3312 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 14 /Thursday, January 22, 1998 / Notices

notice was published in the Federal

Register. The DSEIS however, is not

available for public review and

comment. The revised comment period

will commence on the publication date

of this notice for forty five (45) days and

end on the date indicated below.

DATES: Comments must be received not

later than March 9, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The DSEIS may be obtained

from the Army Corps of Engineers,

Planning Division, 26 Federal Plaza,

New York, NY 10278–0090.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Jenine Gallo, Project Biologist, CENAN–

PL–EA, Corps of Engineers, New York

District, 26 Federal Plaza, NY, NY

10278–0090, Tel. 212–264–4549.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–1488 Filed 1–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of

Engineers

Notice of Addendum to the Atlantic

Coast of Long Island, From Fire Island

Inlet to Montauk Point, New York

(Reach 1-Fire Island Inlet to Moriches

Inlet Interim Plan for Storm Damage

Protection)

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

DoD.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: In previous Federal Register

notice (Vol. 62, No. 228, pages 63134–

63135) Wednesday, November 26, 1997,

subject notice was published to provide

an opportunity for public comment

during the public scoping phase of the

project. Based on comments received by

this office, certain changes are required

to the document and are provided in the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION paragraph.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Stephen A. Couch, Study Manager,

(212) 264–9077; Mr. Peter M. Weppler,

EIS Coordinator, (212) 264–4663;

Planning Division, Corps of Engineers,

New York District, 26 Federal Plaza,

New York, New York 10278–0090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On page

63134, in column 3, last paragraph,

revise Section 1 to read:

1. Location of Proposed Action

The project area is located entirely in

Suffolk County, Long Island, New York,

along the Atlantic and bay-shore of the

towns of Babylon, Islip, and Bookhaven.

The study area includes Great South

Bay, which is connected to the Atlantic

Ocean through Fire Island Inlet, a

federal navigation channel. Great South

Bay is connected to Moriches Bay by a

narrow channel behind the barrier

island. The westernmost portion of the

study area, Fire Island Inlet, is located

approximately 52 miles by water east of

the Battery, New York. The project area

includes the Atlantic Ocean and Great

South Bay, Fire Island, Moriches Inlet,

barrier beaches, the mainland of Long

Island fronted by Fire Island, as well as

suitable offshore borrow areas that will

supply material for beach construction

and replenishment. The study area is

approximately 30 miles long. The lands

and waters within the proposed project

area are owned by various interests and

are subject to various uses. The Federal

Government (Department of the Interior,

National Park Service (NPS)) has

jurisdiction over approximately 26

miles of the area included within the

boundaries of the Fire Island National

Seashore (FINS). The New York State

government has jurisdiction over Robert

Moses State Park (Office of Parks,

Recreation and Historic Preservation),

tidal waters (bays) (Department of

Environmental Conservation) and

submerged lands offshore to the threemile limit (Department of State). The

Suffolk County government (Department

of Parks and Recreation) has jurisdiction

over county parks located at Smith

Point and Moriches Inlet. Most of the

remaining land is held by private

landowners located in Towns of

Babylon, Brookhaven, and Islip and

Villages of Ocean Beach and Saltaire.

There are 17 ‘‘exempted’’ and 3

Seashore District (non-exempted)

communities within the boundaries of

FINS. An exempted community is one

that is defined by the 1964 FINS

Enabling Legislation (Pub. L. 88–587),

and described by the Federal Zoning

Regulations, 36 CFR part 28, as falling

within the boundaries of the

Community Development District. The

Seashore District is comprised of all

portions of the lands and waters within

the boundary of FINS, which are not

included in the Community

Development District, comprising all

private and public developments. The

improved private properties in either

district are exempted from the

acquisition authority of the Secretary of

the Interior, as long as the development

conforms to all local and federal zoning

requirements at the time of

construction. There are five NPS

facilities on Fire Island under the

jurisdiction of FINS. They are: the

Lighthouse Area, Sunken Forest/Sailors

Haven, Talisman, Watch Hill, and Smith

Point.

