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to provide up to 175,000 acre-feet/year 

(AFY), with an estimated firm yield of 

126,200 AFY, of new water for 

NTMWD’s member cities and direct 

customers in all or portions of nine 

counties in northern Texas—Collin, 

Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt, 

Kaufman, Rains and Rockwall. 

Construction of the reservoir and related 

facilities would result in permanent 

impacts to approximately 6,180 acres of 

wetlands and 651,024 linear feet of 

streams. This action requires 

authorization from the USACE under 

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The 

Section 404 permit applicant is the 

NTMWD. 

The Draft EIS was prepared in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended, and the USACE’s 

regulations for NEPA implementation 

(33 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] 

parts 230 and 325, Appendices B and 

C). The USACE, Tulsa District, 

Regulatory Branch is the lead federal 

agency responsible for the Draft EIS and 

information contained in the EIS serves 

as the basis for a decision whether or 

not to issue a Section 404 permit. It also 

provides information for Federal, state 

and local agencies having jurisdictional 

responsibility for affected resources. 

DATES: Written comments on the Draft 

EIS will be accepted on or after 

February 20, 2015 until April 21, 2015. 

Oral and/or written comments may also 

be presented at the Public Meeting to be 

held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 

2015 at the Fannin County MultiPurpose Complex, FM 87, 700 Texas 56, 

Bonham, TX 75418. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments 

regarding the Proposed Action and Draft 

EIS to Andrew R. Commer, USACE, 

Tulsa District Regulatory Office, 1645 S 

101 E Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74128–4609, 

or via email: ceswt-ro@usace.army.mil. 

Requests to be placed on or removed 

from the mailing list should also be sent 

to this address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew R. Commer, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Tulsa District, Regulatory 

Office, at 918–669–7400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the Proposed Action is to 

provide additional firm annual yield to 

NTMWD’s member cities and direct 

customers to address anticipated water 

demands associated with projected 

growth in the cities and suburbs in the 

NTMWD service area northeast of 

Dallas. 

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. NTMWD proposes to build the 

LBCR with a total storage capacity of 

approximately 367,609 AF. A dam 

approximately 10,400 feet (about two 

miles) long and up to 90 feet high would 

be constructed, and much of the 

reservoir footprint would be cleared of 

trees and built structures. NTMWD also 

proposes to construct several related 

facilities or connected actions. These 

include a raw water intake pump station 

and electrical substation at the reservoir 

site, as well as a 90–96 inch diameter 

buried pipeline to carry raw water from 

the new reservoir approximately 35 

miles in a southwesterly direction to a 

new water treatment plant and terminal 

storage reservoir that would be located 

west of the City of Leonard, also in 

Fannin County. A number of rural roads 

within the footprint and in the vicinity 

of the proposed reservoir would have to 

be closed or relocated; the most 

significant of these is FM 1396, which 

would be relocated to cross the reservoir 

in a different alignment on an entirely 

new bridge that would need to be 

constructed. 

An aquatic resources mitigation plan 

has been prepared by the applicant to 

comply with the federal policy of ‘‘no 

overall net loss of wetlands’’ and to 

provide compensatory mitigation, to the 

extent practicable, for impacts to other 

waters of the U.S. that would be 

impacted by construction of the 

proposed reservoir. NTMWD has 

purchased a 14,960-acre parcel of land 

known as the Riverby Ranch, which 

borders the Red River. This working 

ranch is located downstream of the 

proposed project within both the same 

watershed (Bois d’Arc Creek) and the 

same county (Fannin). NTMWD 

acquired the Riverby Ranch specifically 

because its biophysical features have the 

potential to provide appropriate 

mitigation for the proposed project. 

Additional mitigation would be 

provided within the proposed reservoir 

itself and on Bois d’Arc Creek 

downstream of the reservoir as a result 

of an operations plan and flow regime 

established in consultation with the 

Texas Commission on Environmental 

Quality (TCEQ), and stipulated in the 

Draft Water Right Permit issued by 

TCEQ to NTMWD. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region VI, U.S. Forest Service, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the 

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 

(TPWD) participated as cooperating 

agencies in the formulation of the Draft 

EIS. 

Copies of the Draft EIS will be 

available for review at: 

1. Bonham Public Library, 305 East 

5th Street, Bonham, TX 75418; (903) 

583–3128. 

2. Sam Rayburn Library, 800 West 

Sam Rayburn Drive, Bonham, TX 75418; 

(903) 583–2455. 

3. Bertha Voyer Memorial Library, 500 

6th Street, Honey Grove, TX 75446; 

(903)–378–2206. 

4. Leonard Public Library, 102 South 

Main Street, Leonard, TX 75452; (903) 

587–2391. 

5. North Texas Municipal Water 

District headquarters, 505 East Brown 

Street, Wylie, TX 75098. 

6. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa 

District, Regulatory Office, 1645 S 101 E 

Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74128–4609. 

Electronic copies of the Draft EIS may 

be obtained from the Corps’ Tulsa 

District Regulatory Office or its Web site 

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

Missions/Regulatory/PublicNotices/

tabid/4955/Year/2015/Default.aspx. 

