[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 68 (Friday, April 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 16369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8239]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Notice of Availability of a Final General Conformity 
Determination and Record of Decision for the Berths 136-147 [TraPac] 
Container Terminal Project, Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

AGENCY: Department of the Army--U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: In November 2007, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los 
Angeles District, Regulatory Division (Corps) in coordination with the 
Los Angeles Harbor Department (LAHD) completed and published a joint 
Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/
EIR) for the Berths 136-147 [TraPac] Container Terminal Project 
(Project) in the Port of Los Angeles. On November 14, 2008, the Corps 
published an Addendum to the Final EIS, including a Draft General 
Conformity Determination, for the Federal action associated with the 
Project. Comments were received on the Addendum to the Final EIS and 
Draft General Conformity Determination until December 15, 2008. A 
General Conformity Determination was required because Project 
construction would require Federal action (i.e., issuance of a Corps 
permit for work and structures in and over navigable waters, discharges 
of fill into waters of the U.S., and transport and disposal of dredged 
material in ocean waters) and not all the Federal action's direct and 
indirect air emissions would be below specified de minimis thresholds 
(40 CFR 93.153(b)). On March 12, 2009, the Corps completed its 
environmental review and made a Final General Conformity Determination, 
executed the Record of Decision (ROD), and issued a Standard Individual 
Permit for the Federal action associated with the Project, pursuant to 
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, Section 10 of the River and Harbor 
Act, and Section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research, and 
Sanctuaries Act. The Corps considered and responded to all comments 
received in making the Final General Conformity Determination, 
executing the ROD, and issuing the Corps permit. The pubic can request 
copies of the Final General Conformity Determination document or the 
ROD from the Corps at the address listed below, or can view or download 
the Final General Conformity Determination document from the Corps' Web 
site (http://www.spl.usace.army.mil/regulatory/POLA.htm, scroll down to 
the links under TraPac Project) or the Port's Web site (http://www.portoflosangeles.org/EIR/TraPac/FEIR/feir_trapac.asp). In 
addition, copies of the Final General Conformity document are available 
for review during the next 30 days at the following libraries: L.A. 
Public Library, Central Branch, 630 West 5th Street, Los Angeles 
California; L.A. Public Library, San Pedro Branch, 921 South Gaffey 
Street, San Pedro, California; and L.A. Public Library, Wilmington 
Branch, 1300 North Avalon, Wilmington, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions or requests concerning the 
Final General Conformity Determination or the ROD should be directed to 
Dr. Spencer D. MacNeil, Senior Project Manager, North Coast Branch, 
Regulatory Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2151 Alessandro 
Drive, Suite 110, Ventura, California 93001, (805) 585-2152.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: None.

David J. Castanon,
Chief, Regulatory Division, Los Angeles District.
[FR Doc. E9-8239 Filed 4-9-09; 8:45 am]
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