On page 63135, in column 1, first

paragraph, revise Section 2 to read:

2. Description of Potential Interim

Alternatives

No Federal Action

The No Federal Action alternative for

this proposed project means that no

interim measures would be taken by the

Federal government to provide storm

damage protection in the study area.

Other entities (State and local agencies,

private interests, etc.) could undertake

measures intended to prevent or

minimize further storm damage and the

Federal Government could proceed with

the Reformulation Study. For evaluation

of the interim project, the No-Action

alternative recognizes that the Breach

Contingency Plan is in place, and that

any breach of the barrier island that may

occur within this area would be closed

using the authority provided by the

Breach Contingency Plan.

3. Non-Structural Alternatives

Buy-Out Plan/Land Use Regulations/

Flood-Proofing

A buyout plan would include the

permanent evacuation of areas within

the floodplain subject to erosion or

inundation, including the mainland and

barrier island. This would involve the

acquisition of land and structures either

by purchase or by exercising the power

of eminent domain. Following this

action, structures in the affected areas

could be demolished or relocated. Other

potential land use regulations may

include a range of management

techniques, including zoning,

subdivision regulations, building codes,

and setback ordinances. Other floodproofing strategies include raising

structures or providing walls or

floodshields around structures, in

addition to relocations.

4. Beach Nourishment Alternatives

Beach nourishment involves the

placement of sand extracted from an

offshore borrow source onto an eroding

shoreline to restore its form and to

provide an adequate protective beach. A

beach fill plan typically includes a berm

(that slopes to the sea floor) backed by

a dune. Together, the dune and the berm

combine to prevent erosion and

inundation damages to leeward areas.

Beach nourishment requires the

periodic placement of sand to offset

erosion of the beach fill in order to

maintain the designed level of

protection.
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a. Modified Authorized Plan w/o Groins

This alternative would involve

widening the beaches along the project

area to a minimum of 100 ft with an

elevation of +11 ft NGVD, and raising

the dunes to an elevation of +20 ft

NGVD, with a minimum dune crest

width of 25 ft. Certain very low zones

of the project area will have a berm

elevation of +13 ft NGVD. The proposed

dune slopes are 1V:5H, and the design

berm slopes are to be 1V:15H to Mean

Low Water (MLW), and 1V:30H below

MLW.

b. Beach Nourishment (Option A)—Fill

in Wilderness Area

This alternative consists of beachfill

with a minimum berm width of 90 feet

(ft) at elevation +9.5 ft NGVD, and a

minimum 25-ft wide dune at elevation

+15 ft NGVD. Proposed dune and berm

slopes are 1V:5H to MLW, and 1V:30H

below MLW. Different specifications

would be required between Kismet and

Point O’Woods and in the Federal

Wilderness Area. The berm and dune

elevations from Kismet to Point

O’Woods would be increased to +11.5 ft.

NGVD and +18 ft NGVD, respectively.

These increased elevations would be

required to provide a 44-year level of

protection due to extremely low

elevations north of the dune in these

areas.

c. Beach Nourishment (Option B)—

Feeder Beach w/Stockpile at Smith

Point

This alternative would require the use

of a feeder beach and stockpiling sand

at Smith Point County Park. While

offering some protection, these

measures are not likely to provide a 44-

year level of protection.

On page 63135, column 1, last

paragraph, Section 4(b), revised the first

two sentences to read:

A scoping meeting was held on

December 4, 1997 at the Holiday Inn

Macarthur Airport, Ronkonkoma. If

more public meetings are found to be

needed, public notices shall be issued at

a later date containing the dates, times

and places of the scoping meetings.

On page 63135, column 1, end of the

last paragraph, Section 4(b), add the

following sentence:

The scoping period has been extended

to 30 days from the date of this notice’s

appearance in the Federal Register.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–1487 Filed 1–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Uniformed Services University of the

Health Sciences

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Uniformed Services University of the

Health Sciences.