Andrew R. Commer, 

Chief, Regulatory Office, Tulsa District. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

Board on Coastal Engineering 

Research 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

is publishing this notice to announce 

the following Federal advisory 

committee meeting of the Board on 

Coastal Engineering Research. This 

meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: Dates and Location: The Board 

on Coastal Engineering Research will 

meet from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on 

March 3, 2015, and reconvene from 8:00 

a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on March 4, 2015. 

Both sessions of the meeting will be 

held in the Conference Facility, Coastal 

and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), U.S. 

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sessions are open to the public. For 

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Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180–6199, 

phone 601–634–2513, or 

Jeffrey.R.Eckstein@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.150. The Board on 

Coastal Engineering Research provides 

broad policy guidance and reviews 

plans for the conduct of research and 

the development of research projects in 

consonance with the needs of the 

coastal engineering field and the 

objectives of the U.S. Army Chief of 

Engineers. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The meeting 

is an Executive Session to review past 

action items, status reports, research 

and development strategic directions, 

and coastal engineering research in the 

United States. 

Agenda: On Tuesday morning, March 

3, 2015, meeting logistics, review and 

status of action items, CHL coastal 

research and development strategic 

direction, existing coastal engineering 

statements of need, and a status report 

on the Coastal Working Group will be 

discussed. 

On Tuesday afternoon, there will be 

technology demonstrations of the ShipTow Simulator and the CHL Sediment 

Lab and presentations and discussions 

on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(USACE) Resilience and Harmonization, 

next steps for Civil Works and Military 

initiatives, and USACE resilience 

research and development plans. 

On Wednesday, March 4, 2015, the 

Board will reconvene to discuss a 

Regional Sediment Management 

Regional Technical Center of Expertise 

and coastal engineering research in the 

United States. A discussion on the 

September meeting will also be hosted 

by the U.S. Army Engineer Division, 

Southwestern. 

Meeting Accessibility: Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR 

102–3.140 through 102–3.165, and 

subject to the availability of space, the 

meeting is open to the public. Because 

seating capacity is limited, advance 

registration is required. Registration can 

be accomplished as set forth below. 

Because the meeting of the Board will 

be held in a Federal Government 

facility, security screening is required. A 

photo ID is required to enter the facility. 

The name of each person seeking entry 

will be checked against the list of names 

of those persons who have registered to 

attend the meeting. Individuals will be 

directed to the Coastal and Hydraulics 

Laboratory. Please note that the guards 

have a right to inspect vehicles seeking 

to enter the facility. The Coastal and 

Hydraulics Laboratory is fully handicap 

accessible. For additional information 

about public access procedures, please 

contact Colonel Eckstein, the Board’s 

Designated Federal Officer, at the email 

address or telephone number listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

Registration: Individuals who wish to 

attend the meeting of the Board must 

register with the DFO by email, the 

preferred method of contact, no later 

than February 27, using the electronic 

mail contact information found in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section, above. The communication 

should include the registrant’s full 

name, title, affiliation or employer, 

email address, and daytime phone 

number. If applicable, include written 

comments or statements with the 

registration email. 

Written Comments and Statements: 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.015(j) and 

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

FACA, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

comments or statements to the Board, in 

response to the stated agenda of the 

open meeting or in regard to the Board’s 

mission in general. Written comments 

or statements should be submitted to 

Colonel Jeffrey R. Eckstein, DFO, via 

electronic mail, the preferred mode of 

submission, as the address listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section above. Each page of the 

comment or statement must include the 

author’s name, title or affiliation, 

address, and daytime phone number. 

The DFO will review all submitted 

written comments or statements and 

provide them to members of the Board 

for their consideration. Written 

comments or statements being 

submitted in response to the agenda set 

forth in this notice must be received by 

the DFO at least five business days prior 

to the meeting to be considered by the 

Board. The DFO will review all timely 

submitted written comments or 

statements with the Board Chairperson 

and ensure the comments are provided 

to all members of the Board before the 

meeting. Written comments or 

statements received after this date may 

not be provided to the Board until its 

next meeting. 

Verbal Comments: Pursuant to 41 CFR 

102–3.140d, the Board is not obligated 

to allow a member of the public to speak 

or otherwise address the Board during 

the meeting. Members of the public will 

be permitted to make verbal comments 

during the Board meeting only at the 

time and in the manner described 

below. If a member of the public is 

interested in making a verbal comment 

at the open meeting, that individual 

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statement of the subject matter to be 

addressed by the comment, at least five 

business days in advance to the Board’s 

DFO, via electronic mail, the preferred 

mode of submission, at the address 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. The DFO will log each 

request, in the order received, and in 

consultation with the Board Chair, 

determine whether the subject matter of 

each comment is relevant to the Board’s 

mission and/or the topics to be 

addressed in this public meeting. A 30- 

minute period near the end of the 

meeting will be available for verbal 

public comments. Members of the 

public who have requested to make a 

verbal comment, and whose comments 

have been deemed relevant under the 

process described above, will be allotted 

no more than five minutes during this 

period, and will be invited to speak in 

the order in which their requests were 

received by the DFO. 

David B. Olson, 

Federal Register Liaison, U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers. 

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