the Public 

Forum time period, a written statement 

for a presentation of two minutes must 

be submitted (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) and must identify 

it is being submitted for an oral 

presentation by the person making the 

submission. Identification information 

must be provided and at a minimum 

must include a name and a phone 

number. Individuals may visit the Task 

Force Web site at http://dtf.defense.gov/ 

rwtf/ to view the Charter. Individuals 

making presentations will be notified by 

Friday, May 11, 2012. Oral 

presentations will be permitted only on 

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 from 8–8:30 

a.m. EDT before the Task Force. The 

number of oral presentations will not 

exceed ten, with one minute of 

questions available to the Task Force 

members per presenter. Presenters 

should not exceed their two minutes. 

Written statements in which the 

author does not wish to present orally 

may be submitted at any time or in 

response to the stated agenda of a 

planned meeting of the Department of 

Defense Task Force on the Care, 

Management, and Transition of 

Recovering Wounded, Ill, and Injured 

Members of the Armed Forces. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Task Force through the 

contact information in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT, and this 

individual will ensure that the written 

statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Statements, either oral or written, 

being submitted in response to the 

agenda mentioned in this notice must be 

received by the Designated Federal 

Officer at the address listed in FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT no later 

than 5 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, May 9, 

2012 which is the subject of this notice. 

Statements received after this date may 

not be provided to or considered by the 

Task Force until its next meeting. Please 

mark mail correspondence as ‘‘Time 

Sensitive for May Meeting.’’ 

The Designated Federal Officer will 

review all timely submissions with the 

Task Force Co-Chairs and ensure they 

are provided to all members of the Task 

Force before the meeting that is the 

subject of this notice. 

Reasonable accommodations will be 

made for those individuals with 

disabilities who request them. Requests 

for additional services should be 

directed to Heather Jane Moore, (703) 

325–6640, by 5 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, 

May 9, 2012. 

Dated: April 16, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9493 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Air Force 

GPS Satellite Simulator Working Group 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: The United States Air Force. 

ACTION: Meeting Notice. 

SUMMARY: This meeting notice is to 

inform the public that the Global 

Positioning Systems (GPS) Directorate 

will be hosting an open GPS Satellite 

Simulator Working Group (SSWG) 

meeting for manufacturers of GPS 

constellation simulators utilized by the 

federal government on 17 May 2012 

from 0730–1600 (Pacific Standard 

Time). The purpose of this meeting is to 

disseminate information about GPS 

simulators, discuss current and on-going 

efforts related to simulators and form a 

functioning GPS Satellite Simulator 

Working Group with industry and 

government participation. 

The GPS Satellite Simulator Working 

Group is open to any current 

manufacturer of GPS constellation 

satellite simulators who supply 

products to the Department of Defense. 

Please note that participants must 

possess a SECRET clearance to attend. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: We 

request that you register for this event 

no later than 8 May 2012. Please send 

the registration to 

justin.deifel@losangeles.af.mil and 

wayne.urubio@losangeles.af.mil and 

provide your name, organization, 

telephone number, address and security 

clearance information. 

Wayne T. Urubio, 

2nd Lieutenant, USAF, SMC/GPE, MUE Test 

Manager. 

Henry Williams, Jr., 

DAF, Acting Air Force Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9556 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for a 

20-Year Dredged Material Management 

Plan for the Atlantic Intracoastal 

Waterway from Port Royal Sound, 

South Carolina, to the Georgia-Florida 

Stateline 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The U. S. Army Corps of 

Engineers is the lead Federal agency for 

an evaluation of the maintenance 

dredging of the Atlantic Intracoastal 

Waterway (AIWW) from Port Royal 

Sound, South Carolina, southward to 

the Georgia-Florida state line. The 

Corps’ Savannah District intends to 

prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS) to analyze the impacts 

of the maintenance dredging of this 

portion of the AIWW, including 

disposal of dredged materials. The DEIS 

will update the project’s 1976 EIS and 

will analyze the impacts that have 

occurred from periodic dredging events 

since 1976 to provide a baseline for 

evaluating projected impacts from 

implementing a new Dredged Material 

Management Plan (DMMP) over the next 

20 years. The DEIS will evaluate the 

anticipated 20-year dredging needs and 

alternative disposal options, including 

using existing upland confined disposal 

areas and Ocean Dredged Material 

Disposal Sites (ODMDS), establishing 

new ODMDS, constructing new upland 

confined disposal areas, constructing 

confining structures on existing marsh 

disposal areas, and using open water 

disposal areas. In accordance with 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act, the Corps of 

Engineers hereby notifies the public that 

it is beginning preparation of a DEIS. 


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DATES: Questions or written comments 

about the proposed action and DEIS 

should be provided by May 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to Mr. 

Charles W. Seyle, US Army Corps of 

Engineers, Savannah District, ATTN: 

PD, Post Office Box 889, Savannah, GA 

31402 or email: CESASPD.SAS@usace.army.mil. This Notice of 

Intent will be available on the internet 

at: http://www.sas.usace.army.mil/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Charles W. Seyle at 912–652–6017. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background. The AIWW between 

Savannah, Georgia, and Fernandina, 

Florida, was initially authorized by the 

Congress in 1882. The River and Harbor 

Act of 1937 provided for a 7-foot 

protected route around St. Andrew 

Sound, Georgia, and for a 12-foot 

channel between Beaufort, South 

Carolina and Savannah, Georgia. In 

1938, a 12-foot channel was authorized 

between Savannah and Fernandina, 

Florida. The widths of the AIWW were 

to be 90 feet in land cuts and 150 feet 

in open waters. In addition to providing 

for the 12-foot channel between 

Beaufort and Fernandina, Congress 

imposed upon local interests the 

responsibility to furnish all lands or 

easements necessary for the 7-foot St. 

