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i. Potential impacts to cultural 

resources. 

j. Potential impacts to future dredging 

and nourishment activities. 

3. Alternatives. Five alternatives are 

being considered for the proposed 

project. These alternatives, including 

the No Action alternative, were further 

formulated and developed during the 

scoping process and are considered in 

the DEIS. A summary of alternatives 

under consideration are provided 

below: 

a. Alternative 1—No Action (Continue 

Current Management Practices). 

b. Alternative 2—Abandon/Retreat. 

c. Alternative 3—Beach Fill Only 

(Including Federal Project). 

d. Alternative 4—Shallotte Inlet Bar 

Channel Realignment with Beach Fill 

(Including Federal Project). 

e. Alternative 5—Terminal Groin with 

Beach Fill (Including Federal Project)/

Applicants Preferred Alternative. 

4. Scoping Process. Project Review 

Team meetings were held to receive 

comments and assess concerns 

regarding the appropriate scope and 

preparation of the DEIS. Federal, state, 

and local agencies and other interested 

organizations and persons participated 

in these Project Review Team meetings. 

The Corps will initiate consultation 

with the United States Fish and Wildlife 

Service pursuant to the Endangered 

Species Act and the Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act. The Corps will also 

consult with the National Marine 

Fisheries Service pursuant to the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act and Endangered 

Species Act. The Corps will coordinate 

with the State Department of Cultural 

Resources pursuant to Section 106 of 

the National Historic Preservation Act. 

Potential water quality concerns will 

be addressed pursuant to Section 401 of 

the Clean Water Act through 

coordination with the North Carolina 

Divisions of Coastal Management (DCM) 

and Water Resources (DWR). This 

coordination will insure consistency 

with the Coastal Zone Management Act 

and project compliance with water 

quality standards. The Corps has 

coordinated closely with DCM in the 

development of the DEIS to ensure the 

process complies with State 

Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) 

requirements, as well as the NEPA 

requirements. The DEIS has been 

designed to consolidate both NEPA and 

SEPA processes to eliminate 

duplications. 

5. Availability of the DEIS. The DEIS 

has been published and circulated. The 

DEIS for the proposal can be found at 

the following link: http://

www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/

RegulatoryPermitProgram.aspx under 

Major Projects/Town of Ocean Isle 

Terminal Groin Project. The public is 

invited to attend, and/or comment at, a 

public hearing to be held at Union 

Elementary School, 180 Union School 

Rd., NW., Shallotte, NC 28459, on 

February 24, at 6:00 p.m. Written 

comments on the DEIS will be received 

until 5 p.m., March 9, 2015. 

Dated: January 14, 2015. 

Scott McLendon, 

Chief, Regulatory Division. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01035 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Public Meeting for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Military Readiness Activities at the 

Fallon Range Training Complex 

(FRTC), Nevada 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969 and regulations 

implemented by the Council on 

Environmental Quality (40 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) parts 1500– 

1508), the Department of the Navy 

(DoN) has prepared and filed with the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) to assess the potential 

environmental impacts of ongoing and 

proposed military training activities 

within the FRTC EIS Study Area. The 

Bureau of Land Management is a 

cooperating agency for this EIS. 

With the filing of the Draft EIS, the 

DoN is initiating a 46-day public 

comment period beginning on January 

23, 2015 and ending on March 9, 2015 

and has scheduled a public meeting to 

inform the public and receive comments 

on the accuracy and adequacy of the 

Draft EIS. This notice announces the 

date and location of the public meeting 

and provides supplementary 

information about the environmental 

planning effort. 

Dates and Addresses: The DoN will 

hold a public meeting to inform the 

public about the proposed action and 

alternatives under consideration and to 

provide an opportunity for the public to 

comment on the accuracy and adequacy 

of the environmental analysis presented 

in the Draft EIS. Federal, state, and local 

agencies and officials, Native American 

Indian Tribes and Nations, and 

interested organizations and individuals 

are encouraged to provide comments in 

person at the public meeting or in 

writing during the public review period. 