TIME AND DATE: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.,

February 9, 1998.

PLACE: Uniformed Services University

of the Health Sciences, Board of Regents

Conference Room (D3001), 4301 Jones

Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814–4799.

STATUS: Open-under ‘‘Government in

the Sunshine Act’’ (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)).

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

8:30 a.m. Meeting—Board of Regents

(1) Approval of Minutes—November

3, 1998

(2) Faculty Matters

(3) Departmental Reports

(4) Financial Report

(5) Report—President, USUHS

(6) Report—Dean, School of Medicine

(7) Report—Dean, Graduate School of

Nursing

(8) Comments—Chairman, Board of

Regents

(9) New Business

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mr. Bobby D. Anderson, Executive

Secretary of the Board of Regents, (301)

295–3116.

Dated: January 16, 1998.

Linda Bynum,

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,

Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 98–1578 Filed 1–16–98; 4:43 pm]

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DELAWARE RIVER BASIN

COMMISSION

Notice of Commission Meeting and

Public Hearing

Notice is hereby given that the

Delaware River Basin Commission will

hold a public hearing on Wednesday,

January 28, 1998. The hearing will be

part of the Commission’s regular

business meeting which is open to the

public and scheduled to begin at 1:00

p.m. in the Goddard Conference Room

of the Commission’s offices at 25 State

Police Drive, West Trenton, New Jersey.

A presentation on the Commission’s

retreat process will be held at 11:00 a.m.

at the same location. In December 1995

the Commission conducted a retreat to

examine the agency and its future. The

process progressed through interviews

with key constituents; an extensive

constituent survey; a niche selection

process and preparation of a vision and

mission statement entitled ‘‘Charting the

Future’’, adopted by the Commission on

December 17, 1997. The results of the

retreat process and next steps will be

reviewed at this presentation. A

‘‘Summary of Delaware River Basin

Commission Retreat Process’’ and

‘‘Charting the Future’’ are available

upon request by contacting Susan M.

Weisman at (609) 883–9500 ext. 203.

In addition to the subjects listed

which are scheduled for public hearing

at the 1:00 p.m. business meeting, the

Commission will also address the

following: Minutes of the December 17,

1997 business meeting; announcements;

General Counsel’s Report; report on

Basin hydrologic conditions; a

resolution to adopt the current expense

and capital budgets for Fiscal Year 1999;

a resolution to designate the Chair of the

Flow Management Technical Advisory

Committee as the Chair at meetings of

the Parties to the 1954 U.S. Supreme

Court Decree concerning droughtrelated resolutions; a resolution to

amend the Ground Water Protected Area

Regulations for Southeastern

Pennsylvania by the establishment of

numerical withdrawal limits for

Protected Area subbasins; and public

dialogue. A ‘‘Response Document on

Proposed Amendments to the

Southeastern Pennsylvania Ground

Water Protected Area Regulations’’ is

also available upon request by

contacting Ms. Weisman at the number

provided above.

The subjects of the hearing will be as

follows:

Applications for Approval of the

Following Projects Pursuant to Article

10.3, Article 11 and/or Section 3.8 of

the Compact

1. Portland Borough Authority D–97–

29 CP

An application for approval of a

ground water withdrawal project to

supply up to 5.18 million gallons (mg)/

30 days of water to the applicant’s

distribution system from new Well No.

3, and to increase the existing

withdrawal limit from all wells to 5.7

mg/30 days. The project is located in

Upper Mount Bethel Township,

Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

2. Pennsylvania Power & Light Company

D–97–37

A project to construct two 12-kilowatt

aerial power line crossings: one on a

reach of the Schuylkill River and one on

a reach of the Little Schuylkill River

near their confluence. Both crossings are

on reaches of the rivers designated as

Scenic Rivers by the Pennsylvania