Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 187 / Thursday, September 26, 2024 / Notices 78851 

Dated: September 23, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22103 Filed 9–25–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Withdrawal of Notice of Intent (NOI) To 

Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement for Modification of the 

Bayou Lafourche and Lafourche-Jump 

Waterway, Louisiana, Navigation 

Channel Project in Lafourche Parish 

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) is issuing this notice 

to advise Federal, State, and local 

governmental agencies, and the public 

that USACE is withdrawing the notice 

of intent (NOI) for the preparation of the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for Modification of the Bayou Lafourche 

and Lafourche-Jump Waterway, 

Louisiana, Navigation Channel Project 

in Lafourche Parish, which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 23, 2016. The Nonfederal 

Sponsor, the Greater Lafourche Port 

Commission, drafted an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) and Feasibility 

Report, which was submitted to the 

ASA–CW. In 2020, their EIS had an 

addendum to adjust the controlling 

depth of the Bayou Lafourche Waterway 

Federal navigation channel at Port 

Fourchon, Louisiana, to an engineering, 

economic and environmentally feasible 

depth and extend the main access 

channel to the natural contour of the 

Gulf of Mexico at the optimum depth. 

Since then, there has been a reduction 

of scope which involves less impacts 

than was anticipated at the time of the 

NOI, resulting in moving to an 

Environmental Assessment. 

DATES: The notice of intent to prepare 

an EIS published in the Federal Register 

on November 23, 2016 (81 FR 84562), is 

withdrawn as of September 26, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Department of the Army, 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New 

Orleans District, 7400 Leake Avenue, 

New Orleans, LA 70118–3651. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the withdrawal of the 

Notice of Intent can be directed to 

Jordan Logarbo, (504) 862–1158 at 

Jordan.r.logarbo@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

reduction in scope includes the 

following: an adjustment of the 

proposed dredge depth from the 

previous proposed maximum dredge 

depth of ¥50 ft mean lower low water 

(MLLW) to a proposed elevation of ¥30 

ft MLLW for the inland reach plus 3 ft 

of advanced maintenance and to ¥32 ft 

MLLW for the offshore reach plus 4 ft 

of advanced maintenance, and the 

proposed channel deepening would not 

require an increase in channel width. 

The disposal area has also been changed 

from a marsh creation project to 

nearshore disposal on the west and east 

sides of the jetties. 

The existing maintenance project was 

authorized for a navigation channel 300 

ft wide with an elevation of ¥24 ft 

MLLW on the inland reach for mile 3.4 

to Mile 0.0 and to an elevation of ¥26 

ft MLLW for the offshore reach from 

Mile 0.0 to Mile ¥1.3. The Port 

Fourchon Federal navigation channel 

has been maintained by USACE within 

the proposed action dimensions and 

alignment. 

The Federal proposed plan includes 

deepening and maintenance of the Port 

Fourchon Federal navigation channel 

which was considered through a 50-year 

period of analysis. The proposed 

dredging would start at approximately 

Station 0+00 and end at approximately 

Station 330+00. Deepening would be 

achieved by the same dredging 

operation that is currently used for 

maintenance. The existing maintenance 

project was authorized by WRDA 1996 

for a navigation channel 300 ft wide 

with an elevation of ¥24 ft MLLW on 

the inland reach for mile 3.4 to Mile 0.0 

and to an elevation of ¥26 ft MLLW for 

the offshore reach from Mile 0.0 to Mile 

¥1.3. The proposed action would 

dredge the Federal navigation channel 

to an elevation of ¥30 ft MLLW for the 

inland reach plus 3 ft of advanced 

maintenance and to ¥32 ft MLLW for 

the offshore reach plus 4 ft of advanced 

maintenance. The proposed action 

follows the alignment of the existing 

maintenance project and extends to the 

newly authorized limits following the 

natural contour of the Gulf of Mexico. 

Dredging would be accomplished with a 

hydraulic cutter-head dredge and 

material excavated would be 

transported to two (2) sites in a slurry 

via pipeline. The two dredge material 

disposal sites are located on the exterior 

of the existing jetties near the 

intersection with the existing shoreline. 

Discharge location would be 200 ft 

offshore and would extend 300–3,000 ft 

from the jetties in the shallow open 

water and be allowed to flow. 

The study was authorized by section 

203 of the Water Resources and 

Development Act (WRDA) of 1986 (Pub. 

L. 99–662) as modified by section 1014 

of Water Resources and Reform 

Development Act (WRRDA) 2014. Also, 

by section 1126 of the Water 

Infrastructure Improvements of the 

Nation Act (Pub. L. 114–322) which is 

also known as WRDA of 2016, and 

section 1152 of WRDA 2018. Section 

203, as amended via the above 

referenced provisions, allows nonFederal interests, such as GLPC, to 

undertake feasibility studies of 

proposed navigation projects and 

submit them to the (ASA–CW). 

The Draft EA was made available for 

a 30-day public review and comment 

period beginning on May 17, 2024 and 

ending on June 15, 2024 and can be 

found on the study website at https://

www.mvn.usace.army.mil/About/ 

Projects/Port-Fourchon/. 

James A. Bodron, 

Program Director, Mississippi Valley Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22030 Filed 9–25–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0118] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; MultiPurpose Financial Information 

Statement 

AGENCY: Federal Student Aid (FSA), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

new information collection of a 

currently approved information 

collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 25, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2024–SCC–0118. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

the Department will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 


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