A public meeting will be held 

between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on 

Thursday, February 19, 2015, at the 

Churchill County Commission 

Chambers, 155 North Taylor Street, 

Fallon, Nevada 89406. The public 

meeting will be an open house session 

with informational poster stations 

staffed by DoN representatives. A brief 

DoN presentation will be given at 5:30 

p.m. 

Attendees will be able to submit oral 

and written comments during the public 

meeting. Oral comments from the public 

will be recorded by a certified court 

reporter. Equal weight will be given to 

oral and written statements. Written 

comments may also be submitted to: 

Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

Southwest, Attention: Ms. Amy Kelley, 

Code EV21.AK; 1220 Pacific Highway, 

Building 1, 5th Floor; San Diego, CA 

92132. Written comments may also be 

submitted electronically via the project 

Web site (www.FRTCEIS.com). 

All comments submitted during the 

public review period, oral or written, 

will become part of the public record. 

All comments will be reviewed and 

responded to in the Final EIS. For 

consideration in the Final EIS, 

comments must be postmarked or 

received online by March 9, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Naval Facilities Engineering Command 

Southwest; Attention: Ms. Amy Kelley, 

Code EV21.AK; 1220 Pacific Highway 

Building 1, 5th Floor; San Diego, CA 

92132. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FRTC 

is a set of well-defined geographic 

training areas in the high desert of 

northern Nevada encompassing 

airspace, land ranges, and associated 

electronic systems used primarily for air 

and ground training activities. In total, 

the complex encompasses 

approximately 230,000 acres of training 

land and 12,256 square nautical miles of 

airspace. A portion of the FRTC, Naval 

Air Station (NAS) Fallon, is located six 

miles to the southeast of the city of 

Fallon. The land and airspace of the 

FRTC comprises the Study Area 

evaluated in the Draft EIS. 

The DoN’s Proposed Action is to 

continue and enhance ground and 

aviation training activities within the 

existing FRTC study area. To support 

training requirements for fleet readiness, 

the DoN proposes to adjust training 

activities from current levels to the 

levels needed to accommodate evolving 

mission requirements, including those 

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of new aircraft and weapons systems 

into the fleet. A Notice of Intent to 

prepare this Draft EIS was published in 

the Federal Register on May 28, 2013 

(78 FR 31909). 

The purpose of the Proposed Action 

is to provide sustainable and modern 

airspace, range, maneuver areas, 

training facilities, and range 

infrastructure and resources to fully 

support training activities occurring 

within the FRTC in accordance with the 

assigned roles and missions for the 

Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center 

(NSAWC) and to provide ground 

training opportunities for other 

Services. The Proposed Action is 

needed to achieve and maintain military 

readiness by using the FRTC to support 

and conduct military readiness 

activities in compliance with the DoN’s 

roles and responsibilities under Title 10 

of the U.S. Code (U.S.C). To comply 

with its 10 U.S.C. 5062 mandates, the 

DoN needs to: (1) Maintain current 

levels of military readiness by 

enhancing training at the FRTC; (2) 

accommodate possible future increases 

in training activities at the FRTC; (3) 

accommodate training activities 

associated with force structure changes; 

and (4) maintain the long-term viability 

of the FRTC as a military training and 

testing range. 

The Draft EIS evaluates the potential 

environmental effects of the following 

three alternatives: 

1. No Action Alternative: Includes 

training activities of the same type, level 

of intensity, and frequency are currently 

conducted within the FRTC Study Area. 

The No Action Alternative provides a 

baseline against which the potential 

environmental impacts of the other 

action alternatives can be compared. 

2. Alternative 1: In addition to 

baseline training activities, Alternative 1 

includes an overall 6 percent increase in 

the types of training activities and the 

number of training events conducted 

within the FRTC Study Area, and 

includes force structure changes (e.g., 

new aircraft, weapons, or tactics). The 

increased activities are Combat Search 

and Rescue exercises, Gunnery Exercise 

(Air-to-Ground), High-speed Antiradiation Missile Exercises, and Missile 

Exercises (Air-to-Ground). In addition, 

two activities formerly conducted at the 

FRTC, Ground LASER Targeting and 

Dismounted Fire and Maneuver, are 

included under Alternative 1 as new 

activities. 