Andrews Sound channel and all 

necessary rights-of-way and dredged 

sediment disposal areas for new work 

and subsequent maintenance of the 12- 

foot channel between Beaufort and 

Fernandina. Work on the 12-foot 

channel between Beaufort and 

Fernandina was completed in 1941. 

Savannah District, US Army Corps of 

Engineers records provide historical 

dredging information between 1942 and 

2011. These records show that many of 

the 36 defined AIWW reaches from Port 

Royal Sound, South Carolina, and the 

Georgia-Florida border are naturally 

12 feet deep or deeper and have not 

required dredging since construction of 

the waterway in the 1940s. Twenty of 

the reaches require periodic dredging, 

and of these, five require dredging every 

1 to 5 years. The southernmost Georgia 

reach is located near the U.S. Naval 

Submarine Base at Kings Bay, Georgia, 

and the Navy is responsible for 

maintaining this reach. Consequently, 

no Corps action will be analyzed in the 

DEIS for that reach. 

During previous dredging events 

along several reaches of the AIWW, 

dredged material that was primarily 

fine-grained silt was pumped onto 

unconfined saltmarsh disposal sites or 

into existing confined saltmarsh 

disposal sites. Material that was 

primarily coarse-grained sand was 

deposited in approved open-water 

disposal areas. State natural resource 

agencies have requested that the Corps 

discontinue placement of fine-grained 

dredged material on unconfined 

saltmarsh sites. The proposed DEIS 

would examine unconfined sediment 

placement on saltmarsh sites and 

identify locations where it would no 

longer be used and where its use may 

still be the least damaging practicable 

disposal method. The DMMP proposes 

to use a combination of new and 

existing disposal sites, open-water 

placement of sandy dredged material, 

and ODMDS for disposal of AIWW 

dredged material over the next 20 years. 

The DEIS will examine a wide range 

of environmental resource areas 

including, but not limited to, air quality, 

traffic, noise, biological resources, 

cultural resources, socio-economic 

resources, wetlands, land use, 

hazardous and toxic substances, and 

cumulative environmental effects. 

Significant issues to be analyzed in 

the DEIS will include potential impacts 

to water quality, marine and estuarine 

resources, wetlands, endangered 

species, cultural resources, commercial 

maritime interests, and recreational 

boating. Additional resources and 

conditions may be identified as a result 

of the scoping process initiated by this 

Notice of Intent (NOI). 

All reasonable alternatives will be 

analyzed in the DEIS. The range of 

alternatives will include, but are not 

limited to: 

• No Action (status quo); 

• Use existing confined dredged 

material containment areas; 

• Use existing Ocean Dredged 

Material Disposal Sites; 

• Establish new Ocean Dredged 

Material Disposal Sites; 

• Construct new confined dredged 

material containment areas. 

The DMMP will identify disposal 

alternatives for several of the critical 

reaches and the impacts of each of these 

alternatives will be analyzed in the 

DEIS. As a result of information 

developed during the DEIS scoping 

process, other alternatives may be 

considered. The DEIS will analyze each 

alternative’s impact on the natural and 

cultural environments along the AIWW 

and the surrounding area. Mitigation 

measures to avoid or reduce 

environmental impacts will also be 

considered in the DEIS. The DEIS is 

presently scheduled for release in 

Summer 2012. However, this date may 

change. Notification of the availability 

of the document will be published in 

the Federal Register and local 

newspapers. 

Scoping Process: The Corps of 

Engineers invites tribal, federal, state 

and local agencies and the public to 

participate in the scoping process for 

preparation of the DEIS. The scoping 

process will help identify additional 

reasonable alternatives, potential 

environmental impacts, and key issues 

of concern to be analyzed in the DEIS. 

Dated: April 13, 2012. 

William G. Bailey, 

Chief, Planning Division, Savannah District, 

US Army Corps of Engineers. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9578 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Public Hearing and Notice of 

Availability for the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Proposed 

Widening of the Pascagoula Lower 

Sound/Bayou Casotte Channel, 

Jackson County, MS 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: On April 6, 2011, the Jackson 

County Port Authority (JCPA) submitted 

an application to the U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers (Corps), Mobile District, 

Mississippi Department of 

Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and the 

Mississippi Department of Marine 

Resources (MDMR) for authorization to 

impact wetlands and other waters of the 

United States associated with the 

proposed widening of the Pascagoula 

Lower Sound/Bayou Casotte Channel 

(the proposed project). The proposed 

project is located in the Pascagoula 

Lower Sound/Bayou Casotte, 

Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi 

(Latitude 30.365° North, Longitude 

88.556° West). The Corps prepared a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) to assess the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

the proposed project. The proposed 

project is the dredging of approximately 

38,200 feet (7.2 miles) of the existing 

Pascagoula Lower Sound/Bayou Casotte 

Channel segment to widen the channel 

from the Federally authorized width of 

350 feet and depth of ¥42 feet mean 

lower low water (MLLW) (with 2 feet of 

allowable over-depth and 2 feet of 

advanced maintenance) to a width of 

450 feet, parallel to the existing channel 

centerline and to the existing Federally 

authorized depth of ¥42 feet MLLW. 

The proposed project would include the 

placement of approximately 3.35 


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