3. Alternative 2: Includes all elements 

of Alternative 1. In addition, training 

activities of the types currently 

conducted would be increased by 10 

percent over levels identified in 

Alternative 1. This alternative is 

identified as the Preferred Alternative in 

the Draft EIS. 

The Draft EIS provides an analysis of 

the potential environmental effects of 

the proposed action on the following 

resources: Soils; air quality; water 

quality; noise (airborne); biological 

resources; land use and recreation; 

socioeconomics, environmental justice 

and protection of children; 

transportation; cultural resources; and 

public health and safety. The results of 

the analysis indicate that 

implementation of the Preferred 

Alternative (Alternative 2) would result 

in no potentially significant 

environmental impacts for any resource 

area. Consultation with the Nevada 

State Historic Preservation Officer 

(SHPO) and Native American Tribes 

under Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act is pending. 

The Draft EIS was distributed to 

federal, state, and local agencies and 

elected officials, Native American 

Indian Tribes and Nations, and other 

interested individuals and 

organizations. The Draft EIS is available 

for public electronic viewing or 

download at the project Web site at 

www.FRTCEIS.com. A paper copy of the 

Draft EIS may be reviewed at each of the 

following public libraries: 

1. Austin Branch Library, 88 Main 

Street, Austin, NV 89310. 

2. Carson City Library, 900 North 

Roop Street, Carson City, NV 89701. 

3. Churchill County Library Annex, 

507 South Maine Street, Fallon, NV 

89406. 

4. Crescent Valley Branch Library, 

5045 Tenabo Avenue, Crescent Valley 

Town Center, Suite 103, Crescent 

Valley, NV 89821. 

5. Eureka Branch Library, 80 South 

Monroe Street, Eureka, NV 89316. 

6. Gabbs Community Library, 602 3rd 

Street, Gabbs, NV 89409. 

A single compact disc of the Draft EIS 

will be made available upon written 

request. 

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404) 

Dated: January 16, 2015. 

N.A. Hagerty-Ford, 

Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 

U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01121 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Application for New Awards; Indian 

Education Formula Grants to Local 

Educational Agencies 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information 

Indian Education Formula Grants to 

Local Educational Agencies Notice 

inviting applications for new awards for 

fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.060A. 

DATES: Part I of the Formula Grant 

Electronic Application System for 

Indian Education (EASIE) Applications 

Available: January 26, 2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of Part I 

Applications: February 27, 2015. 

Part II of the Formula Grant EASIE 

Applications Available: April 10, 2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of Part II 

Applications: May 15, 2015. 

Note: Applicants must meet the deadlines 

for both EASIE Part I and Part II to receive 

a grant. Any application not meeting the Part 

I and Part II deadlines will not be considered 

for funding. Failure to submit the required 

supplemental documentation, described in 

section IV. 2 Content and Form of 

Application Submission, by the EASIE Parts 

I and II deadlines will result in an 

incomplete application that will not be 

considered for funding. The Office of Indian 

Education recommends uploading the 

documentation at least three days prior to 

each closing date to ensure that any potential 

submission issues are resolved prior to the 

deadlines. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Indian 

Education Formula Grants to Local 

Educational Agencies (Formula Grants) 

program provides grants to support local 

educational agencies (LEAs) and other 

eligible entities described in this notice 

in reforming and improving elementary 

and secondary school programs that 

serve Indian students. The Department 

funds comprehensive programs that are 

designed to help Indian students meet 

the same State academic content and 

student academic achievement 

standards used for all students while 

addressing the language and cultural 

needs of Indian students. Such 

programs include supporting the 

professional development of teachers of 

Indian students. 

In addition, under section 7116 of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), the 

Secretary will, upon receipt of an 

acceptable plan for the integration of 

education and related services, and in 

cooperation with other relevant Federal 

agencies, authorize the entity receiving 

the funds under this program to 

consolidate all Federal formula funds 

that are to be used exclusively for 

Indian students. Instructions for 


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